BIG Z1776
Baboon with a MAAWS
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Designed after careful analysis of Rebel and later New Republic tactical success with starfighter strike missions. The Illustrious-Class was therefore meant to replicate this successful tactic of long-range starfighter missions against much larger and more heavier capital fleets and their necessary logistics train while operating as part of a large conventional capital ship fleet to launch waves of starfighters to establish local space superiority against their opponents in large-scale battles. The ship only possesses a heavy weapons loadout the same as the smaller Repulse-Class, which means it can only do the same damage as its smaller cousin, despite being a third larger than the smaller ship. But the ship's point-defense weapons loadout is very effective, with so many guns and missiles it is very difficult to approach this ship, and it can protect other ships in its vicinity. Usually this ship isn't in the battle line, instead it is placed in the rear, but close enough that it can handle flight operations for both its own fighters and those of its escorting warships whose hangars can't handle combat landings and reloads. When not engaged in set-piece fleet battles this ship will be the main striking power of a task force, launching long-range starfighter sweeps and bombing missions from outside the range of their opponents.
- Intent: To create a task force flagship and standard carrier for the Crossroads Republic
- Image Source: Based on the Chimera from EVE Online
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Crossroads Defense Industries
- Affiliation: Crossroads Republic
- Model: Limited
- Material:
- Armor: Face-Hardened High-Chromium Durasteel, Titanium, Trimantium, Duraplast
- Reactor Lining: Doonium, Heat-Resistant Carbonite, Duralium-Lanthanide Alloy
- Structure: Durasteel, Titanium, Duralium-Lanthanide Alloy
- Classification: Carrier
- Crew: 32,000
- Passengers: 10,000
- Length: 3,000 Meters
- Width: 700 Meters
- Height: 600 Meters
- Armament: Average
- x24 J-32 Heavy Proton Cannon Turrets
- x180 J-28 Medium Proton Cannon Turrets
- x540 EM-2500 Twin Repeating Heavy Laser Cannon Turrets
- x60 "Dart" Missile Launchers (80 Missiles for each)
- x8 Small Tractor Beams
- x750 HOB/F Heavy Repeating Blaster
- Defenses: High
- Hangar Space: Very High: 25
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 21 squadrons
- Support Craft: 4 squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Yes
- Hyperdrive Class: Class-1 (Primary), Class-10 (Secondary), Class-12 (Emergency)
- Six tractor beam generators for assisting in fighters and other craft coming in for a landing and for taking over for damaged craft on approach.
- A pair of tractor beam generators on two sides of the bow for grabbing small craft and other small ships
- The bridge is split into several sections, with large and comprehensive information centers and fighter direction stations for guiding squadrons in combat even from afar.
- Lots of fire control sensors and fire control stations prevent loss of weapons in the event of damage.
- Compartmentalized and ray-shielded ammunition bunkers linked by ammunition elevators and with blow-out channels to space to prevent catastrophic detonation.
- Strong electronic warfare suite to jam transmissions and interfere with locking scanners from enemy munitions.
- Segmented fuel tanks for their fighters and support craft protected by ray shields and vents to space and large supplies of fire-fighting foam to prevent detonation for fires from spreading.
- Hangar has large blast doors to protect it from boarding attempts.
- Large number of HOB/F Heavy Blasters in the hangar, near the engine spaces, the ammunition lockers, the fuel tanks, and at the bridge mounted in autoturrets for anti-boarder defense.
- Mon Calamari-designed layered particle shields and deflector shields. The power that would normally go towards other weapons can be channeled into the ship's shields meaning a twin-layer system can be created. But the particle shield has to sectional, with each proton cannon having a dedicated twin shield power buffer to allow for rapid on and off activation to allow proton charges to pass through the particle shields.
- Comprehensive and heavily redundant damage control systems with a high emphasis on redundancy and rapid response. All turrets are sectioned-off, along with their ammunition lockers. There are pre-positioned fire-fighting hoses, breathing apparatus lockers, fire-fighting suits for more than half the crew, and every hallway, room, and mechanical component is covered by fire-fighting foam dispensers. These damage control measures are controlled by damage control centers scattered throughout the ship with overlapping fields of responsibility to increase redundancy.
- Dedicated ammunition hoist system and resupply tracks able to run ammunition to and from the main magazines deep within the ship to the ready-use lockers nearer to the turrets. This system allows for an ammunition ship to supply a warship with thousands of rounds of ammunition in less than a day.
- Modular sections of the ship can be easily removed from the hull by a dockyard, allowing rapid and comprehensive major repairs to be conducted, and this system allows for these warships to be constructed quickly in smaller shipyards and for entire sections of ships to be stocked at repair yards.
- Fire-control sensors for the EM-2500's and J-28's allow these large number of weapons to engage incoming missiles, proton torpedoes, and fast-moving craft from long-range to short-range.
- Hangars and repair decks are heavily-compartmentalized with numerous fuel pipes and pumps, plus ammunition elevators and lifts to prevent venting to space and still allow access to the carrier's craft so operations may continue unhindered, each section of the hangar has specialized command centers for monitoring and coordinating hangar operations.
- Large warship, can take lots of hits.
- Can be quickly repaired thanks to its modular construction.
- Its guns possess a very long range.
- Excellent damage control systems.
- Huge hangar capacity and excellent layout for rapid launch and recovery in battle conditions.
- Heavily-redundant systems.
- Quite expensive due to its size.
- Large ammunition bunkers and fuel tanks make it a potential powder keg.
- Much slower than the rest of the Crossroads fleet, can be a real anchor on a CRAF task force if sublight speed is of the essence.
- Requires a large supply train to keep itself and its fighter complement operating at full capacity.
- Requires large crew with a high degree of training to operate even at peacetime capacity.
- Undergunned for ship-to-ship combat for a ship its size.
Designed after careful analysis of Rebel and later New Republic tactical success with starfighter strike missions. The Illustrious-Class was therefore meant to replicate this successful tactic of long-range starfighter missions against much larger and more heavier capital fleets and their necessary logistics train while operating as part of a large conventional capital ship fleet to launch waves of starfighters to establish local space superiority against their opponents in large-scale battles. The ship only possesses a heavy weapons loadout the same as the smaller Repulse-Class, which means it can only do the same damage as its smaller cousin, despite being a third larger than the smaller ship. But the ship's point-defense weapons loadout is very effective, with so many guns and missiles it is very difficult to approach this ship, and it can protect other ships in its vicinity. Usually this ship isn't in the battle line, instead it is placed in the rear, but close enough that it can handle flight operations for both its own fighters and those of its escorting warships whose hangars can't handle combat landings and reloads. When not engaged in set-piece fleet battles this ship will be the main striking power of a task force, launching long-range starfighter sweeps and bombing missions from outside the range of their opponents.
