Contrador

The Contrador was an Imperial Legate-class Battle Barge that served as a part of the immense Expeditionary Fleet of the Iron Warriors Legion, during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. At the Battle of Phall, the Contrador was commanded by the Iron Warriors war leader Erasmus Golg, who was also the commander of the Legion's 11th Company. Typical of the war ships of the Iron Warriors grand fleet, the Contrador's already formidable sensor and weapons were heavily enhanced over decades of service. What she sacrificed in speed and manoeuverability she more than gained in raw strength, as befitting the bellicose and stoic nature of the Iron Warriors themselves. Despite her extensive modifications, the Contrador conformed to a pattern that was coming to be used throughout the war fleets of the Legiones Astartes at the time of the Battle of Phall and which would become a familiar class of battle barge in the coming years.