Approved Starship Bercey IV-class, Fast Assault Corvette

[Ethanael Halscott]

BERCEY IV-CLASS
"RESEARCH BOAT"
FAST ASSAULT CORVETTE
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To sub a modernized Bercey for the Commonwealth
• Image Source: Fractal Sponge and ChatGPT
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: Solarium Glasteel
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• Primary Source: Bercey I, Bercey II, Bercey III

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Primo Victorian Enterprises
• Affiliation: Imperial Commonwealth of Dosuun
• Market Status: Closed Market
• Model: CNC-WCB4-M1
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  
  • Durasteel Reinforced Crystalamnium Hull
  • Reinforced Duraplast with Latticed Crystaplast Liner
  • Gravmire Gel x2 Liner Reinforcement
  • Alusteel Reinforced Durasteel Hull [Interior]
  • Tunqstoid Blast Doors, Turadium Blast Shields [Interior]
  • Solarium Glasteel Viewports [Overlay]
  • Glasteel Viewports [Underlay], Turadium Blast Shutters
  • Agrinium, Dallorian Alloy [Key Areas/Critical Components]
  • AR-0B Damage Reduction Plating [Key Areas/Critical Zones]
  • Doonium Infused Impervium [Munitions Control]
  • Hekakles-type Composite Hull System

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Fast Assault, Science Corvette
• Length: 200m
• Width: 120m
• Height: 60m
• Armament: Low
  
  • 2x Tojil II-Type Heavy Turbolaser Batteries [dorsal-forward, and ventral-forward mounts]
  • 4x Triniburst-type Heavy Laser Cannons [2x dorsal midship port and starboard mounts, 2x ventral midship port and starboard mounts]
  • 4x Hawkthorne II-type Ion Cannons [2x port midship, 2x starboard midship]
  • 4x Ironfang-type Rotary Hypervelocity Cannons [dorsal aft, ventral aft, port aft, starboard aft]
  • 2x Stingnet Dispersal Systems [dorsal midship, ventral midship]
• Defenses: High
  
  • Rampart Shield Matrix [Primary All-Angle Shield]
  • Phalanx Adaptive Shield Matrix [Attack-Adaptive Layer]
  • Ballista Shield Array [Kinetic/Projectile Interception]
  • Sentinel Defense System [Close-In Interceptor Grid]
  • Crystalamnium Mesh + Crystaplast Shell [Radiant + Kinetic Dispersal]
  • Hekakles Composite Hull [Core Durability Layer]
  • Ariadne ECM Assistant [Electronic Countermeasure Control]
  • Arbalest Capacitor System [Emergency Power Surge Buffer]
  • Russ Shield Suite (Emergency Redundancy Layer)
• Deflector Shield Generators (x2): Particle & Ray Overlay w/ Integrated Shield Boost
• Regenerative Reinforced Shield Generator: Self-healing layer + Shield Boost
• Ion Shield Generator: Specialized ion disruption protection
• Tauros Defensive Suite
• Capacitor Drains, Socket Guards, and De-Ionizer Rigs
• Anti-Tractor Beam Shroud (Field Disruptor Pattern)
• Chaff and Flares Dispersal System (Multi-burst Countermeasure Ejectors)
• Anti-Ordnance EM Probe (Localized detonation field on missile proximity)
• Missile Deactivation Transmitter (Pulse jammer for active munition)
• Hangar Space: Base - 0
• Hangar Allocations:
  
  • Starfighters: N/A
  • Support Craft: N/A
• Single Craft Hangar: Yes
  
  • Sora-class Research Shuttle
• Maneuverability Rating: High
  
  • Average w/ SurgePulse
• Speed Rating: High
  
  • Very High w/ SurgePulse
• Hyperdrive: Yes
  
  • Primary: 1.0
  • Backup: 10.0

STANDARD FEATURES

• Auxiliary Systems
  
  • Auxiliary Power Generator Systems
  • Emergency Back-up Power Generator Systems
  • Auxiliary Reactor Control Node
  • Reserve and Supplemental Power Control System
  • Emergency Disengagement Systems
  • Emergency Life Support Systems Management
  • Emergency Shield Operations and Power Management Node
  • Emergency Failsafe and Containment Systems Manager
  • Emergency Command Node and Damage Assessment Station
  • Compact Escape Pod Control and Routing Node
• Communication Systems:
  
