Unreviewed Draconi-class Imperial Stealth Corvette

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DRACONI-CLASS IMPERIAL STEALTH CORVETTE​

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Provide the emerging Tarkin Initiative with an advanced stealth corvette for high-ranking officials
• Image Source: Carrion Spike
• Canon Link: Modified Carrion Spike
• Permissions: HAMWAGON Permission
• Primary Source: Carrion Spike | Tarkin Initiative | Stealth Technology

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: The Trade Federation |:| 900 ABY
• Affiliation: Tarkin Initiative
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Draconi-class Imperial Stealth Corvette
• Production: Semi-Unique Production
• Material:
  • Impervium Hull and Armour Plating (Ablative) with Secondary Turadium Armour Plating.
  • Heavily Reinforced Duraplast Hull Liner with Anti-Ionic Mesh (Faraday Cage.)
  • Myoflex Heat Sinks, Blast-tinted Mirrsteel-Glasteel alloy viewport
  • Thermal Gel, Duravlex & Agrinium mesh inner hull liner
  • combat de-ionizer(s).
  • Ultrachrome circuitry, electronics and starship components.
  • Various Orbital Components.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Modified Carrion Spike
• Length: 150 meters
• Width: 35 meters
• Height: 40 meters
• Armament:
  • 5 Assault Laser Cannons
  • 12 Repeating Ion Cannons
  • 12 Solar Ionization Cannon
  • 10 Imperial Mass-Driver Cannon System
  • 12 Kingstrike Precision Laser Cannons
  • 2x Starship Mounted Launchers
    • Energy Torpedo Modification - Proton Torpedoes - Brilliant Missiles - Carbonite Missiles - Disruptor Torpedoes - Mag-Pulse Warheads - Advanced Concussion Missiles - Nagnol Gas Torpedos
• Defenses: High
  • TXA TLDS-01x 'Jen'dosta' Defense System - Dual 200GT MTL Anti-Starfighter Emplacement - Quad 200GT MTL Light Anti-Starfighter Emplacement - GCA-12 "Stormwarden" CIWS Turrets
  • Heavily Reinforced Carbon-nanofilament Armor Plating & Enhanced Carbon-Durasteel Armor Reinforcements
  • High Power Energy-charged Ablative Plating Reinforcements
  • High Power Reinforced Shield Generator, & Galaxy Guard Booster
    • Ray, Particle and Concussion Barriers - Overlaid
• Hangar Space: Average: 0
• Single Craft Hangar: Imperial Standard Docking Clamp ( Yes )
• Maneuverability Rating: Average
• Speed Rating: Average
• Hyperdrive:
  • Class One Hyperdrive that utilized alluvial dampers and Improved Series 401 hyperdrive motivator

STANDARD FEATURES

• Active SLAM
• Tensor Fields
• Stygium Crystal Cloaking Devices
• Thrust Trace Damper
• Photonic Emitter and Spectral Diffuser
• Ion Turbine Sublight Arrays
• Full-authority Navigation Computer
• Standard Countermeasures - Standard Armory - Standard Living Quarters - Standard Holding Cells - Standard Engine Unit
• Standard Guidance Systems - Standard Hyperdrive System - Standard Life Support Systems - Standard Escape Pods - Standard Shielding System
• Standard Targeting Systems
• Security Systems
  • Internal Antisepsis Field - Turadium Blast Doors - Rotary Autoblasters - 57C Holocam - Tripwires - Security Scanners - Security Thumbpass - Selective Blaster Neutralizer - Echo Pulse Protected Computer Systems

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Computer-assisted Fire Control
• Imperial Tactical Jamming Technology
• Animated Metal Sealant with Automated Repair Remote.
• Missile Deactivation Transmitter
• Military Grade Targeting Systems
• Electronic Countermeasures Suite
• Anti-Ion Emission Tracers
• Military Grade Hyperspace Communication Systems
• Military Grade Communication Systems
• Military Grade Holographic Communications
• Military Grade SubSpace Transceivers
• Rubicon navigation computer
  • Microaxial HyD modular navicomputer
  • Bio-hexacrypt Systems
• Electromagnetic Discharge Filter
• Bio-hexacrypt Security Systems
• Lock-Thread Warning System
• Integrated Energy Pillars
• Cryogenic reserve power cells
• Rear Warning Sensor

STRENGTHS

• Fire-While-Cloaked Capability:
  Unlike most stealth-equipped vessels, the Draconi-class retains limited offensive capability while cloaked. Computer-assisted fire control enables precision strikes that appear to originate from empty space, creating confusion and tactical shock.
• Advanced Multi-Layered Stealth Suite:
  Stygium crystal cloaking devices combined with thrust trace dampers, photonic emitters, spectral diffusers, and Imperial tactical jamming systems allow the Draconi-class to significantly reduce sensor signature across multiple detection spectra. When properly managed, it can approach, observe, or withdraw without immediate detection.
• High-Speed Executive Mobility:
  Equipped with a Class One hyperdrive utilizing an Improved Series 401 motivator and alluvial dampers, the vessel is capable of rapid hyperspace deployment and extraction, making it ideal for transporting high-ranking officials into volatile sectors.
• Precision Strike Capability:
  While not a capital ship killer, its Kingstrike precision cannons, mass-driver systems, ion arrays, and modular torpedo payloads allow it to deliver targeted strikes against escorts, installations, or pursuing vessels with surprising lethality for a corvette-class platform.
• Electronic Warfare Superiority:
  Integrated ECM suites, anti-ion emission tracers, missile deactivation transmitters, and Imperial jamming technology make the vessel difficult to lock, track, or disable via electronic means.

WEAKNESSES

• No Starfighter Complement:
  With no internal hangar capacity and only a single docking clamp, the Draconi-class cannot deploy its own fighter screen and is vulnerable to sustained starfighter swarm tactics without escort support.
• Stealth Power Strain:
  Simultaneous use of cloaking devices, high-output shields, and full weapons systems places severe strain on reactor output. Prolonged stealth-combat overlap is unsustainable and requires careful power management.
• Limited Capital Engagement Capability:
  Despite a heavy armament suite for its size, the vessel lacks the sustained firepower and durability necessary to survive prolonged engagements against destroyer-class warships.

DESCRIPTION

The Draconi-class Imperial Stealth Corvette is the Tarkin Initiative's refined successor to the legendary Carrion Spike concept: a fast, discreet, and heavily protected command corvette designed for high-ranking officials operating in contested space.

Unlike standard corvettes built for patrol or escort duty, the Draconi-class is engineered for controlled invisibility and rapid precision intervention. Its Stygium crystal cloaking device, paired with thrust trace dampers and spectral diffusion systems, allows it to reduce or mask its presence during approach and surveillance operations.

Imperial tactical jamming technology further degrades hostile sensor resolution, creating operational windows in which the vessel can maneuver undetected. At 150 meters in length, the Draconi-class maintains a compact profile while incorporating reinforced impervium and turadium plating, layered defensive barriers, and an upgraded shield generator enhanced by the Galaxy Guard booster system.

Assault laser cannons and Kingstrike precision systems allow targeted elimination of escorts or hardened installations. Ion and solar ionization cannons provide disabling capability, while modular torpedo payloads enable mission-specific loadouts ranging from anti-ship strikes to suppression and containment roles.

However, the Draconi-class is not a line combatant. It lacks internal hangar facilities and cannot field its own fighter complement. Sustained engagements against larger capital ships remain outside its operational profile. Instead, it excels as a stealth command courier, high-value transport, intelligence insertion platform, and surgical strike corvette.