BIG Z1776
Baboon with a MAAWS
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Taking a cue from the Empire's Star Destroyer Conqueror the Crossroads Republic has been stocking up on Kyber Crystals for generations and running tests and simulations and poured millions of credits into economical use of kyber crystal-based laser weaponry. This has all led to the point where the Crossroads Republic now has the ships, the industry, and the stockpile of kyber crystals to put its first production models into production. The larger of these two weapons systems is the HCBL-3, a weapon designed around the Vanguard-Class Heavy Attack Battleship to give the ship the ability to punch well above its size class, giving them the ability to stand a chance against ships such as super star destroyers when the battle is one they chose to fight. While it isn't a superweapon, and doesn't have the moon-killer lethality which was unique to the Conqueror this weapon can probably crack open most targets it chooses to engage. While it has the ability to target moons and planets with siege capability capability isn't its designed purpose (It's a dedicated anti-capital weapon), it is its secondary capability to act as a heavy siege weapon for pummeling planetary shields or large battlestations.
When deployed, this weapon is meant to be used from well-outside all potential enemy return fire where it is safe, and it is to be fired as a volley of several weapons on their own ships, targeting enemy cruisers and frigates to blast open a gap in enemy starfighter defense screens to allow for cut slash and run starfighter strikes to attack and weaken capital ships. When enemy supercapital ships are present an Alpha Strike will be conducted with all available weapons firing on the largest enemy ship present, engaging the bridge and/or reactor specifically in an effort to decapitate the enemy's command and control and remove the biggest threat from the battlefield. Enemy interdictors and E-War warships are also likely to be targeted by these weapons early in an engagement.
- Intent: Create a new bow-mounted weapon for use aboard the Vanguard-Class Heavy Attack Battleship
- Image Source: N/A
- Canon Link: Composite-Beam Laser, Tributary Beam, Conqueror (superlaser)
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Crossroads Defense Industries
- Affiliation: Crossroads Republic
- Model: HCBL-3 Heavy Composite-Beam Laser
- Modularity: No
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material: Quadanium Steel, Quadranium, Mirkanite, Kyber Crystals, Laser Emitter Components
- Classification: Heavy Composite-Beam Laser
- Size: Extremely Large
- Weight: Extremely Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Kyber Crystal
- Ammunition Capacity: Large
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: Low
- Damage Output: Extreme
- Recoil: None
- Four tributary beams fired from armored firing tubes diagonally towards the middle meet within the bow opening where the central beam emitter fires out and the main laser is fired from there. The beam is bright whitish-yellow in color.
- Has a heavily-armored and ray-shielded reactor housing kyber crystals, each reactor is built by hand and is unique to each weapon due to the fact no two crystals being the same.
- Is built into the ship's hull itself to insure there are no weak points in the hull itself so the weapon is well-encased in armor and shields.
- Can engage from outside the range of heavy railguns and heavy missiles due to the beam's sheer power.
- EXTREMELY POWERFUL, has the ability to really lay into frigates and cruisers with relative ease and can deal substantial damage to planetary shields.
- The beam can be cut across space to act like a blade.
- Will last in service so long the kyber crystal reactor is kept stable and safe with relatively little trouble.
- The emitters have large armored doors to protect them from enemy fire.
- Can engage from outside the range of heavy railguns, providing a tactical advantage.
- The weapon is integral into the hull of the ship it is mounted in, if the ship is put out of service the weapon cannot be taken out and put into a different hull without tearing apart the upper bow of its own ship, and likewise, if the weapon is damaged and needs to be replaced the ship's effectively getting a new dorsal bow section.
- A kyber explosion can potentially occur, while unlikely, it is a key point of potential sabotage.
- If a single beam emitter is disabled the weapon will be unable to safely fire.
- Requires several minutes to recharge between shots, in close quarters this can make the difference between life and death.
- No reactor is the same as the other, each reactor is hand-built, meaning damage done to the kyber reactor requires very specialized repairs which none of its gunners can handle.
Taking a cue from the Empire's Star Destroyer Conqueror the Crossroads Republic has been stocking up on Kyber Crystals for generations and running tests and simulations and poured millions of credits into economical use of kyber crystal-based laser weaponry. This has all led to the point where the Crossroads Republic now has the ships, the industry, and the stockpile of kyber crystals to put its first production models into production. The larger of these two weapons systems is the HCBL-3, a weapon designed around the Vanguard-Class Heavy Attack Battleship to give the ship the ability to punch well above its size class, giving them the ability to stand a chance against ships such as super star destroyers when the battle is one they chose to fight. While it isn't a superweapon, and doesn't have the moon-killer lethality which was unique to the Conqueror this weapon can probably crack open most targets it chooses to engage. While it has the ability to target moons and planets with siege capability capability isn't its designed purpose (It's a dedicated anti-capital weapon), it is its secondary capability to act as a heavy siege weapon for pummeling planetary shields or large battlestations.
When deployed, this weapon is meant to be used from well-outside all potential enemy return fire where it is safe, and it is to be fired as a volley of several weapons on their own ships, targeting enemy cruisers and frigates to blast open a gap in enemy starfighter defense screens to allow for cut slash and run starfighter strikes to attack and weaken capital ships. When enemy supercapital ships are present an Alpha Strike will be conducted with all available weapons firing on the largest enemy ship present, engaging the bridge and/or reactor specifically in an effort to decapitate the enemy's command and control and remove the biggest threat from the battlefield. Enemy interdictors and E-War warships are also likely to be targeted by these weapons early in an engagement.
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