Slaughter Cruiser
Overview
The Slaughter class is a a fast, short-range gunship used by the Forces of Chaos, armed to the teeth with massive weapons batteries and a modest array of broadside lances. With its advanced Scartix-engine coil, giving it the speed of an escort, it can pounce on stragglers and escort squadrons then use its firepower to destroy its victim before the enemy forces can stop it.[1]
Unfortunately, when the Dutiful — later renamed the Soulless — turned renegade and bombarded the Forge World of Selethan, the design for the Scartix engine coil was lost. Some believe that this was in fact the purpose of the attack. If so, the Soulless succeeded, as no more Slaughter-class ships could be built.[1]
Technical Specifications[2]
- Dimensions: 5km long, 0.8km abeam
- Mass: 28.5 megatonnes
- Crew: 80,000
- Acceleration: 2.4 gravities
Notable Slaughter-class Cruisers
Notable Slaughter-class Cruisers include[1]:
Images
Sources
- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector, [Needs Citation] (accessed 2010.11.22)
- 2: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pg. 107
Chaos Space Fleet | |
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Battleships | Despoiler • Desolator • Desecrator • Battle Barge • Planet Killer |
Grand Cruisers | Retaliator • Repulsive • Executor • Furious |
Heavy Cruisers | Styx • Hades • Acheron • Hellfire • Hecate |
Cruisers | Devastation • Murder • Carnage • Slaughter • Inferno • Emasculator • Hellbringer • Pestilaan • Strike Cruiser • Daemonship |
Escorts | Idolator • Infidel • Iconoclast • Apostate • Planetary Assault Barque • Soulcage Slaveship |
Attack Craft | Swiftdeath Fighter • Doomfire Bomber • Thunderhawk • Stormbird • Heldrake • Fire Lord • Dreadclaw Assault Boat • Kharybdis Assault Claw |