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=== Note on variations in Classes ===
While naval warships can be defined along a fairly limited number of classes based on weapon configurations approved by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], the form these vessels takes varies widely throughout the Imperium. For example, a ''Lunar'' class constructed above [[Cypra Mundi]] in [[Segmentum Obscurus]] may bear little resemblance to a ''Lunar'' class constructed above [[Kar Duniash]] in [[Ultima Segmentum]] and even less so to a ''Lunar'' class, constructed among the vast shipyards of [[Mars]]. Nonetheless, they will all have roughly the same operating characteristics and weapon configuration, and thus can be easily serviced by any orbital facility throughout Imperial space.{{Cite This}}
For example, ships build by [[Voss Prime|Voss]] all feature so-called [[Aquila]] prows upon their fronts, to show devotion to the [[Imperial Cult|Imperial creed]], something not typical to other [[STC]] ship designs. Even existing vessels based on these STC designs, who are only repaired or refitted at the forge world, will be reconfigured to henceforth bear the Aquila prow.{{Fn|22b}}
Furthermore, some ship types build at Voss, like the ''Endeavour'', ''Endurance'' and ''Defiant'' classes, feature a prominent mid-ship corridor, dividing the forward hull from the rear section, due to the fact that Voss, in difference to the rest of the Mechanicus, lacks knowledge of the science of magnetic containment fields. In case of a magnetic field failure the containment of the vast energies produced by a ship's [[plasma reactor]] can not be guaranteed. To prevent such a failure from threatening the main magazine or causing a reactor meltdown, the plasma reactor and engine rooms have to be separated from the rest of the ship by the mid-ship corridor. In case of a containment field failure, the mid-ship corridor will break, physically disconnecting the rear from the rest of the ship.{{Fn|22a}}
Unsurprisingly, the mid-ship corridor is vulnerable to enemy weapons fire, forcing it to be additionally protected by huge, thick plates made from solid [[adamantine]], giving these ships constructed at Voss their distinct appearance. On the other hand, the mid-ship corridor helps against boarding actions, forcing an enemy that has captured one part of the ship to advance through a choke-point to capture the other.{{Fn|22a}}
=== Attack Craft ===
**{{Endn|20b}}: Chapter 3
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook]], cover interior
*22: [[The Battle for Armageddon (Background Book)]]:
**{{Endn|22a}}: pg. 74
**{{Endn|22b}}: pg. 77
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