4/5 stars. The rules are good.
Background.
Lessons learned during the Great Crusade accelerated the idea of needing BIG GUNS at FAST SPEEDS against some xenos breeds. Thus was born the Venator. For your needs when predators and vindicators no longer cut it.
Strengths.
The Venator retains the key headline from the core Sicaran. These include 6 hull points, an impressive movement rate of 14, coupled with AP=13 on the front and 12 elsewhere.
The neutron beam laser is the main attraction of this tank though. Two shots at S=10 with AP=2 and 2 damage, plus ordnance on D. It also has armour bane and shock which add up to a tank killer unit.
I would be seriously tempted with the las cannon sponsons to drive home the case for a tank killing tank. The pintle isn't worth it, and I don't think the searchlights are either. The hunter killer missile might be okay, so I will decide to leave that to taste.
Weaknesses.
As with the base Sicaran, the Venator variant is also not quite as good as previous editions. You will need to think about positioning here.
Builds.
Sicaran Venator with Neutron Beam Laser and Las Cannon Sponsons (190 points).
Lots of lasers to kill tanks with. The classic tank sniping tank.
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