Bibliothèque

Bibliothèque was a Blood Raven strike cruiser in a possible far future. It was commanded by a Chapter Serf, Captain Ufrat. It was the first vessel to meet the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) after the latter was pulled into the possible 41st millennium.

In 2268, the Enterprise was duplicated in such detail that it remains unknown which ship was the original and which was the duplicate. One ship continued to Vulcan whilst the other travelled into the future. This almost destroyed the Enterprise, but even if the ship had been undamaged it would still have been helpless thanks to the absence of subspace. The Bibliothèque had been transporting Captain Gabriel Angelos of the Blood Ravens off Tartarus.

Ufrat offered to take the Enterprise to a Forge World, pointing out that she could easily have plundered the ship. During the voyage, Commander Spock and Admiral Talunas visited the strike cruiser and met several Space Marines. On arrival at the Forge World of Reolaz IV, Bibliothèque released Enterprise but was then forced to defend it against a rogue faction of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Despite its best efforts it was unable to stop a glancing hit from a Mechanicus weapon striking and destroying the Enterprise. The strike cruiser immediately destroyed the Mecanicus warship and then picked up several escape pods.

Once the truth of the Enterprise's journey to the future came out, the strike cruiser transported the survivors to a Space Hulk containing the derelict USS Miranda and Enterprise (NX-01). It helped defend the crew against attacks by a Chaos fleet.

Specifications
Bibliothèque, like may Imperial vessels, was vastly more powerful than Federation vessels of the 23rd century. One of the Enterprise's helmsman, Ensign Haines, estimated that the strike cruiser had firepower exceeding all 13 Constitution class starships. Unlike many Imperial vessels, all the weapon systems were automated and did not need manual labour. The ship's hangars could carry the Enterprise comfortably and were tough enough to stand an explosion from a warp core breach. (38589 Years Difference)