Space Marine Battle Barge - Design, Weapons, Tech Explained

The origins of their iconic battle barges trace back to the Great Crusade, which was a time period of expansion of the Imperium, a time when the Emperor himself walked amongst men. During this glorious era the need for military vessels capable of enduring the dangers of Real space and the Warp led to the development of various warship classes, more often than not requiring the Mechanicum as it was known back then to go through data slates and available STCs on forge worlds to bring forth these classes of voidships.
As stated just now, the Battle barges have no specific class and are mainly reconfigured battleships, cruisers and other warships, modified to fit the requirements of the space marine chapter.
- The Battle barge follows a similar standardized ship design layout which is common for all imperial ships but still unique in its own way. It has a hammerhead shaped prow followed by a bow fitted with all types of sensors, weapons and tubes.
And, For interstellar travel, most Imperial Navy warships use Warp-Drives to breach the barrier between realspace and the Immaterium. Going through the soul dimension and emerging out in real space with minimal time consumption.
The warriors of the Adeptus Astartes are too rare and too valuable to be tasked with performing the functions required to operate the ship. Instead, they act as officers, overseeing the ranks of servitors and Chapter serfs who carry out the ship tasks; performing all of the menial and manual processes required.
Aside from the crew and personnel, the battle barge also carries quite a number of different Aircrafts and Voidcrafts which has different functions, from assisting in ship to ship combat, boarding actions, transport, strike missions and providing close air support.
While the vehicles and equipments mentioned just now are mainly for air to air and air to ground missions , there is another group of machines that are found on board of a battle barge that performs the most important tasks amongst them all and this is Boarding in ship to ship combat.
In void combat, as the battle barge closes in on an enemy ship, it uses weapons batteries like plasma projectors, macro-laser cannons, missile racks, and fusion beamers to strip a target's shields and overwhelm its defenses.
The previously mentioned large Bombardment cannons also serve as the primary orbital space to ground assault weapons which are used sparingly to target planetary defence lasers and batteries as well as anti aircraft systems to provide a safe route for the space marines to enter the world and perform their duties.
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