Eternal Father
- Intent: To create an Siege Battlecruiser for TSE
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Sith-Imperial Corps of Engineers
- Model: Defoliation-class Siege Battlecruiser
- Affiliation: The Sith Empire
- Production: Limited
- Material:
Hull: Durasteel - Frame: Alusteel
- Misc: Transparisteel Viewports, Turadium Blast Doors/Shutters, Agrinium Reactor Shielding
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Siege Battlecruiser
- Length: 4300 meters
- Width: 1200 meters
- Height: 530 meters
- Armament: Extreme
Orbital Autocannons (2) - Turbolasers
Octuple Barbette Turbolasers - Heavy Turbolaser Turrets
- Turbolaser Batteries
- Long-range Turbolasers
[*]Ion Cannons
[*]Mass Drivers
[*]Hypervelocity Guns
[*]General Purpose Warhead Tubes
- Assault Concussion Missile
- Cluster Missile
- Advanced Proton Torpedo
- Ion Torpedo / Disruptor Torpedo
- Flechette Missile
- Intruder Missile
- Discord Missile
- Type-B Homing Mine
- Conner Net
[*]Heavy Tractor Beams
[*]Defenses: Very High
- Armor
Deflector Shields - Reinforced Hull
[*]Defensive Weaponry
- Point-defense Cannons
- Quad Laser Cannons
- Anti-missile Octets
- Flak Cannons
[*]Electronic Defenses
- Cap Drain
- De-Ionizer
- Socketguard
[*]Anti-Missile Defenses
- Warhead Countermeasures
[*]Hangar: None
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Low
[*]Speed Rating: Low
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average
STANDARD FEATURES
- Communication Systems:
Communication Wave De-scrambler - Encryption Module
- Frequency Jammer
- Holonet Transceiver
- Hyperwave Transceiver
- Ranger Transceiver
- Subspace Transceiver
[*]Environmental Systems:
- Artificial Gravity
- Brig
- Distress Beacon
- Escape Pods
- Environmental Converter
- Inertial Damper
- Infantry Barracks
- Life Support
- Medical Bay
- Navigation System
- Ray Shields
[*]Propulsion Systems:
- Hyperdrive
- Ion Drives
- Maneuvering Jets
[*]Sensor and Targeting Systems:
- Anti-ion Emission Tracer
- Aural Sensor
- Com-scan
- Comm laser
- Hyperwave Signal Interceptor
- Life Form Indicator
- Long-range Sensor
- Sensor Dampener
- Targeting Laser
- Targeting Sensor
- Tri-Tracker
- Wide-range Sensor
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- N/A
- Siege Battlecruiser: The Defoliation, as its name suggests, doubles as an orbital siege platform for planetary assaults. Two ventral orbital autocannons serve as the primary weapon to fulfill this role, and are capable of cracking shields and obliterating unshielded fortifications. These cannons can be, but rarely are, turned against other capital ships to devastating effect.
- Powerful Offensive Weaponry: Besides its role as a siege platform, the Defoliation is also a dedicated ship-to-ship battlecruiser with a vast array of offensive weapon systems to pound enemy ships into space dust. Octuple barbette turbolasers, hypervelocity cannons, and concussion missiles account for only a small amount of the weapons capable of being levied against the enemies of the Empire.
- Unwavering Defenses: Coupled with the extensive weapon systems is a series of intricate and all-encompassing defensive shields, point-defense cannons, and a reinforced hull capable of taking a firm beating and still trucking on to dish out just as much punishment as received.
- Slow: All of those assault systems doesn't leave a lot of room for powerful engines, and the Defoliation tends to move at a snail's pace when not traveling through hyperspace.
- Bridge Tower: Like its sister ship, the Harbinger, the Defoliation has an exposed bridge tower rising up from the mountainous superstructure. This leaves the bridge open to direct attack.
- Rear Blind Spot: A staple of Imperial Star Destroyer design is the forward offensive mentality, meaning that the ship's rear is woefully unprotected by the Defoliation's weapons. Of course this can be mitigated by placing smaller ships at the rear, but on its own it has little to no means of warding off rear assaults.
- No Hangar: The place normally taken up by a hangar bay is instead occupied by a pair of orbital autocannons, leaving the Defoliation incapable of scrambling any kind of starfighter defense on its own. It does, however, possess a small officer's hangar delegated for the commander's personal shuttle.
With the advent of new territorial acquisition by the New Sith Empire, so too came the abundance of raw material, the capacity to build bigger, and the factories and dockyards to achieve that vision. From the depths of the Kol Huro system emerged two terrifying battlecruisers, the monstrously powerful Defoliation-class Siege Battlecruiser and the Harbinger-class Supercarrier Battlecruiser.
The Defoliation-class is a four-point-three kilometer long siege battlecruiser designed to dually act as an orbital siege platform and a front-line destroyer. Unlike its sister ship, the Harbinger, the Defoliation has retained the entirety of its bow and the weapon systems that come with it. Its most striking feature is the pair of orbital autocannons built into the ventral side of the ship in lieu of a hangar bay, used primarily to crack planetary defenses from orbit; such as planetary shields and fortresses.
This new role design stems from lessons learned in battle against the Silver Jedi Order and the Galactic Alliance, especially with the former's proclivity to protect their worlds with shield gates; such as Ossus. The Defoliationis considered by many to be the logical answer to such defensive fortifications as the war between the Light and Dark begins in earnest.
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