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Today we delve into the Crusade Fleets of the Black Templars – hanging in opposition to the foes of mankind the place they want!

Crusade Fleets

Unlike many different chapters, the Black Templars should not have a homeworld. Eschewing the concept of 1, they decide to stay aboard their campaign fleets. These range in dimension and are made up of dozens of Battle Barges, Strike Cruisers , and different craft reminiscent of coaching vessels and big forge ships. Given this fleet-based nature, the Black Templars are hardly ever assembled as a Chapter, however are as an alternative divided into many Crusades, each Crusade being answerable for its personal recruiting in addition to coaching of recent Neophytes. This versatile, cellular nature permits the Templars to proceed the primary mission of the Black Templars: to actively search out the enemies of the Emperor and destroy them earlier than shifting onwards to seek out the subsequent foe.

The precise variety of Crusade fleets lively at anyone time, in addition to the dimensions of the person fleets, varies in keeping with the Chapter’s wants and talents.

High Marshal Helbrecht

The High Marshal himself has his personal private Battle Barge, the Eternal Crusader, an enormous vessel that’s the non secular residence of your entire Chapter and accommodates its most sacred relics, chapels, and reliquaries. It has been expanded and refitted many instances and may at the moment maintain twice as many Space Marines as a traditional battle barge.

Eternal Crusader

The Eternal Crusader is a Gloriana Class Battleship and the biggest ship of the Black Templars Chapter fleet.

Serving because the Chapter’s non secular and operational heart, it’s residence to the High Marshal himself. The Eternal Crusader holds many of the Chapter’s relics, chapels, and reliquaries and has been refitted many instances over its ten thousand years of service. The ship has additional docking amenities for Escorts, extra launch bays for shuttles and Thunderhawks, and lodging for twice as many Space Marines as a traditional battle barge.

Eternal Crusader’s Record of Service

Great Crusade

The Eternal Crusader dates again to the Great Crusade the place it served within the Imperial Fists Fleet, and was stated to be one in every of Rogal Dorn‘s favorite ships.

The Second Founding

The Black Templars as a Chapter had been, in keeping with legend, formally created within the aftermath of the Iron Cage. Standing within the Chamber of the First Proclamation, Dorn decreed that Sigismund could be the primary High Marshal of the Black Templars. Dorn granted the vessel to Sigismund and his Templars after the Second Founding because the linchpin of their efforts to increase the Imperium’s attain.

1st Black Crusade

The Black Legion boarded the Eternal Crusader within the First Battle of Cadia and got here near capturing the vessel. After Ezekyle Abaddon was wounded by Sigismund and Thagus Daravek‘s fleet arrived behind the Black Legion, they were forced to flee and abandon the badly damaged Eternal Crusader, which retreated with the remainder of the Black Templars’ fleet.

War of the Beast

During the War of the Beast, the Eternal Crusader was present process refit on the shipyards at Cypra Mundi, and wouldn’t be fight prepared for an additional twenty years. The Black Templars flag was transferred to the Abhorrence.

fortieth Millenium

In late M41, the Eternal Crusader was the lead ship of the mixed Space Marine fleet that fought in assist of Battlefleet Armageddon in opposition to the orks of Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka within the opening void skirmishes of the
Third War for Armageddon.

Notable Crusade Fleet Battle Barges

Abhorrence

Admonisher

Leveller

Rectifier

Revenant

Sigismund

Sigismund’s Fury

Learn of More Black Templars Vessels

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