Fear is the Mind Killer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a powerful support Gunship for House Aquila
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer:
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Open
- Model: HA-X Mobile Support Gunship aka; "Gryphus"
- Production: Semi Unique
- Material:
- Caraglass
- Earlybird System
- EM Maglev Rails
- Greel Wood - Interior
- Integrated CROSS
- Ion Drive
- Gyroscopic Systems
- Insulated Circuitry
- Ion Couplings
- Leather
- Repulsorlift Systems
- Scanner Components
- Shield Leech (Reverse)
- Shortwave Jammer
- Solar Fins
- Titanium (Grade 5 & 6)
- Ultrachrome B
- Classification: Support Gunship
- Length: 50m
- Width: 22.5m
- Height: 12.5m
- Armament: Extreme
- 2x Integrated Nozzle Guns
Factory: Mk-120 Stryx - Repeating Plasma Cannon / Twin HC-120 Buzzard - Plasma Railgun - 8x Bow Side-Rail 360 Degree Gimball Turrets
Factory: HC-65 Composite Maser / Twin CV-65 Harpy Repeating Cannons - 4x Stern Side Rail 360 Degree Gimball Turrets
Factory: Mu Thoth Launcher System / Twin CV-65 Harpy Repeating Cannons - 2x Top Mounted 360 Degree Gimball Turrets
Factory: Mu Thoth Launcher System / Twin CV-65 Harpy Repeating Cannons - 2x Wing Mounted 360 Degree Gimball Turrets
Factory: Mu Thoth Launcher System / HC-120 Buzzard - Plasma Railgun
- 2x Integrated Nozzle Guns
- Defenses: Extreme
- Squadron Count: None (1)
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Average
- Minimum Crew: 5
- Hyperdrive: 1.0
Amenities:
- Crew Quarters: Bunks and sleep space for forty people.
- Common Area: A small common / lounge area
- Facilities: Basic waste and wash facilities
- Food Storage: Food storage and stocks for 2 weeks
- Furnishings: High class furniture, bunks & comforts.
Protection: - Life Support: O2 supply and filter, Inertia dampener and temperature control system
- Escape Pod: The Cockpit can eject as a hermetic sealed unit.
- Security System: A basic Security System to prevent theft.
- Magna Locks: The cockpit and landing mechanisms can be locked.
- Hermetic Sealing: The cockpit is a sealed separate unit.
- Fire Suppression System: Carbon based fire control system
Propulsion / Movement: - Compensator: Protects Crew at high G's
- Twin Ion Thruster: Powerful Ion thrusters.
- Maneuvering Thrusters: Light positioning thrusters to alter positions.
- Repulsorlift Generator: A generator to allow atmospheric flight and takeoff.
- Gyroscopic Stabilizer: A unit to control pitch and yaw of Throne units.
Lighting: - Flood-Lights: High powered lights surrounding exterior.
- Low Powered Lightning: Interior low powered emergency lightning.
Sensor Array: - Sensor Array: A sensor array including Visual Spectrum Sensors. (Light spectrum, Beacon Finder, Wave Sensors, Ion.)
- Beacon Finder: A long distance tracker used to locate Beacons and Signals.
- Circuit Multiplexer: Relays Sensory Information to the computer.
Attachments: - Mag Launch Strip: A strip that enables use with a Mag Catapult System.
- External Hyper-drive Port: To allow the ship to engage with a hyper-drive docking rings.
Communications Array
- Subspace Transceiver: A Long Range faster than light communications device.
- Distress Beacon: A beacon to transmit S.O.S Signals.
- Identity Beacon: A unique House Aquila Identity Signature.
- Encryption Module: Allows the ship to encrypt its communications.
- Transmitter: A long distance Transmitter to transmit / receive information and code.
Controls: - Holographic Display: A well designed Holographic Display to allow ease of control of all systems.
- Integrated AI Assistant: A Droid A.I. that assists with ship operations through voice or manual command.
- Integrated HUD: A Mobile HUD to allow ship integration wirelessly anywhere on board.
- Tactical Display: Integrated Streamlined Display to allow low crew requirement.
Defenses: - Hull Plating: Ultrachrome B armour plating.
- Surge Protected Wiring: Ultrachrome B wires protecting from Ion attacks and surges.
- CROSS System: House Aquila advanced reactive shielding.
- Early-Bird Activation: Automatic Shield activation software linked to sensors.
- Outward Shield Generator: Projects this ships shields over a larger area.
- Shield Power Coupling: Allows the Gryphus to connect to other ships.
- Shield Booster: Allows manual control of shield power output.
Power System: - Twin Reactor Core: An Advanced laser catalyzing Twin Core reactor capable of generating enormous energy.
- Energy Converter: A converter to recycle excess Heat energy to electrical.
- Power Modulator: A modulator to allow control of energy output.
- Coolant Pump: Integrated coolant system to allow high power output.
- Flux Stabilizers: Prevents power-spikes from harming connecting systems.
Targeting Array: - Target Tracker: Tracks individual moving targets with high degrees of accuracy at high speeds.
