Battlefleet Gothic Heavy Cruiser of The Inquisition

The Inquisition Takes Flight
BFG ‘Character Ship’ Competition Finalist

By Matthew McConnaughey
Proceeding the first stage of my Inquisitor campaign, it became I figured, why not? And I soon found that the Inquisitor and
clear that my character, the newly ordained Ordo Malleus Lord Battlefleet Gothic storylines can be fit together well. So, after a
Inquisitor Mateo Stormsword, would have to take his crusade bit of help from my Co-Game Master, Ashley Anderson (the Dark
against the Darkness to the void. He, his loyal retinue (my best Princess of Chaos), we found a way, incorporating the Where's
friends' characters), and an Inquisition-trained crew originally set My Backup! article (Fanatic Online issue 9) rules to give the ships
out on The Gauntlet, a slightly modified Dauntless Class Light a worth in Inquisitor as our resources. So far it has seen much
Cruiser. However, following its destruction by the Forces of success, but who cares about all of that? At this time, it's the ships
Chaos, under the direct command of Daemon Prince Darius we care about! So, without further adieu, here's Mateo's Lunar
Noventum, Mateo's newest target, they have since taken to a Class Cruiser, the Divine Sanction.
highly modified Lunar Class Cruiser.
LUNAR CLASS CRUISER DIVINE SANCTION............................................................485 points

TYPE/HITS SPEED TURNS SHIELDS ARMOUR TURRETS
Cruiser/8 20cm 45 2* 6+front/5+ 2
ARMAMENT RANGE/SPEED FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC
Port Lance Battery 30cm 2 Left
Starboard Lance Battery 30cm 2 Right
Port Weapons Battery 30cm 6 Left
Starboard Weapons Battery 30cm 6 Right
Prow Torpedoes 30cm 6 Front
Prow Apocalypse Lance 60cm 1 Front
*Motion-Tracking Targeters/Secondary Reactors/Overload Shield Capacitors - As rules in refits tables
Vortex Torpedoes – Mateo believes that the most effective way Grey Knight Space Marines – Mateo has had a close relation
to banish a daemon is to send it screaming back to the warp from with the Grey Knights since his indoctrination into the Schola
whence it came. Mateo's ship is equipped with Vortex Torpedoes. Progenium, and later Inquisition training, particularly with the
However, unlike the normal rules, the Divine Sanction has a Justicar known as Aires. Mateo and Aires work together on many
supply that will last it the entire game, until it runs out, or other assignments, and each one sees to the other's safety. Divine
similar effects. All other normal rules apply for torpedoes and the Sanction has squads of Grey Knight Space Marines on board. The
Vortex warheads. ship is treated as though it were a full Space Marine ship in
regards to Hit-and-Run Teleport Attack bonuses (+1 to roll) and
Apocalypse Lance – The Apocalypse Lance is a devastating
Boarding Action bonuses (+2). However, against Chaos ships,
weapon that Mateo found equipped on the re-commissioned
the Divine Sanction gets an additional +1 to its Hit-and-Run
Dauntless Class Cruiser The Gauntlet, requisitioned from the late
Teleport Attack rolls, and an additional +2 to Boarding Actions,
Rogue Trader Tristan Makor (requisitioned post-mortis, after a
as Grey Knights excel at combating the forces of Chaos. In
death inflicted by Mateo…). After The Gauntlet's destruction,
addition, the ship is immune to the leadership effects of a
Mateo had the lance salvaged and equipped to his new ship. The
Slaanesh-Marked ship, and may always board a Chaos ship, even
Apocalypse lance follows normal rules to hit for a lance.
if it bears the Mark of Nurgle (Grey Knights wouldn't be very
However, if a hit is scored, shields will not stop the hit, and the
good at combating Chaos if they can't get on board to strike at it,
hit will automatically inflict a critical hit. Also, in an Exterminatus
would they?)
mission objective, between the vortex torpedoes and the
Apocalypse Lance, Exterminatus will be completed on a 3+ NOTE – if ever equipped with boarding torpedoes, note that the
rather than a 4+, when in position. Space Marine or Grey Knight bonuses will NOT be incurred, as
Inquisitorial Storm Troopers will undertake the attack.
Lord Inquisitor Mateo and Crew – Inquisitor Mateo has crewed
the ship with an Inquisition-Trained crew, and his most trusted And that's it! I hope this ship finds a way to help the starship
comrades of his retinue stand as lieutenants in the various parts commanders of Segmentum Obscuras.
of the ship. Mateo himself counts as an Admiral for a fleet (Ld. 9)
Mateo will continue to ply the void in search of his quarry, and
with two re-rolls, as he has personally gone through the
with the Eye of Terror spewing forth its corrupted contents, the
processes to learn how to effectively command starships.
search will not be long...
However, on board his ship, any failed leadership rolls may be re-
rolled without the use of a fleet-command re-roll, as his retinue
tries to ensure that order is upheld, and the objective is
completed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Matthew, hails from the US (no, he’s not that Matthew McConnaughey) and also plays Inquisitor, as you may have guessed
from the themes in his entry.

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BFG ‘Character Ship’ Competition Finalist

LUNAR CLASS CRUISER DIVINE SANCTION............................................................485 points

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