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Ringmaster
Affiliation - Alura Traveling Circus.
Development Thread - If necessary.
Manufacturer - Sayha Ar'i.
Modularity - Limited (can take on standardized shipping containers).
Production - Unique.
Material - Durasteel hull.
Classification - Container ship.
Length - 390 meters.
Height - 65 meters.
Width - 43 meters.
Armament -
- 2x light laser cannon turret.
- 1x Copycat Pod dispenser.
- 1x military grade deflector shield generator.
Special Features -
- cargo container mounting point.
- 1x civilian grade sensor suite.
- 1x hyperwave transceiver.
- 1x subspace transceiver.
- 1x radionic transceiver.
- 1x comm laser transceiver.
- 1x concealed assembly hall (located in dummy hazardous waste vault).
- 2x large holographic billboard projector.
- 4x searchlight.
- 1x adjustable gravity acrobatic training area (located in number 6 cargo container).
- 1x hangar (located in forward-most cargo container).
- Many x escape pod.
- Many x animal kennel (located in cargo containers 7 through 12).
- Many x smuggling compartment.
Speed Rating - 12.
Hyperdrive Class - 4.
Strengths -
- Can carry the entirety of the Alura Traveling Circus, including performers, tents, props and animals, over long distances.
- Extremely powerful military-grade deflector shields can protect the ship against heavy enemy fire.
- Versatile hard-point style container mounts allow for large and varied cargo loads.
- Mounts large hologram projectors, which allow the ship to function as a giant flying billboard for the circus.
- Copycat Pod dispenser systems makes the vessel difficult to track, if it does not wish to be followed.
- Only lightly armed.
- Slow and bulky.
- Extremely old, and in constant need of repair, a fact only exacerbated by the diverse components which went into its construction, as well as centuries of layered old repairs and quick fixes.
The Alura Galactic Traveling CIrcus was once a treasure across the galaxy. The circus was founded by a troupe of 'dysfunctional freaks' as they liked to call themselves around 350 years ago. The leader and founder of the company was Alura Ar'i, no one knows his real name, just that he is The Alura. Grand Ringmaster of the Circus. He died roughly 300 years ago as his circus burned down around him in the unfortunate event of the 'Alura Flaming Tragedy' .
Thankfully his son, Sayha Ar'i decided to rebuild the circus in his father's legacy. Sayha knew the key to making the circus a success would be if it was 'on wheels'. He believed that if the troupe was more maneuverable that it would perform twice as much for half the work. However Sayha was never a performer, his sister was. He built all of the props and tents and she found the performers and designed the shows, It was quite a team that successfully continued the legacy of the Alura Traveling Circus for centuries after their deaths.
While he built all of the props and equipment tackling a ship was something he had never done. Sayha cobbled together bits and pieces of several bulk freighters, and put them all on a common container frame. This thing is old, falling apart, and requires a lot of maintenance just to keep it going. Also, no one section truly matches another, as they all originally came from different ships.
The ship was big, and designed to hold lots of cargo, including animals, tents, props, lighting, and anything else you would see in a circus performance. The unique design had twelve Durasteel shipping containers that were all able to detach from the vessel. They were equipped with holographic billboard projectors that functioned as a giant billboard for the circus.
The ship was never intended to be in a firefight, and although it could take a beating it hosted barely any function of offense. It is near 290 years old and is like a flying relic, it requires constant maintenance because of this.
It has been passed down the Ar'i family tree and served the troupe for many centuries. And while it may not be top of the line technology. It is home.
