Apostate Class Raider
Apostate Class Raiders are Chaos Heavy Escort craft.[1]
The idea of a heavy raider would be anathema to most Imperial Navy Captains, but it has nonetheless been used to great success by many Chaos commanders. In frontline battle, it is just as vulnerable to enemy fire as any other escort-class vessel but when employed far out on the flanks or on its own in raiding missions, it is a fearsome opponent. Based on the Infidel Class, the Apostate packs far heavier firepower thanks to its medium Lance turret, though the power requirements of this weapon reduces the speed of the vessel. Against Imperial shipping, squadrons of these ships have proved the ultimate foe, though convoy escorts have little problem catching up with the raiders.[2]
Each Apostate requires much in the way of resources and as such they tend to be used carefully.[2]
Sources
| Chaos Space Fleet | |
|---|---|
| Battleships | Carrion • Despoiler • Desolator • Desecrator • Juggernaut • Battle Barge • Planet Killer |
| Grand Cruisers | Retaliator • Repulsive • Executor • Furious |
| Heavy Cruisers | Styx • Hades • Acheron • Hellfire • Hecate |
| Cruisers | Devastation • Murder • Carnage • Slaughter • Inferno • Emasculator • Hellbringer • Pestilaan • Strike Cruiser • Daemonship |
| Escorts | Idolator • Infidel • Harrier • Iconoclast • Apostate • Planetary Assault Barque • Soulcage Slaveship |
| Attack Craft | Swiftdeath Fighter • Hag Interceptor • Doomfire Bomber • Thunderhawk • Stormbird • Heldrake • Fire Lord • Stormcrow Assault Boat • Dreadclaw Assault Boat • Kharybdis Assault Claw • Drop Pod |
