Rogue Traders - Notable Rogue Trader Voidship Classes: In practice, Rogue Traders have access to Imperial ship classes up to and including grand cruisers -- these are surprisingly prevalent amongst the wealthier Rogue Trader fleets. They are also known to use voidship hulls not typically employed by the Navis Imperialis, such as the Hazeroth-class Privateer. Some of the most notable vessels used as Rogue Trader flagships or as parts of their fleet, can be found below:Sword-class Frigate - The Sword-class Frigate is an iconic Imperial escort ship. A staple design amongst the various fleets of the Navis Imperialis, Sword-class Frigates have a reputation for being solid, dependable warships, earned over their ten millennia of service.Falchion-class Frigate - The Falchion-class Frigate is a newer class of escort vessel utilised by the Navis Imperialis across the galaxy, but especially within the Calixis Sector. The vessel itself is a product of the Voss Forge World and was designed to fulfill a similar role as the Sword-class Frigate. It is an escort ship and as such is individually weak and therefore operates paired with three or four other escorts; sometimes up to six starships are grouped together in a single squadron. The Falchion has a small weapons battery and a single torpedo tube. It also has a void shield generator and turret array for protection. The Falchion design began with a set of plans that were stolen by Chaos Traitors from the Imperial orbital shipyards at the world of Monsk. While this design would appear among the Chaos Warfleets as the Infidel-class Raider, the Navis Imperialis' attempt to reconstitute the data in the stolen plans would result in the development of the Falchion-class. The pattern's operational successes have tended to be in a defensive, rather than offensive, role where it is used to clear ordnance threats to the more ponderous capital ships. However, in a stand-up fight it simply cannot compete with the damage potential of the much more widespread Sword-class Frigates that are found in most Navis Imperialis fleets.Firestorm-class Frigate - The Firestorm-class Frigate is a relatively recent creation within the Navis Imperialis' Battlefleet Obscurus, designed to combine the manoeuverability of an escort-sized warship with the firepower of lance armaments normally found on cruisers. To achieve this, the Firestorm is based on the hull of the Sword-class Frigate with a major reworking of the Sword's laser battery cores to direct power towards a single, massive starship-grade lascannon mounted on the prow.  The Firestorm's design was an overall success, but only five squadrons' worth could be fielded by the Navis Imperialis during the Gothic War.Rogue Trader Cruiser - A Rogue Trader Cruiser is any class of Imperial cruiser that is in the employ of a Rogue Trader dynasty. It can be a starship drawn from a variety of existing cruiser classes, including light cruisers, standard cruisers, heavy cruisers, battlecruisers or even grand cruisers in very rare cases, but will almost inevitably have a wide variety of technological modifications made by its owner, often of xenos or archeotech origin. Rogue Trader Cruisers take an infinite variety of forms, all based on standard Imperial cruiser patterns. The form these vessels take may vary greatly, based primarily on what particular Forge World either constructed the vessel itself or leased its Adeptus Mechanicus-approved design template to the orbital shipyard that constructed it. Thus, while Rogue Trader Cruisers are generally recommissioned hulls of many different patterns, the most typical cruiser pattern utilised by Rogue Traders are those constructed at Kar Duniash, the Segmentum Fortress of the Ultima Segmentum, and its surrounding star systems. Conversely, for this same reason the pattern is also common to various Navis Imperialis cruiser classes that operate throughout the Ultima Segmentum, such as the Lunar-class, Tyrant-class, Dominator-class, etc.Ambition-class Cruiser - The Ambition-class Cruiser is an extremely rare class of Imperial cruiser produced by the Kormisoshi Dockyards of the Calixis Sector for private clients like unusually wealthy Rogue Traders rather than the Imperium itself. Despite the fact that they are intended for use by private citizens, these formidable cruisers possess firepower comparable to that of the Lunar-class and Tyrant-class Cruisers of the Navis Imperialis. Invariably incorporating the most luxurious and opulent quarters, the Ambition-class is a briskly efficient voidcraft that lacks some of the ultra-conservative redundancies built into true naval vessels. Some commentators have observed that as such, these warships are likely to be somewhat more brittle than many "true" cruisers, but most Rogue Traders are prepared to sacrifice this for the prestige of owning such a noble and exclusive voidcraft.Carrack-class Transport - The Carrack-class Transport is an FTL-capable freighter employed by the Merchant Fleets, Free Traders and Rogue Traders of the Imperium of Man to carry valuable cargo between the Human-settled star systems of the galaxy. The Imperium swarms with transport vessels. Millions of these civilian voidcraft plough the space lanes, ferrying pilgrims, ore, foodstuffs, machine parts and luxury goods to untold billions of eager consumers across the galaxy. There are countless classes of transport vessel, and even the mightiest Rogue Trader dynasty, replete with fleets of ancient warships, requires humble transport craft to carry the spoils of their conquests back to the Imperium again.Conquest-class Star Galleon - Conquest-class Star Galleons are rare, tremendously powerful armed freighters that are rarely seen in the 41st Millennium. It is believed that this type of vessel was first commissioned by the Emperor Himself at the dawn of the Imperium of Man for the very first Rogue Traders Militant granted their Warrants of Trade by the Emperor's hand. These voidships are precious relics, priceless treasures from the legendary founding time of the Imperium. Only the most ancient and powerful Rogue Trader dynasties retain such heirloom vessels, and they guard them jealously. Generally regarded as fragile and undergunned for their size by present Imperial naval officers, such an appraisal misses the obvious fact that these are not warships; rather, they are tremendously powerful armed freighters.Xenos Vessel - A Xenos Vessel is a voidship of various possible alien origins sometimes used by Rogue Traders, its crew often hired as mercenaries. Contact with xenos species is without doubt the habit for which Rogue Traders gain the most notoriety in the Imperium. Their trading missions necessarily take them to regions of space beyond Imperial control, regions where there is every chance of finding thriving intelligent alien cultures, even alien stellar empires. Rogue Traders can gain much of value and interest from these species and are certainly not above employing them as mercenaries when the situation demands. Far from home, where the protection of the Navis Imperialis is but a hopeless dream, many Rogue Traders instead hire out alien vessels and their crews for protection. These vessels often provide much needed local knowledge, as well as the ability to overcome cultural or linguisitic barriers along with a healthy dose of sheer firepower where required.