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VOIDSHIPS

G

RACE

CLASS

S

UPPORT

S

HIP

Hull: Transport

Dimensions: 2.3 km long, 0.4 km abeam at fins approx.

Mass: 8.5 megatonnes approx.

Crew: 12,000 crew, 3,500 support staff, approx.

Accel: 2.2 gravities max sustainable acceleration.

The Grace fleet support ship was once the most common Navy transport in the Jericho Sector. These merchantmen were rugged and spacious, built with

an eye towards economy in labour. Battlefleet Jericho, in its final years, refitted many Grace support ships into fleet tenders with salvage bays,

manufactoria, even hospice decks and advanced medicae bays to keep the warships operational and their crews living. The hulks of Grace support ships

are prime targets for scavengers, hoping to find war materiel from millennia past. They often find the supplies degraded or damaged and resort to selling

the stripped hull to recoup their losses. As a result, the Grace is now plying Jericho’s trade lanes once again.

Speed: 4 Manoeuvrability: +5 Detection: +5 Turret Rating: 1

Void Shields: 1 Armour: 16 Hull Integrity: 35 Crew Rating: Competent (30)

Morale: 100 Crew Population: 100 Space: 40 Weapon Capacity: Dorsal 2

Essential ComponentsMars Pattern Class 1 Drive, Yukawa 1 Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Void Shield Generator, Commerce Bridge, Clemency Pattern Life Sustainer, Pressed-

Crew Quarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsMain Cargo Hold: Whether it stored spare parts, medical supplies, food, water, or wounded refugees, a Grace’s cargo hol d was almost always full. It

provides +125 Achievement Points when used in an Endeavour.

Support Deck: Most Grace support ships were refitted with a Support Deck prior to an extensive refit to turn them into hospital ships or fleet tenders.

Treat this as a Hold Landing Bay. The ship’s stats have already been adjusted. Observation Dome: The Yukawa warp engines are famed for their reliability and their slower than average transit times. An Observation Dome allows

crew and passengers alike a place to socialize and escape the carefully managed spaces of the ship.

Dorsal Thunderstrike Macrobatteries: Still powerful enough to level cities from orbit, these weapons are considered weak but Reliable.

Notable Vessels Lady Ophesta True Service Gallant Merchant Iumentum

Weapon Strength Damage Crit Rating Range

Macrobattery 3 1d10+1 6 4

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VOIDSHIPS

P

EDDLER

CLASS

F

AST

T

RANSPORT

Hull: Transport



Crew: 13,000 crew,approx.


When the Imperium first arrived in what would become the Jericho Sector, the human empires in the region had already begun constructing their own mighty warships. These amounted to little more than raiders that a half-blind merchantman could easily best. Still, these

ships shared a uniformity in design and function with many other vessels throughout the galaxy employed by infidels and recidivists. A general purge

was ordered and though these raiders were destroyed, the shipyards and foundries were left untouched. The Peddler emerged a century later, bearing thesame hallmarks of the escorts in a hull optimized for speed and storage. This meant sacrificing the dorsal weapon mounts for the main cargo hold and

forcing Peddlers to use inefficient port and starboard batteries. Alone, a Peddler can barely scare off a pirate, but in pairs the fast transports link theirlight macrocannon together and can worry even heavier frigates. Most captains prefer running away, having stripped the guns in favour of even more

cargo space or more esoteric defenses. Battlefleet Jericho employed these ships to resupply distant staging points or run through blockades, with mixed

results.


Void Shields: 1 Armour: 12 Hull Integrity: 36 Crew Rating: Competent (30) Morale: 98 Crew Population: 100 Space: 38 Weapon Capacity: Port 1, Starboard 1

Essential ComponentsJovian Pattern Class 1 Drive, Strelov 1 Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Void Shield Generator, Commerce Bridge, M-1.b Pattern Life Sustainer, Pressed-Crew Quarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental Components

Main Cargo Hold: Peddlers have been designed with quick cargo transfers in mind. In addition to providing +125 Achievement Points to TradeObjectives, it also halves the time to load and unload cargo.

Bazaar: Most Peddlers make use of an auxiliary space between the main hold and the command towers, creating a merchant haven on board. This

grants one of the benefits of Luxury Passenger Quarters.

Port and Starboard Thunderstrike Macrobatteries: Still powerful enough to level cities from orbit, these weapons are considered weak but Reliable.

Notable Vessels Roguish Charm Century Eagle Aurum Shadowgift



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VOIDSHIPS

C

HARIOT CLASS

C

ORVETTE

Hull: Frigate



Crew: 14,000 crew, approx.


