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*'''Crew''': 95,000 approx.
*'''Acceleration''': 2.9g max sustainable
Initially laid down in [[M3M37]] at the [[Ryza]] yards as '''''Searing Light''''', '''''Implacable Flame''''' was the lead ship of her class, the experimental and failed [[Ignis Class Heavy Cruiser]]s. Designed to carry devastating plasma weaponry in large broadside batteries, the Ignus class was to be a close-quarters ship that would operate in squadrons of battleship killers. Their powerful engines and thick armour would allow them to weather fire while they closed with larger prey, where concentrated plasma broadsides would cripple a target. While good in theory, the plasma drives could not provide power for the weapons while maintaining thrust under heavy armour. Eventually it was decided that the continued upkeep of the only Ignus vessel was too expensive and she was decommissioned and sold out of the service.{{Fn|3c}}
Over the next few millennia she saw service with numerous provincial navies and private shipping concerns. She even spent a few centuries as the flagship of a [[Corsair]] Clan. She was rebuilt so often that it’s thought her keel is the only part of the original ship remaining. Unwanted, unloved, and unnecessarily maligned, she bounced from owner to owner then disappeared from all records for at least a thousand years. Eventually, she turned up as a hulk in the Koronus Expanse at the Breaking Yards at [[SR-651]]. It was there in her pitiful state that this much-reduced ship was noticed by Lord-Captain Aspyce Chorda. Encouraged by one of her closest advisors, a representative of the [[Mechanicus]], she purchased the sad hulk and returned her to the [[Drystan Construction Yards]] in the [[Calixis Sector]] for a lengthy and expensive overhaul.{{Fn|3c}}