First Order Military Intelligence: Ssi-Ruuvi Naval Threat Briefing

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SUBJ/SSI-RUUVI NAVAL THREAT UPDATE//
RMKS/1. THE FOLLOWING IS A FAMILIARIZATION DOCUMENT FOR CLASSIFIED AND DOCUMENTED SSI-RUUVI WARSHIPS. DESPITE THE DESTRUCTION OF LWHEKK AS A POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND INDUSTRIAL HUB, THE SSI-RUUVI REMAIN A THREAT IN THE OUTER RIM AND APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS SHALL BE TAKEN BY ALL COMPONENT COMMANDS. PARTICULAR CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN THOSE SECTORS SPINWARD OF DOSUUN.
2. THIS DOCUMENT IS BEING PROMULGATED TO CONFRONT A MAJOR LAPSE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT THE FIRST ORDER HAS DEALT WITH OVER THE PAST DECADE. NAMELY THE LACK OF CONSIDERATION FOR ALIEN TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE TREATMENT OF MODERN SSI-RUUVI WARSHIPS IN PARTICULAR AS BEING THE ROUGH EQUIVALENT OF THEIR ANCIENT COUNTERPARTS.
3. LIST OF UPDATED AND NEW SSI-RUUVI SHIPS IN ORDER OF MASS DISPLACEMENT FOLLOWS.
A. C’KA’SHAI-CLASS DREADNOUGHT
REPORTING NAME: “CARNOSAUR” DREADNOUGHT
3600M LONG, VERY HIGH ARMAMENT, VERY HIGH DEFENSE, LOW MOBILITY, 2000+ SWARM DROID FIGHTERS, TYPICALLY 2 TO 4 SPINETAIL LIGHT CRUISERS IN INTERNAL BAYS OR CLOSE ESCORT.

• THE MASS-PRODUCED VERSION OF THE MASSIVE PLANETARY ASSAULT VESSEL DESIGNED FOR THE SSI-RUUVI INVASION OF DOSUUN, AT LEAST A DOZEN CARNOSAUR’S WERE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE DEVASTATION OF LWHEKK. SEVERAL OF THESE REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR, AND CAN GENERALLY BE ASSUMED TO BE THE LYNCHPIN OR ANY ORGANIZED SSI-RUUVI AGGRESSION.
• THE SHIP IS OVER 3000M LONG, AND BROADLY OVOID AS MOST SSI-RUUVI VESSELS, GIVING IT AN INTERNAL VOLUME SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN SHIPS OF A COMPARABLE LENGTH. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS VOLUME APPEARS TO BE DEDICATED TO INDUSTRIAL PLANTS SIMILAR TO THE GOANNA’S, BUT ON A SCALE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PRODUCE AND LAUNCH ENTIRE WARSHIPS (UP TO THE SIZE OF A BACKLASH IN A MASSIVE INTERNAL BAY.
• THE SHIPS ARE ALSO CAPABLE CAPITAL WARSHIPS, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED TURBOLASER AND ION-CANNON EQUIVALENTS ARRANGED IN BATTERIES OF SEVEN WEAPONS TO A CLUSTER, IN ADDITION TO A MASSIVE DROID FIGHTER COMPLEMENT. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY SORT OF STANDARDIZATION AMONG SAID WEAPON BATTERIES BEYOND THE FINAL NUMBER, AND DIFFERENT CARNOSAUR’S HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO SUPPORT DIFFERING NUMBERS OF WEAPONS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, LENDING CREDENCE TO THE THIS ORGANIZATIONS BELIEF THAT THE SHIPS ARE ACTING AS LOCAL MOTHERSHIPS AND UNDERGOING A CONTINUAL PROCESS OF UPGRADES.

B. SHREE-CLASS BATTLECRUISER EQUIVALENT
REPORTING NAME: “RIDGEBACK” HEAVY CRUISER
900M LONG, VERY HIGH ARMAMENT, VERY HIGH DEFENSE, AVERAGE MOBILITY, 500-800 SWARM DROID FIGHTERS.

• THE MODERNIZED VARIANT OF THE SHREE-CLASS BATTLECRUISER IS A FORMIDABLE WARSHIP FOR ITS SIZE. IT FEATURES EMPOWERED TURBOLASERS, IMPROVED SHIELDS, AND AN EXTENSIVE POINT DEFENSE SUITE COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL. THE CONVENTIONAL MISSILE LAUNCHERS OF THE OLD CLASS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY A LARGE ARRAY OF ION TORPEDO EQUIVALENTS THAT ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF DISABLING MUCH LARGER SHIPS.
• BEYOND THE TACTICAL DIFFERENCES, THE STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT OF THESE SHIPS DIFFERS REMARKABLY FROM THE PAST. WHILE INDIVIDUAL BATTLECRUISERS WILL STILL ACT AS THE FLAGSHIP FOR SMALL STRIKE FORCES, THEY ARE NOW OFTEN DEPLOYED IN SMALL SQUADRONS AS PART OF LARGER TASK FORCES, ACTING AS A HEAVY BATTLE LINE IN COMBAT, A STARK DIFFERENCE FROM THE OLD DEDICATED RELIANCE ON DROID FIGHTERS.

