| The Scorpion class Cruiser is an ancient design that pre-dates
the Horus Heresy and is widely believed to have been involved in the early
days of the Great Crusade, but what ever the truth the Scorpion employs
technology that has since been lost to the Imperium. Today only a
handful of these ships remain in service and as such are quite rarely seen
in fleet engagements. Sadly a large number of Scorpions have found
their way into the fleets of Chaos Warmasters the most famous of which
was in fact called the Sniper. The Sniper was the first ship of it's
class and was part of the fleet accompanying Warmaster Horus to pacify
Istvan III and when the Warmaster Virus bombed the planet the Captain tried
to protect the Einstein when he realised that it was leaving to alert the
Imperium. What happened in the intervening years is uncertain but
in recent years it has been sighted making hit and run attacks against
Imperial shipping in Segmentum Obscuras. |