  • Coordinated Command Integration Encryption Suite
  • Hyperwave Communications & Encryption Network
  • Extended Hyperwave Transceiver
  • Emergency Short-Range Encrypted Network
  • Fleet Control Data Exchange Network
• Tactical & Security Systems:
  
  • Swarm Targeting and Tracking Sensor Suite, Full Range
  • PulseScreen Quick-Recharge Management Subsystem
  • Tactical Analysis, Computer-Aided Targeting Systems
  • Target Range Finder and Fire Control Suite
  • Automated Target Lead, Lock-On System Management
  • Ironfang Fire Control Node and Threat Prioritization Matrix
  • Weapons Control and Munitions Management Suite
  • Weapons Waste Containment and Hazard Control Node
• Flight & Navigation Systems:
  
  • Flight Control & Sublight Management Suite
  • Hyperlane Navigation & Astrogation Buffer
  • Nav-Com Route Bypass
  • Jump Point Navigational Control (limited-range)
  • Galactic Hyperspace Lane Holosite Integration
• Engineering & Power Systems:
  
  • Primary Power Management Control Suite
  • Reactor Core Control & Coolant Management
  • Capacitor Control Systems
  • Shield Generator Power Management
  • FRIES-IV Thermal Discharge & Venting
  • Hazard & Damage Control Management
• Medical & Containment Systems:
  
  • Compact MedCenter (EM-1 rated)
  • Quarantine Chamber (1)
  • Automated Triage Diagnostics
  • EM Bacta Dispenser
  • 1–2 Stasis Pods
  • Emergency Cryosleep Pod
  • Emergency Medical Droid
• Environmental & Planetary Science
  
  • F.M.S. Weather Core (centralized atmospheric modeling)
  • Long-range gravimetric & ionospheric scanners
  • Planetary lifesigns & biosphere mapping suite
  • Seismic resonance survey integration
  • Climate archive & predictive modeling database
• Probe & Remote Systems
  
  • Tlaloc-type Survey Probe Control
  • Atmospheric skimmers & storm probes
  • Environmental buoy deployment
  • Disaster monitoring beacons
• Shuttle Bay Maintenance Systems
  
  • Pressurized maintenance cradle and diagnostic interface
  • Rapid-cycle launch and recovery (suited for low-orbit and atmospheric ops)
  • Sample transfer locks for biological, geological, and atmospheric payloads
  • Emergency med-evac and disaster response configuration support

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Internal Defense Management
  
  • Retractable Auto Blasters
  • Crystalamnium-Coated Turadium Blast Barriers
  • Biometric Locks, Thermal Sensors, Pressure Plate Eject Systems
  • Emergency Lift Lockdown & Compact Disposal Systems
  • Automated War Droid Emergency Deployment
  • Automated Anti-Concussion Field Emergency Deployment
  • Extensive Security Camera and Motion Detection System
• Propulsion & Power
  
  • Twin, Skyquake-XM Ion Engines [High-thrust vectored ion propulsion]
  • Trinity Core Compact [Reactor + ElectroFrost regulation system]
  • Kestrel Core Supplemental [Supplemental Reactor Core]
  • Icarus Maneuvering Array [Micro-thrust and counter-gravity agility system]
  • Crystal-Integrated Harmonic Regulator [Force-resonance and energy destabilization protection]
  • Aether-IX Modular Suite [System integration and modulation overlay]
  • Fries-IV Modular Suite [Thermal regulation and emergency power reroute]
  • SurgePulse Acceleration System [CFIE-compatiable SLAM-like module]
• Command, Datacore & AI Systems
  
  • Helion Data Core Matrix: Serves as the central data handling and analysis nexus. Integrates sensor inputs, targeting data, astrogation, and fleet relay processing. Blackwake interfaces with this directly to prioritize system resilience.
  • ERALAM: FleetNet coordination, navigation, encryption, targeting solutions analysis.
  • NATASI: Strategic systems oversight, interdiction logic, security verification. Encrypted AI Isolation Frameworks: Prevents AI corruption, hijacking, or external signal bleed during ECM-heavy battles.
  • Neuracrys Gel Interface: Semi-organic computational medium designed to enhance data throughput and pattern recognition within advanced datacore systems.
  • Resonance Lattice Chip: Functions as a high-precision signal stabilizer and harmonic mediator, reducing interference between overlapping sensor, power, and computational systems.
• Advanced Sensor Systems
  
  • SPX Aetherveil Sensor Suite
    
    • Long-range passive + active scanning
    • Force-resonance tuned with Verityne crystal logic
    • High-resolution mapping + gravitational anomaly detection
    • Use: Early warning, fleet synchronization, sensor triangulation in crowded space.
  • ECMX Ghostspike Sensor Suite
    
    • Anti-spoofing and distortion filtering
    • Ghost-signal retasking for passive detection
    • Protects against stealth vessels, sensor ghosts, or cloaked units.
  • SCX Navicor Sensor Suite
    
    • Dedicated for nav-hazard detection
    • Hyperlane anomaly mapping and battlefield pathfinding
    • Optimized for formation maneuvering and emergency reroute
    • Strategic positioning, safe retreat vectors, escort formation cohesion.
  • Bluford Sensor Suite [Trimmed]:
    
    • Passive & Long-range Sensor Arrays
    • Life Form Indicator, Com-scan, Electro Photo Receptor
    • Tri-Tracker & Light Detection + Ranging Suite
  • Savić Tracking Sensor Suite [Bolt Spec]:
    
    • Imaging System
    • Combat Multi-view Display
    • Target-Aggressor Attack Resolution Software
    • Countermeasures Compensation Computer
    • Ranging Laser System
    • Universal Transceiver Package
  • Countermeasure Package
    
    • Ion Encumbrance System [Drive-disrupting signature cloud]
    • Phantom Short-Range Tactical Jammers (x2)
    • SIG-220 Tactical Jammer [Broadband Disruption Layer]
    • IFF Confuser / Screamer Sensor Jammer / Hail Comm Jammer
• Advanced Communications
  
  • Ariadne ECM Assistant [Signal control, threat mapping, ECM node coordination]
  • Electronic Interference Mast [Signal Disruption and Jamming Coordination]
  • Dudley Communication Suite (Compact Bolt Variant):
    
    • Hyperwave Signal Interceptor / Transceiver
    • Comm-Laser + Encryption Modules
    • Holotransceiver / Emergency Subspace Transmitter
    • Emergency Subspace Signal Generator
• Targeting Package
• Vanguard-GTS Targeting Suite
  
  • Active Matrix Targeting, Targeting Computer + Combat Multi-View Display
  • Target-Aggressor Attack Resolution Software
• Sureshot Targeting Array
• Short Range Target Acquiring Sensor
• Integrated with Icarus, Trinity, and Ariadne systems for seamless lock acquisition and coordination

