The Lunar class cruiser makes up the backbone of the Imperial Navy. Its (relatively) uncomplicated design dates back to the dawn of the Imperium, and it can be constructed at worlds normally unable to build a ship of the line. Many other cruiser classes are actually retrofitted or slightly modified Lunar hulls, such as the Dictator and Gothic classes. A particularly infamous ship stalks the Turbidious Section, an ancient vessel that has stalked the void since before the Heresy. Her name…. Lance of Contempt A Lunar class cruiser with a checkered past, whose rebellious machine spirit led it to a path of ruin and corrupted the crew into turning away from the Emperors light. The Lance of Contempt, her previous Imperial name being The Emperors Grace, is hunted by the Imperium for the atrocities she has committed across sectors. The Lance of Contempt is infamous for performing an unauthorised exterminatus on the Ratling planet of Glory’s Hope in the Balerous Sun Sector, killing over a billion ratlings and imperial servants. During this atrocity the ship also turned on and destroyed a medical fleet they were escorting to the planet. This was her first open act of war on the Imperium and it has continued ever since. Records recovered shows that the ship may have already turned prior to this point but they are corrupted at best. The ship has had a turbulent past, with it having been used to perform deeds from the dastardly to the heroic over the years. It has been the ship a legend in each the crews minds and famous in the Sector. With hindsight the missions it was sent on and pride instilled in the crew seems to have always put her on a path to the ruinous powers. It was only a matter of time. Due to the ship being infamous only the best crew ever served on her, The Lance of Contempt has always been crewed by voidfarers whose skill is rarely seen in the Imperium, and always in high demand. This has made her difficult to bring to battle if the odds are against her and almost impossible to defeat when she chooses to engage in open void warfare. Throughout the years of service the machine spirit became rebellious and the vessel does not suffer authority willingly. At times she seems to take pleasure in interfering with the plans of its masters and it is this nature that led the ship down a path of ruin. She became Chaos Tainted, the God of Malice held sway. This taint is what turned the ship away and eventually its crew from the light of The Emperor and they are now lost to the machinations of Chaos. It is hunted by the navy who wish to see it and its traitorous crew burn by holy cannon. One of keys aspects of The Lance of Contempt was her Cypra-pattern Drive systems. These drive systems uses a series of additional baffles, magnetic fields, and hyper-efficient coolants to reduce its energy signature, making the vessel more difficult to detect when running silent. She was and always will be a silent killer! Story (By Admiral Camps) I look out of the viewport in my study at the planet slowly revolving in the distance. I see my face but I don’t recognise it. It is a young face. Except for the eyes. The eyes are old. The eyes never lie. My name is Gabriel. Captain of the Emperors Grace. This is not my first name and I doubt it will be my last. I stand looking out at my ship before me. Did I choose her or did she choose me? She knows who I am and I know her. We are one. Together we know what we must be to brake our past. Breaking me from my reverie, my tactical officer, Tobias, speaks in my ear. “My Lord” I hear him say. “The Soriatas Hospitalar fleet is now in communications range. Shall I hail them?” “Meet me on the bridge” I reply. Slowly I drag my thoughts away from the scene before me and turn to leave. “Mr Joachim, if you please?” A single chime in my vox bead is the only reply. I enter the bridge, the scene before me is one a serene tranquillity. Tobias is watching me expectantly. “Sir? The fleet?” “Tobias, you were not with us during the Kiriatan campaign were you?” “My Lord? No I joined after that campaign” “Pity” “Sir?” “Mr Joachim, now please “ The deck shuddered as immense force roar through the structure of the ship. Through the viewport twelve sparks of fire could be seen streaking towards Glory’s Hope. Tobias stood looking out at death heading towards the planet, his jaw slack with shock. Slowly he turns to face me and whispers one word, ‘why?’ I see the hurt and betrayal in his eyes, just before Joachim puts a lasbolt through it head. The four medical frigates start to increase the power to their engines and slowly start to scatter. In the blink of an eye a searing flash hits each of the frigates. For a heartbeat, nothing... then four miniature suns flash into existence as the lance batteries do their work. “It is done” “Thank you Mr Joachim.’’ I watch for a second more as I listen to my ship laugh through my cerebral connection to her. “We have fallen” she was whispers. “And you are my children’’ Final pict from orbital during the destruction of the medical fleet over Glory's Hope ---------------- So this is out little communities’ ship. A few months ago I posted on the facebook page for the community to create a ship that we could call our own. It is fitting that a rebellious ship ended up being our ship when the group is full of renegades, traitors and xenos admirals. This whole concept came about from the RPG for 40k and is based on that system on creating a ship. I will post up the ruleset I used too in the hobby section of this website, so others can create their own ships. The ship was created with various random dices rolls averaged out from all the FB members. Rolls were on everything from the ship class to the crew to our mission parameters our ship came into being. Once the ship theme came together I posted up a vote on painting and history, put simply, Malal was the overwhelming winner, hence why she is painted the way she is. So this is out ship folks, if wanted I might try to create some specific rules for here but until then I would say use the Lunar or Murder rules
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