Rancorous Pardoner

Universe-Class Mass Conveyor

Dimensions: 12km long, 1.3km abeam

Mass: 60 megatonnes approx.

Crew: 60,000 approx.

Passengers: 500,000 capacity.

Accel: 0.5 gravities max sustainable acceleration.

Owner: Pontifex Thibbius, of the Ecclesiarchy

Captain:

A Universe-class Mass Conveyor appears at a distance to be a slim, elegant craft. However, as one slowly approaches it, this misleading impression is replaced with a horrified awe, as what appears to be radio masts resolve into gigantic towers the size of hive stacks. The ship’s true scale manifests itself as an observer realizes that entire cities twinkle and shimmer along its flanks.

To construct a Universe-class mass conveyor is a massive undertaking. To build one requires such an immense outlay of resources that they can only be constructed above the richest Imperial worlds and voidstations. They are pure cargo haulers, relatively simple in design, but conceived on a truly epic scale. They are almost self-contained worlds, where entire voidborn communities live out their lives, uncaring as to the vessel's current owners or identities. Simply unloading the vessel is a mighty undertaking, requiring months at a time.

The Rancorous Pardoner is a vast, unpredictable beast prone to breaking down unreliably. She dwarfs most other ships and is filled to the gills with zealots of the Imperial Creed.

Speed: 2

Manoeuvrability: -20

Detection: +5

Hull Integrity: 65

Armor: 12

Current Whereabouts/Assignment: On assignment in the Argutilla system on a mission of compliance.

Important Components and Notes:


 * Rebellious machine spirit
 * Mark 1.r Life Sustainers

Armaments and Defenses:


 * Port and starboard: Thunderstrike macrocannons
 * One Void shield

Current Relevant Cargo:


 * Half a million colonists, zealots, and true believers in the Imperial Cult, as well as colony supplies and materials