STRENGTHS

• Exceptional Sensor & Environmental Analysis Capability: The Bercey IV is purpose-built to observe, model, and predict atmospheric, geological, and environmental phenomena. Its FMS Weather Core, Helion Datacore Matrix, and probe suites allow it to generate high-fidelity planetary climate models, storm forecasts, and hazard maps faster than most vessels several times its size.
• High Data Resilience & Signal Integrity: Integration of the Neuracrys Gel Interface and Resonance Lattice Chips allows the Bercey to maintain stable sensor output and datacore performance even under extreme electromagnetic interference, ion storms, or atmospheric turbulence.
• Low Signature, High Survivability Through Awareness: Rather than brute defenses, the Bercey survives by knowing what’s coming. Early detection of weather fronts, gravimetric disturbances, and hostile emissions allows it to avoid danger zones, plot safe insertion corridors, or disengage before threats escalate.
• Dual-Use Reconnaissance Platform: Though designed for science, its sensor arrays and probes can double as intelligence-gathering tools, making the Bercey IV invaluable for reconnaissance, anomaly investigation, and early-warning roles.
• Advanced AI-Assisted Operations: ERALAM optimizes navigation, probe coordination, and data routing, while NATASI provides hardened cybersecurity, intrusion detection, and command continuity — making the vessel extremely difficult to spoof, hijack, or corrupt.

WEAKNESSES

• Light Armament by Design: The Bercey IV is not intended for direct combat. Its weapons are defensive and deterrent in nature, leaving it vulnerable if caught by dedicated combatants without escort or escape vectors.
• Limited Physical Defense & Redundancy: While its systems are resilient, the hull and shielding prioritize weight efficiency and sensor exposure over heavy armor. Sustained kinetic or plasma fire will overwhelm it quickly.
• Mission-Specific Specialization: The Bercey excels in environmental science, survey, and reconnaissance — but lacks the endurance, firepower, or onboard facilities for prolonged frontline operations or deep-space independent deployment.
• Reliance on Data Superiority: If sensor arrays are degraded or data feeds are heavily jammed, the Bercey’s effectiveness drops sharply. It survives best when it can see first.

DESCRIPTION
The Bercey IV-class Science & Weather Corvette represents a return to the vessel’s original purpose — a compact, highly specialized platform designed to understand hostile environments before fleets or populations are ever exposed to them.

At its heart lies the FMS Weather Core, a powerful atmospheric modeling engine capable of simulating storms, pressure systems, ionization events, and climate instability in real time. Coupled with the Helion Datacore Matrix, enhanced by Neuracrys Gel Interfaces and Resonance Lattice Chips, the Bercey IV can ingest and process vast streams of sensor data without degradation, even in chaotic or electromagnetically saturated environments.

The ship carries an array of deployable survey probes, environmental samplers, and remote sensors, allowing it to map worlds from orbit or skim dangerous atmospheres while remaining safely distant. These systems are equally adept at detecting natural hazards and identifying artificial disturbances — making the Bercey just as useful for reconnaissance as it is for science.

Rather than brute-force defenses, the Bercey relies on awareness, prediction, and speed. Its sensor suites often detect threats — whether storms, tectonic instability, or hostile activity — long before they become visible to conventional vessels. When danger escalates, the Bercey withdraws, carrying with it invaluable data rather than risking destruction.

The inclusion of ERALAM and NATASI AI cores makes the Bercey IV unusually secure for a vessel of its size. ERALAM manages navigation, probe coordination, and FleetNet data relay, while NATASI safeguards the ship’s systems against intrusion and ensures command integrity. This pairing is a major reason earlier Bercey models were so heavily coveted — the data they carry is as valuable as the ship itself.

In Commonwealth service, the Bercey IV is often described as “the ship that goes in before the storm — literal or political.” It is not built to win battles, but to ensure that when battles, evacuations, or explorations happen, they are informed by knowledge rather than guesswork.

Deck Layout

DECKS 1–3: COMMAND & SENSOR SPIRE

Deck 1 – Primary Bridge

• Helm & navigation
• Command chairs
• FleetNet & comms oversight
• Emergency command node
• Captain’s Ready Room
• Panoramic armored viewport (weather-rated)

Deck 2 – Combat Information & Operations

• Secondary CIC
• Tactical analysis stations
• Vanguard-GTS targeting suite
• Sureshot Targeting Array
• Sensor fusion consoles
• First Officer’s ready room
• Senior Officer Conference Room

