BIG Z1776
Baboon with a MAAWS
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
This ship is the pride and joy of the Crossroads Republic Armed Forces fleet. Those who crew and fly off of this ship are the best of the best of CRAF's naval crews, highly-trained and politically reliable. To be assigned to this ship it is a dream come true for a member of the fleet. The division of Marines aboard this ship are also at the same level as Tier-3 Special Operations divisions, meaning that a boarding action that somehow manages to overpower the ship's internal defense turrets and droids will be going to toe-to-toe with elite shock infantry. The ship itself is also exceedingly dangerous to fight against for others of its size class, particularly at range when its plethora of proton cannon turrets are able to outrange traditional turbolaser turrets, and by sheer volume of fire this ship's weapons can poke lots of holes into large ships very quickly, especially seeing as it has 288 heavy barrels. Its fighter complement is also impressive, capable of rapid scramble and rapid recovery thanks to segmented and spacious hangars which were designed to improve upon its now-scrapped predecessor. Every aspect of this ship was built with battle experience from their extensive war gaming exercises.
The ship is almost always on active or able to quickly depart for active duty due to the fact it has three crews: an Alpha, a Bravo, and a Charlie crew. While one crew is actually on the ship on active patrol another is on active work-up training for the ship's next cruise, and the last crew is on a stand-down training period after having been the last crew to be on board on active duty. This means that if the crew suffers extensive combat losses there are numerous trained and qualified personnel of high quality ready to take their place. The same goes for their 420 starfighters, bombers, and dropships and their pilots, they are divided into three combat air groups, and cycle with their designated crews or are able to cycle out to the ship in the event of heavy losses. This prized ship is therefore what will break before the crew breaks, and it will take a lot before the Crucible breaks.
- Intent: To create a powerful flagship for the Crossroads Republic Armed Forces
- Image Source: Based on EVE Online's Wyvern Supercarrier
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Crossroads Defense Industries
- Affiliation: Crossroads Republic Armed Forces
- Model: N/A (One-of-a-kind)
- Production: Unique
- Material:
- Armor: Face-Hardened High-Chromium Durasteel, Titanium, Trimantium, Duraplast
- Reactor Lining: Doonium, Heat-Resistant Carbonite, Duralium-Lanthanide Alloy
- Structure: Durasteel, Titanium, Duralium-Lanthanide Alloy
- Classification: Supercarrier-Heavy Battleship Hybrid
- Length: 5,000 Meters
- Width: 700 Meters
- Height: 1,600 Meters
- Crew: 68,000 Crew
- Passengers: 15,000 Troops
- Armament: Very High
- x6 Fury III Heavy Missile Launch Tubes (Each with six spare missiles)
- x72 J-32 Heavy Proton Cannon Turrets
- x320 J-28 Medium Proton Cannon Turrets
- x2,520 EM-2500 Twin Paired Repeating Laser Cannon Turrets
- x7,500 Internal HOB/F Heavy Repeating Blaster Autoturrets
- x8 Tractor Beams
- Defenses: Very High
- Hangar Space: High: 35
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 30 squadrons
- Support Craft: 5 squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Yes
- Hyperdrive Class: Class 1.0 (Primary), Class 3.0 (Secondary), x2 Class 9.0 (Emergency)
- Three large armored hangars, two facing the front, each with triple-layered particle shields protecting an interior ray shield from enemy fire, with a closing third hangar on the ventral side for the dropships.
- A boarding/storage hangar in the bottom bow opening for captured or carried corvettes and similar-sized vessels with large articulating arms with maintenance equipment built in so friendly ships can be repaired by the flagship.
- The bridge is located near the top of the bow's dorsal fin.
- Multiple reactors laid out in multiple points in the ship mostly in the stern.
- Armored missile silos for Fury III Heavy Missiles on the bow.
- Automated HOB/F Heavy Repeating Blasters in turrets mounted in every single corridor and key area with independent wired connections to the command and control center.
- Ship is completely compartmentalized and segmented in armored sections with independent shielding and damage control for these sections.
- Highly-redundant automated damage control systems, including primary and back-up fire-suppression systems, ray shield protection against hull integrity loss, and primary and back-up escape pods in armored housings to protect them.
- Extensive fleet and army command centers near and far from the bridge to increase command redundancy.
- There are large numbers of Sentinel and Sentry Combat/Security Droids densely stationed all across the ship and patrol regularly to combat sabotage and boarding actions.
- Overlapping sectional double-layered Particle Shields with back-up power links to multiple reactors and back-up emergency generators, and a main outer deflector shield.
- The weapons emplacements have several back-up power capacitors for their particle shield sections to allow their rounds to pass through.
- Large ship, able to take a hit even with its shields down.
- Powerful shielding.
- Large hangar capacity.
- Powerful long-range weapons systems.
- Excellent counter-boarder measures.
- Very expensive to repair and maintain.
- Slow ship.
- Not very maneuverable at all.
- And old ship, some of its systems are a little antiquated.
- Requires a large crew.
This ship is the pride and joy of the Crossroads Republic Armed Forces fleet. Those who crew and fly off of this ship are the best of the best of CRAF's naval crews, highly-trained and politically reliable. To be assigned to this ship it is a dream come true for a member of the fleet. The division of Marines aboard this ship are also at the same level as Tier-3 Special Operations divisions, meaning that a boarding action that somehow manages to overpower the ship's internal defense turrets and droids will be going to toe-to-toe with elite shock infantry. The ship itself is also exceedingly dangerous to fight against for others of its size class, particularly at range when its plethora of proton cannon turrets are able to outrange traditional turbolaser turrets, and by sheer volume of fire this ship's weapons can poke lots of holes into large ships very quickly, especially seeing as it has 288 heavy barrels. Its fighter complement is also impressive, capable of rapid scramble and rapid recovery thanks to segmented and spacious hangars which were designed to improve upon its now-scrapped predecessor. Every aspect of this ship was built with battle experience from their extensive war gaming exercises.
The ship is almost always on active or able to quickly depart for active duty due to the fact it has three crews: an Alpha, a Bravo, and a Charlie crew. While one crew is actually on the ship on active patrol another is on active work-up training for the ship's next cruise, and the last crew is on a stand-down training period after having been the last crew to be on board on active duty. This means that if the crew suffers extensive combat losses there are numerous trained and qualified personnel of high quality ready to take their place. The same goes for their 420 starfighters, bombers, and dropships and their pilots, they are divided into three combat air groups, and cycle with their designated crews or are able to cycle out to the ship in the event of heavy losses. This prized ship is therefore what will break before the crew breaks, and it will take a lot before the Crucible breaks.
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