Breaker of Chains
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Make a variant for personal rp usage, mainly to be used as the temporary head of a future fleet sub.
- Image Source: Click - FractalSponge
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: Here is the permission. Modification of this nice ship.
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Sith-Imperial Corps of Engineers
- Affiliation: Sith Order /
Darth Strosius
/ Order of Wonosa - Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Vicar-class Cargo Frigate
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Hull: Durasteel
- Frame: Alusteel
- Misc: Transparisteel Viewports, Turadium Blast Doors/Shutters, Agrinium Reactor Shielding
- Classification: Container Transport
- Length: 462.8m
- Width: 214m
- Height: 120m
- Armament: Average
[6] Quad Turbolaser Cannons
- Armor
Deflector Shields - Reinforced Hull
- Point-defense Cannons
- Cap Drain
- De-Ionizer
- Socketguard
[*]Hangar Allocations:
- 1 Starfighter Squadron
- 1 Support-Craft Squadron
[*]Speed Rating: Average
[*]Hyperdrive Class: 3.0
STANDARD FEATURES
- SI-Suzerain System Suite
- SI-Vestige Communications Suite
- Standard Targeting/Tracking Systems
- N/A
- Armed Transport: Larger than most cargo haulers, the Vicar-class is outfitted with six quad turbolaser cannons capable of defending the ship from equal or smaller size as well as pesky starfighters. Additional point-defense turrets contributes to a tighter defense grid.
- Floating Barracks: Although the families and civilians of the cult are now gone, the residential improvements made to the ship over the years have now been repurposed into fairly comfortable barracks and living quarters, not to mention an armory or two. This allows for a military force, although a rather small one, to be kept aboard the ship and deployed when needed.
- Makeshift Hangar: A result of extra cargo space in the ship, a very makeshift hangar extension has been made to allow for ships larger than Starfighters to land in.
- Limited Stern Weaponry: The Vicar shares the same weakness as its larger Imperial contemporaries, that being minimal defensive weaponry towards the rear of the ship. While each quad turbolaser cannon can spin 360°, the engines often obscure enemy ships directly behind the Vicar.
- Poorly Optimized For Combat Endurance: Though possessing adequate weaponry and shielding for short bursts of engagements, the Vicar is not even closely optimized for long, drawn-out affairs. Enough persistence on behalf of marauders can wear down the Vicar's systems.
- Missing Features: Unlike many other active Vicar Frigates, the Altorius was in the process of being decommissioned before it was "acquired" by the cult and as such, it is missing all Anti-Missile defenses and a number of other more miscellaneous systems.
The Vicar frigate line had served the Sith Empire well, as most ships of the Sith had. However, by the time of the latter days of the Empire many ships were being decommissioned or downright mothballed in order to provide more materials for more important fleets as well as take some strain off of the stretched naval logistics. Various parts and systems would be taken as needed from ships that were still intended to return to service at a later date, as such many of the decommissioned ships still in the process of being decommissioned and disassembled were usually relatively intact and usable.
The Altorius, previous designation unknown, was one such semi-decommissioned ship.
As the inevitable fate of the Sith Empire slowly became more and more evident, many groups and figures within began to start securing their own future.
Darth Strosius
and his cult were some of the last to begin planning for a life without the safety of the Empire, but they were quick to the draw. As the fleets pulled back with each system lost, more and more smaller and less militarized ships were brought to safer worlds for decommissioning. Not even the capital world of Dromund Kaas was safe from having to hold some of these ships. Whilst the multiple wars of the Empire were starting to see and end, the cult struck on one of these hangars full of decommissioned vessels.Using what few connections they had to the people and soldiers of the planet, as well as some convincing and honest offers of assistance with the instability of the Empire, they were able to requisition and secure the ship that would soon be dubbed the Altorius with not too much trouble or cost. The cargo frigate would be their method of escape from the planet and would serve as their home until Alisteri could find a new place for them to settle and live. This ship, unwanted and destined to be made into spare parts, would be their salvation and their sanctuary. Their Altorius.
After making their Dark Exodus aboard the Altorius the cult began their long pilgrimage across the stars, the frigate serving as their only real asset for a long time. Whether carefully disabling a pirate ship or station, ferrying their High Priest to whatever planet he desired, or simply housing the families of the cult, the ship would serve them well. Finally though, after some years the long pilgrimage would end and the Altorius would no longer be burdened by being the cult's home.
With the cult now established on Formos in their Dresuoti, the frigate underwent some slight modifications and was soon retooled to fit a full military purpose once more. Although still lacking in systems, most all the residential areas were modified and revamped to become a barracks of sorts, allowing for the ship to become a sort of troop carrier rather than a simple cargo ship.
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