“The Imperator’s Fist Across the Stars.”
The Starjack-class Battleship is the pride of the Arkanis Imperium’s Stellar Navy, a colossal warship designed to project Imperial might across the galaxy. More than a vessel, it is a symbol of supremacy and conquest, carrying the Imperium’s armies and its god’s will into the void.
The Starjack was developed as a direct response to the Hardan Republic’s RP7-class Cruisers, which had once challenged the Imperium’s dominance in space. While the Republic emphasized shielding and maneuverability, the Imperium poured its ingenuity into raw firepower and armor plating, forging a warship that could batter through enemy lines with overwhelming force.
Each battleship is constructed with layered darksteel-reinforced hull plating interwoven with psionically attuned alloys, making it almost impervious to conventional bombardment. Its shields are adequate but secondary, with the Imperium believing its armor should outlast any onslaught.
A single Starjack houses over 30,000 individuals, including officers, engineers, gunners, pilots, and an entire Imperial Legion of troops—fully equipped for planetary invasion. Within its hold, dropships, gravtanks, and mobile artillery are stored, ready to deploy in mass planetary assaults. Wherever a Starjack arrives, it brings both the fury of orbit and the certainty of ground conquest.
The Starjack-class bristles with devastating weaponry:
4x Titan-class Plasma Cannons – colossal anti-capital ship weapons capable of piercing through even the Republic’s thickest shields.
6x Missile Launchers – capable of launching payloads ranging from nuclear warheads to swarms of guided anti-ship torpedoes.
30x Anti-Fighter Batteries – rapid-fire plasma turrets designed to clear out fighter screens and bomber wings.
2x Heavy Railgun Turrets – medium-sized, high-velocity weapons designed to punch holes through enemy hulls at long range.
This arsenal makes the Starjack one of the most feared warships in known space—its broadside firepower alone is said to rival entire enemy fleets.
The ship is divided into five massive decks, each a sprawling world of its own:
Command Deck – The bridge, tactical command centers, and gunnery control hubs. The beating heart of the Starjack’s strategic operations.
Living Deck – Crew barracks, officer quarters, medical bays, mess halls, and recreation areas. Entire legions live side by side here in tightly regimented quarters.
Supply Deck – Storage for arms, rations, spare parts, and fuel reserves, ensuring the ship can sustain long campaigns in deep space.
Cargo Deck – Housing ground vehicles, dropships, artillery, and deployment bays for planetary assaults.
Engineering Deck – The deepest and most heavily shielded section, containing the warp resonators, plasma cores, hyperdrive systems, and reactor arrays that keep the battleship alive.
The Starjack-class serves as the flagship vessel of Imperial fleets, often commanded by a Stellar Knight-General or even directly under the authority of the Imperator himself in major campaigns. Its presence on the battlefield not only shifts the tide of war but inspires fanatical loyalty from Imperial forces and terror in the hearts of enemies.
To the Imperium, the Starjack is more than a warship—it is the throne of war, the hammer of conquest, and the proof of the Storm Sovereign’s supremacy among the stars.