2. It's age. The drive and energy systems cannot take the drain caused by the lances because the equipment is basically old.
This is the Imperium we are talking about. Being old makes it better. Doesn't it.
While I do understand that the large lance array does cause a large power drain. I thought that most of that drain was when firing at extended ranges.
And the power consumption for Nova Cannons cannot be too bad, they do not slow down cruisers.
Being based on the Retribution hull (Or other way round) I thought the speed should be higher.
The Desolator class battleship in the Chaos lists has 2/3rds the lances of the Apocalypse at full 60cm range and it also has a speed of 25cm.
The Desolator is old Imperial tech after all.
My main fustration is that if my apocalypse takes a single hit to the shields the blast marker stops me from moving far enough to turn.
I thought that result supposed to be because of firing at long ranges not because I was hit.
Anyway I thought Nova Cannons were new tech and the Apocalypse is old tech. Bit of a contradiction isn't it.
Should the Apocalypse have torpedoes instead and Novacannon as an upgrade.
Personnaly I think that the designers of the Apocalypse were scared that the large lance array would be too powerful so they decided to neutur the ship instead and went too far.
I just wanted to know other peoples opinion about the slow speed.