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'''Strike Cruisers''' can carry up to one full [[Space Marine Company|company]] of Space Marines and their equipment. They are primarily used for rapid deployment and are often the first arrive in orbit of a threatened planet and capable of deploying their cargo within twenty minutes of said arrival.{{Fn|1b}}
The armament of a Strike Cruiser is comparable to that of a [[Imperial Navy]] [[Dauntless Light Cruiser]], equipped with two [[Weapons Batteries]]. However, the Strike Cruiser omits the [[lance]] weaponry in exchange for a mighty [[Bombardment Cannon]]. Additionally a Strike Cruiser has a flight deck for launching two squadrons of [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s.{{Fn|1b}} Strike Cruisers can also be equipped with [[Exterminatus|Exterminatus-class weapons]]{{Fn|27}} or a [[Nova Cannon]].{{Fn|29}}
[[Vulkan]] led the design of the first true Strike Cruisers near the end of the Great Crusade, but the Horus Heresy delayed their rollout. After the first stages of the Scouring and the [[Second Founding#Second_Founding|Second Founding#Second_Founding]] the design was revised by the rebuilding Imperium to arm the Adeptus Astartes.{{Fn|45}} Additionally a Strike Cruiser has a flight deck for launching two squadrons of [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s.{{Fn|1b}}
===Variants===