Compact and durable, the Chariot-class Corvette is a relic of a different time in the Imperial Navy. Standard strategic thinking then was to use classes

such as the Chariot as “line infiltrators”, dashing as quickly as possible towards the enemy and breaking up formations with withering fire. Grand

Cruisers lead the charge, though the gaps they created often needed filling. Escorts like the Cobra or Frigates were swift enough to respond, but were ill-

suited. The Chariot, unlike other corvettes, was not hastily constructed but purpose-built for ruggedness and heavy firepower at the cost of speed and

agility. A lone Chariot is a modest threat, but a pair of these corvettes working in tandem could link its port, starboard, and dorsal batteries together,

allowing it to engage two or three targets with synchronized battery strikes. The Mars-pattern Las-batteries were indeed made famous on the Chariot,

having once been considered short-ranged and weak on larger vessels. The Achilus Crusade is actively recovering Chariot hulks and pressing them into

service as convoy escorts, a role the Chariots filled with some hesitant pride before the Age of Shadow.

Essential ComponentsJovian Pattern Class 8.1 Drive, Strelov 1 Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Void Shield Generator, Combat Bridge, M-1.b Pattern Life Sustainer, Pressed-

Crew Quarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsDorsal, Port, and Starboard Mars-pattern Mk. A Las-Batteries: These rugged weapons are built from an older sub-pattern and still utilizes some

automation newer-built las-batteries lack. These are Reliable.

Gunship: As a result of the over-abundance of weapons aboard a Chariot, it has half the supplies and duration in the void as other vessels.

Reinforced Prow: Chariots have reinforced prows to better defend while charging headlong into battle.

Notable Vessels Ignus Squadron C44-22 “Tiger” Wildhunt Squadron Wagon Wheel


Void Shields: 1 Armour: 18 (Prow 20) Hull Integrity: 38 Crew Rating: Crack (40) Morale: 98 Crew Population: 100 Space: 38 Weapon Capacity: Dorsal 1, Port 1, Starboard 1



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VOIDSHIPS

A

RROW CLASS

F

RIGATE

Hull: Frigate





The Arrow-class frigate was originally laid down in early M32 in the Jericho Sector. Though Forge World Scand crafted the first few Arrows, later

production runs were handled fully by bonded shipyards in distant systems. Arrows would become popular, if specialized, frigates in the adjoining

Sectors for millennia until the last known Arrows were destroyed in M39. None of the shipyards that produced the Arrow remain intact, though

examples of the class can be found in numerous spaceship graveyards that dot the Jericho Reach. Arrows are built around a plasma-accelerated torpedo

launcher system that required reinforced plasma conduits run nearly the entire length of the ship. This gives the frigate tremendous acceleration however

it cannot redirect plasma to its thrusters, reducing its overall agility.


Void Shields: 1 Armour: 17 Hull Integrity: 36 Crew Rating: Crack (40) Morale: 98 Crew Population: 100 Space: 38 Weapon Capacity: Prow 1, Dorsal 2

Essential ComponentsMars Pattern Class 2 Drive, Strelov 1 Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Void Shield Generator, Command Bridge, M-1.b Pattern Life Sustainer, Pressed-CrewQuarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsProw Plasma-Accelerated Torpedo Launcher: This component cannot be removed. If destroyed, it can be replaced with another torpedo launcher.

This stores 20 torpedoes, plus an additional 4 if they are loaded in the tubes.

Cargo Hold and Lighter Bay: Arrows are also typical first-responders and carry an assortment of support craft as well as a well-stocked hold.

Dorsal Mars-pattern Las-Batteries: The Arrow shares the same weapon arrangement as the smaller Chariot corvette, but the greater volume available

to the frigate allows for a more efficient layout. These are Reliable.

Notable Ships Jade Squadron Shadow Squadron Deathstrike Squadron Vigilante



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VOIDSHIPS

C

OMET CLASS

L

IGHT

C

RUISER

Hull: Light Cruiser





The Comet was rare even during its prime, often overshadowed bythe more versatile Dauntless for the more traditional light cruiser roles. It was more compact,utilizing ancient and now lost technologies in the construction of its hull while its dorsal spine design

prevented the mounting of weapons atop the ship, limiting its weapons’ arcs of fire. It fell out of favour with many Segmentum fleets, which proved a

boon to Battlefleet Jericho. The Comet proved itself an excellent independent ship, able to threaten the much larger xenos capital vessels that roamed theJericho Sector in those days. It was heavily refitted during its operational life, enlarging its supply vaults significantly and reinforcing the prow armour

to better withstand fire as it launched a full cruiser’s torpedo salvo. Few Comets remain in use today, and the Achilus Crusade shows no inclinationtowards pressing these ships into service despite reclaiming many of them.

