Dominae Missile

Created as an offshoot of the Hyperios missile used in the Imperial Army, it has been converted into a vicious anti-air system used by the Astartes Legions. The missiles are upscaled but retain the same basic elements of their design with a pulse rocket motor powering them and a high explosive warhead. The Dominae variant is over 4 times as large as a Hyperios as the larger warhead allows it to effectively engage and destroy medium sized aerial units, and allows for a much larger fuel tank, meaning it can engage units even at high altitudes.

The main purpose of the missile is to be used as a first strike weapon as well as area denial. Made adaptable to land and air units by the Mechanicus, it has the capability to quickly and effectively destroy almost any air unit it comes across. The Dominae is considered so effective that most if not all Imperial Navy wings will have a cache of them on standby as a precautionary measure should an enemy prove hard to knock out of the void or sky.

History
Initially produced as part of the Sky Reavers armoury, developed in concert with their techmarines for the purpose of a long-range aggressive air-to-air (and void-to-void) weapon with enough firepower to cause significant damage to even corvette sized ships. The Dominae missile proved to be a extremely effective weapon in the XVIIIth Legion's hands, one that was soon desired by other Legions that fought alongside them. Upping it's production as the Great Crusade ground on, it was soon mounted on anti-air batteries, aircraft and voidcraft. The Mechanicum took full advantage of the design too, when they built the Talaria Superiority Fighter, using it as the aircraft's haymaker when fighting particularly tough aerial enemies. This integration took some time as the use and maintenance of the Dominae was closed off to legionary techmarines initially, but were eventually forced thanks to the Great Crusade coming to an end, and Mars began consolidating it's power.

After this point the XIIIth Legion, with the express permission of the Magos of the Mars were generous enough to send both shipments and schematics for the missile for large-scale production on other Forge Worlds. Though the Red planet would lose the monopoly of production to some of their greatest rivals, it was judged to be for the greater good. This way they could ensure that the such a potent weapon could be used to defend as much of the Imperium -and more specifically forge worlds- as possible during a politically tumultuous time.

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