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[[Image:Styx Heavy Cruiser.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Styx Heavy Cruiser.{{Fn|2}}]]
The '''Styx Heavy Cruiser''' is a [[Chaos]] starship.

==Overview==
The Styx is a fleet support vessel. Its huge launch bays provide much-needed [[Attack Craft]] for [[Chaos]] fleets, and its long-range [[lance]]s and [[weapons batteries]] pack an impressive punch. All of this allows the ''Styx'' to hang back and rip apart enemies at distance as its fellows close in.{{Fn|1}}

Originally used throughout [[Segmentum Obscurus]] and [[Ultima Segmentum]] during [[M32]]-[[M33]], the Styx was eventually phased out in favour of new [[Battlecruiser]]s coming out of [[Mars]]. It lives on in the fleets of [[Chaos]], which greatly appreciate its abilities: ''Styx'' class ships fought against the [[Imperium]] in no fewer than thirty-nine major fleet engagements during the [[Gothic War]].{{Fn|1}}

== Notable Styx Heavy Cruisers ==
*''[[Ayamandar]]'' - [[Word Bearers]]{{Fn|5}}
*''[[Darkblood (Cruiser)|Darkblood]]''{{Fn|3}}
*''[[Heartless Destroyer]]'' (allegiance unknown){{Fn|1}}
*''[[Horrific]]''{{Fn|1}}
*''[[Well of Souls]]'' - [[Black Legion]]{{Fn|4}}

==Images==
[[Image:StyxBFGA.jpg|thumb|center|Styx Heavy Cruiser]]

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007&section=&aId=4300022 Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector], {{Cite Marker End}} (accessed 2010.11.17)
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook]], pg. 120
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)]], pg. 13
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Champions of Fenris - A Codex: Space Wolves Supplement]] — ''The War of the Wolf''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Lords of Silence (Novel)]], Chapter Ten

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[[Category:Cruisers]]
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