Essential ComponentsJovian Pattern Class 8.2 Drive, Strelov 2 Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Void Shield Generator, Command Bridge, Vitae Pattern Life Sustainer, VoidsmenQuarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsProw Mars-pattern Torpedo Tubes: This system is capable of launching six torpedoes at a time and can store 42 torpedoes plus six in the tubes.

Port and Starboard Sunsear Las-Broadsides: Though slower-firing than the weapons found on the Chariot or Arrow, these broadsides can unleash a

devastating storm of light that few targets can withstand for long.

Reinforced Prow: Later refits of the Comet included uprating its frontal armour to better withstand return fire.

Extended Supply Vaults: Spare parts, rations, medicine, and ammunition are piled high in these vaults.

Cargo Hold and Lighter Bay: Perfect for extended operations, this bay allows the Comet to transfer new supplies quickly and store it efficiently.

Notable Vessels Vires Maximus Duelist For the Love of Lord Sibald Antiro


Void Shields: 1 Armour: 18 (Prow 20) Hull Integrity: 60 Crew Rating: Veteran (50) Morale: 101 Crew Population: 100 Space: 57 Weapon Capacity: Prow 1, Port 1, Starboard 1


Broadside 6 1d10+2 4 9

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VOIDSHIPS

Z

EALOT CLASS

L

IGHT

C

RUISER

Hull: Light Cruiser





The Zealot class was constructed in early M32, amidst severalcrises that delayed the light cruiser’s launch by centuries. It was

cancelled twice but those messages never made it to the distant forge worlds chargedits construction. Though as large as the Dauntless, the Zealot makes no room for cantankerous lances or

volatile torpedoes, instead relying on several Mars-pattern plasma macrobatteries for all its offensive punch. Theweapons were widely used on the then-standard Imperial Cruiser, the Murder-class, and a light cruiser gunboat was something that appealed to the

Imperial admirals of the era. Built in too-few numbers in the Jericho Sector, totalling only in the hundreds, the few remaining Zealots in Imperial service

are in reserve fleets, their plasma batteries ripped out and put to use on less tainted (by association) hulls.

Essential ComponentsJovian Pattern Class 4.5 “Warcruiser" Drive, Strelov 2 Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Void Shield Generator, Command Bridge, Vitae Pattern Life

Sustainer, Voidsmen Quarters, R-50 Auspex Multi-Band Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsProw, Port, and Starboard Mars-pattern Plasma Batteries: These ancient weapons are highly prized by the Imperium and its enemies. Each battery

has the Blast quality.

Observation Dome: Zealots were often tasked with plotting new warp routes to the Jericho Sector’s various troublesome xenos empires. Coupled with

its sensitive augury vanes, the Zealot grants +100 Achievement Points to Exploration objectives.

Plasma Chapels: The plasma batteries can make use of highly-refined promethium gases stored in a plasma state. Treat as a Munitorium.

Extended Supply Vaults: These supply vaults featured docking bays for barges and other heavy lifters for quicker resupply of victuals and provender.

Notable Vessels

Faith and Fire Wernstrum’s Vengeance Clarity Flagellant Squadron

Speed: 8 Manoeuvrability: +8 Detection: +12 Turret Rating: 2 Void Shields: 1 Armour: 18 Hull Integrity: 58 Crew Rating: Veteran (50)

Morale: 102 Crew Population: 100 Space: 58 Weapon Capacity: Prow 1, Port 1, Starboard 1



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VOIDSHIPS

S

OLAR CLASS

C

RUISER

Hull: Cruiser


Mass: 29.5 megatonnes approx.Crew: 98,000 crew, approx.


Records indicate that the Jericho Sector was once home to a powerful xenos species, or empire of several, that made extensive

use of attack craft. Conquering Imperial forces tried to meet strength for strength but it wasn’t until the Solar-classCruisers arrived from Segmentum Solar did the tides begin to turn. The ancient vessels had been fitted with nova cannon, a

gravitic accelerator that hurled plasma shells that dwarfed torpedoes, which made short work of the xenos carriers and often

their clouds of smaller craft. Most Solars were decommissioned well before the Jericho Sector’s fall, their aging hulls were wrought using ancientknowledge, making its systems and weapons difficult to maintain. They were forgotten until the arrival of the Eclipse, a refurbished Solar cruiser

crewed by servants of the Ruinous Powers, which proceeded to bombard Crusade battlegroups. Crusade assets have been dispatched to seek thesemothballed ships and recover or destroy them while the Adeptus Mechanicus seek aid in restoring the dozens already claimed.

