They have been known to deploy their full contingent of Astartes within only twenty solar minutes of their arrival in orbit of a target planet. Strike Cruisers are capable of carrying one full company of Space Marines as well as all of their needed armoured support vehicles. Their primary function is to provide rapid response, as they are usually the first Imperial defenders to arrive at a threatened Imperial world. Strike Cruisers are fast, lightly-armed starships which mass slightly less than the Imperial Navy's Dauntless-class Light Cruisers.Ī Strike Cruiser of the Ultramarines Chapter. The Astartes are quick to act if the surrender of the Emperor's foes is not rapid and immediate. Often the arrival of a Space Marine Strike Cruiser is enough in itself to quell the defiance of a star system rebelling against the Emperor.

While a Space Marine Chapter only rarely will deploy the might of a powerful and usually quite ancient Battle Barge, Adeptus Astartes Strike Cruisers are a more common sight, though anything to do with the Space Marines is still a rare event in the galaxy. A Strike Cruiser of the Adeptus Astartes.Ī Strike Cruiser is the second major type of starship usually deployed by the fleets of the Adeptus Astartes.

Space marine strike cruiser