Dominator Cruiser
The Dominator Class Cruiser was originally designed as a long range support vessel, using its massive Nova Cannon from behind fleet battle lines. In this function, however, it never really excelled and only gained a handful of victories to its name. It was never truly appreciated by its crew(s) until the start of the Gothic War. In a particular battle, a single Dominator, the Hammer of Justice, found itself between two Chaos cruisers. The Dominator's true role was found that day when the Hammer of Justice gave both of its rivals a full broadside assault, crippling them in a matter of seconds.1
The Dominator's flanking weapon batteries are as powerful as those on a Retribution Class Battleship, but they do not however, share the range of the larger ships guns. The ship still retains the Nova Cannon, and uses it to devastating effect whilst closing on the enemy fleet. Once amongst enemy ships, having caused destruction and confusion from afar, the Dominator's weapons batteries roar into life, ripping the enemy apart at brutally close range. Almost all Dominator's have teleporter attack groups to finish off any enemy ships not yet destroyed by the plasma batteries.1
Notable Dominator Class ships include
- Hammer of Justice
- Seen during the Gothic War under Captain Grenfield. When it was outfitted, weapons batteries of greater range but lesser strength were added by mistake causing the Hammer of Justice to under perform during trials however during the Port Maw blockade and raid on Alios, the use of the Nova Cannon caused many other captains to replace their prow armaments with a Nova Cannon due to its improved effectiveness.1
