Excubitor-class Grand Battlecruiser (WIP)

[Jessica Med-Beq]

In case the Silver Jedi destroy the Mateus before the Collective goes major:

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Affiliation: The Swarm
Manufacturer: The Swarm
Model: Excubitor-class Grand Battlecruiser
Modularity: No
Production: Limited
Material: Alusteel hull
Classification: Heavy Battlecruiser
Length: 3000m
Height: 1000m
Width: 1700m
Armament:
Rating 20 (2700 turbolasers)
5 Summer hypervelocity cannons (450 turbolasers)
3 Volkswagen MIRV missile launchers (420 turbolasers)
36 Nekogal heavy turbolasers (12 triple turrets; 432 turbolasers)
12 Bulkhunter heavy ion cannons (4 triple turrets; 144 turbolasers)
246 Gatling rapid-fire turbolasers (82 triple turrets; 984 turbolasers)
9 Lusankya super-heavy turbolasers (3 triple turrets; 270 turbolasers)
80 concussion missile launchers
220 Quad lasers
Defenses:18
Hangar: 6 Squadrons
Special Features:
3 Zak ion drives
Sith Empire Torrential Hyperdrive Booster
8 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
Castameer tactical display
Manoeuvrability Rating: 19
Speed Rating: 19
Hyperdrive Class: 1
Strengths:

• Power overwhelming (massive amounts of firepower)
• Heavy armor

Weaknesses:

• Very slow and ponderous
• High crew requirements
• Long-range firepower concentrated in few hardpoints

Description: The Swarm realized that their doctrine resulted in a lack of heavy firepower and heavy units. Design work on the Excubitor began over Castameer where Ringovinda StarYards stole the blueprints for the Exalt and the Immortal.

Note that the Excubitor must be regarded as an elite ship: only Swarm Lords (admirals) or other Master-level characters can use one in RPs.
Development Thread: WIP; 67 posts already made - target: 120 posts
Intent:
Who Can Use This: Swarm PCs only
Primary Source:

 

[Darth Vulcanus]

Looks good so far, would make a great ship for us when we eventually hit major

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

The plan, plot-wise, is to get the remaining 53 posts done once check-in begins - and the Swarm stealing several schematics from my alt Jessica will also include the Mateus schematics so that the Swarm can use the very carrier chassis that was used to inflict terror on Korriban. For extra psychological effect, if, in a campaign we needed decoys we could have some Archon pose as Charzon in the Mateus while the real Charzon would be onboard the Excubitor. Much like General Grievous when he swapped out the Lucid Voice or the Colicoid Swarm with the Invisible Hand.

I can assure you, whatever extra firepower we can get for the Mateus carrier (which BTW should be best kept for Archons or other Knight-level Swarm characters) will be beneficial for us and we will use the theft thread to get the extra firepower. Because it will amount to modifying an existing submission.