Mobile Cathedral

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In the Imperium of Man, you do not come to visit the Vatican. In the Imperium, the Vatican comes to visit you!

A Mobile Cathedral is...well...what the fuck do you expect? It is a giant Cathedral on tracks and is the largest ground vehicle ever fielded by the Ecclesiarchy in both wartime and peacetime and it is considered by most, a landship in all but name. If the Leviathan, Capitol Imperialis, Colossus, Emperor Battle Titan and an Ordinatus are considered the largest ground combat war machines of the Imperium, then the Mobile Cathedral is the largest troop transport vehicle ever fielded by the Imperium.

  • Length: 250-300m; approx
  • Height: 70-82m; approx
  • Width: 50m; approx
  • Mass: 540 kilotonnes; approx
  • Crew: 5,000 crew including 10,000-15,000 Sisters of Battle; approx
  • Acceleration: 5-12kph; approx

Overview[edit]

The smaller version of the Mobile Cathedrals as seen in 8th Edition.

Mobile Cathedrals as aforementioned, are the greatest land vehicles used by the forces of the Ecclesiarchy. Heavily armoured, those engines are propulsed by tracks, articulated limbs or Archeotech grav repulsors.

Those Cathedrals are equipped with giant annunciation-engines blasting hymnals and sermons, as well as regular weaponry up to and including, Titan-sized Inferno Guns and can transport tens-of-thousands of troops into battle.

Despite the awesomemness of the concept, the Mobile Cathedrals have only appeared in like...two visual appearances (So they are very elusive), which is more of a testament to GW's Fail. Their size and design also varies to an extreme degree, which is not surprising given that regular cathedrals come in all shapes and sizes. The smaller ones are easily the size of the largest Titans or the Capitol Imperialis whilst the biggest of the big are essentially Gloriana-class Battleships on tracks (If the image on the right is legit and of any indication).

Fortunately, the recent release of the Sisters of Battle comic by Marvel in 2021 gave us further images of these things. Turns out their size is somewhere in the middle and they act like giant Sororitas drop-pods. Seriously, they have gaint rocket thrusters at the bottom to slow down their descent. Sure saves a lot on logistics in trying to find a dropship that could carry the damn things, unlike some ground vehicles. Their big enough to at least hold an entire legion of Sororitas including their armoury of Immolators, Paragon Warsuits, Exorcists and Valkyries. The troops and ground vehicles usually enter from ramps on the side of the ship and exit on the ECKS BAWKS HUEG doors at the front, whilst aerial vehicles probably land on several helipads at the top. They are basically colossal troop ARMY assault transports that are so big, that a Retribution-class Battleship could only hold three of them in its hangar.

Due to their sheer size and importance, Mobile Cathedrals are basically the Ecclesairchy's equivalent of a Imperial Navy battlefleet on land and they are held in great reverence.

Gallery[edit]