C. SH’NEER-CLASS ASSAULT CARRIER EQUIVALENT
REPORTING NAME: “BACKLASH” ASSAULT CARRIER
600M, AVERAGE ARMAMENT, HIGH DEFENSE, LOW MOBILITY, 20 ‘WHITELIP’ LANDING CRAFT,

• A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE OVER THE OLD SH’NEER CLASS OF SHIP, THE BACKLASH HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY MODERNIZED AS A SPACE COMBATANT, BUT RETAINS ITS PRIMARY MISSION AS A PLANETARY INVASION SHIP. IT IS MORE COMPACT THAN ITS PREDECESSOR, AT APPROXIMATELY 600M LONG INSTEAD OF 750M, AND CARRIES ALMOST TWICE THE NUMBER OF LANDING SHIPS. WHILE THIS VARIANT DOES FEATURE AN OFFENSIVE ARMAMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 30 TURBOLASERS AND AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF ION CANNONS, IT IS STILL SUB-PAR FOR ITS SIZE, BUT ITS POINT DEFENSE SUITE IS EXTENSIVE AND AN EXCELLENT DETERRENT TO STRIKECRAFT.
• AS THESE SHIPS REMAIN THE PRIMARY METHOD OF INVASION FOR SSU-RUUVI FORCES, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY TARGET FOR ALL FIRST ORDER FORCES.

D. D’KEE-CLASS LANDING SHIP EQUIVALENT
REPORTING NAME: “WHITELIP” LANDER
70M, LOW ARMAMENT, AVERAGE DEFENSE, HIGH MOBILITY

• LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM ITS PREDECESSOR, THE WHITELIP LANDER HAS SUPERIOR SHIELDING AND ARMAMENT BUT CARRIES THE SAME AMOUNT OF TROOPS AND DROIDS, AS WELL AS THE INFAMOUS PARALYSIS CANISTERS.

E. WURRIF-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER EQUIVALENT
REPORTING NAME: “SPINETAIL” CRUISER
400M, AVERAGE ARMAMENT, AVERAGE DEFENSE, HIGH MOBILITY, 200 SWARM DROID FIGHTERS

• THE SUCCESSOR TO THE WURRIF-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER IS A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE AND MAKES THE FRIGATE-SIZED VESSEL A CREDIBLE THREAT TO SHIPPING AND OTHER WARSHIPS. PRIMARY ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF SIX HEAVY TURBOLASERS AND TWENTY LIGHTER EMPLACEMENTS, AND TWO DOZEN ION CANNONS. LIKE THE WURRIF, IT HAS A NUMBER OF TRACTOR BEAM PROJECTORS AND AN EMPHASIS ON CAPTURING SMALLER SHIPS AND STRIKECRAFT.
• THE SHIP IS SLIMMER AND NARROWER IN PROFILE THAN THE WURRIF, BUT MORE DURABLE AND FASTER.

F. FW’SEN-CLASS PICKET SHIP EQUIVALENT
REPORTING NAME: ‘WINGBAT’ GUNSHIP
40M, HIGH ARMAMENT, LOW DEFENSES, VERY HIGH MOBILITY

• ESSENTIALLY A MODERNIZED, SLIMMER VERSION OF THE FW’SEN, THE WINGBAT HAS THE SAME ARMAMENT AS ITS PREDECESSOR, AT 40M IN LENGTH AND WITH IMPROVED SHIELDING AND DURABILITY. THEY ARE TYPICALLY USED TO ESCORT VULNERABLE SHIPS OR ACT IN CONCERT WITH DROID FIGHTER SWARMS, PROVIDING FIRE SUPPORT.
• CAPABLE ATMOSPHERIC VESSEL, USED TO PROVIDE FIRE SUPPORT TO WHITELIP LANDERS AND GROUND FORCES.
• STILL FAIRLY FRAGILE, AND VULNERABLE TO STRIKECRAFT IF UNSUPPORTED BY FIGHTERS.

G. LWHEKK-CLASS MANUFACTURING SHIP EQUIVALENT
REPORTING NAME: “GOANNA” AUXILIARY SHIP

• WHATEVER DIFFERENCES THERE ARE WITH THE OLDER VESSEL ARE ALL INTERNAL, GIVING THE GOANNA’S IMPROVED MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY AND REFUELING SUPPORT.
• KEY TO THE SSI-RUUVI MILITARY EFFORTS, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIANCE ON DROIDS AND THE HIGH ATTRITION RATE OF THE SWARM-CLASS FIGHTERS IN BATTLE. THESE ARE EXTREMELY HIGH PRIORITY VESSELS.

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