Slaughter-class Cruiser

Amongst one of the fastest Imperial capital ships ever built, the Slaughter-class cruiser utilises a special plasma drive design - the Scartix engine coil. This advanced pattern provides considerably more thrust than any other comparably-sized drive. Scartix coils are rugged and reliable, although complex and time-consuming to repair. The design for the Scartixc coil resided in the data-vaults of the Sethelan Forge World until 126.M34, when it was destroyed by a surprise attack from the Slaughter class cruiser Dutiful (later renamed Soulless). The Slaughter's speed is not its only advantage; these vessels are also armed with considerable short-ranged firepower, including high-yield lance turrets and turbo-linked destructor-cannon batteries on both broadsides. A Slaughter class cruiser can wreak considerable havoc amongst an Imperial line formation if it is able to move into range and then dart away.

Notable Slaugter Class Cruisers

 * Eternal Lament - Unlike other pirate capital ships, the Eternal Lament prefers to hunt alone. This Slaught-class cruiser has used its deceptive speed and heavy, short-ranged armaments in a series of ambushes near Orn.  High-density asteroids in the region give the Eternal Lament a prime hunting ground to prey upon shipping vessels and a handful of Explorator ships.  Reports from the few survivors of these ambushes indicate that the captain of the Lament, whoever that may be, fights his ship in an extremely reckless and dating fashion.  The risks of operating a capital ship such as a cruiser within an asteroid field are certainly daunting, but the Lament seems to have a particular gift for navigating such hazards.