Blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
- Length: 80 meters
- Width: 30 meters
- Height: 9 meters
- Hangar Space: 0
- Hangar Allocations: N/A
- Single Craft Hangar: Yes
- Hyperdrive: 1.0
- All standard features for a combat-oriented corvette
- Tractor/pressor beams
- Coma gas boarding harpoons
- Boarding torpedoes carrying individual boarders
- Ramming prow
- Mission-specific modular hold options, user picks two:
- Prisoner cells/animal pens (small)
- Prisoner cells/animal pens (bulk)
- Workshop for weapons maintenance and small-scale manufacturing
- Medical/cybernetics bay
- High-security vault
- Extra warhead storage
- High-density deployable droid dispensers
- Raider staging/training area
- Spice processing facility
- Small deployable prefabricated base
- Luxury lounge space
- Combat speeder bay
STRENGTHS
- Extreme mission flexibility (except stealth missions).
- Particularly great for piracy.
- Very high speed for a corvette.
- Coma gas boarding harpoons.
- Warhead bay can deploy many kinds of missiles and torpedoes depending on the mission.
- Durable for a corvette, particularly its hull and armor.
- Can effectively engage ships of many sizes.
- Low crew requirements.
- Extreme resilience against or when ramming.
- Outpaced by most starfighters and elite personal ships; not fast or nimble enough to make them stick around and die.
- It's always hot and sweaty inside (though Trandoshans find it enjoyable).
- Controls and interfaces are designed for Trandoshan claws. For best results, hire a Trando pilot.
- No stealth capabilities. Actually has a pretty big sensor signature for its size. You will see it coming.
- No anti-stealth capabilities. Assuming you can catch up with it, sneaking up on it is very feasible.
DESCRIPTION
Concurrent with the outbreak of hostilities at Wielu and the Sepan system in the early years of the 10th century, Quekko's Choice Ship Emporium brokered a deal between a Trandoshan shipbuilding firm and the Black Sun Syndicate. The procured ships aimed to fill a need for a flexible default. Going on a raid? A heist? A desperate defense? A furious revenge or a crowing victory? A sensitive cargo, a joyride, a smuggling run, a stunt? You and your best friends are rolling up in a pack of Cataclysts.
Stockpiles of modular bay options and replacement parts were set up at key points in Black Sun territory, and extra vessels were made available at cost (plus a very reasonable handling fee). Rapidly, these obnoxious little ships (only eighty meters stem to stern, yet so intimidating) became a source of fear, awe, and general unpleasantness across about half the galaxy.
No ship yet designed, other than casino cruises, has been more capable of making money. A fine investment for every budding Vigo and their senior underlings, to be sure.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
The iconic default Black Sun multirole ship, suitable for tangling with personal transports, starfighters, freighters, or light capital vessels
Image Source(s):
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1NrzAK
Canon Link:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
Black Sun Syndicate and affiliates
Model:
Cataclyst Raider
Starship Class:
Corvette (50-200m)
Starship Role:
Gunship
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Duranium, transparisteel
Armaments:
Turbolasers, ion cannons, antipersonnel turrets, general purpose warhead bay, coma gas boarding harpoons, boarding torpedoes
Defense Rating:
High
Speed Rating:
Very High
Maneuverability Rating::
High
Energy Resist:
High
Kinetic Resist:
Extreme
Radiation Resist:
High
Minimum Crew:
5
Optimal Crew:
12
Passenger Capacity:
50
Cargo Capacity:
Large
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