Forces of the Sisters of Battle
Command Triumph of Saint KatherineCanonessEcclesiarchy Battle ConclaveImagifierMinistorum PriestPalatineDogmataSororitas Command Squad
Troops Avenging AngelArco-flagellantBattle Sister SquadCelestiansCrusadersDeath Cult AssassinDominion SquadNovitiate SquadRetributor SquadSeraphim SquadSisters RepentiaZephyrim Squad
Walkers Paragon WarsuitPenitent EngineMortifier (Anchorite)
AFVs Castigator TankExorcistImmolatorRepressorRhinoSamaritan
Special Vehicles Pulpit of Saint Holline's Basilica
Superheavy
Vehicles
Mobile Cathedral
Flyers Avenger Strike Fighter
Spacecraft Aquila LanderDrop Pod
Saints Living SaintGeminae Superia
Non Militant Orders DialogousOrders FamulousOrders HospitalerOrders PronatusHagiolater
Allies Black Templars
Vessels of the Imperium of Man
Spaceships
Space Station Space Station (The Phalanx - The Rock - Orbital Plate)
Battleships Battle-barge - Battleship (Gloriana) - Ark Mechanicus
Cruisers Light Cruiser (Imperial Navy - Adeptus Astartes - Adeptus Mechanicus)
Cruiser (Imperial Navy - Adeptus Mechanicus)
Strike Cruiser - Battlecruiser - Grand Cruiser
Escorts Escort (Imperial Navy - Adeptus Astartes)
Logistics Imperial Navy Logistic Ships - Adeptus Mechanicus Maintenance Ship
Dropships Devourer Dropship - Tetrarch Heavy Lander
Space Marine Landing Craft - Galaxy Troop Ship
Combat Spacecraft Boarding Torpedo - Fury Interceptor - Faustus Interceptor
Shark Assault Boat - Starhawk Bomber
Landships
Hiveships Mobile Hiveships
War Machines Ordinatus Minoris - Ordinatus Primaris
Mobile Commands Leviathan - Capitol Imperialis - Mobile Cathedral
Logistics Freight Train - Harvester - Macro-Hauler - Titan Train
Titans Warhound Scout Titan - Dire Wolf Heavy Scout Titan - Reaver Battle Titan
Warbringer Nemesis Titan - Warlord Battle Titan - Warmaster Heavy Battle Titan
Emperor Battle Titan
Troop Transports Spartan Assault Tank - Coronus Grav Carrier - Gorgon - Mastodon
Superheavy Tanks Typhon Heavy Siege Tank - Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer
Baneblade - Fellblade - Astraeus
Subterrenes Mole - Hellbore
Airships
Flying Fortress Storm Eagle - Fire Raptor - Marauder Bomber
Aerospace Vessels Orion Gunship - Thunderhawk - Stormbird - Overlord Gunship
Seaships
Oceanic Battleships Oceanic Battleship
Maritime Cruisers Maritime Cruiser
Submarines Harvester Submersible
Vehicles of the Imperium of Man
Walkers Brutalis Dreadnought - Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought - Contemptor-Incaendius Dreadnought
Death Company Dreadnought - Deathwatch Dreadnought - Dreadnought - Nemesis Dreadknight
Doomglaive Dreadnought - Furioso Dreadnought - Ironstrider Ballistarius - Invictor Tactical Warsuit
Librarian Dreadnought - Mortifier - Mortis Dreadnought - Onager Dunecrawler - Penitent Engine
Redemptor Dreadnought - Sentinel - Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought - Sydonian Dragoon
Telemon Heavy Dreadnought - Throne of Judgement - Wulfen Dreadnought - Paragon Warsuit
Arachni-rig - Ballistus Dreadnought - Eldthursar - Hrimthursar - Ridge Walker
Unmanned
Robots
Auto-Gurney - Ambot - Castellan-class robot - Cataphract-class robot - Colossus-class robot
Conqueror-class robot - Crusader-class robot - Cyberbeast - Cybercanid - Cyclops Demolition Vehicle
CATs - Nuncio-Aquila - Robot Crawler - Sanctioner Pattern Automaton - Servo-Automata - Servo-skull
Scyllax-class robot - Techmite - Thanatar-class robot - Thunderfire Cannon - Vultarax stratos-automata
Transports Aurox - Chimera - Coronus Grav Carrier - Crassus Armored Assault Transport - Chronos Pattern Ironcrawler
Freight Train - Goliath Truck - Gorgon Armored Assault Transport - Hades Breaching Drill - Immolator - Impulsor
Macro-Hauler - Pegasus AAV - Razorback Transport - Repressor - Rhino - Road-Wheeler - Skalvian Explorator
Taurox - Testudo - Titan Train - Trojan Support Vehicle - Triaros Armoured Conveyer - Tunneling Transport Vehicles
Light
Vehicles
Atlas Recovery Tank - Achilles Ridgerunner - Bane Wolf - Bike Squad - Cargo-8 Ridgehauler - Centaur Utility Vehicle
Devil Dog - Field Ordnance Battery - Galvanic Servohauler - Goliath Mauler - Heavy Quad-Launcher - Hellhound
Invader ATV - Land Crawler - Outrider Quad - Pegasus AFV - Salamander Reconnaissance Tank - Samaritan
Scylla Light Tank - Siegfried - Squat Bike - Squat Trike - Tauros - Tectonic Fragdrill - Venator - Wolfquad
Battle
Tanks
Castigator Tank - Caladius Grav-Tank - Gladiator Tank - Kratos Heavy Assault Tank - Krios Battle Tank
Land Raider - Leman Russ Battle Tank - Predator - Ragnarok - Repulsor Tank - Rogal Dorn Battle Tank
Sabre Tank Hunter - Sicaran Battle Tank - Spartan Assault Tank - Vindicator
Ordnance Basilisk Artillery Gun - Colossus Bombard - Deathstrike Missile Launcher - Exorcist
Goliath Mega-Cannon - Griffon Heavy Mortar Carrier - Hunter - Hydra Flak Tank
Legion Arquitor Bombard - Manticore Launcher Tank - Medusa Siege Gun
Rapier Armoured Carrier - Stalker - Whirlwind - Wyvern Suppression Tank
Superheavy
Tanks
Astraeus - Baneblade - Capitol Imperialis - Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer - Fellblade
Leviathan - Macharius Heavy Tank - Macrocarid Explorator - Malcador Heavy Tank
Mobile Cathedral - Mastodon - Ordinatus - Typhon Heavy Siege Tank
Skimmers Dawneagle Jetbike - Escher Cutter - Gyrfalcon Pattern Jetbike - Imperial Jetbike
Javelin Attack Speeder - Grav-Cutter - Grav-Rhino - Kharon - Kyzagan Assault Speeder
Land Speeder - Land Speeder Vengeance - Pulpit of Saint Holline's Basilica
Skorpius Hover Tank - Stormrider - Storm Speeder - Pallas Grav-Attack - Abeyant
Flyers Archaeocopter - Ares Gunship - Caestus Assault Ram - Container Transporter - Corvus Blackstar
Fire Raptor - Iron Eagle Gyrocopter - Nephilim Jetfighter - Orgus Flyer - Orion Gunship - Overlord Gunship
Sky Talon - Space Marine Landing Craft - Storm Eagle - Stormbird - Stormhawk - Chiropteran
Stormraven - Stormtalon - Stormwolf - Thunderhawk - Whispercutter - Valkyrie - Vendetta - Vulture
Fighters &
Bombers
Avenger Strike Fighter - Lightning Fighter - Marauder Bomber
Stormfang - Thunderbolt Fighter - Xiphon Interceptor
Seacraft Harvester Submersible - Lava Barge - Scrap Skiff - Sludge Barge - Triton-pattern Gunboat
Spacecraft Aquila Lander - Arvus Lighter - Boarding Torpedo - Devourer Dropship - Drop Pod
Faustus Interceptor - Fury Interceptor - Gun-Cutter - Shark Assault Boat
Starhawk Bomber - Tetrarch Heavy Lander - Galaxy Troop Ship
Titans Imperial Knight - Warhound Scout Titan - Dire Wolf Heavy Scout Titan - Reaver Battle Titan
Warbringer Nemesis Titan - Warlord Battle Titan - Warmaster Heavy Battle Titan - Emperor Battle Titan