Cathul Thuku
Admiral, Therapy Command
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a 5.1 refit to an old carrier design.
- Image Source: Empyrean
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Immobilizer 422-class interdictor carrier
- Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
- Affiliation: Open Market
- Model: Immobilizer 423-class interdictor carrier
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel hull, Hexheim ERA
- Classification: Interdictor carrier
- Length: 1500 meters
- Width: 550 meters
- Height: 340 meters
- Armament: High (1080/0/200)
- 102 Slybex electromagnetic plasma cannons (34 triple turrets: 3 fore, 4 ventral, 3 aft, 4 dorsal, 10 port, 10 starboard; 408 turbolaser equivalents)
- 1 Eri heavy long-range tractor beam (20 turbolaser equivalents)
- 16 Kintan adjustable-yield heavy long-range hypervelocity cannons (in 8 double turrets; 2 fore, 2 aft, 2 dorsal, 2 ventral; 400 turbolaser equivalents)
- 14 Slybex alpha long-range electromagnetic plasma cannons (7 double turrets; 1 aft, 3 dorsal, 3 ventral; 252 turbolaser equivalents)
- 200 Ventooine electromagnetic plasma heavy machineguns (40 port, 40 starboard, 25 fore, 25 aft, 35 dorsal, 35 ventral)
- Defenses: High
- Hangar Space: Extreme (15)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 13 Squadrons
- Support Craft: 2 Squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
- Speed Rating: Very Low
- Hyperdrive Class: Average | 2.0
- Non-combative attachments:
- Inertial compensator
- Tensor field generator
- Medical equipment (droids, bacta tanks)
- 11 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
- Ship-wide neural net
- Roto-Rooter autochefs
- Tabord molecular toilets
- Poultryizer molecular showers
- Unkajah ammunition vending machine
- Navigation:
- Defenses:
- Redundant deflector shield generators
- Tensor field generator
- Anti-concussion field generator
- Missile deactivation transmitter
- Griet-II self-sealing hypermatter tanks
- Tier-3 Hexheim ERA armor
- Kirishima cap drains
- Electronic warfare suite (ECM and ECCM)
- 4 G7-x gravity projectors
- Heavy long-range firepower
- Heavy defenses
- Ability to generate interdiction fields at long ranges (standard long-range turbolaser range)
- Slow, unwieldy (even more so when the gravity field generators are active)
- Awkward firing arcs due to the gravity field generators
- Once gravity field projectors are activated, it starts attracting debris from explosions on or of nearby ships, potentially causing hull damage
- Exposed gravity field generators: for this reason it is a priority target for enemies engaging an Immobilizer 423, since destroying the gravity field generators can potentially gut the ship
- Exposed ventral hangar
Engagements such as Aaris III showed that the power drain of operating so many energy weapons could make for suboptimal performance, as well as the secondary batteries being effective within only half standard turbolaser range were liabilities, so HVCs were favored over long-range turbolasers and ion cannons. In addition, the HIMS was deemed to be too power-hungry as well as space-hungry, and losing one squadron of attack craft to allow two additional medvac squadrons, and medical facilities, was deemed acceptable. However, despite all this, the main tractor beam was changed for an even larger model; with all that said, it still remained slow and sluggish.
The gravity well generators still have their set of weaknesses, as they not only force the heavy hardpoints to carry awkward firing arcs, especially if the target is in or close to being on the same plane as an I423; destroying one of those generators can potentially gut the ship as well. In addition, the ventral hangar is still a critical point of weakness, where a stray missile or attack craft can fire at its fuel and/or ordnance reserves and cripple the ship in doing so. For these reasons, Immobilizer 423s must not be deployed without escorts.
- Consumables: 1 year
- Crew: 8,000 (skeleton: 3,500)
- Passengers: 2,000
- Cargo: 100,000 tons
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