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Repulsive Class Grand Cruiser

Chaos Repulsive-class Grand Cruiser

The Chaos Repulsive-class Grand Cruiser was a precursor to the Battlecruisers which are now more prevalent in most Imperial fleets. Almost rivaling true 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 plasma 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 the reserve fleets of the Segmentum Obscurus and Segmentum Pacificus, but they are largely obsolete. Of the 25 Grand Cruisers believed to have abandoned the Emperor of Mankind for the service of the Dark Gods since the inception of the ship type 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 23 centuries since her corruption by the Ruinous Powers. Most infamously, it was the Foe-Reaper which destroyed the Adeptus Mechanicus facility on AFR-74, killing 50,000 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-class Grand Cruisers

  • Bloodied Sword
  • Bringer of Despair
  • Foe-Reaper

Sources

  • Battlefleet Gothic (Blue Book), p. 119
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