Approved Starship Alacus-class heavy transport

[FN-999 (restored)]

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• Intent: To create a dedicated large troopship for the First Order.
• Image Source: ArtStation - Consolidator-class Corps Assault Ship by Ansel Hsiao
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: ArtStation - Consolidator-class Corps Assault Ship by Ansel Hsiao

• Manufacturer: Alge Imperial Shipyards Incorporated
• Affiliation: The First Order
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Alacus-class heavy transport
• Production: Minor
• Material:
  • EXTERIOR
    • Thaldonium armor plating, transparisteel viewports
  • INTERIOR
    • Tiysium structural steel framing, thaldonium interior plating, copper wiring, electronic components

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  Classification: Heavy Troop Transport
• Length: 831m
• Width: 485m (at widest)
• Height: 242m (267m with landing gear lowered)
• Armament: Low
  • 12x dual turbolaser batteries
  • 20x dual heavy laser cannons
• Defenses: Average
  • 20x Firebearer CIWS
  • 15x point-defense laser cannons
  • Double-layer deflector shielding
    • Particle shield (cruiser-grade)
    • Ray shield (cruiser-grade)
  • Thaldonium hull
  • Electronic countermeasure suite
• Hangar Space: High (6 squadrons)
• Hangar Allocations:
  • Starfighters: 1 squadron
  • Support Craft: 5 squadrons
• Maneuverability Rating: Average
• Speed Rating: High
• Hyperdrive:
  • Primary Hyperdrive: Class 1.0
  • Backup Hyperdrive: Class 10.0

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• LOWER DECK (Floors 1-20)
  
  
  
  • Storage Bay
  • Medical Bay
  • Crew Quarters
  • Ammunition Storage
  • 2x Grav-ball courts
  • Troop Staging Area
  • Support Craft Hangar A
  • Crew Mess Halls
    • 4x Supreme Burgers
    • 2x Pizza Hutts
  • Armory
  • Gym
  • Barber Shop
  • Primary Fusion Reactor
  • Engine Room
• MIDDLE DECK (Floors 20-35)
  • Crew + NCO Quarters
  • Support Craft Hangar B
  • Viewscreen Theater
  • Post Office
  • Crew Mess Halls
    • 2x Supreme Burgers
    • 2x TurboGreens
• UPPER DECK (Floors 35-40)
  • Command Deck
  • Captain's Quarters
  • Officer Quarters
  • Officer Mess Halls

• Landing Gears: Each Alacus-class heavy transport possesses ten large retractable struts, which serve to support the transport’s weight on a planetary surface and distribute it over a larger area. As long as at least eight of the ten struts are intact, an Alacus can safely land on any stable surface.
• Boarding Ramp: Despite its name, the boarding ramp is not used for transporting troops onto hostile warships. Instead, the 200 meter long, 40 meter long ramp extends from the bottom of an Alacus’ hull onto a planetary surface at a 15 degree angle. The top of the ramp is directly connected to the troop staging area in the lower deck, allowing for rapid deployment of large amounts of soldiers.

• Portable Invasion: A single Alacus can carry a full legion of First Order stormtroopers or two divisions of the First Order Army alongside all the artillery and armor they are equipped with. Furthermore, Alacus-class heavy transports can enter planetary atmospheres and after landing on the surface unload their entire complement directly from their hangars using a massive boarding ramp.
• Mothership: If a planet is too dangerous or physically unstable for an Alacus to land directly on its surface, it can deploy numerous gunships and troop transports from its large hangar bays to rapidly deploy large amounts of ground forces.

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• Not a Warship: The Alacus-class heavy transport is lightly armed for a cruiser with few weapons capable of seriously threatening capital ships of its size, making it unsuitable for frontline naval combat.
• Standing on Stilts: The most vulnerable part of an Alacus is its landing gears: destroying at least two on one side of the heavy transport will cause the other gears to collapse under the ship’s weight, sending it hurtling towards the ground usually causing significant damage to its vertical thrusters.

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Heavily inspired by the late Republic and Imperial era Accalamator-class assault ship, the Alacus-class heavy transport is the First Order’s principal naval platform for initiating planetary invasions. Like the Acclamator, the Alacus is a flying barracks with an enormous troop capacity, capable of carrying up to 20,000 soldiers, 500 artillery pieces, 100 armored vehicles, and 25 walkers within its spacious interior.

Alge Imperial has designed the Alacus-class heavy transport as a key link between naval and ground forces, capable of massing armies in orbit and then deploying them onto a planet in a quick and orderly fashion. Its powerful vertical thrusters make it fully capable of entering most atmospheres, where it can ascend or descend at speeds of up to 500 km/h.

Once above a surface-based staging area, an Alacus deploys its landing gear, allowing it to lower its boarding ramp and disgorge hundreds of troopers and dozens of tanks or walkers at a time. Alternately, if a particular planetary surface is too unstable for the immense weight of the Alacus, its cavernous hangars are capable of storing several squads of troop transports and gunships to facilitate a planetary landing.

 

[Krass Wyms]

Simple Enough

Approved