Kingmaker
The Kingmaker is an Exorcist Class Grand Cruiser that once served in Battlefleet Scarus[1] and took part in the Gothic War[2].
However, its proud eight-thousand-year history of service ended when the Kingmaker disappeared while on patrol around Agripinaa in late M41. The Grand Cruiser was thought to have been lost, but it appeared four years later as part of a Black Legion fleet that destroyed an Imperial convoy between Cadia and Belis Corona. Afterwards, the Emperor Class Battleship Pax Imperialis was charged with destroying the Kingmaker and this began a two-month pursuit that 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 the Pax Imperialis' commander, Vice Admiral Chanke, to order a retreat and while the Battleship was able to escape, it was forced to leave behind its voidcraft that been launched to deliver the final blow to the Kingmaker. When the 13th Black Crusade began, the Kingmaker was among the Black Legion's warships that attacked the Imperial forces defending Cadia. It was there that the Grand Cruiser clashed with the Pax Imperialis once again, but this time it was the Kingmaker that was forced to retreat, after the Battleship severely damaged it. However, when Cadia was lost, the Imperial forces escaped from the Cadian System and it is not known what became of the Kingamker.[1]
Source
- 1: Cadia Stands (Novel), Part 3: Chapter 14
- 2: Battlefleet Gothic Armada, pg. 16
