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A Craftworld is a vast, planetoid-sized spacecraft populated by the highly advanced humanoid species known as the Eldar. The Craftworlds travel through the void of space at sublight speeds, carrying the greater remnant of the Eldar race after their Fall. Each Craftworld is a self-sufficient, independent realm with its own distinctive culture.
Every Craftworld is built upon a skeleton of Wraithbone whose structure extends throughout the gigantic voidcraft. A similar skeletal core lies at the heart of most Eldar constructions and every one of their spacecraft. In function, this core is similar to the blood vessels and nervous system of a living creature, pumping life-giving energy around the body and also transmitting the psychic impulses that coordinate its many functions. Wraithbone is psycho-conductive, and the core of a Craftworld acts as a self-replenishing reservoir of psychic power. The invasive rib-like structures carry this energy throughout the entire length and breadth of the vessel.
In a very real sense, the Craftworld is a living entity, powered by psychic energy and responding in an organic way to the stimuli of psychic forces. The power contained within it can be expended as light and heat, and most shipboard devices could not actually function without the wireless psychic power grid that runs throughout the substructure of the Craftworld. The Eldar refer to this grid as the Infinity Circuit, a metaphysical neural structure studded with the Spirit Stones of the Craftworld's dead, their gestalt psychic collective serving as the source of the great vessel's power--and its ghostly sentience. (Dorsal view of the worldship)
Ships of the fleet
Void Stalker-class Battleship #30 in total
The Void Stalker is the pinnacle of Eldar starship technology and is the Eldar equivalent of an Imperial Navy battleship. Its speed and maneuverability make fighting a Void Stalker a tricky prospect in and of itself for any foe, but when combined with its Eldar Weapons Batteries, Pulsar Lances, and squadrons of Attack Craft like Darkstar Fighters and Eagle Bombers, the Void Stalker becomes a match for any starship that dares to face it in battle.
Eclipse-class Cruiser #70 in total
The Eldar Eclipse-class Cruiser is arguably the most effective Attack Craft carrier in the entire Gothic Sector due to the immense speed and maneuverability that is common to all Eldar spacecraft, including the Eclipse. While most carriers must maintain a considerable distance from the foe, thus increasing the amount of time its fighters and bombers spend approaching their target, the Eclipse-class can deploy its Darkstar Fighters and Eagle Bombers, unleash a Pulsar Lance barrage while launching its attack craft and then retreat to safety. Coupled with the incredible effectiveness of Eldar attack craft, the Eclipse is an almost-perfect convoy raider and was the bane of many an Imperial commander during the Gothic War.
Shadow-class Cruiser # 120 in total
The Shadow-class Cruiser is a typical example of all Eldar capital ships. Its multiple solar sails give it tremendous speed and maneuverability, able to outrun even the Escort ships of most other intelligent races of the galaxy. The Shadow-class combines tremendous speed, maneuverability, and offensive firepower into a single, highly-effective package. The bane of Imperial shipping in the Koronus Expanse, Shadow-class Cruisers normally form the center of an Eldar Corsair strike fleet.
HemLock-class Destroyer #200 in total
The Hemlock-class Destroyer is an Eldar warship that is most notable for the simplicity of its design. It consists of a powerful Pulsar Lance, highly efficient Eldar drives and little else. As a result, the Hemlock-class was once described by Admiral Grove as "...more of a mobile gun than a proper starship". This description sums up the Hemlock well, as its deadly Pulsar Lance and stellar drives draw so much energy that even with the famously efficient Eldar solar sail power collector and engine technology, the Hemlock can barely power both its weapons and its drive systems. This leaves little power for anything else, including life support, and the resulting difficulty in sustaining a stable and habitable internal environment means that Hemlocks often maintain only skeleton crews who do little more than steer the vessel and fire the weapons. These crews are too small to effectively repel boarding actions by enemy escorts...if the enemy can get close enough to board.
Aurora light cruiser #200 in total
Little is known about the cruiser other than it has the normal characteristics of an Eldar vessel, light armour, Holofields, high speed and heavy weaponry. It is said to have the speed of an escort but the weapons of a cruiser. They are armed with Eldar Torpedoes and Pulsar Lances but they are on a very limited traverse.
In one mighty battle, many Aurora class ships fought alongside Imperial forces, the alliance between the Imperium and Eldar pirate forces being formed after the Battle of Gethsemane. Within the Graildark Nebula, the combined Imperial and Eldar fleet encountered a fleeing Chaos fleet. The Eldar performed several flanking maneuvers, leaving the Imperials unsure as to their allegiance, but once the first shots were fired the Eldar returned and slammed into the side and rear of the Chaos fleet. Several other Eldar ships maintained a perimeter to prevent any Chaos ships escaping and the fleet was wiped out against the massed guns of the Imperial fleet and the high-speed strafing runs of the Eldar.