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[[Image:Tyrant Class Cruiser.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tyrant Class Cruiser{{Fn|1}}]]
The '''Tyrant Class Cruiser''' is an [[Imperial]] warship design used by the [[Imperial Navy]] and [[Basilikon Astra]].{{Fn|3}}
==Overview==
At the end of the [[38th Millennium]], a new technique was found for extending the range of [[Plasma Weapons|plasma-based weaponry]]. The super-fired plasma weapons developed by [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] Artisan-[[Magos]] [[Hyus N'dai]] were built into the '''Tyrant class cruiser'''. In the [[39th Millennium]] the ''Tyrant'' class was popular, due to its superior range over other cruiser classes. It was theorised that the ''Tyrant'' would be able to deliver both long range fire, and short range fire, of the same power. However, it soon was realised that the long range fire was not much of a threat to anything bigger than an [[escort]], and the class fell out of favour.{{Fn|1}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook]], pg. 110
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Video Game)]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007§ion=&aId=4300022 Vessels of Mars: Ships of the Adeptus Mechanicus], by [[Nate Montes]], [[Robert Henderson]] and [[Ray Bell]]
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[[Category:Cruisers]]
