Editing Chaos Heavy Cruiser (section)

====Acheron====

[[File:BFGAAcheron.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Ancient grudges cut deep.]]

The Acheron-Class Heavy Cruiser is a Chaos starship that was built on the [[Cardinal-class Heavy Cruiser|Cardinal-class heavy cruiser]] hull which, interestingly, is the only keel-built Imperial ship still operating that fans know of.

A testbed for experimental and possibly [[Heresy|xenos-based technologies,]] only one was thought to have been built. Said ship suddenly defected to the side of [[Abaddon]]'s forces during the [[Gothic War]]. Multiple ships of the same type were spotted since that time, which means that there's a [[Dark Mechanicus]] [[Forge World]] somewhere churning them out.

A dedicated [[Lance Weapon|Lance]]-boat, the '''Acheron'''-class features long-ranged [[Lance Weapon|Lance]] broadsides, a mid-ranged dorsal Lance battery, and a mid-ranged forward-mounted Weapons battery. It may have been intended to take out or weaken shields while approaching an enemy and then pivot and unleash a storm of lances.

The ship is armed with 1 Triple Barrel [[Macrocannon|Macro Turret]], 4 Double-Barrel [[Lance Weapon|Heavy Lance Battery Weapons]], 2 Double-Barrel [[Lance Weapon|Lance Turret]] and 1 Triple Barrel [[Naval Missile Turret|Missile Turret.]]

*'''Length:''' 5.3-5.4km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 29.3 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 61,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 5.3 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx