Tyrant Cruiser
The Tyrant Class Cruiser is an Imperial warship design used by the Imperial Navy and Basilikon Astra.[3]
Overview
At the end of the 38th Millennium, a new technique was found for extending the range of 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. In practice, the Plasma Batteries lack the firepower to be a serious threat to anything bigger than an escort.[1]
The Tyrant is as well protected as any Imperial cruiser, with reasonable shield and turret protection, as well as the classic armoured prow. It has no lances, but both long and shorter range weapons batteries.[1]
Specifications
- Dimensions: 5 km long, 0.8 km abeam at fins (approx)
- Mass: 27.2 megatonnes (approx)
- Crew: 90,000 crew (approx)
- Acceleration: 2.4 gravities maximum sustainable acceleration
Notable Tyrant Class Vessels
- Argent[4]
- Dominion[1]
- Gauntlet of Ages[7]
- Incendrius[1]
- Lord Sylvanus[1]
- Raptoris Furus - Flagship of Inquisitor Athocles Van Roth during the Octarius War.[6]
- Zealous[1]
Images
Sources
- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook, pg. 110
- 2: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Video Game)
- 3: Fanatic Online #92 - Vessels of Mars: Ships of the Adeptus Mechanicus, by Nate Montes, Robert Henderson, and Ray Bell.
- 4: White Dwarf July 2019, pgs. 18-23 - Raven's Blood (Short Story)
- 5: Solegends.com: Space Fleet Miniatures (last accessed 14 December 2019)
- 6: War Zone Octarius - Book 1: Rising Tide, pg. 31 — Forces of the Imperium
- 7: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pg. 34
