For Honor
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a dedicated invasion vessel for the Corellian Confederation
- Image Source: "Sins of the Prophets: UNSC Spirit of Fire Hero ship" by Jared Harris; GIF edited by me from Halo Wars 2 Cutscenes
- Canon Link: None
- Primary Source: None
- Manufacturer: Starbound Industries [Design]; Corellian Confederation [Construction]
- Affiliation: Corellian Confederation
- Model: Defiance-Class Assault Carrier
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material: Various Standard Starship Building Materials
- Classification: Planetary Assault Carrier
- Length: 2500 Meters
- Width: 800 Meters
- Height: 700 Meters
- Armament: Low
Heavy Turbolaser Batteries - Long Range Turbolaser Batteries
- Turbolaser Turrets
- Point Defense Quad Lasers
- Anti-Starfighter Missile Octets
- Point Defense and Anti-Missile Laser Cannons
- Concussion Missile Launchers
[*]Defenses: Very High
- Deflector Shields [Particle+Ray]
- Armor Plating
- Chaff
- Dampner Aerosol Missiles
- Redundant Shield Generators
- Compartmentalized Design
- Cap Drain
[*]Fighter Hangar: Extreme: 22
[*]Support Craft Hangar: 3.5 Squadrons
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
[*]Speed Rating: Average
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average: 2
STANDARD FEATURES
- Sensor Suite (HSI/DER/EPR/AS/LFI)
- Targeting Systems
- Encryption Module
- Hyperwave Transciever
- Combat Radar Suite
- Escape Pods
- Drop Pod Bays
- Ship to Ship Boarding Tube
- Life Support
- Deflector Shields
- Barracks
- Med Bay
- Standard Starship Safety Systems
- Aural Sensors
- Various Standard Military Grade Warship Systems
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- HIMS
- Null-series Gravity Well Neutralizer
- Secondary Internal CIC
- Gravity Well Generators [6]
- Corellian VI Core
- Cryo Sleep Pods
- AT-RDP
- Cap Drain
- Troop Carrier: The Defiance-Class Battlecruiser could carry a large amount of troops, vehicles and heavy ordinance for ground-based invasions
- Atmosphere: The Defiance-Class could also enter a planet's atmosphere to provide support to ground troops, and though it couldn't land it could get extremely close to the ground to allow for even jump troopers to return to the vessel.
- Outer Rim Technology: The Defiance, like the Detainer, utilized a Null-series Gravity Well Neutralizer, allowing for its comrades to escape the wrath of an Interdiction vessel.
- Ion Weapons: While Cap Drains negated the effects of Connor Nets and EMPs, the direct nature of Ion weaponry such as ion torpedoes and heavy ion cannons could wreck havoc on shields, systems, and even shut down the Virtual Intelligence.
- Engine Blind Spot: Few weapons were placed near the engines of the Definace-Class leaving them open to starfighter assault.
- Slicers: Advanced remote or physical slicers could slice into the VI core and though VI Cores had anti-slicing programming...anything can be sliced.
- Forward Exposed Bridge: Similar to the Strident-Class Star Defender, the Defiance-Class Battlecruiser had an exposed bridge that sat between the two forward facing hangar mandibles of the vessel, providing an easily identifiable target.
- Exposed Gravity Well Generators: While well shielded, the exposed Gravity Well Generators were targets that if ruptured could cause catastrophic damage to the vessel.
- Limited Firing Arcs: Due to the profile of the Defiance-Class, the firing arcs of the turbolaser batteries was split between the two halves of the ship, reducing total firepower on a single target to half when engaged in close quarters.
- Particle Shields: To accept or launch starfighters and other vessels particle shields needed to be lowered around hangars. To fire ordinance like missiles the particle shield needed to be lowered in those areas as well.
The Defiance-class was 2500 meters long and relatively under armed for its size, though its weapon loadout of heavy turbolaser batteries, long range turbolasers, missile launch banks, and point defense weapons would allow the vessel to competently face off against smaller vessels. Propelled by eight powerful sublight engines and boasted one of the fastest sublight speeds among its weight class in the Corellian fleet which aided in delivering its massive ground force to a planet's surface. The Defiance-Class was also the first ship constructed by the Corellian Confederation to make active use of shipwide Virtual Intelligence which aided in many of the slave rigged systems throughout the ship. The Virtual Intelligence also aided in combat analysis, weapon targeting, and battlefield analytics, making the vessels they serve on invaluable command ships in a fleet. The VI Core was located deep within the ship's hull
After the Battle of Kuat, Corellian High Command commissioned Starbound Industries to create a vessel that would aid in the coming days of war as the New Republic became the epicenter of a growing storm of Chaos. Realizing that the loss at Kuat would embolden nearby powers such as the Core Imperial Confederation to assault New Republic worlds, Corellia hastened the creation of several new ship types utilizing advanced technologies to weather the coming storm. As an assault ship Corellia deduced the main battles that the Defiance-Class would see would be the reclaiming of worlds lost at the hands of the CIC. Opponents of Corellian re-militarization however saw the Defiance-class as a vessel intended for Corellian expansion and warned of the day when Corellia itself would set its eyes on the worlds of the New Republic.
