Solace
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Affiliation: Phoenix Legion
Manufacturer: Legionary Manufacturing
Model: Pr 17 A4
Modularity: No
Production: Mass-Produced
Material:
- Durasteel, interiors
- Numidium, hull
Classification: Heavy Cruiser
Length: 930 meters
Width: 410 meters
Height: 120 meters
Armament: 16
- 122 heavy plasma cannons
- 46 light turbolaser turrets
- 33 mass drivers
- 22 point defence laser turrets
- 6 Proton torpedo tubes
Defenses: 11
- Layered deflector shields
- Slipstream shield (for protection during hyperspace. Unique to ship because of experimental hyperspace drive)
Hangar: 2 squadrons, or an equal amount of other craft
Special Features:
- Slipstream shield
- Slipstream hyperspace drive
- Translight repulser engines
Maneuverability Rating: 11
Speed Rating: 10
Hyperdrive Class: 0.5
Strengths:
-Fast and agile, with the newly approved translight repulser engines, the Solace is a very fast and agile vessel, able to rotate a full 360 degrees in under 10 seconds, and around 18 seconds in atmosphere.
-Powerful armament, the Solace's plasma cannons are an equal match for star destroyers and an absolute nightmare for smaller vessels such as corvettes and frigates. It also has several mass drivers for engaging ships at close range and when broadside. Smaller turbolasers are also equipped to deal with small squadrons of fighters.
-EMP resistant, since the hull is made from numidium, it is nearly immune to ion cannon shots and resistant to other plasma based weapons, but not turbolasers.
-Layered shields, what it lacks in armor, it makes up for in energy shields. The Solace class cruisers have three layers of deflector shields designed to hold out against ships of equal size for more or less a minute of continuous fire.
Weaknesses:
-Dangerous hyperdrive, whilst the hyperdrive allows for quick hyperspace jumps, in atmosphere or not, it is very volatile and explodes when shot or fired improperly, leading to the full destruction of the entire vessel.
-Loud, the ship's repulser engines emit a really high pitched sound which can be heard several miles away, when in atmosphere of course.
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-High power usage, the engines and plasma cannons require a high amount of power to operate, meaning some subsystems often need to be sacrificed.
-No armor, the numidian hull is far too heavy and was thus made thinner, essentially making it useless to turbolaser fire.
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The hull of the Solace class cruiser is made from a specially designed alloy known as numidium, which is extremely heat resistant and almost immune to EMP and ion cannon blasts, but not turbolasers. Since the metal is incredibly heavy, the outer hull of the ship is very thin to reduce the weight of the ship and allow for faster acceleration and deceleration time, meaning it is useless as armor. The inner sections of the ship are made of standard durasteel.
The command deck is located in the center of the ship, and the crew relys on external cameras to get a view of the space around it. Underneath the vessel are the ship's four hangers, which can support a total amount of two squadrons of fighters. Connected to the hangers are the ship's storage rooms, which may be stuffed with up to 4 more squadrons if needed, but that would mean sacrificing the ship's cargo.
The Solace class is also outfitted with a unique hyperspace drive, which is faster than conventional drives and allows for in atmosphere hyperspace jumps. The engines are also very powerful and allow for slightly above average speeds and maneuvers, but are incredibly loud and somewhat frightening.
For armament, the Solace mounts heavy ship-to-ship plasma cannons, mass drivers as broadside secondary weapons and many smaller turbolasers to counter smaller ships and starfighters.
Development Thread: Upcoming
Intent: To create a heavy cruiser for the Phoenix Legion's navy
Who Can Use This: Phoenix Legion
