Devastation Cruiser

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Devastation Cruiser^[1]

The Devastation-class Cruiser is a fleet-support carrier used by the Forces of Chaos.

Overview

The Devastation-class is a tough and reliable carrier, able to launch four squadrons of Swiftdeath Fighters and Doomfire Bombers. Once its attack craft are launched, it is able to further support the fleet with powerful long-ranged lance emplacements on either broadside and racks of turbo-laser destructor batteries on its prow.^[3]

The cruiser is equipped with robust repair and re-armament facilities for its bombers and fighters, as well as spacious cargo holds for the cultist and mutant rabble that man squadrons of Dreadclaw Assault Boats. The attack craft pilots and crews form highly competitive clans which constantly strive to prove their superiority.^[3]

Technical Specifications^[3]

• Dimensions: 5km long, 0.8km abeam
• Mass: 28.5 megatonnes
• Crew: 80,000 crew
• Acceleration: 2.4 gravities

Notable Devastation-class Cruisers

• Deathbane^[1]
• Excrucian^[3]
• Ferrum Invictus^[2]
• Unforgivable^[1]

Images

Devastation Class Cruiser^[4]

Sources

This article includes as a source a video game re-released in the Warhammer Classics collection which, per its Publication Disclaimer, contains content which may not accurately reflect current depictions, lore, or presentation within the current Warhammer universes and settings.

• 1: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector, pg. 123 (accessed 2010.11.21)
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two, pg. 26
• 3: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pgs. 105-106
• 4: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Video Game) ^Classics