New Ship (Chaos Agony)

Agony Class Light Cruiser (130 points)

 

The Agony class is a variant of the newly popular Torment class, and account for a quarter to a third of all the newly built Chaos light cruisers. Agonies typically use their speed to intercept or pursue a convoy of transports, then release their deadly nest of attack craft. Only one Agony has ever been hulked by Imperial forces, the majority use their speed and manoeuvrability to escape and disengage if threatened by serious military force.

The Wrathbringer was hulked by the Dauntless class Exemplar of Perth after being hounded by the Inem Via squadron of escorts. Imperial fleets in sectors with increased sightings of Chaos Light Cruisers are bringing more and more escorts and light cruisers of their own in response to this threat.

A few Warmasters use light cruisers to bulk out their fleets of large cruisers, rather than to enact skirmishes and pursuits, particularly they are more easily constructed at poorly-resourced worlds. Such light cruisers are usually of the Agony pattern, increasing the attack craft capacity of the fleet at a reasonably low cost. The Fallen Pains squadron which ravaged the Decate system was comprised of one ancient Devastation-class cruiser and two newly built Agonies, a lethal combination of carriers.

 

Type/Hits	Speed		Turns	Shields	Armour		Turrets
Cruiser/6	30cm		90*	1	5+		1
Armament		Range/Speed		Firepower/Str.		Fire Arc
Prow weapons b.		30cm		2		Front/left/right
Dorsal launch bay		Swiftdeath: 30cm Doomfire: 20cm		2		-

 

Famous Ships

Wrathbringer, Scourge of Andrias

 

Notes

Agonies have advanced thrusters which provide +5d6 to movement when on All Ahead Full orders instead of +4d6. They also possess advanced sensor and communication arrays and adds +1 to its Leadership value after rolling.

The Wrathbringer can remove this sensor array, losing the Leadership bonus, to increase its prow weapons battery to Firepower 6 at no extra cost.

Any Agony class may take Dreadclaw Assault Boats for +10 points.


Comment
Well, there we have the third of the Chaos Light Cruisers. I've tried to differentiate them in construction and tactics from any existing vessel while making them interesting and useful in game. Let me know what you think!