Hades Heavy Cruiser[1]
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This article is about the Chaos space vessel; for the Hive City, see Hades Hive. |
The Hades Class Heavy Cruiser is a long-range gunboat used by the Forces of Chaos.
Overview
The broadside weapons batteries of a Hades pack a hefty long-range punch, and are accompanied by even longer-ranged lances. In ship-to-ship duels, this gives a deadly one-two combo of heavy firepower beating down an enemy ship before the kill shot is delivered by lances, and all from out of range of most enemy ships' weaponry.[1]
The Hades shines even brighter when leading a group of other long-ranged ships like the Murder- and Carnage-class cruisers, letting them combine their long-range guns into a solid wall of death awaiting any captain foolhardy enough to try to close the gap.[1]
Technical Specifications[5]
- Dimensions: 5.2km long, 0.8km abeam
- Mass: 33.5 megatonnes
- Crew: 130,000
- Acceleration: 2.4 gravities
Notable Hades Class Heavy Cruisers
Images
Sources
- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook, pg. 121
- 2: Execution Hour (Novel), Part One
- 3: Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress, pg. 20
- 4: Avenging Son (Novel) Foreward
- 5: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pg. 109
| Chaos Space Fleet | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
