OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an effective gunship.
- Image Source: https://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2014/10/exclusive-beautiful-guardians-of-galaxy.html?m=1
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Silver Engineering Corps
- Affiliation: Silver Jedi Starfighter Corps, Local Security Forces and Defense Units within Concord Space
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Model: Aquillian-class
- Production: Limited
- Material: Common Starship Materials, Reinforced Duraplast
- Classification: Gunship (Patrol, Assault, Picketing)
- Length: 23 meters
- Width: 47 meters
- Height: 16 meters
- Armament: Very High
- 2x Rapid-Fire Light Turbolaser Cannons, Turreted (Dorsal Mounted)
- 2x Custom Agni Plasma Rail Guns, (Ventral Mounted)
- 2x Tenjin Ion Energy Torpedo Launcher, (Ventral Mounted)
- 2x Custom Caltrop 5 Chaff Guns, Turreted, (Wing Mounted)
- Dust (Subspace Transmitters)
- 4x Vespa 40mm Auto-Rippers, Turreted (2 Dorsal Mounted, 2 Ventral Mounted)
- 1x Pulsemass Generator Mine
- Defenses: High
- Reinforced Duraplast Armor Plating w/ Ablative Coating
- Light EMP/Ion Shielding (Duraplast)
- Standard Deflector Shields
- Electronic Countermeasures
- Caltrop 5 Chaff Guns
- Mithril Security Software
- Reinforced Duraplast Armor Plating w/ Ablative Coating
- Squadron Count: Very Low - 4
- Maneuverability Rating: High (Low when SLAM Activated)
- Speed Rating: Average (Very High when SLAM Activated)
- Hyperdrive: Yes - 1.0
- Long Range Communications Array
- Standard Deflector Shield Generator
- Standard Hyperdrive
- Standard Ion Engines
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Standard Repulsorlift Engines
- Long Range Sensor Array
- Long Range Targeting Systems
- Memristor Droid Brain
- Computer Guided Weapon Systems
- Decryption Module
- Crew Cabins & Lounge
- Medbay
- Storage Bay
- Workshop & 3D Printer
- Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
- Can Hover Within Gravity Wells
- Ejection System
- Holographic Augmented Reality Display
- Biocomm Module
- Mithril Security Software
- Deployable Sensor Drones
- Docking Ring
- Hull Cutter
- Other Standard Ship Things
- Custom Caltrop 5 Chaff Guns: The flechettes fired from the gun are coated with a variant of Dust transmitters that broadcast over encrypted subspace channels. They have a short life span of about 3-4 hours, and have a relatively short transmission range - within a sector/hex wide area. However, within Concord space, friendly satellites capable of receiving subspace transmissions can actively track the progress of a ship during transit, enabling triangulation and astro-locating in real time.
- SLAM: At the cost of maneuverability, ships engines can go into overdrive for a temporary burst of speed. A feature ideal for running down other vessels or punching through enemy point defenses during attack runs, or quickly fleeing the area. After each use of SLAM, dedicated energy reservoirs need approximately five minutes to replenish before the next boost.
- Pulsemass Generator Mine: The single tube launched mine can be deployed to generate false realspace masses to prevent ships from jumping to hyperspace, or pulling them out of hyperspace. However, unlike a fullsized gravity well generator, the pulsemass mines have a relatively small range of effect.
- Hunter - Bristling with heavy weaponry and a robust tracking suite, it excels in its intended role to search and disable pirate vessels large and small. In large fleeting engagements, the gunships work well in a picketing capacity.
- Numbers - Within a concentrated area, the gunships can saturate a space with huge torrents of firepower, but their low numbers mean the lack of the physical coverage of a standard sized squadron. While it may usually be a suicide mission for starfighters and other attack craft to target an Aquillian head on, they may opt to make an attempt to skip around if nimble enough.
Inspired by the likes of the K-wing, Skipray Blastboat, and Kobold Assault Corvettes, engineers of the SJO Starfighter Corps crafted a new series of beefy gunships capable of extended patrols and strike missions in deep space with limited support from fleets. Their primary role is for anti-piracy/slaver operations, actively tracking and neutralizing small raider formations and their bases. To that end, they are not only armed to the teeth with weapons, but also powerful sensor suites, comm decryption modules, and subspace tracking transmitters. To further augment their detection capabilities during patrols, each Aquillian can deploy sensor drones over a system wide area.
Local security forces and defensive units within Concord space have also found use of the Aquillians as affordable terrestrial defense platforms against planetary raiders sporting capital ships, a full squadron able to pummel even the likes of a cruiser or a destroyer like the B-wings of old. In the rare event of a full-scale invasion, Aquillians can effectively shift to razing enemy transports, mass ground formations and capital-grade vehicles/warbeasts in a heavy bombing role. If the opposition cannot be outright destroyed, then the gunships can at least allow defenders to hold off against attackers until relief forces arrive.
In large fleeting engagements, the Aquillian's loadout also makes it useful for the purposes of picketing - screening against flanking maneuvers, scouting, and harassing enemy capital ships at a distance with its rail cannons and energy torpedo launchers while flitting outside the envelope of enemy point defenses.
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