Unreviewed ICNV Bellerophon

[FN-999 (restored)]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a mobile base of operations for FN-999’s personal reprisal against the Wild Space Rebellion.
• Image Source: ArtStation - Provocator-class Star Destroyer by Ansel Hsiao
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: ArtStation - Provocator-class Star Destroyer by Ansel Hsiao

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Alge Imperial Shipyards Incorporated
• Affiliation:
  • The Imperial Confederation (de jure)
  • FN-999 (restored) (de facto)
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Bellerophon-class command frigate
• Production: Unique ( FN-999 (restored) )
• Material:
  • EXTERIOR
    • Thaldonium armor plating, transparisteel viewports
  • INTERIOR
    • Tiysium structural steel framing, thaldonium interior plating, titanium bulkhead doors, copper wiring, electronic components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Command Ship / Flagship
• Length: 462 m
• Width: 207 m
• Height: 132 m
• Armament: High
  • 10x turret-mounted dual heavy laser cannons (5 top left, 5 top left)
  • 4x turret-mounted quadruple medium laser cannons (2 top left edge, 2 top right edge)
  • 8x missile launchers (4x4, 16 missiles per pod, 128 total) (3 bottom right, 3 bottom left, 1 top left, 1 top right)
• Defenses: High
  • 12x turret-mounted single point-defense laser cannons (8 top, 4 bottom)
  • Double-layer deflector shields
    • Particle shield generator
    • Ion shield generator
  • Electronic countermeasures
  • Thaldonium armor plating
• Hangar Space: High (3 squadrons)
• Hangar Allocations:
  • Starfighters: 2 squadrons
  • Support Craft: 1 squadron
• Single Craft Hangar: None
• Maneuverability Rating: Average
• Speed Rating: High
• Hyperdrive: Class 1.0

STANDARD FEATURES

• LOWER DECK
  • Storage Bay
  • Medical Bay
  • Crew Quarters
  • Ammunition Storage
  • Grav-ball court
  • Primary Hangar
  • Crew Mess Hall
  • Armory
  • Gym
  • Barber Shop
  • Fusion Reactor
  • Engine Room
• UPPER DECK
  • The General’s Quarters
    • Designed according to FN-999’s personal specifications, the General’s Quarters is located opposite the command deck and consists of three rooms - a staging room, bathroom, and bedroom.
    • The staging room is a rectangular durasteel room that serves as part office, part meeting room for FN-999 onboard the Bellerophon. In the back of the room is an office desk with a chair, behind which is a bookshelf containing military literature and cultural heritage journals from across galactic history, reflecting FN-999’s constant pursuit of total knowledge over his enemies. In front of the desk is a large rectangular table with eight chairs for discussing strategy. It is the staging room that connects the General’s Quarters to the rest of the upper deck through a code-locked door of reinforced titanium. Code: 398272
    • The bathroom is located to the right of the staging room through a titanium door with a simple bolt lock. It contains all the features of a basic master bathroom with a shower and is fairly unremarkable except for two unique features: a stand for FN-999’s armor and a thin sheet of titanium in the place of shower curtains to help calm the paranoid general.
    • The bedroom is to the right of the bathroom through a titanium code-locked door. Like the bathroom and staging room, it is windowless with only roof lights to illuminate the room. At the center of the room is a queen-size bed with several compartments under the mattress to store additional weapons or armor. Code: 458403
  • Command Deck
  • Captain’s Quarters
  • Officer Quarters
  • Officer Mess Hall
  • Communications Room
  • Hyperspace Tracker Calibrator

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Hyperspace tracker
• AI Gunners - for heavy laser cannons only
• Encryption/decryption computer
• 6x tractor beam projectors (3 bottom-mounted, 2 top-mounted, 1 on the ship’s prow)

STRENGTHS

• Jack of All Trades: With an excellent balance of firepower, defenses, starfighter capacity, and speed, the Bellerophon can take on a variety of roles during its far-flung deployments.
• You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide: ICNV Bellerophon boasts a cutting-edge hyperspace tracker, allowing it to track fleeing vessels even after they jump into hyperspace and emerge out of hyperspace right behind its target.
• The Classic Imperial Wedge: Like many other Imperial capital ships, the Bellerophon has a wedge-shaped hull that allows it to concentrate its entire firepower on targets directly in front of it, with devastating results.
• Air Controller: A large, highly concentrated comms array enables officers onboard the Bellerophon to command large groups of starfighters and capital ships from within the Bellerophon’s bridge.
• Codemaker/breaker: Dedicated encryption and decryption computers with associated intelligence crews allows the Bellerophon to create live encryptions to keep its communications protected while actively decrypting the codes of hostile fleets.

WEAKNESSES

• Belly Flop: The underbelly of the Bellerophon is much more lightly armed than its top, rendering it vulnerable to attacks from below.
• The Classic Imperial Wedge: Like many other Imperial capital ships, the Bellerophon’s armament (excluding its missiles) are optimized for forward firing, restricting its firepower when engaging foes from the side and leaving it especially vulnerable when attacked from behind.
• Aim for the Bridge: ICNV Bellerophon has a large, prominent bridge that is vulnerable to targeted fire once the ship’s shields are destroyed.

DESCRIPTION

ICNV Bellerophon is the magnum opus of Alge Imperial's Frontier Enforcer project.
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Envisioned as a fleet leader for Alge Imperial’s Extollers, Laimars, and Perseverances, the Bellerophon is a specialized command vessel equipped with a suite of advanced equipment. Most notable, clearly visible from the top of the Bellerophon’s bridge, is its sophisticated comms and sensor network. With a range extending into the thousands of kilometers, Bellerophon can give simultaneous orders to dozens of other ships of all sizes and classes. A powerful dedicated encryption computer ensures that all transmitted intel is secure against jammers or infiltration, while a dedicated decryption computer allows Imperial operatives to effectively compromise enemy communications.

The Bellerophon’s most impressive piece of equipment, located near the very center of the frigate’s upper deck, is its hyperspace tracker. Reproduced from a smaller, purchased model at great expense, the larger tracker is designed to connect directly to the Bellerophon’s fusion reactor and has a live interface via a calibrator in the upper deck. When actively in use, the tracker can lock onto any ship in realspace within 100km of the Bellerophon and place a signal on them capable of returning to the tracker at hyperspeed, allowing the command frigate to track vessels in hyperspace. Consequently, it is nearly impossible for a ship with a signal lock to escape the Bellerophon unless they have higher fuel endurance or a much higher sublight speed than the frigate.

Aside from its more advanced features, the Bellerophon is also equipped with a powerful armament, sturdy defenses, and highly efficient engines, allowing it to hold its own against other frigates if engaged. Furthermore, the Bellerophon is far from defenseless against starfighters: its surprisingly large hangars can carry two squadrons of elite TIE/VI starfighters supported by the frigate’s twelve highly accurate point-defense laser cannons.

Despite being a technically complex vessel, the Bellerophon’s small size and relatively simple non-electronic components make it several times cheaper than a modernized Imperial I-class Star Destroyer while being equally effective in its intended role as a command ship. Furthermore, advances in automation combined with its much smaller size means the Bellerophon can operate with a tenth of the crew of a Star Destroyer, freeing up thousands of Imperials to campaign against major threats while leaving a small crew of dedicated veterans to engage far less immediate but ultimately long-term threat of the Wild Space Rebellion and its ideology.

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