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==Overview==
The '''Ramilles''' class Star-fort is of ancient construction, made from [[STC]] data, it has been in use since the [[Great Crusade]] and still forms a vital lynch pin in Imperial strategy.{{Fn|2}}
The Ramilles is so large that it does not have conventional drives, and has to be towed through the warp by other vessels to relocate it. Each quadrant of the fort has masses of powerful weapons batteries and lances, and the central basilica houses many torpedo silos providing powerful salvoes to provide extra support to each quadrant.
Only well known and successful admirals, or [[Inquisitor]]s, are entrusted with a Ramilles, as they can take centuries to build.
It was designed by the hitherto unknown [[Artisan]] Magos [[Lian Ramillies ]] from STC materials captured in the purgation of the 'Stone World' [[Ulthanx]].Star Forts can be relocated through the [[Warp]] in a projected [[Gellar Field]] 'bubble', and though this is an extremely dangerous operation, each Star Fort thanks to their heavy armour, supply and repair facilities, and formidable defensive weaponry can strongly increase the operational capacity of Imperial fleets .{{Fn|2}}
[[Image:RamiliesClassStarFort.JPG|thumb|right| A '''Ramilles Class Star-fort''']]
==Renegade Ramilles Class Star-forts==
The last accredited destruction of one was in the Tauran Annulus in [[M39]]. [[Ork]] raiders have captured partially crippled Ramilles at least six times, most memorably in the notorious ‘Skaggerak Incident’ during the [[Segmentum Obscurus]] fleet review of 975.[[M41]].{{Fn|4}}
