As a response, the Imperial Navy was quick to decommission whatever of the Cruisers remained. Most were decommissioned by the Imperium in late M35.īy M36, a number of vessels had turned renegade, leading many to fear some inherent design flaw made these ships susceptible to corruption within the Warp.
The ships were being built at Cypra Mundi when newer designs from Mars were deemed more suitable for the Imperial Navy. The Hecate-Class Heavy Cruiser is the average joe of Heavy Cruisers.ĭeveloped in late M33 as a replacement for the Styx Class Heavy Cruiser, it was seen as more well-rounded for fleet engagements and solitary patrols. Heavy Cruiser Classes Basic Hecate File:HecateClass.jpg Especially since Chaos is infamously terrible at maintaining advanced technology, which means maintaining the ships’ systems was likely not difficult or could have been replaced in ships under construction with simpler, less advanced technologies. GW only knows what idiot decided a set of very fast ships overflowing with macrobatteries or lances or attack craft was not worth maintaining. The Imperium merely stopped using them, so the only ones left in active duty are those that had turned to Chaos or been built by Chaos shipyards. Interestingly, heavy cruisers (other than the Acheron) were not inherently flawed designs who mass-defected to Chaos.
Their roles in fleets were soon filled by Battlecruisers, which were much economical to construct and easier to maintain due to using simpler technology.Ĭhaos has no such bias, and over the millennia ships of this type have made their way into Traitor fleets. Heavy Cruisers fell out of favor with Navy commanders due to the costs involved in maintaining their advanced systems.
As an early attempt to create a cheaper and easier-to-maintain class of ships that could replace the Grand Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers try to capture the firepower of a Battleship on the smaller but swifter frame of the Cruiser. The Heavy Cruiser is a warship type originally used by the Imperium of Man, but now is primarily seen in the service of the Great Enemy.
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