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Astra Miltarum Medusa

A Medusa siege cannon on a Chimaera, an old but effective tool of Imperium siege warfare.

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A 'Lite' version is available.

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The Medusa is an older weapon of the Imperial Guard, and is slowly losing its place as Imperial military commanders look to better alternatives to serve in the role of siege tank due to the Medusa's lack of range, armour, and ammunition capacity. The Medusa is still kept in reserve batteries just in case they are needed, but many Imperial commanders try to avoid using them whenever possible. Still, when an enemy wall needs to be breached or a line of heavily defended bunkers needs to be assaulted, the Medusa Siege Tank can get the job done.
-WH40K Fandom Wiki[warhammer40k.fandom.com]

The Medusa, like the Basilisk is a relatively slow, lumbering, lightly protected but far-reaching and hard-hitting machine. The Medusa cannon itself is considerably stronger than the Basilisk's, having four times the explosive power, though considerably less range, and
a much longer reload time. The cannon has two firing modes like the Basilisk, piston-impelled and non-impelled, called "Full Power" and "Half Power" respectively.

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The tank is made to accomodate both singleplayer and multiplayer use.

It contains 4 seats:

• A 'Control-All' seat for singleplayer use, crammed into the rightside tracks
  Access by approaching the vehicle from the rear-right
  
  
• A boltgunner seat on the front left
  Access by approaching the vehicle from the left
  
  
• A driver seat on the front right, opposite the boltgunner seat
  Access by approaching the vehicle from the front right
  
  
• A gunner's station, on the rear platform next to the ready rack
  Access by approaching the vehicle from the rear left

In front of the gunner's station, there are 2 lights. The left light indicates if full shot power is enabled, the right light indicates if the handbrake is enabled.

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[Singleplayer Use]

WSAD - Drive
SHIFT/CTRL - Gun Elevation
QE - Gun Azimuth
V - Handbrake
G - Toggle Handbrake
SPACE - Fire
N - Fire Mode Toggle
YU - Hull Bolters
1 - Fire Hull Bolters
IO - Spotlight Traverse
L - Light

[Multiplayer Use]

DRIVER
WSAD - Drive
V - Handbrake
G - Toggle Handbrake
YU - Hull Bolters
1 - Fire Hull Bolters
QE - Spotlight Traverse
L - Light

BOLTGUNNER
AD - Hull Bolters
1 - Fire Hull Bolters
QE - Spotlight Traverse
L - Light

GUNNER
AD - Gun Azimuth
WS - Gun Elevation
SPACE - Fire Cannon
N - Select Fire Mode
V - Handbrake
G - Toggle Handbrake

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I intend this upload to be a sort of template, in the spirit of Warhammer 40K, where people can modify their model kits as they see fit, and, in this case, upload them, as long as credit for the original craft is given.
I encourage people to personalize their Medusas; add details, systems, paint schemes, etc etc, and I'm looking forward to what this community could come up with.
Thanks for reading this far into the description! I'll see you next post.
-Ōkami