Editing Imperial Navy Battleship (section)

===Ordnance Ships===

==== Invincible ====

[[File:InvinicbleBattleship.jpg|300px|right|thumb|No, it's not as invincible as it says it is. Unless you send it against the enemies it was designed for, then it is essentially invincible.]]

A "fast battleship" class, the ''Invincible'' was designed with the pursuit of Xenos and Chaos raiders in mind. It was the brainchild of Admiral Kisher, this vessel was designed to hunt Chaos and Eldar Corsair raiders at the speed of a Light Cruiser. [[Heresy|Despite protests from the Adeptus Mechanicus over inherent design flaws in the internal compartmentalization]] and issues with the back-up systems and power distribution grid, Kisher went ahead with the concept, citing the ship could kill anything that could outrun it, and outrun anything that could kill it.

Featuring the speed of a ''Dauntless'' on top of the usual weaponry of a ''Retribution'', the Invincible was quick as it was deadly and its close external appearance to the Retribution caught many would-be attackers off guard. Finally, humans got to wipe those smug grins off the faces of Eldar and turn their tears of laughter into tears of terror.

Unfortunately, this speed came at the expense of protection, which meant that in a straight battleship duel the ''Invincible''-class [[Pretend|despite the name,]] suffered the same fate as the Battle cruisers used by Terra's various ocean navys and crumpled like wet cardboard (also not helped by some Admiral's [[FAIL|foolishly using them as front line sluggers and the tactics given for it specifically detailing how to use it and placed in the Tactica Imperialis]]). Despite this, the ship was deemed successful enough to mass-produce.

*'''Length:''' 8-12km
*'''Mass:''' 64 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 171,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 4.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration

====Retribution====

[[File:BFGARetribution.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Crit all day everyday.]]

What one gets when you cram as many [[macrocannon]]s on a hull as humanly possible, with some [[Lance Weapon|lance]]s and [[Torpedo|torpedoes]] for flavor, the Retribution is as close to the Imperial Navy can get to a bruiser, capable of comfortably duking it out with opponents at medium-to-long ranges. The class as such, is a true ''ship of the line'', being able to deliver a devastating broadside assault on the enemy, but is also equipped with impressive defenses.

The Retribution features the distinctive armoured prow of the Imperial Navy which allows it to speed headlong at the enemy fleet, ignoring all but the heaviest fire brought against it. The ship is also as fast as the main cruisers of the Imperial Fleet. Being able to keep up with them gives extra support that can be vital in a fleet engagement.

In ''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada'' 1 & 2, the ''Retribution'' is actually the fastest Battleship type available to the Imperial Navy (probably as a nod to the Invincible-class). It also has arguably the highest damage potential of the available Battleships in the games; a full broadside plus successful ram is capable of crippling or even destroying ships the size of Cruisers or smaller.

*'''Length:''' 8-12km
*'''Mass:''' 66 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 169,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 2.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx