Exorcist-class Grand Cruiser

The Exorcist Class is a Vengeance-class Grand Cruiser variant that was originally developed as a long range patrol vessel, capable of self sufficiency for long periods of time away from fleet support. Usually operating with two or three squadrons of escorts. Exorcists where often posted to the far flung corners of the Imperium to patrol the edges of the Eastern Fringe and into the galactic halo.

Down the years the Exorcist has gradually been replaced by later ship designs, especially the Mars-class Battlecruiser. Some of the Exorcists were kept on by fleets on the fringes of the Imperium, to plough the long lonely patrol routes into the halo. Many Exorcists where used as colonial transports. The entire penal colony of Brandt 764 was moved enmasse by Exorcist Grand Cruisers to populate and work Tora Alpha, a world beyond the Eastern Fringe, discovered by (and named after) the famous Rogue Trader Foulway Tor. The Exorcist squadron, led by the Light of Ascension was then used as convoy escorts for the ore transports returning to the Imperium, and played a major part in the defence of the system when it was attacked and eventually overrun by a Tyranid Hive Fleet.