Editing Imperial Navy Battlecruiser (section)

===Carrier===

====Dominion====

[[File:DominionClass.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A ship so fucked over, you would think [[Angron]] designed that class.]]

A cautionary tale on not putting all your eggs under the decision making of a couple of sleazy bureaucrats.

A class designed to replace the Mars-class, the ''Dominion'' carried long-range [[Lance Weapon|Lance]]s to compliment its payload of [[Fury Interceptor|Assault]] [[Starhawk Bomber|Craft]] by the fleetlords of Bakka while also having Lance batteries to satisfy the [[Wat|"big-gun" lobby]] (Yes, we are as surprised as you are that [[Derp|lobbying still exists in the 41st Millennium]]). Would be a great platform for a nova cannon.

While it performed admirably as fleet support ships, especially during the First Tyrannic War on Macragge, they still suffered the same issues as the [[Gothic-class Cruiser]]s. [[Derp|After several of these ships were lost,]] construction of the class has ceased as a result. Because Emperor forbid a ship need support from other vessels. What do you think this is? A fleet?

*'''Length:''' 5.4km
*'''Mass:''' 31 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 95,000 crew, 17,500 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 2.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx

====Mars====

[[File:BFGAMars.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Needs more love.]]

Intended to replace the [[Exorcist-class Grand Cruiser]] as a fleet carrier and patrol ship, the ''Mars'' class didn't quite meet its designers' expectations, primarily due to its odd mix of weaponry. Aside from its Launch Bays carrying your typical mixture of [[Fury Interceptor]]s, [[Faustus Interceptor]]s, [[Starhawk Bomber]]s and [[Shark Assault Boat]]s, it features a [[Nova Cannon]], plus short-ranged [[Macrocannon]]s and [[Lance]] batteries. In theory, this allows the Mars Class to engage the enemy whilst out of range of their main weapon systems, or go closer to the enemy and use its attack craft to protect itself or make lightning raids against enemy ships.

However, in reality, the Mars Class is [[Skub]] reincarnated into an entire ship ''in-universe''. Captains have a love-or-hate relationship with the ''Mars'', with many thinking that its undergunned, but there's an equal number who respect its capability to operate at stand-off ranges (those guys should demand more Dominion-class ships then, with nova cannons). Still, [[Bitches|enough people bitched about the design]] that the shipyards of Mars stopped laying down Mars Class keels some 1,900 years before the Gothic War. Only a handful of shipyards continue to produce Mars in limited numbers ever since.

*'''Length:''' 5.4km
*'''Mass:''' 33 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 107,000 crew, 15,700 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 2.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration

====Jovian====
[[File:JovianClass.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Gerard R. Ford of Imperial carrier battlecruisers.]]
A true supercarrier in every sense of the term and basically what the Dominion should have been.

The Jovian-class Battlecruiser is a class of Battlecruiser used by the [[Imperial Navy]], named after the eponymous Jovian, a Mars-class Battlecruiser heavily modified to replace its forward and prow mounted batteries with Attack Craft hangers, in light of experiences of the [[First Tyrannic War]]. That's right, this thing goes all-in towards carrying aircraft and, like actual aircraft carriers, is lightly armed with only two turreted [[Macrocannon]]s/[[Lance Weapon]]s for protection.

The vessel is noted to possess keen auspex arrays and the process of converting Mars Pattern ships to the template is relatively straightforward, producing a cost-effective vessel. However, some authorities such as the fleetlords of Battlefleet Bakka maintain a stubborn attachment to big-gun warships, [[derp|impeding the vessel's uptake in some areas.]] At least one was utilised by Imperial forces during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.

As a true-blue aircraft carrier, the Jovian is big enough to house a diverse compliment of [[Fury Interceptor]]s, [[Faustus Interceptor]]s, [[Starhawk Bomber]]s and [[Shark Assault Boat]]s.

*'''Length:''' 5km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 30 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 86,000 crew, 28,500 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 2.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration