History VideoGame / BattlefleetGothicArmada

* WaveMotionGun: Abbadon's Planet Killer has one, designed for blowing up planets, but does a handy insta-kill against any and all ships in the beams firing path. The one Blackstone Fortress you fight in the campaign ironically has a much less impressive, but still dangerous, weapon.
** Although, this is because those are its defensive weapons, its true main weapon is even more powerful than that of the Planet Killer, but take a longer time to change and is thus too unwieldy to be used against targets smaller than planets (or stars when combined with those of other Fortresses).

'''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada''' is a space battle RealTimeStrategy developed by Tindalos Interactive and based on Creator/GamesWorkshop's specialist game ''TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic'' and set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe.

* ContinuityNod: The opening scene shows a map of the Segmentum Obscurus, with the labels of the [[TabletopGames/DarkHeresy Calixis Sector]] and the [[Literature/{{Eisenhorn}} Scarus]] [[Literature/{{Ravenor}} Sector]]. Notably, the primary narrative writer for ''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada'' was previously one of the lead writers for Creator/FantasyFlightGames on their ''Warhammer 40,000'' roleplay line.

* FactionSpecificEndings: The Imperium, Chaos, the Necrons and Tyranids each have a campaign with a specific ending in which they manage to conquer the Segmentum Obscurus. Only the Imperial one is somewhat canon, as the others involve killing Spire and Guilliman.

'''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada''' is a space battle RealTimeStrategy developed by Tindalos Interactive and based on Games Workshop's specialist game ''TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic'' and set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe.

** Imperial ships are no slouches either, also having thick front armor on all but one ship, and the ships that don't have Nova Cannons have large spikes in the front designed for punching holes in enemy ships. The Imperial Navy even as an upgrade, the Power Ram, specifically designed to make ramming more dangerous (not that it particularly needs to be).
** While even Chaos can pull off a passable ramming maneuver in a pinch, you should never, ''ever'' ram ''anything'' with an Eldar vessel. [[FragileSpeedster You will come off second best, every time.]]
** The Tau are similarly ill suited to ramming attacks, though they will, at least, come out ahead if they slam into an Eldar ship.

** The Imperial Navy has strong prow armor and several ships have Torpedo Tubes and access to the Macro Cannon. However, they're not very effective at long-range gun fights and are slower than average. Overall they play the ''Generalist'' faction role, able to do a little of everything, but not the best at anything, working best by fielding a force that the other fleet is weak against.[[labelnote:Examples]]Lances and launching bombing runs against Orks or massed ordanance and macro cannon fire which either ignore Holofields or fire enough shells that eventually some strike true and cause damage against Eldar.[[/labelnote]]

* AscendedExtra: The Space Marines were initially just a Favor that could be assigned to individual Imperial Navy ships, but they were expanded into their own standalone faction through DLC. In the sequel, the Adeptus Mechanicus are similarly PromotedToPlayable.

In January 2018, a sequel was announced: ''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2''. It is set during the recent Gathering Storm story arc and will feature ''12'' immediately playable factions, including the Tyranids, Necrons, Dark Eldar, and Adeptus Mechanicus. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPbXOHZW8co first trailer]].

''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada'' is a space battle RealTimeStrategy developed by Tindalos Interactive and based on Games Workshop's specialist game ''TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic'' and set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe.

The game features a single-player campaign with the player in control of the Imperium of Man. Other factions such as the Forces of Chaos, the Eldar and the Orks will be available to play on Skirmish and Multiplayer modes. Additonal factions have been released as DLC's, Tau and Space Marines as of early 2018.

In January 2018, a sequel was announced: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. It is set during the recent Gathering Storm story arc and will feature ''12'' immediately playable factions, including Tyranids, Necrons, Dark Eldar, and Adeptus Mechanicus. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPbXOHZW8co first trailer]].

* TheAllSeeingAI: The AI will ALWAYS know where your ships are at any given time.

