Ships of the Árktos Expanse
A homebrew fleet to go with my homebrew chapter. For the Gloriana(?) use turrets and weapons loadouts from Italianmoose. For a destroyer look at Greywolf_99's Black Clipper. other smaller ships can be found in Modhail's Goth Warfleet Intra-system Ships.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/titan-imperator
https://cults3d.com/en/users/4est4theTrees/3d-models
https://cults3d.com/en/users/Greywolf_99/3d-models
https://cults3d.com/en/users/Keiler/3d-models
https://cults3d.com/en/users/Italianmoose/3d-models
https://cults3d.com/en/users/Modhail/3d-models
Other ships that would work with this range:
https://cults3d.com/en/design-collections/Italianmoose/bfg-akkadian
https://cults3d.com/en/users/4est4theTrees/3d-models
Lore:
The Árktos Expanse is a relatively empty part of the Milky Way located out in the Eastern Fringes. It encompasses around 50 inhabited worlds and 0.01% of the galaxy's volume. This unassuming spot of space was discovered halfway through the Great Crusade. Due to the planets in the expanse being self-sustaining they remained fairly stable during the Age of Strife and had thus been able to keep their industrial arm relatively strong over the millennia but bent the knee to the Emperor all the same. However, the two ruling factions were able to gain several concessions from the Emperor as part of their peaceful joining. The first was that they would be able to maintain full control of their armed forces. The second was full control over their means of production, technology, and repair. The last concession that they were able to eek out was a writ of protection for a minor Xenos race they were in active trade with, should they also bend the knee to the Emperor. In exchange they turned over several STCs and an extremely hefty tithe of soldiers ships and materials. When the Horus Heresy kicked off, their separation from the standard chain of command allowed them to keep their defenses intact and were able to fight off several assaults from the traitor legions at a heavy cost. Thus they persist fighting the standard Drukari, Eldari, and Ork raid. One of the most prominent actions the navy took part in was the Culling of the Barghesi in M39 where they along with the Sons of Artemis helped the Iron Lords Repel a breakout attempt by the Barghesi. Ever since, they have Maintained a watchful eye over the sector stopping raids and waiting for the dread enemy to try and break out once more.