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Truly these void craft are named after the most elegant and agile of humanities ancient sea craft, *the Barge*

I called my wife a battle barge once...well ex-wife

Every lore video is like a black library short at the beginning and I'm loving it!

Awww yeah I love me some giant flying space cathedrals.

Your opening story segments are so good, i like them better then the actual explanations

I’ze a simple Ork. I see da Baldermort big boss make a vidya, we’ze just gotta vote good on ett! - On a serious note, stay safe and thank you for your content!

Love your new commissioned artwork. Very glad to see you are in a position to afford such a thing. This is by far the fastest growing channel I have ever seen.

I absolutely love this. Your short character monologues are perfect for lending context to the lore.

This channel was truly a marvelous find. I have yet to find one video that hasn’t entertained me and deepened my love for 40k. Sublime.

I have allways found it a bit funny, that the massive Gloriana class monsters are sometimes called Battle-barges. A Gloriana can destroy fleets and win wars by it self, and they are so mutch stronger then regular line Battleships.

Ah the Battlebarge, I am well known for my insufferably cheesy tactics with these in Battlefleet Gothic. Sitting one in a nebula or behind a nice big asteroid field at one end of the map and firing wave after wave of boarding torpedoes at my hapless foe on the other until by the time he's in engagement range his ships have been scuttled in half a dozen places, are largely on fire and maybe even have a few mutinies breaking out. Then we fire up the Teleportarium and send the Terminators knocking.

I tried wargear Wednesdays at work...ended badly.

Damn. If those things pack a punch, just imagine what it would be like if they could still manufacture a Glorianna or two.

Another Great vid! Been binging all of your videos and love all of it. You've done the best videos I've seen across all the 40K-Tubers on the Salamanders & Vulkan and I would love more, whenever that may happen. Keep it up! You are the Chaos God of Content, Baldermort.

the only videos I never skip through, thank you for the awesome content :)

Great vid with detailed description of the vessel. 👍

Im fascinated about the Ryza Barges. That was talked about ramming a necron world engine. I gave 1 to my homebrew in honor.

Another Quality intro, another brilliant entry, you truly are the guiding light through the Dark path that is ..... Warhammer 4000 !

Love your videos man

Battle Barge is just a such a great name for warhammer 40k. Battle brought in massive a quantity that the label of ship no longer suffices. Only something crude, ungainly can illustrate the sheer destruction on tap of a battle barge

The grey Knight have even more heavy-duty ships they'll probably get there own video tho🤞

'The magi of Ryza had forged the very first part of the Tempestus around the ancient cogitator that contained its machine-spirit. Even before they had laid the first beams of the battle-barge’s keel, they had constructed a housing for the cogitator that dated back to the pre-Imperial history of Mars itself. Such spirits were rare and irreplaceable, relics of the Dark Age of Technology where other such spirits had, legend had it, became a threat to the very species that had made them. Now only the wisest and most trustworthy had survived the purges of the Age of Strife, and were numbered among the oldest relics of humankind. Around that spirit had been built the Tempestus, a voidgoing war machine granted by bonds of ancient fealty from the priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to the Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes. The ship became the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of the Astral Knights, and a succession of Masters of the Fleet took her as their flagship. While her weaponry was of ancient and powerful marks and her structure made sound with alloys and techniques all but lost to the Mechanicus, it was her spirit that made her the weapon she was. Locked in the stacks of datamedium was battle-wisdom from wars that had vanished from the memory of mankind. Every move the ship’s crew made was shadowed by the spirit, assisted or even ignored in accordance with that wisdom. The Master of the Fleet had to treat the spirit of the Tempestus as another member of the Chapter or they would find their helm commands ignored as the spirit made its own decisions. When they showed the ship the respect due to such an ancient warrior, they found in the Tempestus an ally as close as any battle-brother...' '‘The Tempestus was laid down in the dockyards of Ryza.’ ‘Four thousand years ago. Only six such battle-barges were ever constructed, and only three still sail. The secrets of their construction have long been lost. But each of the Ryzan class were renowned for the steadfastness of their construction. They were built to run minefields and asteroid blockades. Impacts that would break another ship apart can be suffered by a Ryzan without destruction. That the Tempestus still takes to the void after the battles she has seen is testament to that.’' - Brother Captain Captain Sheherz, Master of the Fleet. Of the Astral Knights Adeptus Astartes Chapter. 'The Victus stretched out below Balthiel like an armoured continent. The Flesh Tearers flagship was a colossal vessel. Teeming with weaponry, it was possessed of a near-impenetrable hull, wrapped in kilometres-thick slabs of ceramite armour. By the Victus’s guns had the populace of a thousand worlds died, its lance batteries boiling away their atmospheres as its seismic torpedoes shattered their tectonic plates.' A few words about The Victus, flagship and the only Battle Barge class vessel in the Flesh Tearers Chapter Fleet. 'At the edge of the galaxy floated an iron cathedral, an edifice of great beauty raised not to peaceful gods but to war. For ten thousand years it had plied the stars, bringing destruction and salvation in equal measure. The enemies of mankind had long learnt to fear it, as had those it protected. War followed the ship as surely as night follows day. It was called the Eternal Crusader: a vast battle-barge, the mightiest of its type ever built, ten kilometres long, whose keel was laid in the inconceivable past. The sides and forward-thrusting spine of the Eternal Crusader were festooned with the tools of death; its hangars were the eyries of war-angels, ever poised to open and rain the champions of mankind upon benighted worlds. So long after others of its kind had ceased to be, or had turned away from the crusade of the Emperor to stage a faltering defence against the all-consuming dark, the Eternal Crusader fought on for a broken dream. Ancient, weakened by age, its corridors and chambers were empty compared to the days of its might, but its heart remained strong, its reactor pulsed hot. Still it sailed, bloody and furious, into reaches of space abandoned or forgotten, there to do battle with the alien, the heretic and the creatures of the warp, and to claim their domains as the Emperor’s own... Steeped in blood, hardened by the failure of ancient dreams, the spirit of the Eternal Crusader was old and wicked in its bellicosity. Had it thoughts to form, it would not have cared for ideals of honour or of worship, only that there was a war to fight, and that it would be at the forefront of that war. How its masters would feel at this ambivalence, none would ever know. Ships have no voices, and if the Black Templars had an inkling of the nature of the ship’s spirit, they would not have told. The Adeptus Astartes are jealous of their secrets. Let it be known then that the aims and choleric nature of the Black Templars accorded well with the tempers of the Eternal Crusader’s angry soul. They were the same after all: weapons forged for a war that had been lost one hundred centuries ago, both cankered by time, both nevertheless dogged. That is enough...' - A description of the The Eternal Crusader, during the time of The Ghoul Stars Crusade. Late M41. Big guns never tire. Big warships never tire as well.

Seems both the Blood Angels and the Ultramarines have a penchant for losing battle barges.... bit careless really, maybe the smurfs could have a word with papa smurf about it

Hey Baldemort!!! Lotta love stay safe and healthy, ok? Keep up the great work!

Dude... best 40k channel on KZfaq by far in my taste. Just amazing content!

Ahh the Eternal Crusader, easily the greatest of all battle barges.

Prolific, prolific! I've been hearing your voice in my head this entire day on the tractor, somehow the words humble servant looping and looping... excited for another installment, even though exhausted by BaldCon and the attending masses of hot-dog devouring devotees.

Another amazing video. That's 2 in 1 day! The first made me laugh out loud and the second made me go back to putting Templars together. Well done mate. I hope you and yours are doing well.

Second video i have watched form this guy, subscribed and a fan already. Thanks Majorkill for doing a colab with him.

For Russ and the All Father that was an excellent introduction. Thank you Baldemort for the laughs and joy your videos bring in this trying time. A short escape from the daily dose of bad news. I look forward to each new production like a kid at Christmas. Have a beautiful day my friend.

I loved this episode and I loved the audio drama at the start, I am huge fan of spaceships and the 40k ships are in my top ten. I was looking forward to this episode all week, it really delivered!

When you call the Battle Barge a armoured box I'm reminded of the old dawn of war "METAL BOXES!!"

I really enjoy your vid. I enjoy more our general progress

Excellent stuff as always brother keep up great videos.

Scuffy the Tug Boat grew up to be big and strong.

One of the few parts of Space Marine law not changed recently. New tanks, guns, weapons and even genetic enhancement. But they still use the mighty Battlebarge. This makes me smile.

Another reason to love Warhammer: City sized cathedrals in space.

Love the sound effects!

Marvelous work as usual, Brother!!

You wouldn’t want to barge into a Battle Barge!

Love the Channel as always. Up there with the greats

Yayyy new video☺ Be safe & heathy!

i enjoy how your videos go from dark to cutsey music and happy voice always makes me smile

I love the opening audio drama and especially the space wolves. Such an awesome chapter of the Astartes

I enjoy your storytelling man thank you

The supreme 40k ASMR channel

You are a great V/o actor, source of lore and community leader! I really hope to see your channel grow as huge as it deserves! You should reach out to some of the other content creators (if you have not yet made contact already) - I'm sure there are many collaborative opportunities for you in the greater 40k KZfaq community. For example, I would love to see you featured in an episode of Alfabusa's "if the emperor had a TTSD" series as a voice part (or perhaps even as a guest writer). I think you would be great on a podcast as well.

Thank you Brother Baldemort for another great guide!!

See Baldermort, this is another one of your stories, I feel, could have continued for another hour. Enjoyed it thoroughly. It will certainly be one hell of a fight indeed.

Love your vids. The new servo skull is pretty awesome too.

I adore these Baldemort, but do you ever get to rest?

Celestial Cavalry, The Spears of the Emperor 💀

"-a massive , armored box" *METAL BAWKES flashback*

There once was a famous fighter, anointed by the king in ancient france. After his death, all other knights swore to carry on his battle tactics, named after him in his honor, for all wars to come. His name was Sir Render.

have my babies - your voice is so perfect for wh40k. your vocal cords are truly mighty.

I have so much catching up to do, thanks for doing what you do!

Absolutely EPIC...Work of art!

Always a pleasure. The first one I ever heard of was the Litany of Fury.

I love the way you tell stories, keeping me occupied living in a lighthouse on Bruny in covid worl. donation sent cheers mate. Anything to do with a lighthouse or similar in 40K? Closest i can think of is navigating the warp. Thanks again!!!

Great video as always but for future episodes can you list off famous ships of the category or how some characters make unique modifications. I love the little details 40k has to offer but with how inconsistent the writers are about space vessels I find myself not knowing what is cannon anymore or what a particular author wanted to throw in for fun.

Not just an armored box, An armored box carrying the Emperor's Best Boys.

Amazing as always!

Epic intro, Good Sir! Made me reminisce. Good fun, thanks! TTFN!

This is some of the best reference to go by when making your own spaceships

wow watched a video earlier today 19k subs now 20k Gratz dude ^^

Awesome video as always. I have a question for you. I have been writing the lore for my very own space marine successor chapter. They employ great companies(they are 1500 marines strong), and are a primaris successor to blood angels. I have been thinking about their fleet, and I feel like the flagship should be something bigger than a regular battle barge. So my question is, would it be too far of a stretch to give them something as big as a retribution or emperor class battleship?

Great video so hard to find a good video on imperial navy

It's such a minor detail, an off-handed comment easily forgotten, but truly? It was my favourite part of this video, given that it is from the perspective of the Vlka Fenryka; Harald's hatred of the orks, not because of ((at least entirely)) they are alien, but because of the destruction and death they deal to the people of the Imperium. It so easily and simply shows the humanity and care that lies hidden beneath the savage, bestial appearance of the Vlka Fenryka.

