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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Guardian-class Arsenal Stations are large, bulky space constructs filled with vast arsenals of munitions and swarms of starfighters; Globex tends to exclusively use droid starfighters and modify the hangars, but customers are free to field whatever they want.
As is to be expected, the main draw of the class is the overwhelming firepower it can unleash - this allows Guardians to exert their influence over a fairly large area, despite their lack of mobility. Often, they are positioned so as to be able to unleash the totality of their arsenals upon vessels just as they exit Hyperspace - a Guardian or two near the egress point of a system's only hyperlane is a formidable obstacle.
- Intent: Formidable defences for planets and other stationary assets.
- Image Source: The Star Fortress by chris anderson
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Paragon-class Defence Platform
- Manufacturer: The Globex Corporation
- Affiliation: The Globex Corporation
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Guardian-class Arsenal Station
- Production: Minor
- Material: Doonium-Hexalloy
- Classification: Orbital Defence Platform
- Length: 490 metres
- Width: 780 metres
- Height: 510 metres
- Armament: Extreme
- Starhammers, Concussion Missiles, Proton Torpedoes, Ion Torpedoes, etc.
- Starlance Point Defence Grid; calibrated for speed over yield.
- Defences: High
- Hangar Space: Extreme | 9
- Hangar Allocations: Guardians assigned to protect planets generally hold eight squadrons of starfighters and a single squadron of support craft. If they hold additional functions (e.g., garrison or administration) they are likely to hold more support craft.
- Manoeuvrability Rating: None
- Speed Rating: None
- Hyperdrive: N/A
- The Guardian-class is outfitted with all the features and facilities one would expect from a station of its size and purpose.
- The Guardian-class has a large docking port at its 'bottom', which is used to transfer raw materials in bulk.
- Arsenal Stations can dock and resupply vessels, most prominently Hellstorm-class Strike Corvettes and Gehenna-class ISSMs. The latter are sometimes kept in attached 'silo docks' until activated - they are often used as a deterrent, more than anything else, due to their expense.
- Fear the Swarm: The Guardian-class holds within its cavernous bowels a terrifying arsenal of munitions and swarms of starfighters; stations of the class are even able to fabricate more munitions on the fly. It is all but unheard of for them to run out of missiles.
- Stationary Target: The Guardian-class cannot move except with the assistance of tugboats.
Guardian-class Arsenal Stations are large, bulky space constructs filled with vast arsenals of munitions and swarms of starfighters; Globex tends to exclusively use droid starfighters and modify the hangars, but customers are free to field whatever they want.
As is to be expected, the main draw of the class is the overwhelming firepower it can unleash - this allows Guardians to exert their influence over a fairly large area, despite their lack of mobility. Often, they are positioned so as to be able to unleash the totality of their arsenals upon vessels just as they exit Hyperspace - a Guardian or two near the egress point of a system's only hyperlane is a formidable obstacle.
