Starship Review [Black Sun] Ecliptic-pattern Lucrehulk-class Battleship

[Velzari Tharn]

B L A C K - S U N - S Y N D I C A T E
E C L I P T I C - P A T T E R N - L U C R E H U L K​

• Intent: An imposing capital ship for pirates and slavers
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• Canon Link: Lucrehulk-class battleship
• Permissions:
  • Tambor-pattern Lucrehulk-class Battleship [X]
  • Technoid Manufactorum [X]
  • ApexTech Industries [X]
• Primary Source: Tambor-pattern Lucrehulk-class Battleship

• Manufacturer:
  • Trade Federation
  • Technoid Manufactorum
  • Antlion Fleet Mechanics
• Affiliation: Black Sun Syndicate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Semi-Unique
• Material:
  • Alusteel skeleton
  • Composite Hull
    • CP90 durasteel
    • Duralloy
    • Durasteel
    • Impervium
    • Kiirium
    • Laminanium
    • Matrix armor
    • Nanolaminate plating
    • Quadanium steel
  • Glasteel viewports
  • Plasteel interior paneling

• Classification: Battleship​
• Length: 3110 meters
• Width: 2850 meters
• Height: 1025 meters
• Armament: High
  • Flak guns
  • Heavy turbolaser turrets
  • HVC-369 "Covenant" Class Hyper Velocity Cannons
  • Ion cannons
  • Mass-driver cannons
  • Megamaser batteries
  • Multi-missile pods
    • Advanced concussion missiles
    • Assault concussion missiles
    • Brilliant missiles
    • Carbonite missiles
    • Disruptor torpedoes
    • Mag-pulse warheads
    • Proton torpedoes
  • Null-burst projectors
  • Octuple barbette turbolasers
  • Plasma cannons
  • Point-defense ion cannons
  • Point-defense laser cannons
  • SHAC-60 "Tank Ripper" Mass Driver Autocannons
  • Turbolasers
  • TXA IDCS-60 01x Point Defense Drivers

• Defenses: Very High
  • Antimissile octets
  • Cap drains
  • Electromagnetic countermeasures suite
  • Interior Defenses:
    • Autoturrets
    • Biometric ray shields
    • Black Sun gladiator droids
    • Black Sun Guard patrols
    • Blaster neutralizers
    • C-21 combat droids
    • Door-fields
    • Heavy Tactical Fighting Unit (H-TFU) battle droids
    • Security scanners
    • Security thumbpasses
    • Tunqstoid steel blast doors
  • Shield Systems:
    • Anti-concussion field generators
    • Deflector shields
    • Ion shields
    • Kiirium shields
    • Molecular shields
    • Particle shields
    • Ray shields
    • Shift shields
    • Xythan force shielding
  • TXA TLDS-01x 'Jen'dosta' Defense System
• Hangar Space: High (21)
• Hangar Allocations:
  • Starfighters: 16 squadrons
  • Support Craft: 5 squadrons
• Maneuverability Rating: Low
• Speed Rating: Low
• Hyperdrive: 1.0

• C-3a "Mercury" Class Communications Suite
• Communications antennae
• Docking clamps
• Escape pods
• I-a2b solar ionization reactor
• IE-10 "Event Horizon" Class Ion Engine
• LS-132 "Terra" Life Support System
• Molecular furnaces
  • Garment fabricators
  • Self-Constructing Armament Factories
  • Self-Regulating Droid Makers
• Navigation computer
• STS-84 "Artemis" Class Targeting & Sensor System
• Tractor beam projector

• Animated metal sealant
• Anti-ion emission tracers
• Aural-Biologial-Chemical scramblers
• G-32 evasive armor plating
• Gravity well projectors
• Laser-reflective armor
• SI-C1 "BattleMind" Auxiliary AI
• TXD DB-SR01x 'Powerslave' Droid Brain

• Electric Sheep: Dedicated droid bays and self-regulating droid makers ensure that the Ecliptic is crewed and internally patrolled by droids.
• Gun Buffet: A generous variety of turbolasers, cannons, and missile pods line the Ecliptic like rows of shark teeth.
• Slave Bays: Retrofitted by Black Sun engineers, the Lucrehulk's notoriously massive hangar bays are now used to house an incredibly large crew of slaves and labor droids.
• Thick Skin: The Ecliptic is a spacefaring fortress wrapped in layers of durable metal composites and various forms of shielding.

• No Force Needed: The Lucrehulk's central command core is just as exposed as it was during the Clone Wars.
• Slave Crew: While Black Sun maintains a crew large enough to operate each of its Lucrehulks, the crew is often inexperienced and unwilling.
• Slow Draw: The Ecliptic is by far the largest vessel in the syndicate's fleet, but it is also the slowest, limiting it to blockade formations and slave raiding.
• White Whale: Black Sun's reliance on piracy and aftermarket shipwrights makes the Ecliptic a rarity, and by extension, they are difficult to repair or modify.

Eager to ensure that Trade Federation property did not wind up in the hands of uncoordinated pirate fleets and Underworld gangs, Gat Tambor's agent Thane reached a mutually beneficial agreement with Prince Velzari Tharn on Reuss VIII - Black Sun could repossess vessels that were otherwise "unaccounted for"... so long as those vessels were not later used in acts of warfare against the Federation. In the hands of capable shipwrights aligned with Black Sun, the Tambor-pattern Lucrehulk was refitted from the inside out to serve as a powerhouse of automated turrets and cannons. The battleship's cavernous hangar bays were filled with gun batteries, storage chambers, and rows of crude cells to house the massive population of slaves needed to operate it. Gold livery was painted on the battleship's exterior. It's curved arms and bulbous central control core were branded with the Black Sun's imposing insignia.

The Ecliptic-pattern was born.

Black Sun primarily deploys its Lucrehulks during planetary blockades or slave raids where preventing the escape of their victims is paramount. Thanks to the battleship's cavernous hangar bays, each vessel can hold upwards of 200,000 slaves, labor droids, and beasts of burden. Whether it's coming or going, spotting an Ecliptic in open space is a sure sign of one thing: someone, somewhere, is having a very chitty day.

 

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Velzari Tharn

Nicely made, but I found some problems:

• We don't accept Pinterest or Reddit links to images unless the original site can't be found, these sites not respect the original artist, and anyone can post the arts there what they found on the internet. In this case, the original host can be found, so please try to find a different link to that art.
• And you can't use the following items, because these are closed market. You have the permission to modify the sub, but you also need a permission to use the close market items.
  • TXD DB-SR01x 'Powerslave' Droid Brain
  • TXA TLDS-01x 'Jen'dosta' Defense System
  • SHAC-60 "Tank Ripper" Mass Driver Autocannon
  • TXA IDCS-60 01x Point Defense Driver
  • Nanolaminate Plating