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The conception of the strike cruiser is believed to rely heavily on the original plans for the Ebon Drake, a new type of vessel originally called an 'Assault Cruiser' that was developed by the XVIII th Legion - the Salamanders - a scant few Terran years before the start of the Horus Heresy.Īllegedly, the Primarch Vulkan himself had a hand in the Ebon Drake's creation and also gifted its plans to several of the other primarchs and their Space Marine Legions, but only a few prototypes were built before the galaxy was engulfed in civil war.

Warhammer 40K Darktide Review - Left To ShredĪn Adeptus Astartes strike cruiser in flight. The strike cruisers pictured here simply represent several possibilities for this wide array of physical differences.

Other Astartes Chapters also possess widely differing forms of strike cruiser, each shaped by the Chapter's long centuries of tradition and varying tactical doctrines. Within the demands of these basic operational parameters, strike cruisers can actually take a wide array of different physical forms, although most of them have become outfitted with the mighty Bombardment Cannon to support landing troops from orbit. Like battle barges, strike cruisers do not represent a single class of Imperial starship or a specific, standardised configuration of weapons systems and other capabilities, but actually represent a large range of different Space Marine capital-grade starships in the Imperial light cruiser tonnage class that are used for the same basic tasks.Ī strike cruiser and escort vessels of the Blood Ravens Chapter in orbit above a world.įirstly, strike cruisers must be fast, with a substantial troop transport capacity and multiple means for delivering troops to a planetary surface rapidly, whether that be through the use of teleporters, Drop Pods, or launch bays equipped with Thunderhawks.

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They have been known to deploy their full contingent of Astartes within only twenty solar minutes of their arrival in orbit of a target planet. Strike cruisers are capable of carrying one full company of one hundred Space Marines as well as all of their needed armoured support vehicles. Their primary function is to provide rapid response, as they are usually the first Imperial defenders to arrive at a threatened Imperial world. Strike cruisers are fast, lightly-armed starships which mass slightly less than the Imperial Navy's Dauntless-class Light Cruisers.Ī strike cruiser of the Ultramarines Chapter The Astartes are quick to act if the surrender of the Emperor's foes is not rapid and immediate. Often the arrival of a Space Marine strike cruiser is enough in itself to quell the defiance of a star system rebelling against the Emperor. While a Space Marine Chapter only rarely will deploy the might of a powerful and usually quite ancient battle barge, Adeptus Astartes strike cruisers are a more common sight, though anything to do with the Space Marines is still a rare event in the galaxy.

You could then use them as a first assault wave that is not intended to stay and fight it out, but to take out something like a space station or an important ship then simply retreat while more dependable fighting ships come in.A strike cruiser is the second most common type of capital starship deployed by the fleets of the Adeptus Astartes. Make astartes not subject to warp accidents and make them able to use the emergency warp out ability at any time instead of starting the battle with it on cooldown, and let them occupy minefields. This means against the AI boarding is comparitively weaker.Ī solution to this that wouldnt mess with multiplayer balance could simply be The problem is while the other two imperial factions limited use abilities can be used in a way that makes them more effective in campaign against the AI than they are against players, allowing for them to punch above their weight against the higher point value enemy fleets you go up against, boarding does not work any better against ai than it does against players since its single target and seeking, so its balanced on its maximum potential effectiveness, because you can assume it will have it.

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