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Battleships - Cruisers - Escorts - Attack Craft - Space Stations - Other Spacecraft

Attack Craft are the small, carrier-launched spacecraft that provide far-ranging support for battlefleets in combat. The difficulty of hitting such targets with anti-ship weapons makes them a formidable weapon, but they are held back by their lack of endurance.

Overview

Most attack craft fall into one of three broad categories: Fighters, Bombers, and Assault Boats.

• Fighters are small, one-man craft that intercept and destroy enemy attack craft and ordnance, but lack the firepower to damage starships.
• Bombers are (relatively) large, lumbering craft that carry heavy anti-ship weapons.
• Assault Boats clamp on to enemy ships and deliver their cargo of elite soldiers for a short but damaging boarding action.

Imperium

Imperial Navy

• Fury Interceptor^[1]
• Starhawk Bomber^[1]
• Shark Assault Boat^[1]

Space Marines

• Thunderhawk^[2]
• Stormraven Gunship^[6]
• Stormtalon Gunship
• Storm Eagle Gunship
• Caestus Assault Ram^[7]

Chaos

• Swiftdeath Fighter^[1]
• Doomfire Bomber^[1]
• Dreadclaw Assault Boat^[1]

Orks

• Fighta-Bommer^[1]
• Bommer
• Ork Assault Boat^[1]

Eldar

• Darkstar Fighter^[1]
• Eagle Bomber^[1]
• Nightwing
• Vampire Raider
• Vampire Hunter

Dark Eldar

• Raptor Fighter^[3]
• Razorwing Jetfighter
• Raven Fighter
• Razorwing Bomber^[3]
• Slavebringer Assault Boat^[3]
• Impaler Assault Module^[3]

Necrons

• Doom Scythe

Tyranids

The Tyranids use a number of organisms that approximate the function of fighters and assault boats, but they are far too varied to be categorized into distinct classes as such.^[4]

• Escort Drone

Tau

• Barracuda^[5]
• Tiger Shark
• Manta^[5]

Sources

• 1: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector (accessed 2010.11.14)
• 2: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets (accessed 2010.11.14)
• 3: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Xenos Feets (accessed 2010.11.14)
• 4: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Necron and Tyranid Fleets (accessed 2010.11.14)
• 5: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Tau Fleets (accessed 2010.11.14)
• 6: Games Workshop
• 7: Caestus Assault Ram