Editing Chaos Battleship (section)

==== Desecrator ====

[[File:DesecratorBattleship.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The forgotten middle-child of the family.]]

More of a carrier-battleship than a true carrier.

First encountered during the Gothic War, this new class of Chaos Battleship represented the first newly encountered Chaos vessel recorded by the Imperium in millennia. It is believed that the Desecrator is a modified version of the Desolator-Class Battleship, modified by removing the forward Lance batteries in place of attack craft hangers and the addition of Weapons Battery turrets to the dorsal spine.

Sporadic reports of Desecrator battleships conducting raids throughout Segmentum Obscurus have persisted in the years since the Gothic War. One such raid against the Imperial Navy base of Junta IV resulted in the boarding and capture of three Imperial escort vessels.

*'''Length:''' 8-12km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 53.3 megatons; approx
*'''Crew:''' 142,000 crew, 30,000 pilots and support personnel; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 1.9 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx