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* [[Strike Cruiser]]s: Strike Cruisers are the most common type of larger warship in a Chapter Fleet. They are very fast, carry a Company of Space Marines, and are geared for planetary assaults.{{Fn|14}} They also carry the vehicles assigned to a Company.{{Fn|15b}}
* [[Escort]]s and [[Rapid Strike Vessel]]s: These are many different types of small, fast ships geared for naval combat. They are mainly used for line-of-battle escorts and patrols. They also have a very limited capacity to deliver very small forces on infiltration raids.{{Fn|14}}
*Aircraft and Gunships such as the [[Thunderhawk]],{{Fn|1g}} [[Overlord Gunship|Overlord]],{{Fn|36}} [[Storm Eagle]],{{Fn|35}} [[Stormraven]],{{Fn|34d}} [[Stormhawk]],{{Fn|34d}} [[Xiphon]]{{Fn|37}}, [[Stormtalon]],{{Fn|34d}} and [[StormtalonCaestus Assault Ram|Caestus]].{{Fn|34d38}}
Some Chapters, in particular fleet-based Chapters, employ additional types of support-vessels, such as scout-ships, [[Forge-ship]]s, [[Chapter Barque]]s and [[Vanguard Cruisers]]. Chapter Barques are often modified [[Mass-Conveyance]]-freighters that hold a fleet-based Chapter's most precious assets, like their [[Geneseed]], so they can stay back and out of harm's way during battle. Vanguard Cruisers are modified Strike Cruisers for long-range missions and deep-space recon.{{Fn|14}} As for Forge-Ships, for example an [[Ark-class]] [[Forge-ship]] produces Space Marine [[Power Armour]] and Space Marine infantry weaponry.{{Fn|16}}
*{{Endn|36}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter Eighteen
*{{Endn|37}}: [[Aeronautica Imperialis: Wrath of Angels]] Rulebook, pg. 29
*{{Endn|38}}: [[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse Second Edition]], pg. 31
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