- Targeting Laser: A calibrated laser for precision targeting.
- Range-Finder: A tracking system that measures distance and speed information into targeting computers.
- Targeting Computer: A sophisticated AI which analyzes and calculates effective ship firing patterns in real time or controlling missiles.
- TAARs System: Helps the system differentiate between allies and enemy targets in real time.
Weapons Systems: - Autoloading Belts: Systems which load onboard weapons from reserves.
- Weapons Docks: Docking ports for ship class weapons.
- Countermeasures: A countermeasures Thoth / Harpy Gimball system for missile/ ship interception.
- Maglev Rails: Maglev rails for insane weapon swivel speeds.
- Coolant Coil: Coils that allow rapid cooling of ships heavy weapons.
STRENGTHS
- Shield Projection Field: The Gryphus living up to its name as a support ship is able to project its unidirectional Ray or CROSS shields out to surround its allies within formation of itself taking them under its wings and defending them as well as itself. The Gryphus' empowerment tether system also uses the range of this projection field to empower other allies within the area.
- Advanced Shielding: This ship employs both a CROSS shield system as well as a standard Ray shield, together, with the Gryphus' high powered reactor cores, these unidirectional shields are incredibly hard to penetrate. Combined with the advanced Ultrachrome B armour plating, shooting down one of these mobile tanks can be a difficult affair.
- Empowering Aura: While the HA-X has its Shield projection unit engaged creates a biome for this function, irradiating the area within its shield with volatile particles acting as a bridge for coupling power with the integrated receivers within House Aquila craft. After linking with This system for some time the ships receive a short duration of increased overall performance, especially to Ion Thrusters, Shields and Energy Weapon damage output.
- Gun Runner: Due to its primary role as a support ship, many of its armaments save for its integrated nozzle weapons would be considered of its own class. That said, it comes equipped with an impressive array of defensive weapons which it uses to aggressively protect the squadrons flying with it. Firing hails of supporting gunfire from multiple angles, able to be retrofitted with repeating blaster cannons or Missiles in most cases.
- Advanced Reactor: With experimental wireless wave transferal technology it requires an astronomical amount of energy. The Gryphus uses a twin reactor system which employs laser activated reactions, firing high energy lasers at conductive hypermatter to trigger fission. These laser powered reactors can generate massive amounts of energy in short blasts.
- Shielded Gimballs: All of this ships turrets are individually shielded meaning that the manned gunners behind these Giball mounted turrets are safe from immediate harm. Additionally the turrets within the ship are stored internally and covered with the ships armour plating for general safety until they are deployed.
- Overheat: Ships that benefit from the empowerment of the Gryphus' particle enrichment should be careful, should the already high speeds of high performance craft be boosted further it could cause damage to the ship and the pilot should they be stressed, overpowering acceleration dampeners. Likewise high powered weapons receiving additional boosts may find them become easily overheated.
- Wide Arc: As well as its deficit in speed, due to its weight the force of the momentum the Gryphus builds up as it moves is often greater than the thrust its maneuvering thrusters are capable of putting out in a single blast. Generally requiting the ship to slow down significantly for quick or abrupt turns least it trail a potentially painfully wide arc.
- Match Game: Although it takes some organization, with this ship's shields being excellent at defending against powerful singular blasts and its hull geared towards more low caliber rapid fire damage. Low power high rate of fire ship weapons will deplete the Gryphus shields quickly, and high power explosives are rather effective against its hull.
- EMP: A well placed EMP will knock down the powerful energy shields of the Gryphus, especially its projected shield which creates the atmospheric bubble for its charged particle aura. Flying through or being hit by a powerful EMP blast or wave is enough to cause these shields to need to be restarted, taking crucial moments.
The Gryphus is the next step in shielding technology. Created to be a shield to House Aquilas Bomber squadrons as well as one of their most powerful ships for escorting the highest priority VIPs, for every 12 bombers made by House Aquila, 1 of these powerful ships is made, making them a rare commodity on any battlefield. However, few of this terrifying and omniuseful ship are ever required in any given battle.
The HA-X boasts a wide array of powerful weapons and defenses, forward guns reserved for heavy bombers and fighters afford it some hitting power, but the vast majority of its weapons stand as defensive guns in order to shoot down encroaching craft that would dare approach those the Gryphus had deigned to protect in that moment. Putting out an impressive amount of firepower that would rival some light fighter squads.
However, of all its features, none is more useful than its ability to charge particles within its area positively, irradiating the area in such a manner that ships which linger within it for a long duration become charged with them, receiving an overall performance boost to their engines, shields and energy weapons until the charge has worn out. This wireless transmission of energy is coupled with power coupling tech and gama frequency lasers allowing it to transfer power to another ship directly and safely without overpowering its systems or causing feedback loops. This effect often turns blaster-fire and the visual colour of these systems a brighter shade of gold for a short duration.
The ship itself is also large enough to carry and house a rather substantial crew, with amenities enough to house four dozen people, the Gryphus can also act as a small drop-ship should it need to, or in case it is ferrying important peoples from place to place.
Felix Aquila is known to own one of these magnificent craft personally.
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