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The Armageddon class was designed to rapidly increase the number of battlecruisers avalible to the [[Imperial Navy]] during the [[Third War for Armageddon]]. Built exclusively from recovered shells of [[Lunar Class Cruiser]]s, the Armageddon class upgraded the Lunar to an operational battle cruiser.
The ship has a similar weapons layout to the Lunar, with medium sized [[weapons batteriebatteries]]s and two [[lance]] positions on each flank of the ship, as well as [[torpedo]]es. However, due to the increased power availability the Armageddon class possesses, these weapons now have a far greater range than their counterparts on a Lunar Class, and there is still enough power to feed two further lance positions, each with battlehship range, on the dorsal section of the ship. A drawback to these increased abilities was apparent when the first crew manifest was drawn up, an extra three and a half thousand crewmen were needed to enable the ship to opperate at peak efficency.
Armageddon class cruisers made famous in the war include ''[[Thunderchild]]'', ''[[Hammer of Light]]'' and ''[[Ex Cathedra]]''.
[[Category:Imperial Navy]]