Tarask Class Merchantman

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Tarask Class Merchantman^[1]

The Tarask Class Merchantman are used by the Imperial Navy, Adeptus Mechanicus, PDFs, and countless Merchant Fleet guilds as well as pirates for millennia.^[2]

A stout, dependable light vessel with spacious cargo hold and a surprisingly simplistic design, the Tarask Class is versatile and can be easily maintained. However, the ships prove easy prey for Ork pirates and renegades throughout the Galaxy. As a result they have sprouted numerous variants and modifications in the ongoing battle to stay one step ahead of their hunters.^[1]

Notable Ships

• Priano - During an interdiction of the Ruis System, the Priano came under assault by an Ork Kill Kroozer. Undaunted, the ship's captain rammed the massive Ork ship. Though the Priano was destroyed, the Kroozer was badly damaged and later hunted down by Imperial Navy Escort Squadrons. The suicidal act earned the ship's captain, Paris, a place in the vast Chamber of Heroes in the Imperial Palace on Terra.^[1]

Sources

This article or article section is based on information from a Fanatic Press publication such as Fanatic Magazine or one of its predecessors (e.g. The Citadel Journal, Necromunda Magazine, etc.). These publications regularly featured articles submitted by hobbyists, and as such, their content may or may not be in contradiction to established background lore.

• 1: Battlefleet Gothic Magazine Issue 4, pgs. 10-11 ^{Fanatic Press}
• 2: War Zone Nachmund: Rift War, pg. 31 - Forces of the Imperium