Will not fly with me.
Too fast for a grand cruiser and too havely armed.
Fair enough. I was looking at the Desolators' profile for a points comparision when I wrote the 25cm speed. I don't mind the dropping of the speed down to 20cm to match the other GC of Chaos. As for fire power, 3 Carnages will out match 2 Abyssals using 60cm range and the targeting system for 540 points vrs the 600 points. So I don't see its fire power being too much of an issue but lets knock the 60cm P/S WB down to 8 from 10 . Number of shots on a closing cap ship from two Abyssals vrs three Carnage is.....
11 dice vs 15 dice at 60cm
31 dice vs 23 dice at 45cm
31 dice vs 34 dice at 30cm
40 dice vs 43 dice at 15cm
Please take into account the extra hits the carnages have and the extra sheilds over the three ships. Also note the effect brace for impact and cripples will have on this Abyssal ships.
At Str 10 wb for the 60cm guns P/S the results were 14/34/34/43.
The altered profile
Abyssal Class Grand Cruiser 300 pts
Hits - 10
Armour - 5+ Speed - 20cm
Shields - 2 Turns - 45°
Turrets - 3
Armament
P+S WB 60cm str 8 L/R
P+S WB 45cm Str 8 L/R
Dorsal WB 45cm Str 6 F/L/R
Advanced targeting system. Ignores the right column shift for long range. This targeting system is offline when the Abyssal is crippled or under any special order other than lock on.