HIMS Vigilant

Summary
His Imperial Majesty's Ship Vigilant is a gargantuan planetary assault platform designed to overwhelm a planet single handedly. As a City Ship the Vigilant provides a Member of Parliament as its Captain. By Convention this is always the Warmaster of the Imperial Army, currently Cassius Falconis.

Crew and Life Onboard
10,000 of the crew are from the Imperial Navy Auxiliary and run the ship on behalf of the Preliator Imperial Army. The rest of the crew are the Imperial Army's various regiments, both regular and on compulsory service. The Vigilant carries the Army's Tanks, Artillery, Command, Medic and Support vehicles and organisations all of which can be easily deployed planetside. The Vigilant also houses numerous artificial training environments allowing troops to be on exercise whilst in transit. In addition the Vigilant also houses factories to produce all of the Army's equipment and supplies allowing a campaign to be supplied directly.

Combat Capabilities
The Vigilant has a formidable array of weapons and is well protected, but is not intended to be used in fleet engagements, that being the job of the HIMS Decimator. The Vigilant has more point defences than would seem needed at first glance, however this strong defence allows the Vigilant to move into low orbit without fearing ground launched missile attacks. When the military attache of the Neo-Terran Directorate was given a tour of the Vigilant it is alleged that he commented "Its the biggest frakking planetary assault platform in the galaxy!", indeed some commentators believe that the Belisarius-class was inspired by the Vigilant's design.

Battle Honours
Haptic Gate, Milos, Utrank, Ligaris, Urbanus