Character




- Intent: To create a fast, heavily armed Corvette for The Sovereign Dawn to use for chasing down slaver ships and disabling or destroying them.
- Image Source: Here [X]
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- Si Tech Permissions [X]
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Nomad Forgeworks
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Freewind-class Pursuit Corvette
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Durasteel
- Alusteel
- Carbon-Durasteel Alloy
- Plasteel
- Transparisteel
- Electronic Components
- Starship Components
- Classification: Pursuit Corvette
- Length: 150 Meters
- Width: 45 Meters
- Height: 20 Meters
- Armament: Very High
- x4 Dual-use Mounts, containing each
- x3 Deployable Tusk Missile Pods
- x2 Fore
- x1 Aft
- x4 Deployable Spear Thrower Flak Cannons
- x2 Ventral
- x2 Dorsal
- x4 Dual-use Mounts, containing each
- Defences: High
- Composite Shield Generators
- Particle Shield Generator
- Ray Shield Generator
- Ion Shield Generator
- Molecular Shield Generator
- Deflector Shield Generator
- GalaxyGuard Mk. VII Shield Booster
- Enhanced Carbon-Durasteel Armour
- AR-0B Damage Reduction Armour Component
- Countermessure Flares
- Missile Deactivation Transmitter
- Composite Shield Generators
- Hangar Space: None
- Single Craft Hangar: 1 Boarding/Rescue Suttle
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: Very High
- Hyperdrive:
- Main: 1.0
- Backup 8.0
- x6 JV-80 Ion Drives
- Acceleration Compensator
- Damage Control System
- Escape Pods
- Sensor Arrays
- Navigation Computer
- Communications Array
- Boarding Harpoon
- x2 Heavy Tractor Beam Projectors
- Cap Drain
- Radiation Screener
- Engine Boosting System
- Frequency jammer
- 220-SIG Tactical Combat Jammer
- Powerful Engines - The JV-80 Ion Drive is already a powerful engine, and the Freewind mounts six of them. On top of that, the ship has a boost system for bursts of even more speed.
- Heavy Weapons - Because the Freewind's job may have it in pursuit of much tougher vessels than itself, the weapons bestowed on it
- Shared Mounts - Since the Turbolasors and Ion Cannons share mounts to limit moving parts for ease of maintenance. It also limits the number of targets that can be engaged at one time and means that knocking one turret out has the advantage of knocking out two sets of guns.
- Rear Firing arc - As a Pursuit Corvette, most of the weapons are in the forward and side firing arcs, with only one of the Tusk missile pods to deter pursuit. The flak guns also provide 360 degree coverage, but are not effective against large ships.
The Freewind-class is the first native design produced by Nomad Forgeworks, with technical aid from Si Tech, for The Sovereign Dawn. Given the lack of mass manufacturing facilities, the Freewind is made primarily of off-the-shelf components, making it easy to produce and maintain, as the spaceframe is the only custom-made portion of the ship. The rest, from the consoles on the bridge up to the reactors and entire engine assemblies, are entirely plug-and-play. The ship was designed with the mindset that damage is inevitable, so repairing it should be as easy as possible.
Its role is to chase down slaver ships and disable them (if they have living or other valuable cargo) or destroy them rather than slugging it out in combat. To this end, most of their weapons are in the forward 270 degree arc, the rear 90 only covered by a single missile pod to deter pursuit by enemies. The flak guns also fire into this arc so that the ship has full anti-starfighter coverage. It has one Boarding Harpoon to assist in disabling crew without risking slaves and a small craft bay to hold an assault shuttle for boarding or rescue operations. Due to its small cargo bay, it is reliant on either capturing an enemy ship as a prize vessel or the assistance of a secondary ship to haul freed slaves or captured cargo away. They have a heavy tractor beam to help keep a damaged ship from floating away, and in packs can work together to tow vessels orders of magnitude larger than they are.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a fast, heavily armed Corvette for The Sovereign Dawn to use for chasing down slaver ships and disabling or destroying them.
Image Source(s):
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/RnrzvX
Canon Link:
N/A
Permissions:
Si Tech: https://i.imgur.com/TQ4Y9SC.png
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
Nomad Forgeworks, The Sovereign Dawn
Model:
Freewind-class Pursuit Corvette
Starship Class:
Corvette (50-200m)
Starship Role:
Gunship
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Durasteel, Alusteel, Carbon-Durasteel Alloy, Plasteel, Transparisteel, Electronic Components
Armaments:
x4 Dual Hammer Turbolasers
x4 Dual Hammer Turbolasers (Ion Cannon Variant)
x3 Deployable Tusk Missile Pods
x4 Deployable Spear Thrower Flak Cannons
x4 Dual Hammer Turbolasers (Ion Cannon Variant)
x3 Deployable Tusk Missile Pods
x4 Deployable Spear Thrower Flak Cannons
Defense Rating:
Average
Speed Rating:
Very High
Maneuverability Rating::
High
Energy Resist:
High
Kinetic Resist:
High
Radiation Resist:
High
Minimum Crew:
5
Optimal Crew:
45
Passenger Capacity:
50
Cargo Capacity:
Small
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