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WARP RIFT

ISSUE 19

HORIZON

THE BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC NETZINE

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WARP RIFT • ISSUE NINETEEN • JULY 2008

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Specialist Games and/or Battleleet Gothic. he

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Navis Mercantilis

TACTICAL COMMAND

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OFFICER’S MESS

High Anchor

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his issue Warp Rit features three articles coming

from the Anargo Sector Project. All dealing with

the Navis Mercantilis of the Imperium. First we

start of with the introduction article which is

followed later on by a conversion and scenario

about the Merchant leets. ( Note: thus very

diferent from the Rogue Trader list we presented

you in Warp Rit 17 ).

In the Tactical Command section Reg Steiner gives

another approach towards the core mechanic of

Battleleet Gothic, making movement, action and

reaction more ‘realistic’.

he Showcase shows the Marine leet of our own

Reg Steiner and the story, High Anchor, is the

start of a three part story.

DRY DOCK

Building Merchant Vessels

VOID STALKER

Convoy Battle

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WEAPONS OF THE IMPERIUM

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Happy Gaming,

Horizon

NAVIS MERCANTILIS

BY CELS [ANARGO SECTOR PROJECT]

empire of its time, spanning from Ultima

Macharia on the very edge of the western rim to the

shrouded Eastern Fringe almost a hundred thousand

light years away. Uniting its million worlds is perhaps

the greatest weapon and resource available to Man:

the Imperial Fleet, controlled by the powerful

bureaucracy of the Adeptus Administratum . he

Imperial leet can be broken down into three

primary components; the Navis Militares , protecting

the Imperium with its great warships, the Navis

Mercantilis , handling the low of tithes and trade in

the Imperium, and the Navis Civiles , whose ships are

owned and controlled by noble lords, guild masters,

free traders and other privileged citizens.

the Navis Mercantilis , the name of the Merchant

Fleet evokes a part of its original function. Because

ships with warp drives are so very expensive,

trade would be all but impossible on many worlds

if not for the services of the Navis Mercantilis . By

providing a public transport service to sanctioned

commercial organisations, the Navis Mercantilis is

able to stimulate economic growth. Trade cartels that

cannot aford building or purchasing their own ships

may rent space onboard the vast merchant vessels

of the Navis Mercantilis as they pass by on their

scheduled routes. Many interstellar trade syndicates

and cartels have started out by conducting business

via the Navis Mercantilis , eventually gathering

enough wealth over the centuries to purchase their

own vessels in the Navis Civiles .

name of the Navis Mercantilis is actually somewhat

misleading, as free trade makes up a relatively small

portion of the traic between Imperial worlds.

he primary purpose of the Merchant Fleet is

arguably the collection and distribution of tithes

under direction of the Departmentos Conlatio and

Auctus of the Adeptus Administratum . Due to the

high degree of specialisation of Imperial colonies,

there are many worlds that are utterly dependent on

external supplies in order to survive. Forgeworlds

and industrial worlds are some of the most valuable

types of Imperial colonies, but these would be

almost worthless if not for a steady supply of food

from agriworlds and ores from mining worlds. It is

the function of the Navis Mercantilis to drive this

circulation, in many ways acting as the blood of the

great body that is the Imperium.

Of these three leets, the Navis Mercantilis (or

Merchant Fleet) is by far the greatest. In most

Imperial sectors, the Merchant Fleet will be ten

times bigger than the military and civil leets. he

While the low of the tithes is nominally controlled

by the Adeptus Administratum through the use of

T he Imperium of Man is the greatest galactic

The Merchant fleet in battle

defenceless. In a galaxy illed with hidden

dangers, xenos raiders, renegade leets, pirates

and warp-spawned behemoths, even ore carracks

and trading galleons are equipped with ranks

upon ranks of weapons to deter attackers and deal

with miscellaneous dangers such as asteroids or

mineields.

safety of unprotected merchant vessels. In regions

threatened by war, all non-military traic is ceased

immediately, so not to sacriice the vulnerable and

valuable Imperial merchant vessels. Some trade

convoys however, must reach their destinations at

regular intervals no matter what enemies lay in their

way. From the heart of Segmentum Solar, enormous

trade leets ill their cavernous holds with vital

cargo and set out to central locations around the

Imperium, sailing along the major trade lanes with

huge military escorts. To these Solar Merchant leets,

reports of xenos raiders and pirate ambushes are

acknowledged with stoic determination, as billions

of lives depend on the arrival of their precious cargo

and future generations depend on their safe return

back to the Segmentum Solar.

Author’s note:

Below, you will ind rules for

merchant vessels in BFG and a

special BFG convoy scenario. he

reason I have made additional

rules for using transports in BFG is

twofold. First, it’s a great excuse to

convert and paint a whole bunch of

new ships for a BFG leet. Anyone

can just slap together a new type

of battlecruiser, but building

a tugboat or sprint trader is a

diferent kind of challenge. Second,

while the trade convoy is one of

my favourite scenarios for BFG, I

ind that it doesn’t really work on

a grand scale. he nervous tension

of trying to avoid discovery by a

squadron of enemy escorts isn’t

quite there when you’re cruising

forward with two battleships on

each lank. he rules below allow

for greater battles involving bigger

merchant vessels, allowing people

[like me] to ind a use for their

newly converted super-heavy

barge.

Against dedicated attackers, the ships of the Navis

Mercantilis are extremely vulnerable and so must

avoid enemy contacts at all costs.

he ships of the Imperial Navy and Adeptus

Astartes are ever vigilant, constantly patrolling and

guarding Mercantilis trade routes to ensure the

[Above: A Navis Mercantilis convoy in transit]

F ew vessels in the Navis Mercantilis are entirely

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