UEC Sanctus

The following information has not been confirmed by Volition and is therefore not canon for the FreeSpace universe.

Description:

The UEC Sanctus

Blue Planet: War in Heaven Tech Description

The Sanctus occupies a tactical space between the Karuna frigates and the old GTA Great War-era cruisers. The UEF military officially designates the Sanctus as a next-generation cruiser, though the ship's dimensions approach those of the Vasudan Sobek class corvette. The cruiser was designed with the Federation's philosophy of generalisation in mind, and as such has enough cargo space to serve as a military freighter and transport while still performing adequately as a warship. Although numerous and tactically flexible, the Sanctus is so broadly deployed that casualties are simply inevitable.

Developer Notes

N/A

Name Origin

Sanctus is Latin for Holy. As an Ordinary of the Mass, it is a hymn that is sung as the final words of the Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer.

Notes

• The UEC Ironhide, a Sanctus class cruiser, was estimated to have one thousand people aboard in The Cost of War (bp2-01)
• The UEC Ironhide, a Sanctus class cruiser, was said to be commanded by a Captain in the UEF fleet. The Cost of War (bp2-01)

Performance:

Statistics

Name	UEC Sanctus
Type	Cruiser
Manufacturer	Han-Ronald Corporation
Max Velocity	40 ms-1
Hitpoints	67 000 pts
Turrets	17 turrets

Armaments

• Turrets

Default Statistics
Turret Type	Amount
Warhammer	2
Burst Flak	2
Point Defense Turret	2
UEF Heavy Turret	2
Mass Driver#Sanctus	3
UEF Medium Turret	4
Gauss Cannon#Sanctus	2

Veteran Comments

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The Sanctus is the most numerous of the UEF's versatile and beautiful capital ships. To compensate for its lack of beam weapons and relatively light railgun armament, the Sanctus mounts a pair of four-tube torpedo launchers that a)look incredibly cool and b) allow it to serve as a close-range, formation-disrupting combatant. It may not have much punch, but it can force a GTVA gunline to turn off and deal with a new threat.

The Sanctus will get murdered at range by beam-armed combatants. Its antifighter defenses are, relatively speaking, numerous, and it is a veritable fortress except from the fore against bombs.

Treat it as you would a GTC Aeolus were you a GTVA pilot. The fighter screen is exceptional, and a welcome relief for a damaged fighter who needs escort. When hostile warheads are incoming however, you need to defend these over-sized cruisers. They do have heavy armor, so they are resistant to fighter attacks. Unattended they tend to be the easiest pickings for GTB Artemis attacks in the UEF warship ranks. Do note however the 40 meter per second top speed, 160% of the speed of a GTCv Chimera. As far as damage output, it barely outstrips a Freespace 2 GTC Fenris. Much of the first War in Heaven campaign can be sent trying to rescue these things from the slaughter.

As previously stated, although it's about the size of a corvette, the Sanctus only possesses the offensive firepower of a cruiser-sized ship.