- Intent: To create a new version of the Allegiance-class Heavy Star Destroyer in my own image for use by the Imperial Starfleet.
- Image Source: Here
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- Primary Source:
Allegiance-class Battlecruiser - Imperial IV-class Star Destroyer
- Manufacturer: First Order Core of Imperial Engineers (FOCIE)
- Affiliation: The First Order
- Model: Allegiance IV-class Heavy Star Destroyer
- Production: Limited
- Material:
Quadanium-lined Durasteel Hull - Titanium-reinforced Alusteel Frame
- Transparisteel Viewports
- Turadium Blast Doors/Shutters
- Classification: Elite Star Destroyer
- Length: 2,000 meters
- Width: 1,125 meters
- Height: 500 meters
- Armament: Very High
x4 Octuple-Barbette Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
4 dorsal
[*]x100 Turbolaser Batteries
- 24 fore
- 38 port
- 38 starboard
[*]x60 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
- 12 fore
- 24 port
- 24 starboard
[*]x40 Heavy Ion Cannons
- 8 fore
- 16 port
- 16 starboard
[*]x9 Quad Heavy Ion Cannons
- 3 dorsal
- 3 port
- 3 starboard
[*]x160 Point Defense Laser Cannons
- 24 fore
- 32 port
- 32 starboard
- 28 ventral
- 28 dorsal
- 16 aft
[*]x40 Flak Cannons
- 20 port
- 20 starboard
[*]Defenses: Extreme
- Advanced Warship Deflector Shields
- Redundant Warship Deflector Shields
- Redundant Warship Deflector Shields
- Reinforced Hull
- E-WAR
[*]Hangar: None
- 0 Squadrons of Combat Starfighters
- Various Non-Combat Starships
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
[*]Speed Rating: Low
[*]Hyperdrive Class: 2.0 | Back-up 8.0
- Warship Ion Drives
- Warship Hazard and Damage Control Systems
- Warship Life Support Systems
- Warship Navigational Systems
- Warship Sensors and Targeting Systems
- Warship Communications Systems
- Warship Environmental Control Systems
- Warship Tractor Beams
- Warship Escape Pods
- Holonet Transceiver and Encryption/Decryption Networks
- Superior Armament - Twice the firepower of its little sibling, the Imperial IV-class Star Destroyer, the Allegiance IV boasts amazing ship-destroying capabilities; able to destroy multiple smaller vessels at once. A pairing of these with proper escorts would be devastating on the field of battle against other weaker fleets with vessels of the same class and size.
- Nigh-Impenetrable Shielding - The only thing on this ship more powerful than the weaponry is its three layers of advanced deflector shielding, much like that of the INV Pellaeon. The triple layered shielding can sustain an inordinate amount of damage from a number of ships before the reinforced hull is made accessible. Truly remarkable Imperial engineering is.
- Vulnerable Aft Section - Ironically, on a destroyer that can obliterate smaller ships in seconds; the amount of weaponry on the aft section, where the large ion drives are located, is laughable. A total of sixteen laser cannons, as well as the shielding, are the only defenses present on the exposed stern.
- Slow Maneuverability - A trait that has become commonplace in most Imperial vessels; the Allegiance IV lacks maneuverability and speed, with a complete about-face taking up to an estimated minute or two. This can easily allow nimbler enemy ships to get behind the vessel, where there are barely any weapons.
With the construction of the Admonitor-class Star Dreadnough, the INV Pellaeon, completed and the Battle of Serenno all but a decisive tactical victory for the joint Sith-Imperial forces against the fledging Dominion. The Imperial Navy realized the need for a much stronger variant of the Imperator IV Star Destroyer, with the discovery of the Silver Jedi Order's gross overuse of flimsy but heavy-hitting 'cap-busters'. They decided to bridge the gap between the Imperator and Praetor lines with the revamp of the lesser-known Allegiance class.
Most literally, the Allegiance IV at a glance just seems to be a larger version of its sibling, retaining the mighty dagger shape of the Imperial Navy, but underneath it is so much more than that. With the size increase, the armaments have been doubled, permitting the crew a vast array of versatile weaponry used both for capital-ship and starfighter engagements as well as controversial planetary bombardments. With that being said, a leaf was taken out of the Imperial flagship's book and three layers of some of the best (within reason for a destroyer) shielding that the Imperial Department of Military Research could design was installed to envelop the entire ship.
Unlike other Imperial vessels, the Allegiance does not feature a ventral hangar bay nor does it have a contingent of combat starfighters, instead opting for extra armor protecting the reactor bulge on the bottom of the ship. This would be a weakness if the ship wasn't designed to be used primarily with escorts, which may in fact have their own compliment of fighters. Ironically, one hundred and sixty point defense laser cannons make this ship a decent screening vessel, forty flak cannons also present for anti-missile duties.
Unfortunately, a vessel such as this comes with two crippling flaw. It's speed not too bad, but it's maneuverability suffers tremendously; making it much slower compared to ships of the same size. This coincides horrendously well with the light amount of defense comprised around the aft section, meaning that smaller, specialized cap-busting vessels could easily move to behind this vessel, where its vulnerable ion drives are located, and begin wrecking havoc.
Changed affiliation & manufacturer from Galactic Empire to First Order
