Editing The Phalanx (section)

==In Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2==
The ''Phalanx'' makes its appearance in the tutorial section of the second game. Much like its role during the [[Gathering Storm]], the battle fortress makes its surprise appearance in [[Cadia]]'s orbit, throwing a wrench in the [[Abaddon|Warmaster]]'s plans as it proceeds to plow its way through the Black Fleet and actually ''destroy'' the [[Blackstone Fortress]] ''Will of Eternity''. [[Awesome|All this while under your control]].

Unlike how it was described in The Fall of Cadia book, the ''Phalanx'' in-game is effectively untouchable by anything it faces during its run toward the Blackstone Fortress, with '''7200''' HP, three times the shields of a [[Imperial Navy Battleship|battleship]], ''and'' the default 83% reduction on all sides that a Space Marine unit has by default. Even the ''Will of Eternity''s iconic Warp Beam, which we have to remind everyone was made to ''kill C'tan'', barely scratches its shields.

In the Necron campaign, [[Trazyn the Infinite]] reveals that the Phalanx houses the trionic activator that Phaeron Kephrekh requires to activate the Dark Throne. Nemesor Amarkun is sent to retrieve it with Trazyn as his "guest" and successfully sends warriors to board the Phalanx, whose shields are occasionally disrupted by solar eruptions. Unable to evacuate the warriors due to the "agitated" humans, Trazyn boards the Phalanx and unleashes a tesseract labyrinth containing a [[Tyranid]] swarm of "quite humorous extent", allowing the device to be extracted and resulting in the complete destruction of the Phalanx.

It also proceeds to fuck with you in the Chaos Campaign, by every so often picking an Imperial-owned System and causing the Fleets there to spew attacks at you, as well as allowing Fleets within to reinforce and be created every turn.
Stopping it from doing this requires that you dive in, deal with it, and whatever fleets and platforms are defending it. Even then, it cannot be brought below 1 Hit Point and boarding parties cannot prevent it's escape.

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