{{ChaosPortalChaosFleetPortal}}[[Image:Slaughter Cruiser.jpg|thumb|right|220px290px|Slaughter Cruiser{{Fn|1}}]]The '''Slaughter-Class Cruiser''' is a fast, short-range gunship, armed to the teeth with massive [[weapons batteries]] and a modest array of broadside [[lanceChaos]]sstarship. 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.{{Fn|1}}

==Overview==The ''Slaughter''-class is a fast, short-range gunship used by the Forces of [[Chaos]], armed to the teeth with massive [[weapons batteries|turbo-linked destructor-cannon batteries]] and high-yield broadside [[lance]]s.{{Fn|2}} 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.{{Fn|1}} Unfortunately, when the ''Dutiful'' - — later renamed the ''Soulless'' - — turned renegade and bombarded the [[Forge World]] of [[SelethanSethelan]]in 126.M34{{Fn|2}}, 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.{{Fn|1}} ===Technical Specifications{{Fn|2}}===*'''Dimensions''': 5 km long, 0.8 km abeam*'''Mass''': 28.5 megatonnes*'''Crew''': 80,000*'''Acceleration''': 2.4 gravities

Notable ''Slaughter''-class Cruisers [[cruiser]]s include{{Fn|1}}:*''[[Soulless]]''

*{{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 ThisMarker End}} (accessed 2010.11.22) *{{Endn|2}}: [[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus]], pg. 107*{{Endn|3}}: [[Crusade: Nachmund Gauntlet]], pg. 34