There is a ship class that was laid down to answer the question, "If the Imperium can no longer make Battleships or Grand Cruisers, what is the heaviest, biggest, most heavily armed, shielded, and armored ship, built along modern tactical lines, that the Imperium can make?"
The Ifrit-class Heavy Battlecruiser, or affectionately designated "Pocket Battleship" is the answer to this question. Based on the Overlord's design, this ship is slightly larger, and trades the speed, relative low price and relatively rapid construction time of the Overlord, and also the manoeuvrability of a Battlecruiser to have some of the heaviest shielding and armour the Imperium can put together in a new ship. Primarily designed to field Battlecruiser-scale components, it can also handle void shields that are 'Grand Cruiser Only', and place heavier weapons than would be expected in a mere Battlecruiser in the Dorsal slot. Of course, it can mount a Nova Cannon.
Speed: 4
Turret Rating: 2
Space: 80
Detection: 10
Armor: 22
Maneuverability: 8
Hull: 72
Weapon Slots:
Dorsal 1
Prow 1
Port 2
Starboard 2
Ship Points: 68
Heavy Battlecruiser: A Battlecruiser class ship that can field Grand Cruiser scale Void Shields and treats the Dorsal slot as being Grand Cruiser scale as well for purposes of heavy weaponry. It can not mount Grand Cruiser scale drives, only Battlecruiser scale drives and smaller.
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So what do you all think? A little overpowered? In need of some more drawbacks? Needs to cost more ship points? Change the name (I couldn't find the name in use elsewhere in 40k, but I am not aware of all canon ship names...)?
Edited by Gavinfoxx