
Optimus Nemesis - The vile pirate warlord Karrad Vall of the Koronus Expanse uses a Hades-class Heavy Cruiser, the Optimus Nemesis, as the flagship of his Chaos Reaver fleet.Malignus Maximus - An infamous Hades-class Heavy Cruiser that took part in the Abaddon the Despoiler's 12th Black Crusade, known as the Gothic War.Destroyed in a suicidal boarding action undertaken by the Elysian 234th. Injustice - An infamous Hades-class Heavy Cruiser that took part in Abaddon the Despoiler's 12th Black Crusade, known as the Gothic War.Morreau and the Contagion joined forces with Abaddon the Despoiler during the Gothic War, and the vessel was ultimately destroyed during an engagement with the Dictator-class Cruiser Lord Solar Macharius. A keen tactician, Morreau's specialisation was to power down his ship as to be undetectable, and overwhelm his opponents from an unexpected quarter. Morreau sold his ship and soul to Nurgle when he became trapped in the Immaterium. Contagion - Originally designed as the Vengis when still serving the Imperium, the Contagion was captained by the Battlefleet Gothic's legendary Flag-Captain Hendrik Morreau.Whatever the truth, it is well-known that this heavy cruiser is often found serving at the forefront of Traitor battle formations. It is suspected that the Hades-class contains certain non-Euclidian quirks of architecture, perhaps placed deliberately by its corrupted planners, that inexorably lead towards madness and worshiping daemonic entities of the Warp.

Hades-class Heavy Cruisers can put out a devastating amount of firepower at long range, including dual banks of lances and heavy clustered weapons batteries on each broadside. Once a design considered suitable to serve as the backbone of an Imperial Battlefleet, the Chaos Hades-class Heavy Cruiser is an exceptionally dangerous and well-armed vessel, a dire threat to any ship of the line.
