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THE CRUSADER OF LIGHT Retribution-class Battleship (345 pts)
Retribution-class battleships, while not as popular as Emperor-class battleships amongst the admirals of the Imperium, are not yet an uncommon sight. Their enormous size, imposing weapons batteries, and devastating torpedo salvoes are matched by a high speed (by Imperial battleship standards) and a heavily armored prow. This makes the Retribution most useful for supporting the main line of a fleet's cruisers, where as the slower and less armored Emperor is better suited to hang back and support the fleet with volleys of long range fire and waves of attack craft. The Crusader of Light is an ancient vessel, but one that has oddly seen service only in Segmentum Pacificus. She joined Battlegroup Fortitas in an attempt to stem the tide of Chaos incursions in the battlegroup's operating area. As such, she has met with great success, accounting for the destruction of no less than three Chaos vessels during the failed defense of the planet Sargento Prime. The planet was ultimately wiped out by exterminator weapons mounted on one of the Chaos ships, but the Crusader of Light fell upon this ship and its two escorts before they could leave low orbit. In a matter of minutes, all three of the renegades were reduced to hulks or else consumed in balls of plasma by reactor overloads as the Crusader of Light pounded them with sustained volleys of fire from her weapons batteries and lance decks. By Andy Rucker |
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