Big Boy
Hellhound Strategic's
Excalibur-class Corvette
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Credit to KaranaK
Affiliation: The Hutt Cartel, Hellhound Strategic & Customers
Manufacturer: Hellhound Strategic
Model: Excalibur-class
Modularity: Yes; general starship components and non-combat equipment.
Production: Mass Produced
Material: Durasteel, glasteel, agrinium, and Laser reflective armor
Classification: Corvette
Length: 155m
Width: 90m
Height: 50m
Armament: 10
- Fast Mounted Repeating Mass Driver Cannons (15)
- Fast Mounted Point Defense Laser Cannons (10)
- Fast Mounted Buzz Cannons w/ Flak capabilities (5)
- Thermal Shielding
- Cap Drains
- Missile Deactivation Transmitter
- SD-F0 Anti-Boarding Droids
Hangar:
- 1 Shuttle/Freighter/Transport (Typically Katarn-class Boarding shuttle)
Non-Combat Systems:
Reactor:
- Hypermatter Annihilator Reactor
- Hyperwave Signal Interceptor
- Advanced Targeting Systems
- Sensor Mask
- 4x-Phantom Short Range Sensor Jammer
- Standard Communications Array w/ Encryption module
- IFF Tranponder
- PED-21 Distress Beacon
- HoloNet Transceiver
Misc:
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Detention Cell Block
- Standard Armory
- Tractor Beams
- Battle Analysis Computer
- ST Box
- Standard Crew and Captain's Quarters
- Precision Navicomputer
- Solid Fuel/Ration Convertor
- Molecular Furnace
- Escape Pods
- Starboard Hangar
- Force Cylinders (Omnicompatible docking)
- Tractor Shroud
Maneuverability Rating: 9
Speed Rating: 9
Hyperdrive Class: Class 1
Strengths:
- [+] Accuracy and Speed: The Excalibur is fairly quick for its size, and using fast mounted-cannons and advanced targeting systems, it allows the corvette to get a jump on other vessels and blast them to smithereens before they even know it.
- [+] Self-Sustaining: The molecular furnace, high output reactor, and other sustainable resources allow the Excalibur an extreme sense of independence and self-reliance. Able to produce war materials such as battle droids, ammunition and weaponry and even food and other supplies, the Excalibur can outlast any opponent.
- [+] Second Skin: The outer layer of laser reflective armor is covers up a glaring weakness and allows the Excalibur to stay in the fight even longer should its shields drop completely.
- [-] Kinetic Weaponry: Kinetic slugs easily bypass thermal shielding and penetrate the Excalibur's armor.
- [-] Frail Internal Systems: Should foes board this vessel and attempt to sabotage it, they'll have a fairly easy time doing so as the reactor and attached subsystems have frail electrical protection.
Description:
The Excalibur-class Corvette is purposed to be the staple of any good fleet. It provides customers with a multi-roled vessel capable of hitting hard, fast, and being able to recover over a long period of time. It was primarily developed for the Hutt Cartel to fill the corvette niche as well as provide Hellhound Strategic's customers with a vessel worthy of duking it out with ships its size or larger.
The biggest thing about this vessel is the molecular furnace. It's an uncommon sight in most vessels, but the technology has been miniaturized for use in a corvette-sized starship. This furnace is capable of producing all sorts of war material be it ammunition, weapons, droids - though nothing above the size of a small airspeeder. And given enough time, it could produce enough parts to repair heavy damages, but such a thing could take years. The Excalibur also makes use of a Solid Fuel-Ration convertor to provide an easy access facet of fuel and food to the ship and its crew.
The hull of the ship is a base plating of durasteel, reinforced by internal support pylons with a layering of laser reflective armor atop that. The base layer is nothing special, but the ability to reflect lasers is an extremely useful one to have. Turbolasers, blasters, and ion weaponry are susceptible of being reflected by the armor. It provides ample defense against energy based weapons, but slugs and projectiles like torpedoes rock right through it.
The primary armament of the Excalibur are several batteries of mass driver cannons on fast mounts. These weapons are of the standard variant and their physical ammunition's properties allows them to bypass deflector shields and directly damage an opponent's hull. Its secondary armaments come in the form of Buzz cannons, which have been modified to be able to burst fire and create a sort of "flak" layer of buzz droids. Point defense laser cannons are tertiary and protect the vessel from attack craft, projectiles, and a number of smaller craft. Let it be known that all of these weapons are on fast mounts which allow them to be able to rotate and quickly target foes.
The rest of the ship is fairly cut and dry. All of the normal things you'd typically see: crew quarters, life support, communications systems, escape pods, and a plethora of other environmental shielding systems. However, the most notable aspect of the rest of the vessel is its detachment of SD-F0 droids. These little bots regularly patrol all areas of the ship and vigilantly defend it, alongside additional troops, from unwanted passengers and boarders.
In short, this vessel is a versatile corvette that's primary role is to hit hard and fast. It can be used for system patrol, fleet escort, or a variety of other roles. A molecular furnace and similar subsystems make it self-sustaining and its armament of kinetic weaponry give it enough firepower to strike hard.
Development Thread: N/A
Intent: To provide the Hutt Cartel, Hellhound Strategic, and its customers with an efficient corvette-length vessel that's capable of holding its own in a fight and can operate independently.
Who Can Use This: Hutt Cartel, Hellhound Strategic & Customers
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