@Plaxor
I have been thinking about the Space Marine fleet, and have been wanting to try them out, but I keep passing over them (Which is sad because I play Space Marines and Orks in 40k), and I was wondering, if it were possible to do like you did for battle barges being any ship they want for +35 pts, but do that for cruisers as well. I really can't see the strike cruisers being very good, only 1 shield (I believe it's blank for the regular strike cruiser, but 1 for the Vanguard), yea they are 6+ all around, but 4 hits in a round and the thing is crippled. They also have quite poor firepower for their cost.
I play Space Wolves, and you even mention in the battlebarge fluff that they usually don't have a conventional fleet, which is quite true. In the fluff, they don't even have any battle barges in the traditional sense. Logan Grimnar uses a captured Retribution class battleship for his flag ship. I can see keeping this limited, perhaps for every strike cruiser you may take an imperial/chaos cruiser at +35 pts. Just a thought, because I have been struggling to find a paint scheme for my Imperials to use, and I would love to do them up in Space Wolf colors, and then all I would have to do is pick up a few strike cruisers, and I could use it as both IN or Space Marines when I want.
It may just be a dream, but I think it would be neat, and make the fleet more appealing.
@All
Thoughts?