Grand Admiral, First Order Central Command
OOC DETAILS
Image Source: Victor KamIntent: To use this cool picture that complements the other one.
Development Thread: N/A
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Manufacturer: First Order Corps of Imperial Engineers (secretly also House Tregessar)Model: HAVr FI-C4v 'Curiassier' Assault Repulsortank
Affiliation: The First Order (secretly also House Tregessar)
Modularity: N/A
Production: Mass-Produced (Limited for House Tregessar)
Materials: Quadanium Steel Hull with Trimantium Armor Plating
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Role: Heavy Assault TankHeight: 2.4m
Length: 9.6m
Width: 4.4m
Weight: 68 tonnes
Minimum Crew: 1 (Pilot)
Optimal Crew: 5 (Pilot, 3 Gunners, Commander)
Propulsion: Repulsorlift
Top Speed: 130 km/h
Armaments:
- 2 x FL-88 Fire Linked Heavy Laser Cannon Turrets
- 8 x 4-tube Multipurpose Missile Launchers
- 2 x Anti-Personnel Repeating Blasters
Passenger Capacity: Another 2 could be squeezed in.
Cargo Capacity: After ammunition, spare energy cells, and emergency equipment, maybe enough space for personal effects.
Misc. Equipment:
- Standard Countermeasure Suite– The Cuirassier features a standard set of flares, chaff, ECM and ECCM for protection against hostile targeting and weaponry.
- Heavy Deflector Shield Generator – That first layer or protection.
- Internal Missile Magazine - Automated system containing two sets of reloads for the multipurpose launchers. Requires one crew (typically a gunner) to operate safely.
- Encrypted Communication System - Includes standard battlefield comms and tactical and battlefield datalinks.
- Combat Scanners and Advanced Targeting Suite - Contains your standard TAT, BAC and TIN, plus a variety of other advanced systems to make the Cuirassier lethal at range and up close. Specifically includes aural and sonic sensors to help compensate for blind spot.
- Fully Sealed Environment System - For hostile climate operation, whether that be a Zero-G planet or a battlefield where chemical weapon use is anticipated or active.
- Ionic Defense Suite - Including Cap Drains, Anti-Ion Mesh, and standard EMP reinforcement. A repulsorcraft without power is a formerly floating brick, after all.
- Reactive Magazine Survivability System - The internal magazine is a semi-separate enclosed system that can be ejected from the craft either upon receiving critical damage or by approval of the tank commander. This renders the missile system totally inoperable.
- Powerful Armament
- Well Protected
- Armored Repulsor Skids
- Lacks traditional viewports, has a variety of positive and negative effects, detailed below.
- Slow for a Repulsorcraft
- Missile Magazine - Explosives tend to explode when shot. Penetrating the armor in the area of the magazine will almost certainly disable the Cuirassier.
- Repulsor Vulnerability - The skids still have much lighter armor than the rest of the craft.
Oddly enough, despite being much smaller and lighter than its bigger brother, the Curiassier is slower. This is in part due to the much denser armor plating but largely a result of the fact that the vast majority of the reactor's power is going to weapons and shields rather than the repulsors. Additionally, the units on the Cuirassier are significantly smaller and more compact, in order to allow them to be armored.
Primary weaponry is a pair of Fire-Linked Heavy Laser Cannon turrets. While not quite as powerful as the pair on an AT-AT, the FL-88 retain it's shield penetrating one-two punch capability, and when the turrets are used in tandem can penetrate most vehicle and emplacement defenses. Each turret is manned by a gunner and has an independent sensor and targeting system. In a pinch the two turrets can be slaved together and controlled by the Tank Commander (or other crewman as appropriate). The turrets are mounted in a superfiring position and can both be fired forward at the same target.
Secondary weaponry is a battery of 4-tube multipurpose missile launchers. Because the Cuirassier lacks any other weaponry, this is usually a mix of anti-personnel fragmentation rounds and anti-air missiles, though conventional warheads like Concussion Missiles can fit too. An internal magazine contains two reloads for each tube, for a total of 64 missiles when fully loaded. Reloading takes time, about 45 seconds per launcher. Of course the magazine is vulnerable to enemy fire, and an internal detonation will almost certainly disable the Cuirassier if not outright destroy it. The Reactive Magazine Survivability System can prevent that if utilized properly, at the cost of losing the whole missile system. A pair of fully automated anti-personnel repeating blasters mounted on the rear of the craft round out the weapon systems.
Armor is layers of trimantium on top of a durable Quadanium Steel hull. It is heavily sloped on the sides and rear, and almost three times as thick on the nose. This is allowable in part because besides a tiny slit viewport for the pilot the front of the craft contains no real sensor systems. A prominent scanner tower mounted behind the gun turrets collects data from various sensors and numerous cameras and feeds it all to the crew. While this gives the tank remarkably good general awareness it does render the tower vulnerable to fire. It also means that directly below the tank is a large blind spot. This is compensated in part by aural and sonic sensors, but is still exploitable by a clever opponent.
A heavy deflector shield generator helps offset various concerns and provides a rechargeable first line of defense for the Curiassier. Additionally, the craft is considerably more mobile than a tracked or wheeled tank, and while its repulsors lack the hovering ability of the Hussar they can still manage a good 4-5 meters off the ground.
Finally, as part of a project that resulted in the Hussar, it should come as no surprise that the little brother ships with a very good comms suite and is fully capable of data interfacing between units in a squadron and command craft (like the Hussar). As with the Hussar, the design plans were acquired by Grand Admiral Cyrus Tregessar and given to household engineers on Axxila for limited production.
