Editing Imperial Navy Battlecruiser (section)

====Long Serpent====

[[File:LongSerpentCruiser.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Hur hur. Battlecruiser goes fwoosh!]]

Another attempt at a fast, heavily-armed Cruiser, this time from the Tech Priests of Hydraphur in the wake of the [[Gothic War]], the ''Long Serpent'' actually mostly succeeds at this task, thanks to being given what amounts to a Battleship engine on a Cruiser's frame.

The result is a powerful warship able to chase down the swiftest raider without that much difficulty, while delivering brutal firepower thanks to its 4 [[Macrocannon|Weapons Batteries]], single [[Lance]] battery, and [[Nova Cannon]].

Unfortunately, since they're not any more armored than a regular Cruiser, bigger ships won't have that much trouble punching through a Long Serpent's defenses (So? It shouldn’t be fighting bigger ships), and what's more, the catastrophic detonation of Battleship-grade Warp Drives [[FATAL|can also take out its Escorts.]] Despite this, small numbers of the class are now finding their way into other Segmentum fleets.

*'''Length:''' 5km
*'''Mass:''' 29.4 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 97,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 3.4 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx