OOC Writer Account
"Whisper softly and strike hard!"
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Affiliation: The FIV Whisperer is the home of FN-888; The Ironhounds by extension. And Dietrich Bexley, the vessel's officer commanding. It was manufactured by the First Order Imperial Corps of Engineers and is in the service with the First Order Navy.
Manufacturer: First Order Imperial Corps of Engineers
Model: Victory X-Class Star Destroyer
Modularity: No
Production: Unique
Material:
- Quadanium Reinforced Titanium Hull
- Titanium Reinforced Alusteel Truss Frame
- Turadium Blast Doors/Shutters
- Transparisteel Viewports
Length: 900 Meters
Width: 330 Meters
Height: 170 Meters (187 Meters with landing gear)
Armament: 15
- x10 Despoiler-class Quad Turbolasers
5 port - 5 starboard
[*]x40 Dual Long Range Turbolasers
- 10 fore
- 15 port
- 15 starboard
[*]x30 Concussion Missile Launchers
- 10 port
- 10 starboard
- 10 aft
[*]x3 Tractor Beam Projectors
- 3x Fore
[*]x36 Point Defense Laser Cannons
- 6 Fore
- 10 Port
- 10 Starboard
- 10 Aft
Defenses: 16
- Deflector Shields (Ray, Particle, Concussion Shields)
- Anti-Missile Electronic Warfare Suite
- Ion Shield Generator
- Atmospheric Friction Shield
- Transparisteel Viewports
- Quadanium-reinforced Titanium Armor
- Turadium Blast Doors/Shutters
- Concealed Internal Auto-Blasters
- 5x Sienar-Jaemus First-Order Atmospheric Assault Lander
- 3x Theta-Class AT-AT Barge
- 14x AT-ST Mark III
- 10x Elite AT-AT
- 14x TX-225 GAVw "Occupier" Combat Assault Tank
- 50x 74-Z Speeder Bike
- x3 Hoersch-Kessel Ion Engines
- Ventral Hanger Cargo Lift
- Three Landing Gear 'Legs' (Fore, Starboard, Port)
- Class 1.0 Hyperdrive
- Back-up Class 15.0
- Burst Transceiver
- Ranger Transceiver
- Txs-431 flight control console
- Blackout Lights
- Capacitor Overcharger
- Hyperwave Inertial Momentum Sustainer
- Advanced Warship Hazard and Damage Control Systems
- Advanced Warship Life Support Systems
- Upgraded Hypermatter Annihilation Reactor
- Advanced Warship Targeting Computer
- Advanced Warship Navicomputer
- Advanced Warship Environmental Control Systems
- Advanced Warship Escape Pods
- Internal Defences (Concealed Auto-Blasters)
- Simulation Deck.
Speed Rating: 13
Hyperdrive Class: 1.0
15.0 (Backup)
Minimum Crew: 1,785
Optimum Crew: 5,200
Passengers: 2,040
Cargo Capacity: 8,100 metric tons
Consumables: 4 years
Strengths:
- Heavy Armament: The Whisperer is armed with a considerable amount of firepower and allows it to compete with even the smaller varieties of Star Destroyers. Permitting it to inflict significant damage on almost any foe, be they pirates or an enemy faction.
- Thick Shielding: Alongside its healthy compliment of weaponry, this heavy cruiser boasts impressive shields for its class, allowing it to enter into and sustain a presence in large tonnage fights.
- Tough Armour: The Whisperer as an upgraded Victory X-Class features improved and lighter armour in the form of titanium construction with Quadanium reinforcement, it takes heavy weaponry to break through the Whisperer's Hull.
- Concussion Missiles: Armed with several launchers and healthy stockpiles of concussion-warhead armed missiles, the Whisperer's concussion missiles can bypass ray shields, but still be blocked by standard particle shields.
- Lack of Fighters: Carrying no TIE Fighters, the Whisperer lacks adequate support and point defence, allowing enemy fighters to exploit its blindspots with co-ordinated attacks.
- Exposed Bridge: A feature common in most Star Destroyer designs is the high and unmistakable command bridge. The ship's brain could be easily crippled should the shields fail and the enemy fire well-placed shots at the bridge.
- Prominent Sensor Dome(s): The two sensors domes seated above the bridge store most of the Whisperer's important sensors. Without shield protection, these sensors domes can be destroyed and rob the whisperer of its ability to engage targets beyond visual range and disable the Anti-missile warfare suite.
- Negligible Aft Weaponry: This cruiser only has 10 point defence laser cannons covering its stern, allowing fighters and capital ships to inflict potentially catastrophic damage to the Whisperer if they can get behind it at the same or lower value on the Y-axis.
- Negligible Ventral Weaponry: Most of the Whisperer's weapons are located on the dorsal and anterior surface, leaving it almost completely vulnerable from attack originating from beneath the ship. To Negate this weakness, the Whisperer will attempt to keep the enemy in front of them or depress the ship so all weapons can be moved fore.
- Missile Storage: While stored under Quadanium-Reinforced Titanium Armour, the missiles are stored close to the launchers for ease of loading, allowing the entire stockpile to explode if the Durasteel hull is penetrated and hits the stored missiles. The risk of an explosion is directly proportional to the number of concussion missiles in the magazine.
Development Thread: If Necessary
Intent: To create my own Unique and fully fleshed out version of the Victory X-Class Star Destroyer for the player character FN-888 and commanded by the NPC "Captain Dietrich Bexley".
Reference(s): Victory X-Class Star Destroyer, FN Corps, 1st Inf Reg, 2/17th Battalion, Alpha Company, 3rd Platoon "Iron Hounds"
