Approved Starship Asteroid Defense Platform

[Ronhar Tane]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a defense platform for guarding Mahporeem and other planets.
• Image Source: Here.
• Alternate Viewing Links:
  • Side Facing View
  • Front Facing View
• Canon Link: Asteroid Base.
• Permissions:
  • N&Z Umbrella Corporation
  • Bido Roz’lyn, permission given here
• Primary Source: Wookieepedia.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer:
  • N&Z Umbrella Corporation
  • Mahporeem Imperial Remnant
• Affiliation:
  • N&Z Umbrella Corporation
  • Customers of the N&Z Umbrella Corporation
• Market Status: Closed Market.
• Model: Asteroid Defense Platform.
• Production: Limited.
• Material:
  • Rock
  • Carbon
  • Durasteel
  • Ersteel SLCA
  • Ersteel 1333
  • Electronic Components
  • Reinforced Quinta-Polycarbonite Lamellar Compound

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification:
  • Asteroid Base
  • Defense Platform
• Length: 2,800 meters.
• Width: 2,000 meters.
• Height: 1,200 meters.
• Armament: The unique internal layout of each Asteroid Defense Platform ensures that no two examples are exactly the same, though each Asteroid Defense Platform has an armament rating of Very High.
  • Anti-Starfighter Weaponry
    • NZ LC-2A Laser Cannons
    • AFT-14.4000B FLAK Turrets
    • AFT-PIC.445 Quad Plasma Cannon Turrets
    • NZ ARD-1 Mono Type Point Defense Systems
  • Anti-Capital Ship Weaponry
    • NZ HP2 Heavy Turbolasers
    • NZ IPC-1 Ion Pulse Cannons
    • NZ ER-1 Electrothermal Railguns
    • NZ IEPC.4700 Ionized Electromagnetic Plasma Cannon 'Damocles'
  • Miscellaneous
    • Q7 Tractor Beam Projectors
• Defenses: Very High.
  • Blast Doors
  • Sentry Guns
  • NZ CoreCom Scammer
  • NZ CoreCom Disruptor
  • NZ Thanatos ECM/A Suite
  • Deflector Shield Generators
    • NZ SSP-SEPTIMUS [Shield System Package]
    • ISD-72x Deflector Shield Generator Domes
    • NZ Neirides CSEM/A Shield Enhancer Module
  • Self-Destruct Mechanism
  • Missile Deactivation Transmitter
  • NZ SAP-2A SSA [Sensor Systems Array]
  • AR-0B Damage Reduction Armor Component
• Hangar Space: Average, 15 squadrons of 20 starfighters.
• Hangar Allocations:
  • Starfighters: 10 squadrons
  • Support Craft: 5 squadrons
• Maneuverability Rating:
  • None (Forward and Lateral Movement)
  • Low (Rotational Speed)
• Speed Rating:
  • None (Forward and Lateral Movement)
  • Low (Rotational Speed)
• Hyperdrive: N/A

STANDARD FEATURES

• Tug Modules
• Crew Amenities
  • Gym
  • MedBay
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshers
  • Recreation Areas
  • Sleeping Quarters
  • All other standard amenities
• Life Support System
  • Air Scrubbers
• Communications Array
• Reactor Systems
  • NZ F.A.R. Fusion Arc Reactor
  • OA "Yellow Dwarf" Sun Reactor

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Escape Pods
• Propulsion Systems
  • Attitude Thrusters
  • Asteroid Thrusters
• Dornean Software Systems
  • T.E.C.M.I.S
  • P.A.F.I.E.S
  • O.S.I.V.P
• ATLAS Mk I High Efficiency AI Droid Core
  • ATHENA DCOS-1L [DIrect Central Operating System]
• All laser cannons and turbolasers have been upgraded with Dornean Plasma

STRENGTHS

• Bulwark: The Asteroid Defense Platform is designed to provide planets and other important structures a "first line of defense" against pirate raids, enemy fleet strikes and space leviathans
• Firepower: Each Asteroid Defense Platform comes equipped with a plethora of offensive armaments, allowing the stations to combat both starfighters and capital ships in equal measure
• Shielded: The Asteroid Defense Platform is equipped with multiple deflector shield generators, allowing the stations to survive a fair bit of punishment in combat
• Carrier: Each Asteroid Defense Platform is capable of carrying up to 15 squadrons of starfighters and support craft at a time
• Unassuming: At a visual glance, the Asteroid Defense Platform appears to be little more than a free floating asteroid, which can surprise unobservant enemy ships
• Nonstandard: Each Asteroid Defense Platform contains a unique internal layout, preventing enemy forces from being able to discern the space stations capabilities

WEAKNESSES

• Large: Asteroid Defense Platforms are large and unwieldy targets, making them quite easy to hit even at long range
• Nonstandard: Because each Asteroid Defense Platform has a nonstandard internal layout, the space stations capabilities may vary across each example
• Stationary: The Asteroid Defense Platform is unable to move from its position without external help, though it can slowly rotate around to face certain threats
• Obvious: Though it looks like an asteroid, even a cursory sensor scan of the space station will reveal its true purpose, making it difficult to keep hidden during battle
• Costly: When compared to similar models, the Asteroid Defense Platform is costly and time consuming to manufacture, somewhat limiting its overall availability
• Hazardous: When damaged, chunks of the Asteroid Defense Platform may fly off into space, creating potential hazards for defending forces

DESCRIPTION

Although the Mahporeem Imperial Remnant retains a fairly robust relationship with Niki's Priddy General Goods Store, the Imperial Remnant has been so far unable to secure the permissions that it needs in order to utilize Priddy's PGEM Bulwark Asteroid Platforms, leaving Mahporeem with significant gaps in its planetary defenses. Undeterred, the Imperial Remnant has decided to take matters into its own hands by creating the so called "Asteroid Defense Platform", an orbital defense platform that borrows heavily from the PGEM Bulwark Asteroid Platforms, though with a decidedly Imperial and N&Z Umbrella Corporation twist.

Even larger in size and scope than its inspiration, the Asteroid Defense Platform contains a plethora of anti-starfighter and anti-capital ship weaponry sourced from the N&Z Umbrella Corporation, along with several powerful electronic warfare components, such as the NZ CoreCom Scammer, the NZ CoreCom Disruptor and the NZ Thanatos ECM/A Suite. The Asteroid Defense Platform is similarly heavily shielded and armored, being protected by both an NZ SSP-SEPTIMUS [Shield System Package] and ISD-72x Deflector Shield Generator Domes that have been supplemented with an NZ Neirides CSEM/A Shield Enhancer Module.

Furthermore, each Asteroid Defense Platform contains enough internal space inside to carry up to 15 squadrons of starfighters and support craft within in, giving the space station a considerable amount of combat capability and support abilities. That being said, though a potent combat asset, the Asteroid Defense Platform is not a substitute fleet: each station is a large and easy target to hit, and the stations themselves are completely unable to move under their own power, though they can slowly rotate around to face slow moving threats. Perhaps most importantly, the internal layout of each Asteroid Defense Platform is completely unique, meaning that no two stations are exactly the same, preventing the Asteroid Defense Platform from having any sort of "standardized" combat potential.

It should be noted that though the Imperial Remnant is quite satisfied with the quality of their newly created Asteroid Defense Platforms, efforts still persist to convince Niki Priddy and the General Goods Store to eventually allow Mahporeem to utilize their PGEM Bulwark Asteroid Platforms, though such attempts may now be irrevocably damaged due to perceived copyright infringements and theft of intellectual property...

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Under Review.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Ronhar Tane

Looks good. Approved.