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Right chaps. One thing that I've always wanted was the flexibility to create your own ship classes. So I've had a go at making a 'create your own' Grand Cruiser. A lot of it is based on the Smotherman formula but I've tweaked it here and there to make it fit the other Grand Cruisers. Can you just cast your experienced eyes over this and see if you'd be happy using it? Or just et me know if there is something glaringly wrong or you'd be unhappy with.

The template uses a basic hull to start with



UPGRADES:

Additional Upgrades
(May choose either or both of the following)
⦁ 6+ Prow armour +30pts
⦁ +1 Shield +10pts
(May choose up to one of the following)
⦁ Str6 Torpedoes +25pts
⦁ Improved Comms +20pts
⦁ Improved Thrusters +5pts
⦁ Prow Nova Cannon +40pts
⦁ Prow Weapon Batteries. Str6, Range 45cm, L/F/R +40pts

Main Weapons (must choose one of the following)
⦁ Range 60 Str10 Weapon Batteries +80pts
⦁ Range 30 Str10 Weapon Batteries +50pts
⦁ Range 30 Str4 Lances +60pts
⦁ Range 45cm Str 2 Lances, Range 45cm Str6 Weapon Batteries +65pts
⦁ Str2 Flight bays +80pts
⦁ Dorsal Lances L/F/R Str3 Range 45cm +45pts
⦁ Dorsal Weapon Batteries L/F/R Str6 Range 45cm +20pts

Secondary Weapons (must choose one of the following)
⦁ Range 45cm Str 2 Lances +40pts
⦁ Range 30 Str10 Weapon Batteries +40pts
⦁ Range 45cm Str14 Weapon Batteries +70pts
⦁ Str3 Flight Bays +100pts
⦁ Str 2 Flight Bays & Str 4 Range 60cm Weapon Batteries +60pts


Primary and Secondary weapons are both Starboard and Port Facing weapons unless they are Dorsal weapons in which case they are L/F/R fire arcs.







With this you can make all the existing IN/Chaos Grand Cruisers at the correct points. The only one that doesn't really work is the Nephilim as it ends up with 2pts extra Firepower. You can even make the Annihilator for the correct points as well.

I made this Grand Cruiser using the above and it came out at 270pts. Using Smothermans formula it came out at 268.5pts so not far off.





......So. Thoughts? Criticisms?