* CriticalHit: When your ship gets hit with one it will destroy a weapons battery, subsystem, set your ship on fire (including multiple fires), or cause a hull breach which inflicts extra damage. There's an upgrade that lets you ignore the first one in an engagement, but ''only'' the first. A recent patch allowed for temporary criticals (typically caused by lightning strikes or assault boats), which can be repaired with the Emergency Repairs order, and permanent criticals, which are with you until the end of the match.

* HeroUnit: Space Marine favors work differently from everyone else as you can only assign one of each favor to your entire fleet, being that each favor corresponds to a ranking member of the chapter. As such, you can have your ship with the likes of Varro Tigurius, Astorath the Grim or Supreme Grand Master Azrael at the head.

* StoryBranching: While the campaign remains true to the source on how the Gothic War went, some of the player's decisions can change how the story will go. (eg. one or both the Hand of Darkness and the Eye of Night can be prevented from falling into Abbadon's hands when in canon he was able to get both devices and the Imperial Navy can form an alliance with the Eldar Corsairs or not when in canon the Imperial Navy did ally with the Eldar Corsairs.)

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The Narrative Trailer ends up revealing [[spoiler:Captain Spire would later be promoted to Admiral.]]
** This becomes a DownPlayedTrope since the event in question actually happens very early on within the Imperial campaign.
** It also reveals that [[spoiler: the Imperium will wind up allying with the Eldar at some point.]] Downplayed both by already being known to have happened in the canon and by turning out to be a choice in story branching.

** In the campaign, worlds across the Gothic Sector have a chance to become seditious, resulting in battles [[MirrorMatch against other Imperial fleets]]. Even when aliens and heretics are tearing the sector apart (or perhaps because of it), local demagogues and governors seem to think that the 12th Black Crusade is the ''perfect'' time to declare independence from the Imperium.

In January 2018, a sequel was announced. The first trailer shows [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPbXOHZW8co Necrons and Tyranids]] as new factions.

** It also reveals that [[spoiler: the Imperium will wind up allying with the Eldar at some point.]]

The game features a single-player campaign with the player in control of the Imperium of Man. Other factions such as the Forces of Chaos, the Eldar and the Orks will be available to play on Skirmish and Multiplayer modes. A Space Marine faction will also be available, although as DLC, and will be available a few weeks after release.

* HellIsThatNoise: Chaos ships are accompanied by wails and screams of decidedly disturbing nature.

* HeroicSacrifice: The climax of the Gothic War. When Abaddon fires three of his Blackstone Fortresses at the primary star of the Schindelgheist system, Battlefleet Gothic is too far away from them to put a stop to it. Only one ship, the ship of Captain Abridal, is close enough, and he doesn't have near the firepower to destroy one of the Fortresses, let alone all three. What does Abridal do? Power his ship into the convergence of the beams and cause a critical backlash that renders the Fortresses inoperable, all while he screams his devotion to the Emperor and mankind.

** While Chaos can in fact pull off a passable ramming maneuver in a pinch, you should never, ''ever'' ram ''anything'' with an Eldar vessel. You will come off second best, every time.

* {{Roboteching}}: Tau guided missiles will begin pursuing their target after flying a short distance forward. They aren't quite as nimble as you might expect them to be, but they're still much harder to evade than ordinary torpedoes, [[SuperPersistentMissile for obvious reasons.]]

* ShoutOut: One of the lines that can occur when executing an allied captain attempting to retreat is pretty much "YouHaveFailedMe for the last time."

** For the expansions, the Tau get Ethereals to keep the crew in check while the Space Marines have their "And They Shall Know No Fear" rule that renders them immune to normal insubordination conditions.

