Work In Progress Iron Hound

[Renn Vizsla]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Create a Command Ship for the Mandalorian Empire
• Image Source: ArtStation
• Canon Link: Orbital Autocannon
• Permissions: Freebirds Industries, Roble Manufacturing - Here
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: MandalTech, Mandalorian Empire, Roble Manufacturing, Freebirds Industries
• Affiliation: MandalTech, Mandalorian Empire, Renn Vizsla, Death Watch
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Not Applicable
• Production: Unique
• Material:Durasteel-421A Alloy Hull, Transparisteel Bridge Windows, Various Ship Components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Star Destroyer
• Length: 5,000m
• Width: 4,992m
• Height: 1,773m
• Armament: Extreme
  • RMAC-M3 Light Turbolaser Cannon
  • RMAC-M1 Heavy Turbolaser Cannon
  • RMAC-M4 Quad-Turbolaser Battery
  • RMAC-M10 Heavy Ion Cannon
  • RMMD-M5 Mass Driver Cannon
  • LS1 Hailfire Missle Launcher
  • TDW M-44
  • M.L.M.S. - Project Zeus
  • Orbital Autocannon
  • Mjolnir Cannons
  • Thor Naval Heavy Partical Projective Cannon
• Defenses: High
  • MRS-01 Eir Defense System
  • NAV-RH1 Interdiction Countermeasures Package
  • RAAM-M3 Tactical Ordnance Jammer
  • Deimos Heavy Point Defense Rapid Fire Laser Cannon
  • RMAF-M9 Accelerated Flak Cannon
  • LS2 Valentine Point-Defense Octet
• Hangar Space: Very Low: 12
  
  • Hangar Allocations:
    • Starfighters: 6x Squadrons
    • Support Craft: 6x Squadrons
  • Maneuverability Rating: Low
  • Speed Rating: Low
  • Hyperdrive: Yes
  STANDARD FEATURES
  
  • All Standard Systems
  ADVANCED SYSTEMS
  
  • Spectrum CyberWarfare and Electronic Warfare Suite
  • Eagle Eye Targeting System
  • Hawk eye Targeting System
  • RMT-01 Emergency Position-Indicating HoloBeacon
  • MXC-T18 Tyr Tactical Command Network
  • MXC-R13 Saja-class Sensor Array
  • RX-D13X Precision Drive
  • RX-D13 Sublight Ion Drive
  • RMR-H11 Meili Hyperdrive
  • BSE-15 Targeting Package
  • FES-HRE18 Fire Suppression System
  STRENGTHS
  
  • Bastion: The Iron Hound's size and armament could prove most terrifying and demoralising to enemy troops, while being a symbol for friendly forces to rally behind.
  • Danger Zone: The Iron Hound is considerably heavily armed, and is most capable of destroying any insufficiently armed or defended ship or fleet that is unfortunate or imbecilic enough to cross it's path.
  • Bulwark: The Star Destroyer is most capable of defending itself, with entire systems dedicated to counter-electronic warfare, anti-ordnance and shield systems, aswell as possessing interdiction countermeasures.
  WEAKNESSES
  
  • Slow n' Steady: While the Iron Hound's build is stream lined, it is considerably slow.
  • Space-Superiority: The Iron Hound has little-to-no hangar space, limited to a maximum of ten squadrons docked within the ship at one time.
  • Turn Radius: The Iron Hound is slow to turn, and hard to maneuver, making it vulnerable to attacks from directions in which it is not protected.
  DESCRIPTION
  The Iron Hound was a warship built for dominance, a wedge of midnight steel cutting through the void like a predator through black waters. Its angular hulls were layered with heavy armor plating, forged from Durasteel-421A alloys that gave it a muted, gunmetal sheen. Long, slanted panels gave the vessel a brutal elegance, a silhouette that was unmistakably Mandalorian yet engineered with the precision of Core-World shipwrights. Along its length, narrow lines of golden light bled from the ship’s interior, casting an eerie glow that shimmered across its flanks like the faint pulse of something alive beneath the metal. When seen from a distance, it resembled a hunting beast in motion, silent, patient, and inexorable.
  
  Inside, the Iron Hound was a labyrinth of command decks, hangar bays, and troop corridors designed to move an entire war host with mechanical efficiency. @Renn Vizsla’s personal bridge sat near the vessel’s dorsal ridge, ringed with armored glass and reinforced shielding. From this vantage, he could oversee the advance of fleets, the deployment of strike wings, and the coordination of Death Watch squads down to the smallest platoon. Every system was designed for swift retaliation, from its fast-deploying Basilisk launch tubes to the storm batteries that lined its forward prow. Yet despite its destructive potential, the ship was quiet when idle, its engines thrumming with a low, almost meditative rhythm, as if it shared its master’s restrained ferocity.
  
  In battle, the Iron Hound became a vision of disciplined fury. Ion beams carved through enemy shields, while heavy turbolaser banks fired in overlapping arcs, forming a lattice of annihilation around the vessel. When Vizsla commanded from the bridge, his voice carried through encrypted comms, calm, deliberate, and unflinching, directing wings of starfighters and dropships into perfect formation. The ship’s flanking escorts, smaller cruisers and frigates bearing the sigil of the Warden of Roon, moved like a pack of wolves at its side. Each engagement became less a contest and more a hunt, a ritual of precision and inevitability that left little to chance and nothing to mercy.
  
  Beyond war, the Iron Hound was a symbol. It bore the crest of Death Watch and the silver-blue markings of Vizsla’s clan, both defiant and proud. When it emerged from hyperspace, it was more than a battleship; it was a declaration of presence, a reminder that Mandalorian steel still commanded fear and respect across the stars. To those who served aboard, it was home and fortress both, a crucible where loyalty was tested, and legend was forged. To those who opposed it, the Iron Hound was a harbinger, the first and last shadow they would see before the storm descended.