Essential ComponentsJovian Pattern Class 4.5 “Warcruiser” Drive, Miloslav H-616.a Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Dual Void Shield Array, Ship’s Master’s Bridge, Vitae

Pattern Life Sustainer, Voidsmen Quarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsProw Mars-pattern Nova Cannon: The Solar is built around a nova cannon which cannot be removed. It has 24 nova cannon shells when fully loaded.

Port and Starboard Mars-pattern Plasma Broadsides: The Solar’s port and starboard batteries are supercharged. These have the Blast quality.

Reinforced Prow: The Solar has thicker frontal armour to better withstand fire as it bombards distant targets.

Port and Starboard Sunhammer Lance Batteries: There is evidence that the common Sunhammer lances may have originated on the Solar cruiser.

Notable Vessels

Unrivalled Incomparable Duchess Elaine Radiant

Speed: 5 Manoeuvrability: +8 Detection: +12 Turret Rating: 3 Void Shields: 2 Armour: 20 (Prow 22) Hull Integrity: 70 Crew Rating: Veteran (50) Morale: 100 Crew Population: 100 Space: 77 Weapon Capacity: Prow 1, Port 2, Starboard 2




Lance Battery 2 1d10+2 3 9

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R

EDEEMED CLASS

G

RAND

C

RUISER

Hull: Grand Cruiser


Mass: 39.5 megatonnes approx.Crew: 124,000 crew, approx.


Battlefleet Jericho held on to its grand cruisers evenafter Segmentum command issued a recall. Vessels

such as the Clamour , the Iridescent Fury, and those of the DiscipleSquadron were famed and celebrated for their service at the dawn of the Sector’s

founding. Before they could be mothballed, the grand cruisers were ambushed by Waaagh! Bashka. The Clamour died

with its guns firing even as a warp engine leak unleashed a flood of daemons within it. Disciple Squadron at the head ofthe formation were subjected to repeated ramming attacks, ending their service in sympathetic plasma explosions. But the

Solace in Service was captured and became Warlord Bashka’s flagship. The resulting war against the greenskins saw the few remaining grand cruisers battered and nearly dead, and the Solace was not found until millennia later. Rogue Trader Wilbur Hek found the hulk adrift near the Black Reef and

engaged in a recovery operation even while fighting the remaining greenskins aboard. Since then, several battered Avengers and Exorcists have been

recovered and pressed into service as the Redeemed-class grand cruiser: a name more of a hope than a promise as most retain their difficult powersystems, weapons, and near-heretical warp engines.

Essential ComponentsSaturine Pattern Class 5 Drive, Miloslav H-616.a Warp Engine, Gellar Field, Triple Void Shield Array, Ship’s Master’s Bridge, Vitae Pattern LifeSustainer, Voidsmen Quarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsArmoured Prow: With many requiring extensive repairs anyway, many Redeemed were used as a test-bed for several proposed grand cruiser refits.

Prow Mars-pattern Nova Cannon: All Redeemed have been rebuilt with a massive nova cannon under its prow. It has 25 nova cannon shells.

Observation Dome: The sheer number of personnel aboard grand cruisers requires several open spaces just to maintain morale.

Port and Starboard Hecutor Plasma Broadsides: The Redeemed sports dual port and starboard plasma broadsides. These have the Blast quality.

Port and Starboard Godsbane Lance Batteries:


Void Shields: 3 Armour: 21 (Prow 25) Hull Integrity: 90 Crew Rating: Veteran (50) Morale: 101 Crew Population: 100 Space: 90 Weapon Capacity: Prow 1, Port 3, Starboard 3





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RATH CLASS

B

ATTLESHIP

Hull: Battleship


Mass: 62 megatonnes approx.Crew: 205,000 crew, approx.

Accel: 1.7gravities max sustainableacceleration.

Another victim of changing naval doctrines, the

Wrath-class battleship was crafted to be a pure ship-killer, obliterating the Imperium’s foes with overcharged

lance batteries. The rise (and fall, and subsequent rise again) of attackcraft coincided with the fad of ‘fast battleships’, and what would have been a fearsome and pure warship

became a swift carrier with confusing capabilities. The Wraths that served Battlefleet Jericho did so as solitary

vessels, patrolling routes at the behest of the Deathwatch and other Imperial institutions. When the Imperium began to pullout of the Jericho Sector, the Wrath-class battleships were the core of the forces delaying the advance of the Ruinous Powers.

