Members of the flight crews of the Imperial Navy Cruiser Ser Amerand 65th Search and Rescue Squadron are amongst the most highly skilled pilots in the vessel compliment. Tasked with recovery of VIPs, Pilots and other note worthy Imperial denizens the pilots operate both in the Void and Planet side in a variety of craft.
Their aircraft markings follow a long tradition whose meaning and origin has long been lost to time but requires their aircraft to be brightly liveried and marked to demonstrate their lack of fear that the enemy can see them and to give a visible sign of hope to those they rescue.
Inspired by the old RAF search and rescue Westland Wessex helicopters I was tempted to do this after seeing Rusty Plastics work on a similar project on a full size Arvus on instagram. I like to think I've replicated this well:
