Defiant-Class Light Cruiser
Dimensions: 3.8 km long, 0.5 km abeam at fins approx.
Mass: 22 megatonnes approx.
Crew: 61,500 crew, approx, 6,100 pilots and support staff, approx.
Accel: 3.8 Gravities max sustainable acceleration.
A rarer carrier variant of the Endeavour, the Defiant is rarely utilised on its own in the Imperial Navy, as its typical weapons fit leaves it vulnerable to direct attack and totally reliant upon its relatively small number of Furies and Starhawks to defend it. In centuries past, these ships occasionally formed the flagships of long range light recon patrols into the Koronus Expanse, prior to the establishment of the more permanent Passage Watch 27 Est. Even then, some Defiants still remain in service with “Battlefleet Koronus.”
A few of these craft have made it into the hands of some richer Rogue Trader dynasties, where they are often utilised as a versatile “second ship,” a supplementary support vessel used to fill gaps in the capabilities of the Trader’s primary flagship.
Speed: 6
Detection: +15
Armour: 20
Space: 55
Weapon Capacity: 1 Port, 1 Starboard, 1 Prow (of these slots, 1 port and 1 starboard slot pre-equipped with components)
Manoeuvrability: +12
Hull Integrity: 60
Turret Rating: 2
SP: 58
Carrier: The Defiant-class light cruiser comes pre-equipped with two Jovian-class Launch Bay Components, which may not be removed. The hull’s space has already been reduced to account for this; however, when the ship is constructed it must be able to provide one Power to each launch bay Component (two in total).
Mass: 22 megatonnes approx.
Crew: 61,500 crew, approx, 6,100 pilots and support staff, approx.
Accel: 3.8 Gravities max sustainable acceleration.
A rarer carrier variant of the Endeavour, the Defiant is rarely utilised on its own in the Imperial Navy, as its typical weapons fit leaves it vulnerable to direct attack and totally reliant upon its relatively small number of Furies and Starhawks to defend it. In centuries past, these ships occasionally formed the flagships of long range light recon patrols into the Koronus Expanse, prior to the establishment of the more permanent Passage Watch 27 Est. Even then, some Defiants still remain in service with “Battlefleet Koronus.”
A few of these craft have made it into the hands of some richer Rogue Trader dynasties, where they are often utilised as a versatile “second ship,” a supplementary support vessel used to fill gaps in the capabilities of the Trader’s primary flagship.
Speed: 6
Detection: +15
Armour: 20
Space: 55
Weapon Capacity: 1 Port, 1 Starboard, 1 Prow (of these slots, 1 port and 1 starboard slot pre-equipped with components)
Manoeuvrability: +12
Hull Integrity: 60
Turret Rating: 2
SP: 58
Carrier: The Defiant-class light cruiser comes pre-equipped with two Jovian-class Launch Bay Components, which may not be removed. The hull’s space has already been reduced to account for this; however, when the ship is constructed it must be able to provide one Power to each launch bay Component (two in total).
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