Deck 3 – SIGINT & Sensor Command

• Helion Data Core Matrix (primary access)
• ERALAM FleetNet coordination
• NATASI strategic oversight core
• Encrypted AI isolation frameworks
• Electronic Interference Mast control

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DECKS 4–6: SCIENCE, WEATHER & DATA PROCESSING

Deck 4 – Meteorological Operations

• F.M.S. Weather Core
• Atmospheric modeling suites
• Climate archive & predictive modeling databases
• Long-range gravimetric & ionospheric scanners
• Astrogation Mapping and Coordination Suite

Deck 5 – Planetary Science & Survey

• Seismic resonance survey integration
• Volcanology and tectonics analysis
• Biosphere & lifesigns mapping
• Oceanographic modeling stations

Deck 6 – Data Processing & Analysis

• Helion secondary processing banks
• Neuracrys Gel Interface access nodes
• Resonance Lattice Chip stabilization arrays
• Secure data vaults

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DECKS 7–10: HANGARS & REMOTE OPERATIONS (VOLUME HEAVY)

Deck 7 – Shuttle Flight Control

• Sora-class launch/recovery control
• Flight ops coordination
• Emergency med-evac routing
• Traffic control & recovery beacons

Deck 8 – Primary Shuttle Bay

• Sora-class berth
• Pressurized maintenance cradles
• Rapid-cycle launch & recovery systems
• Sample transfer locks

Deck 9 – Probe & Drone Operations

• Tlaloc-type survey probe control
• Atmospheric skimmer coordination
• Storm probe & buoy deployment
• Disaster monitoring beacon storage

Deck 10 – Hangar Support & Diagnostics

• Diagnostics interfaces
• Spare probe storage
• Emergency reconfiguration bays
• Contaminant isolation zones

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DECKS 11–13: ENVIRONMENTAL & SHIP SYSTEMS

Deck 11 – Environmental Control Core

• Intake processing
• Atmospheric filtration
• Radiation & ion shielding infrastructure
• Thermal routing

Deck 12 – Shield & Defensive Management

• Shield generator power routing
• Ion shield systems
• SurgePulse acceleration control
• ECM & countermeasure coordination

Deck 13 – Power Modulation & Safety

• Crystal-integrated harmonic regulators
• FRIES-IV thermal discharge
• Emergency failsafe & containment systems
• Damage assessment stations

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DECKS 14–16: CREW HABITATION & COMFORT

Deck 14 – Senior Crew Quarters

• Officer cabins (private)
• Department head offices
• Quiet lounges
• Briefing rooms
• Officer’s galley

Deck 15 – General Crew Quarters

• Modular bunk rooms
• Hygiene facilities
• Laundry & storage
• Crew commons
• Mess halls

Deck 16 – Life & Wellness

• Medical center (EM-1 rated)
• Quarantine chamber
• Stasis pods
• Emergency cryosleep pod
• Gym, rec room, garden alcoves

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DECKS 17–19: ENGINEERING & POWER

Deck 17 – Engineering Control

• Primary power management suite
• Reactor control & coolant management
• Shield generator management
• Hazard & damage control hub

Deck 18 – Reactor & Propulsion

• Trinity Core Compact
• Kestrel Core Supplemental
• Twin ion engines access
• Capacitor banks

Deck 19 – Maneuvering & Structural

• Icarus maneuvering array control
• Structural reinforcement zones
• Counter-gravity systems
• Stabilization mass

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DECKS 20–22: STORAGE, ESCAPE & STRUCTURAL BASE

Deck 20 – Cargo & Logistics

• Supply holds
• Emergency rations
• Replacement components
• Environmental suit lockers

Deck 21 – Emergency Systems

• Escape pod routing & control
• Emergency shield operations node
• Backup command node
• Damage isolation bulkheads

Deck 22 – Structural & Ballast

• Reinforced keel structure
• Mass dampening systems
• Ballast & stability controls
• Limited-access engineering crawlspaces

 

[MANIAC]

Ethanael Halscott

Amazing sub again.

Approved.