Cryhavok said:

They actually just reposted a lot of 2E fluff in the 6E rulebook, and the 3E Sisters 'dex even went all the way back to 1st edition Rogue Trader fluff. There are a lot of retcons, but I would say the material is more consistent than people generally give them credit for, and as long as they do not contradict something with a newer book I generally do not care how old a source is.. ;)

But yeah - individual interpretation. In theory, it'd even be possible to pick and choose from all across the board, ignoring some GW fluff yet not other, ignoring one thing out of a FFG book yet not another …

As Gav Thorpe once wrote on his blog, the 40k setting is a personal thing, hence the "tens of thousands of overlapping realities" and "the notion of canon [being] a fallacy". It took me a long time, but I see that now.

Cryhavok said:

As it happens, I recall the bit of fluff in question, and it's been reprinted as current canon as recently as 4th edition (possibly even more recently, but I ran out of funds to keep up with the tabletop rulebooks and codices just before 5E).

I wrote up the stats for the Galaxy-class Heavy Troop Transport awhile ago. Here they are. Just thought you might be interested.

GALAXY-CLASS HEAVY TROOP TRANSPORT

The Galaxy-class transport has been in use since the days of
the Great Crusade, ferrying billion of Imperial soldiers through
the stars. Well armed and armored for a transport, the Galaxy
is a rugged, well built ship and is well known through out Battle-
fleet Calixis as a dependable ship. Although Battlefleet Calixis
possesses few of these ships (they stopped building them
thousands of years ago), they are currently kept busy carrying soldiers
and supplies to and from the Margin Crusade.

The Galaxy-class in an invaluable addition to any Trader-Millitant's
fleet. With it's Bombardment Cannon and large number of troops,
the Galaxy is fully capable of waging wars of conquest completely
on it's own, and the last thing many an Imperial foe has seen is a
Galaxy ship sliding into orbit overhead.

Notable Ships: The Grand General Heracles has carried soldiers into
battle for over 2,000 years and bears many proud scars of past
victories. Currently carrying the 13th Genswick Armored Regiment
and the elite 2nd Genswick Rifles, the Heracles is currently under contract
to Calligos Winterscale and was last seen departing Port Wander for
Winterscale's Realm.

Dimensions:5.0km long, 0.9 abeam at fins approx.
Mass: 18 megatonnes approx.
Crew: 40,000 crew, approx., 100,000 troops
Accel: 2.9 gravities max sustainable acceleration.
Speed:5 Manoevvrability:-10
Detection+10 Hull Integrity:50
Armor:15 Turret Rating:1
Hull Space:54 Ship Points:50
Weapons Capacity: 1 Prow, 1 Port, 1 Starboard, 1 Ventral
Troop Transport: This vessel was designed for transporting troops
and no amount of retrofitting can fully change this. This hull comes
pre-equipped with two Barracks Components. The hull's space has
already been reduced to account for this, however, when the ship is
constructed it must be able to provide 4 power to these components.
Naval Auxillery: This ship may use both Transport and Cruiser
Components.

Essential Components: Jovian Pattern Class-3 Drive 60/12/0
Strelov 1 Warp Engine 10/10/0, Gellar Field 1/0/0
Mrk-1.r Life Sustainer 3/2/0, Voidsmen Quarters 1/3/0
BG-15 Assult Scanner 5/0/0, Invasion Bridge 4/3/0
Single Void Shield Array 5/1/0
29/31/0

Supplemental Components
2 Barracks 4/8/4, Munitorum 2/3/2
Drop Pod Launch Bay 1/3/2
2 Thunderstrike Macrobatteries (Port&Starboard) 4/4/2
Bombardment Cannon (Prow) 5/5/3
Jovian-Pattern Escort Bay (Ventral) 1/4/1
Medicae Deck 2/1/1
19/20/14

Notes: This ship gives gives an additional 275 Achievment Points when

working towards a Military Objective.

Thanks for this. I'll be using it in a mini-campaign I am planning. Btw, which book are the Drop Pod launch bays in?

Fresnel said:

Your welcome.

Rogue Trader Into the Storm, pg 159.