Mobile Cathedral
A Mobile Cathedral is...well...what the fuck do you expect? It is a giant Cathedral on tracks and is the largest ground vehicle ever fielded by the Ecclesiarchy in both wartime and peacetime and it is considered by most, a landship in all but name. If the Leviathan, Capitol Imperialis, Colossus, Emperor Battle Titan and an Ordinatus are considered the largest ground combat war machines of the Imperium, then the Mobile Cathedral is the largest troop transport vehicle ever fielded by the Imperium.
- Length: 250-300m; approx
- Height: 70-82m; approx
- Width: 50m; approx
- Mass: 540 kilotonnes; approx
- Crew: 5,000 crew including 10,000-15,000 Sisters of Battle; approx
- Acceleration: 5-12kph; approx
Overview
Mobile Cathedrals as aforementioned, are the greatest land vehicles used by the forces of the Ecclesiarchy. Heavily armoured, those engines are propulsed by tracks, articulated limbs or Archeotech grav repulsors.
Those Cathedrals are equipped with giant annunciation-engines blasting hymnals and sermons, as well as regular weaponry up to and including, Titan-sized Inferno Guns and can transport tens-of-thousands of troops into battle.
Despite the awesomemness of the concept, the Mobile Cathedrals have only appeared in like...two visual appearances (So they are very elusive), which is more of a testament to GW's Fail. Their size and design also varies to an extreme degree, which is not surprising given that regular cathedrals come in all shapes and sizes. The smaller ones are easily the size of the largest Titans or the Capitol Imperialis whilst the biggest of the big are essentially Gloriana-class Battleships on tracks (If the image on the right is legit and of any indication).
Fortunately, the recent release of the Sisters of Battle comic by Marvel in 2021 gave us further images of these things. Turns out their size is somewhere in the middle and they act like giant Sororitas drop-pods. Seriously, they have gaint rocket thrusters at the bottom to slow down their descent. Sure saves a lot on logistics in trying to find a dropship that could carry the damn things, unlike some ground vehicles. Their big enough to at least hold an entire legion of Sororitas including their armoury of Immolators, Paragon Warsuits, Exorcists and Valkyries. The troops and ground vehicles usually enter from ramps on the side of the ship and exit on the ECKS BAWKS HUEG doors at the front, whilst aerial vehicles probably land on several helipads at the top. They are basically colossal troop ARMY assault transports that are so big, that a Retribution-class Battleship could only hold three of them in its hangar.
Due to their sheer size and importance, Mobile Cathedrals are basically the Ecclesairchy's equivalent of a Imperial Navy battlefleet on land and they are held in great reverence.
Gallery
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What an absolute fucking unit.
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Mobile Cathedrals activating its orbital thrusters.
| Forces of the Sisters of Battle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command: | Triumph of Saint Katherine - Canoness Ecclesiarchy Battle Conclave - Imagifier Ministorum Priest - Palatine - Dogmata Sororitas Command Squad | |||||
| Troops: | Avenging Angel - Arco-flagellant - Battle Sister Squad Celestians - Crusaders - Death Cult Assassin Dominion Squad - Novitiate Squad - Retributor Squad Seraphim Squad - Sisters Repentia - Zephyrim Squad | |||||
| Walkers: | Paragon Warsuit - Penitent Engine - Mortifier (Anchorite) | |||||
| Vehicles: | Castigator Tank - Exorcist Immolator - Repressor - Rhino | |||||
| Special Vehicles: | Pulpit of Saint Holline's Basilica | |||||
| Superheavy Vehicles: |
Mobile Cathedral | |||||
| Flyers: | Avenger Strike Fighter | |||||
| Spacecraft: | Aquila Lander - Drop Pod | |||||
| Saints: | Living Saint - Geminae Superia | |||||
| Non Militant: | Orders Dialogous - Orders Famulous - Orders Hospitaler Orders Pronatus - Hagiolater | |||||
| Allies: | Black Templars | |||||