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Pax Imperialis (Battleship)

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The Pax Imperialis is an Imperial Navy Emperor Class Battleship that is currently commanded by Vice Admiral Chanke. Prior to the start of the 13th Black Crusade, the Pax Imperialis had been charged with destroying the Exorcist Class Grand Cruiser Kingmaker, which had been captured by the Black Legion. This began a two-month pursuit which ended in the asteroid belts of the Crinan System. Though normally a Grand Cruiser would be no match for a Battleship, the Kingmaker had been corrupted by the power of Chaos and managed to hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive. This caused Chanke to order a retreat and while the Pax Imperialis was able to escape, it was forced to leave behind its voidcraft that been launched to deliver the final blow to the Kingmaker. Afterwards the Pax Imperialis was among the Imperial warships that defended Cadia, when it was invaded during the 13th Black Crusade. There it once again fought the Kingmaker, but this time it was the Grand Cruiser that was forced to retreat, after the Battleship severely damaged it. However, when Cadia was destroyed by Abaddon the Despoiler, the Pax Imperialis and the rest of the surviving Imperial forces fled from the doomed Fortress World.[1a]

The Pax Imperialis then aided in defending the Imperial fleet from attacking Chaos warships, as they began the long journey to reach one of the Cadian System's Mandeville Points. When they finally neared one though, the Death Guard Battleship Terminus Est appeared and moved to attack them. In order to save the Imperial fleet, the Pax Imperialis and Lunar Class Cruiser Heart of Light raced toward the Terminus and opened fire. In the battle that followed between the three warships, the Pax Imperialis managed to bring down the Terminus' void shields, which allowed the Heart of Light to strike the Death Guard Battleship with its Nova Cannon. The blow struck true and dealt massive damage to the Terminus, but it quickly returned fire upon the two Imperial warships. The Pax Imperialis was struck and a series of explosions went off along its spine, but the Imperial fleet escaped into the Warp shortly afterwards[1b]. Due to severe Warp Storms however, the Imperial fleet was scattered and the Pax Imperialis was among the warships that appeared beside Admiral d'Armitage's flagship, Grand Alliance, in the Chaos invaded Agripinaa System. Under the Admiral's command, the Pax Imperialis and the other Imperial warships then defeated a Chaos fleet in the Battle of Faith's Anchorage[1c]. Though they were victorious, Faith's Anchorage was just the start of the Admiral's campaign to retake the Agripinaa System from the forces of Chaos. When the last traitor was finally killed, the System was firmly back in the Imperium's control[1d] and the Pax Imperialis was then charged with bringing word of Cadia's destruction to Terra.[1e]

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