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===Note on variations in Classes===
While naval warships can be defined along a fairly limited number of classes based on weapon configurations approved by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], the form these vessels takes varies widely throughout the Imperium. For example, a ''Lunar'' class constructed above [[Cypra Mundi]] in [[Segmentum Obscurus]] may bear little resemblance to a ''Lunar'' class constructed above [[Kar Duniash]] in [[Ultima Segmentum]] and even less so to a ''Lunar'' class, constructed among the vast shipyards of [[Mars]]. Nonetheless, they will all have roughly the same operating characteristics and weapon configuration, and thus can be easily serviced by any orbital facility throughout Imperial space.{{CMEFn|22a}}
For example, ships build by [[Voss Prime|Voss]] all feature so-called [[Aquila]] prows upon their fronts, to show devotion to the [[Imperial Cult|Imperial creed]], something not typical to other [[STC]] ship designs. Even existing vessels based on these STC designs, who are only repaired or refitted at the forge world, will be reconfigured to henceforth bear the Aquila prow.{{Fn|22b}}
