The class that the other Imperial Grand Cruisers are based on, the Vengeance was configured to take out its targets at extreme range. Grand Cruiser Classes Basic Vengeance File:BFGAVengeance.jpg Those described below are the ones still known to be used by the Imperial Navy current era.
Of course there are other Grand Cruiser classes out there, but those went over into the service of the Great Enemy. Lego-tech is still proving its effectiveness. Like how the Endeavor-class and its variants are basically just one of the two weapon sections of a cruiser made into a ship, the Imperial grand cruiser classes are basically two of the three battleship weapon sections made into their own ship. Many however still serve in Reserve fleets, ready to return to front-line duty if the need is dire enough. Their place in Imperial fleets have instead been replaced by Battlecruisers, which are far easier to maintain. With many of the complex systems that went into their construction now either lost or no longer easily replaced, the vast majority of Grand Cruisers have since been removed from active duty.
The designs of Grand Cruisers are ancient, with many of them predating the Great Crusade. Or they should be, but somehow the Vengeance and its variants are almost the size of an Emperor-class battleship despite one ship missing one third of the other’s decks. And given some of those Grand Cruisers are two-thirds the size of battleships with all the cost savings of that length and massive difference in volume would result in, you could probably build several for the cost of one Battleship. Lore-wise, a couple Grand Cruisers could duel a battleship and win. Smaller than a Battleship, a Grand Cruiser was still heavily armored and shielded, could still mount Battleship-grade weaponry, and yet still be faster and more agile than those great behemoths. The blank space is where I've been meaning to put a decal forever, but so far haven't found one that feels right.The Grand Cruiser is a warship type used by both the Imperial Navy and the Fleets of Chaos. She's a bit old, at this point, I think that I can do better, but given the amount of plastic, metal, greenstuff, etc that went into her, I'm reluctant to try stripping her. I had made her for my Reserve fleet, and she more or less wandered over to my Rogue Trader game when I needed a model when the party salvaged the Grand Cruiser Righteous Path. Image Description: Loyalist Repulsive Class Grand Cruiser. All Time Search The Gallery: Advanced Search
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