In the superstitious and hidebound realm of Imperial starship construction, entire classes of vessel can come to be regarded as cursed since the design stage. Spacefarers mutter that these starships are star-crossed, prone to dragging entire crews with them into the Warp at a moment's notice, there to leave them starving or bedevilled, until the ship re-emerges in the Eye of Terror, ready to serve the twisted lords of Chaos. This dark reputation has followed the Grand Cruisers of the Repulsive-class since their inception in the Imperium's early days. A disturbingly large number of the Repulsives (their original names long-lost to antiquity) have turned Traitor or been captured into the Archenemy's service since the class became operational -- so many that some have forgotten the ships were