Repulsive-class Grand Cruiser

The Repulsive-class Grand Cruiser was a precursor to the battlecruisers which are now more prevalent in most Imperial fleets. Almost rivaling battleships in its ability to withstand damage and lay down a barrage of fire, the grand cruiser fell out of favour when the means for constructing sufficiently powerful engines was lost (more recently built engines were incapable of attaining a useful combat speed). A few ancient grand cruisers can still be found in reserve fleets of the Segmentum Obscurus and Segmentum Pacificus, but they are largely obsolete. Of the twenty five grand cruisers believed to have abandoned the Emperor since their inception in the 34th millennium, roughly a dozen have yet to be recaptured or destroyed. Of those still at large, the Foe-Reaper is the most active, having been sighted in over a score of major fleet engagements in the twenty three centuries since her corruption by the Dark Powers. Most infamously, it was the Foe-Reaper which destroyed the Adeptus Mechanicus facility on AFR-74, killing fifty thousand Adepts within a few heartbeats, when a salvo of specially modified torpedoes shattered the eco-shield protecting the inhabitants from the metha-nitrous atmosphere of that satellite.

Notable Repulsive Grand Cruisers

 * Bloodied Sword
 * Bringer of Despair
 * Foe-Reaper