Soulcage Slaveship
The Soulcage Slaveship is a type of light transport used by Chaos fleets.[1]
Overview
Unlike most Chaos vessels, these ships rarely see combat. Instead, they roam the Koronus Expanse following in the wake of wolfpacks and pirates to purchase, barter, or swindle for their unfortunate slave stocks. They are an essential part of a warlord's fleet, though some operate independently, risking possible attack for heavier profit.[1]
Almost all Soulcages are converted from captured Imperial Transports, their former heraldry and iconography stripped for those of Chaos. Unable to escape the corruption surrounding them, its crews are eventually corrupted into mindless thralls ready to fight or die at their master's desire. Properly prepared, they fetch a fine profits at Chaos or even xenos-controlled worlds. However, some remain untainted, kept in stasis pods to preserve their purity for sacrifices, meals, or other gruesome fates.[1]
Equipped with small macrocannons and lightly shielded and armoured, Soulcage Slaveships are fairly easy to destroy.[1]
Technical Specifications[1]
- Dimensions: 2km long, .5km abeam
- Mass: 10 megatons
- Crew: 30,000 crew + hundreds of thousands of slaves
- Acceleration: 3 gravities
Notable Soulcage Slaveships
- Foretold Pilgrimage — Slaveship belonging to Rodrigo Nessun.[2]
Sources
- 1: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pg. 104
- 2: The Death of Antagonis (Novel), Chapter 15
| 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 |
