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SENATOR CLASS BATTLESHIP “Eclipse II”                                    415 POINTS

The Senator Class Battleship has been built by Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars as a test platform for the gamma cluster cannon utilizing the crippled Hull of the Retribution Class Battleship “Eclipse”. To this purpose its entire inner Structure has been reinforced and equipped with dampers to deal with the ferocious kickback of the weapon. The cannon is fitted under the Keel for easy maintenance and re-calibration.

After the first weapon system tests and simulated combat the gamma cannon turned out to be one of the most devastating ship-mounted weapons since the Dark Age of Technology. It was able to obliterate escorts in no time and to cripple capital ships in minutes by shooting enormous holes through the hull blasting out complete sections on the other side of the target, killing the crew in neighboured undamaged quarters. After an orbital bombardment only enormous smouldering craters were left of planetary installations and all life ceased to exist many kilometres around the impact point.

After test completion the Imperial Navy brought the ship back into service, refitting the broadsides by adding two long-range lance arrays and increasing the firepower of the remaining weapons batteries thus making the Eclipse a formidable artillery platform and a horrific opponent in combat.

Though the Eclipse II never has suffered heavy damage in combat it is not the most recommended place to be in the service of the Emperor because the gamma cannon’s kickback is “bone-crushing” and “total disaster” is ruling in stocks, magazines and crew quarters after every shot.

TYPE/HITS          SPEED          TURNS                SHIELDS               ARMOUR              TURRETS

Battleship/12        20cm             45o                      4                            6+ front/5+            4

ARMAMENT                                           RANGE/SPEED     FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC

Port Weapons Batteries                           60cm                    10                         Left

Starboard Weapons Batteries                  60cm                    10                         Right

Port Lances                                            60cm                    2                           Left

Starboard Lances                                    60cm                    2                           Right

Dorsal Lances                                         60cm                    3                           Front/Left/Right

Prow Gamma Cannon                             90cm                    10                         Front

Can not use special order “come to new heading”

Special rules for the Gamma Cluster Cannon:

- Nova cannon template is used for targeting

- shoots as weapons battery, hits as lance, blocked by shields as normal.

- Ordnance and blast markers are hit in a zone of + 5cm along the straight shooting path (due to secondary radiation) and have to be removed from the table. Critical hits on targets at 4+.

Description

SENATOR CLASS BATTLESHIP “Eclipse II”                                    415 POINTS

The Senator Class Battleship has been built by Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars as a test platform for the gamma cluster cannon utilizing the crippled Hull of the Retribution Class Battleship “Eclipse”. To this purpose its entire inner Structure has been reinforced and equipped with dampers to deal with the ferocious kickback of the weapon. The cannon is fitted under the Keel for easy maintenance and re-calibration.

After the first weapon system tests and simulated combat the gamma cannon turned out to be one of the most devastating ship-mounted weapons since the Dark Age of Technology. It was able to obliterate escorts in no time and to cripple capital ships in minutes by shooting enormous holes through the hull blasting out complete sections on the other side of the target, killing the crew in neighboured undamaged quarters. After an orbital bombardment only enormous smouldering craters were left of planetary installations and all life ceased to exist many kilometres around the impact point.

After test completion the Imperial Navy brought the ship back into service, refitting the broadsides by adding two long-range lance arrays and increasing the firepower of the remaining weapons batteries thus making the Eclipse a formidable artillery platform and a horrific opponent in combat.

Though the Eclipse II never has suffered heavy damage in combat it is not the most recommended place to be in the service of the Emperor because the gamma cannon’s kickback is “bone-crushing” and “total disaster” is ruling in stocks, magazines and crew quarters after every shot.

TYPE/HITS          SPEED          TURNS                SHIELDS               ARMOUR              TURRETS

Battleship/12        20cm             45o                      4                            6+ front/5+            4

ARMAMENT                                           RANGE/SPEED     FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC

Port Weapons Batteries                           60cm                    10                         Left

Starboard Weapons Batteries                  60cm                    10                         Right

Port Lances                                            60cm                    2                           Left

Starboard Lances                                    60cm                    2                           Right

Dorsal Lances                                         60cm                    3                           Front/Left/Right

Prow Gamma Cannon                             90cm                    10                         Front

Can not use special order “come to new heading”

Special rules for the Gamma Cluster Cannon:

- Nova cannon template is used for targeting

- shoots as weapons battery, hits as lance, blocked by shields as normal.

- Ordnance and blast markers are hit in a zone of + 5cm along the straight shooting path (due to secondary radiation) and have to be removed from the table. Critical hits on targets at 4+.