Essential ComponentsMars Pattern Class 9 Drive, Miloslav I-616.j Warp Engine, Warpbane Hull, Quad Void Shield Array, Bridge of Antiquity, Vitae Pattern Life Sustainer,

Voidsmen Quarters, M-100 Augur Array

Supplemental ComponentsProw and Dorsal Mars-pattern Plasma Batteries: These plasma cannon have the Reliable and Blast qualities.

Port and Starboard Judgement Lance Batteries: Only battleships have the capacity to fire and power the Judgement Lances for extended periods of

time. These are Reliable and Rending (5).

Port and Starboard Launch Bays: These are Strength 3 launch bays. Critical Hits to these components may also trigger Depressurization on a d10 roll

of 9 or higher.


Void Shields: 4 Armour: 21 Hull Integrity: 105 Crew Rating: Elite (60) Morale: 100 Crew Population: 100 Space: 100 Weapon Capacity: Prow 1, Dorsal 1, Port 3, Starboard 3

Weapon Strength Damage Crit Rating Range Macrobattery 5 1d10+4 4 8



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RELICSMars-Pattern Plasma DriveThough Jovian plasma technology is widely used today, the Mars- pattern drives were just as efficient and more compact. Many older

ships still in service actually make use of a Mars-pattern drive but has

made do with Jovian-pattern replacement parts. These generate the samePower as Jovian-pattern Plasma Drives but take up 4 less Space.

Yukawa Warp Engine The Yukawa is an ancient pattern of warp engine that doesn’t quite

enter as fully into the Empyrean as other engines do. This increasestransit times but the shallowness of the Yukawa’s signature has allowed

many safe and secure passages compared to even the standard Strelov

engines. Increase all transit times by 33% while in the Warp, but rolltwice for any Warp Encounters and choose the lowest result.

Support Deck

An early Imperial tool, the Support Deck was part rescue bay, part smallcraft hangar. It housed search and rescue craft, bulk haulers, and

numerous specialists. The cogitators that made Support Decks efficient

workplaces were declared archeotech millennia ago. Still, the STC-builthangars are quite efficient. Treat this as a Hold Landing Bay.

Mars-pattern Las-BatteryDiscovered though never produced on Mars, these las-batteries arefavoured by smaller vessels that would find it difficult to maintain anadequate supply of macroshells. Their shorter range and slightly weaker

hitting power is offset by their rapid fire capabilities. These have theReliable quality.

Mars-pattern Plasma Battery / Broadside Mars discontinued the production of new plasma batteries after several

prominent voidship classes that made use of them turned Traitor. Thosethat remain aboard loyal Imperial ships are furnished with all of the

spare parts needed, but no new ones will be built. These are periodically

reclaimed from enemy hulks and a long re-sanctifying process isnecessary before they can be pressed back into service. These have the

Blast quality. Broadsides have the Storm quality as well.

Clemency Pattern Life SustainerForge World Scand specialized in the creation of these life sustainers, atleast the ancient version of them. They can still be found aboard several

older hulks, still sealing rents in the hull against the void. Scand-made

Clemency life sustainers use up only half of the Space required.

Plasma-Accelerated Torpedo LauncherThis is similar to the archeotech found elsewhere in the Imperium,though these can only be mounted in the Prow and decrease the

Manoeuvrability by 10 as it draws plasma from the main drive. In turn,it grants the ship’s base Speed as a bonus to the torpedoes’ initial Speed.

This is a Volatile component and any damage done to it adds +2

damage.

Solar-class Battlecruiser Though the Solar-class Cruiser was celebrated in the works of many

remembrancers, few recall the doomed attempt at creating an early battlecruiser from the Solar hull. Several of these examples must still

exist amongst the hulks within the Reach as they were instrumental

during the last days before the Age of Shadow. These feature anadditional 5 Space and a Dorsal slot.

Scand-pattern Combat VoidsuitsBuilt using layered microfabrics to grant its wearer the full use of theirdexterity and agility, the Scand-pattern combat voidsuit is a treasure theAdeptus Mechanicus are seeking to recreate. A single intact suit is

worth much to the tech-priests, perhaps even more to the Imperial Navy.

Dzel Combat SalveRefined from algae from Eccund’s near -frozen oceans and mixed with

esoteric compounds created by the bio-mechanics of Dzel, the combat

salve greatly speeds up the healing of many common battlefield woundsand afflictions. The miraculous properties of the combat salve must be

exaggerated, but this has not prevented any and all parties at seeking to

uncover the recipe for the combat salve. Grace support ships and Cometlight cruisers have been known to store these for emergencies.

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