Like their Light Cruiser brother, the Adeptus Astartes Strike Cruiser comes in three Marks. The first in line of the Strike Cruisers. Strike Cruiser Classes Adeptus Astartes Strike Cruisers Mk.I File:14404337 f1024.jpg Strike Cruisers can carry up to one full company of Space Marines and their equipment. Said support often involves Orbital Bombardment, which thanks to its armaments the Strike Cruiser is well-suited to. Once at a hotspot, a Strike Cruiser can then quickly deploy its Space Marines through various means - drop pod, thunderhawk, or even teleportation - before re-positioning to another part of orbit, ready to retrieve the Marines on-world or provide other means of support. Because it is not as armored or shielded as a Battle Barge, the Strike Cruiser has to rely instead on its speed to get its complement of troops to wherever they are needed.

Strike Cruisers are essentially scaled-down versions of Battle-barges, designed to transport and support a Battle Company's worth of Astartes and their equipment. They are the workhorses of an Astartes fleet, and are often seen spearheading the planetary assaults that the Space Marines are famous for. A Strike Cruiser is a class of warship used by Space Marine Chapters.

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