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'''Strike Cruisers''' can carry up to one full [[Space Marine Company|company]] of Space Marines and their equipment. They are primarily used for rapid deployment and are often the first arrive in orbit of a threatened planet and capable of deploying their cargo within twenty minutes of said arrival.{{Fn|1b}}
 
'''Strike Cruisers''' can carry up to one full [[Space Marine Company|company]] of Space Marines and their equipment. They are primarily used for rapid deployment and are often the first arrive in orbit of a threatened planet and capable of deploying their cargo within twenty minutes of said arrival.{{Fn|1b}}
  
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The armament of a Strike Cruiser is comparable to that of a [[Imperial Navy]] [[Dauntless Light Cruiser]], equipped with two [[Weapons Batteries]]. However, the Strike Cruiser omits the [[lance]] weaponry in exchange for a mighty [[Bombardment Cannon]].{{Fn|1b}} Strike Cruisers can also be equipped with [[Exterminatus|Exterminatus-class weapons]]{{Fn|27}} or a [[Nova Cannon]].{{Fn|29}}
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The armament of a Strike Cruiser is comparable to that of a [[Imperial Navy]] [[Dauntless Light Cruiser]], equipped with two [[Weapons Batteries]]. However, the Strike Cruiser omits the [[lance]] weaponry in exchange for a mighty [[Bombardment Cannon]]. Additionally a Strike Cruiser has a flight deck for launching two squadrons of [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s.{{Fn|1b}} Strike Cruisers can also be equipped with [[Exterminatus|Exterminatus-class weapons]]{{Fn|27}} or a [[Nova Cannon]].{{Fn|29}}
  
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[[Vulkan]] led the design of the first true Strike Cruisers near the end of the Great Crusade, but the Horus Heresy delayed their rollout.  After the first stages of the Scouring and the [[Second Founding|Founding#Second_Founding]] the design was revised by the rebuilding Imperium to arm the Adeptus Astartes.{{Fn|45}}
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[[Vulkan]] led the design of the first true Strike Cruisers near the end of the Great Crusade, but the Horus Heresy delayed their rollout.  After the first stages of the Scouring and the [[Founding#Second_Founding|Second Founding]] the design was revised by the rebuilding Imperium to arm the Adeptus Astartes.{{Fn|45}}
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Additionally a Strike Cruiser has a flight deck for launching two squadrons of [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s.{{Fn|1b}}
 
  
 
===Variants===
 
===Variants===

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Space Marine Strike Cruiser
Strike Cruiser

Most Space Marine Chapters control only two or three mighty Battle Barges[1a], however these behemoths are called upon rarely. The Chapter's Strike Cruisers are more common, although still rare compared to Imperial Navy ship classes, but the arrival of a single Strike Cruiser is usually enough to quell a rebellious planet; the same cannot be said of an Imperial Navy Cruiser.

Overview

Strike Cruisers can carry up to one full company of Space Marines and their equipment. They are primarily used for rapid deployment and are often the first arrive in orbit of a threatened planet and capable of deploying their cargo within twenty minutes of said arrival.[1b]

The armament of a Strike Cruiser is comparable to that of a Imperial Navy Dauntless Light Cruiser, equipped with two Weapons Batteries. However, the Strike Cruiser omits the lance weaponry in exchange for a mighty Bombardment Cannon. Additionally a Strike Cruiser has a flight deck for launching two squadrons of Thunderhawk Gunships.[1b] Strike Cruisers can also be equipped with Exterminatus-class weapons[27] or a Nova Cannon.[29]

Vulkan led the design of the first true Strike Cruisers near the end of the Great Crusade, but the Horus Heresy delayed their rollout. After the first stages of the Scouring and the Second Founding the design was revised by the rebuilding Imperium to arm the Adeptus Astartes.[45]

Variants

Famous Strike Cruisers

Miniatures

Ultramarines Strike Cruiser

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Modern Space Marine Fleet
Battleships Battle Barge
Cruisers Strike Cruiser • Vanguard Class
Escorts Gladius Class • Nova Class • Hunter Class • Rapid Strike Vessel
Attack Craft Thunderhawk • Stormraven • Storm Eagle (Fire Raptor) • Storm Talon • Stormhawk • Xiphon • Overlord • Nephilim • Dark Talon • Stormfang • Stormwolf • Corvus Blackstar • Caestus Assault Ram
Transports Thunderhawk Transporter • Landing Craft • Thunderbolt • Drop Pod


Legiones Astartes Fleet
Battleships Gloriana • Emperor • Lunar • Infernus • Dictatus • Oberon • Golgotha • Goliath • Battle Barge • Abyss
Grand Cruisers Avenger • Vengeance • Dagon • Dominus • Charibdys • Geryon
Battlecruisers Retribution • Eclipse
Heavy Cruisers Infernus • Indrajit • Bellerophon
Cruisers Strike Cruiser • Armiger • Hoplon • Promethean • Bulk Cruiser • Bombardment Galleon • Mangonel
Light Cruisers Gladius • Eclipse • Dauntless • Triton
Barques Gulgor • Attack Barque
Heavy Frigates Thunderbolt
Frigates Gladius • Sword • Gladiator
Destroyers Hunter • Venom • Tiamat
Corvettes Credo • Pilum
Other Symphalia • Wrath Hammer • Excelsior • Pythos • Rocket-raft • Isos
Fighters Xiphon • Wrath • Lotus • Deathbird • Swordstrike • Lightning Crow • Raven
Bombers Corsair • Apis • Castellan
Gunships Stormbird • Thunderhawk • Storm Eagle • Fire Raptor • Stormhawk • Skylance • Stormcrow • Stormstrike • Orgus
Assault Boats Caestus • Purgio • Harbinger
Landing Craft & Transports Assault Ship • Landing Craft • Anhur • Argo • Drop Pod • Dreadclaw • Kharybdis • Hawkwing

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