Goliath class Factory Ship
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The Goliath Class Factory Ships are enormous, space-faring, energy-processing vessels used by the fleets of the Adeptus Mechanicus.[1]
Overview
They devour solar plasma to power their own arcane fuel production techniques, in order to sate the endless hunger of the Imperium's Hive Worlds. They are fragile ships treated with much respect, and the ships slowly plod their way through certain traditional trade routes. They are necessary for the survival of Hive Worlds, delivering fuel to them on a regular basis.[1]
If a Goliath factory ship takes any sort of damage, it risks detonating in a catastrophic explosion that is capable of scouring the atmosphere from an entire world.[1]
The method of collecting solar plasma requires the ship to enter a retrograde orbit around a giant blue star and scoop plasma over at least 3 days. Then it can refine the collected plasma with a hull full of low-grade ore into something suitable as ship fuel. The resultant fuel is then sold.[1]
In the most dire of emergencies when pursued by enemy warships a captain may jettison the valuable fuel which forms a dense cloud a plasma that explodes with several megatonnes of force when ignited by the Goliath's engines.[2]
Technical Specifications[1]
- Dimensions: 4.9km long, 0.9km abeam
- Mass: 16 megatonnes
- Crew: 41,000
- Acceleration: 1.5 gravities
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See Also
Sources
- 1: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pgs. 29-30
- 2: Space Fleet (game)