Great video! Just subbed!

That.was.TREMENDOUS! Now, with your bardic skill and talent, you must tell the tale of...THE ANGRY MARINES!!! I know it will be LEGENDARY!

I'm not a big fan of the space puppies but I love battle barges. To me they are one of the most versatile ships. Great video sir.

you are in overdrive my bother keep up the good work

Always great seeing the fleet getting some love

The battle barge that hammer for every problem that is a nail.

So it's like a massive Land Raider I'm space but can transport 300ish Astartes in a variety of ways including with a variety of insane weapons.

First to the peek of Ship/HQ/City Allrounder Design

Named for a generic cargo vessel, lacking any propulsion, and capable of carrying enough artillery to level and raze any target. Interesting.

I love Space Wolves you always think they’d go straight for the fight but in reality they’re one of the most efficient chapters and take impressively good care of their ships.

My favourite of all 40K ships - wasn't 40K. It was a 30K ship that may not (apparently) even be Warhammer/Rogue Trader, rather it was (allegedly in recent years - don't ask me who said this, I don't remember) an image lifted from somewhere else and placed into either the Lore book or Rule book of the Space Hulk rerelease known as Space Crusade. Regardless that massive beauty with miles high and wide cylindrical cities on her dorsal hull is just... well, beautiful.

Very cool mate, good stuff

What an elegant and subtle ship.

Seven kilometres long and a full third of that is dedicated to the engines and reactors. When a Battle Barge wants to go somewhere it _is_ going to get there.

That Grizzled Long Fang...My type of guy

The main weapon of the battle barges are the space marines themselves, in full-blown void combat, Astartes pilots are a very dangerous opponent, superhumans combat veterans with equal arms and armor to boot, that being said most Astartes will use a type of pressured sealed scout armor rather than full blow power armor, Attack fighters at times reinforced further by dedicated Imperial navy pilots make the spear formation capable of piercing the nearly any enemy defences, while the attack crafts use their high speed to strike at the joints and other weak spots of their foes, the heavy gunships and bombers will deliver the finishing blow, targeting the enemies own reactor, taking out the communication array or destroying the launch bay of another ship,

Please do a video on the Emperor or retributor class Capitol ships of the most glorious Imperial Navy!!

Have you ever recorded any novels? I'd love to listen to you read a book before bed 😁

I think a quote from real life is necessary here. "Movement without fire is suicide, fire without movement is a waste of ammunition." ;D

@Bladermort's Guide to Warhammer : What do you think about the Fan 50k & 60K Timeline , as read by Neckberdia ? The one where Vulcan kicks ass in the End Times , with Cadia still existing along with many Petty Imperiums and that Epic last stand at Titan by the Grey Knights , The Inquesition and the Custodes.

That is a nice battle barge you have there, you should gift it to the blood ravens for helping you

MOAR!

I absolutly love your storytelling, if that part was from a book, please do a full reading (and give me a source)!

Whats your accent my friend? it is so effective for these little stories you read off. Keep it up! i'd concider downloading Raid Shadow legends if you advertised XD, but really love the narration, cheers.

The largest ship in the hands of the astartes laughs in Macragge's Honour

Space Marine: Captain! Fly me closer! I want to hit it with my torpedoes!

"Admiral! We have contact! Its the Black Pearl." Hahhahahha

Event Horizon is a mockumentary of human technology crossing warp space rubicon to become a Chaos Space Hulk. That movie had the potential to be truly terrifying if it had a consistent tone without “comic relief”...

whenever I see Battle barge I always think of the typical New York garbage barges

A massive metal box in space delivering its payload of space marines? Well, as a certain Chaos Lord once said, "Our hide in METAL BAWXES! The Cowards! The Fools! We... *Sudden Asthma Attack* we should take away their METAL BAWXES."

Why folks underestimate the Raven Guard? Because screw drop pods. We're using the Battle Barge Itself as our Drop Pod. The. Emperor. Protects!