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Thunderchild
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Thunderchild is an Armageddon Class Battle Cruiser which fought in the Third War for Armageddon.[1] The Thunderchild was the first Imperial ship destroyed in the Battle of Pelucidar.[2]
Trivia
Almost certainly named for the HMS Thunderchild, from H.G. Wells War of the Worlds. The only ship in the British fleet to destroy alien tripods.
Sources
- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Armada, pg. 17
- 2: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Armada Appendices, pg. 131 (accessed 2010.12.08)