** The ships of the Tau fill the role of the ''Ranger'' faction. Their ships tend to have extremely good range with decent firepower, featuring fairly fast firing Railgun (Macro) and Ion Cannon (lances) batteries, extremely accurate missile attacks instead of torpedoes, and ships that can coordinate with each other. Additionally, Tau Fleets can choose between Mont'ka (Killing Blow) or Kauyon (Patient Hunter) tactics before the start of battle. Mont'ka favors taking the initiative, and performing a decisive strike that the enemy can't recover from. Kauyon favors luring the enemy into a killzone where their ships lie in wait to unleash an ambush by luring the opposing fleet into a kill-zone to cause significant damage, and then decide further whether to press the attack, or reposition and form a new firing line further away. However, the Tau are weaker than other fleets on dealing with the receiving end of boarding actions (though better than the Eldar), and suffer at close range or when flanked due to concentrating their firepower to their forward arc. Additionally, they lack the speed that other fleets tend to enjoy.

** Later patches cause the AI to now avoid asteroid fields and mines if at all possible, though they frequently do so by stopping dead just before they run into them.

** While Chaos can in fact pull off a passable ramming manuevre in a pinch, you should never, ''ever'' ram ''anything'' with an Eldar vessel. You will come off second best, every time.

** The Space Marine Chapter Fleets are the ''Elite'' faction, use small fleets of heavily armored, shielded, and faster than average ships. The combination of their powerful boarding capability, via piloted boarding torpedoes, Thunderhawk Gunships, and the standard boarding assault and lightning strike teleport attacks, along with their Bombardment Cannons can leave enemy ships crippled by an ever increasing amount of critical hits. However, they tend to lack means of direct strong direct firepower, and while they're ships are good at ignoring damage, their ships tend to lack the hull points to survive sustained fire, and suffer in defending themselves against bombers due to lack of dedicated fighter support.
** The ships of the Tau fill the role of the ''Ranger'' faction. Their ships tend to have extremely good range with decent firepower, featuring fairly fast firing Railgun (Macro) and Ion Cannon (lances) batteries, extremely accurate missile attacks instead of torpedoes, and ships that can coordinate with each other. Additionally, Tau Fleets can choose between Mont'ka (Killing Blow) or Kauyon (Patient Hunter) tactics before the start of battle. Mont'ka favors taking the initiative, and performing a decisive strike that the enemy can't recover from. Kauyon favors luring the enemy into a killzone where their ships lie in wait to unleash an ambush by luring the opposing fleet into a kill-zone to cause significant damage, and then decide further whether to press the attack, or reposition and form a new firing line further away. However, the Tau are weaker than other fleets at boarding actions (though better than the Eldar), and suffer at close range or when flanked as they concentrate their firepower to their forward arc. Additionally, they lack the speed other fleets tend to enjoy.

* FactionCalculus: Every faction has a unique set of perks and flaws which requires a different playstyle for each of them.
** The Imperial Navy has strong prow armor and several ships have Torpedo Tubes and access to the Macro Cannon. However, they're not very effective at long-range gun fights and are slower than average.
** Chaos excels at raiding attacks with good accuracy at long-range, fast ships, and having numerous launch bays on ships that can carry spacecraft. Unfortunately, they have antiquated ships which are inferior to the Imperial Navy's in terms of Armor and Firepower.
** The Orks are strong on ramming and boarding actions with ships that are heavily armored and are fully customizable. But they pay for this with very poor gunfire accuracy and an egregious lack of discipline.
** The Eldar Corsairs are very strong on hit-and-run strategies with ships that are very mobile, have highly disciplined crews, and have the best spacecraft available. This comes at the heavy cost of their ships which have very little armor, are very vulnerable to boarding actions, and have no shields (which are substituted by Holo-fields that reduce the accuracy of hostile gunfire).

-->'''Captain Abridal:''' "My ship is closest to the Blackstone Fortresses. All power to the void shields! I will attempt to put an end to this madness. By my faith, may the light of the Emperor spread to the farthest star. By my duty, the galaxy will belong to the righteous! By my action, the Imperial Navy will be honoured, and remembered upon Holy Terra! For the Emperor of mankind, and for the Battlefleet Gothic!"

'''Battlefleet Gothic: Armada''' is a space battle RealTimeStrategy developed by Tindalos Interactive and based on Games Workshop's specialist game ''TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic'' and set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe.