Approved Starship IST-405 "Enigma" Stealth Corvette

[Malicar]

IST-405 "Enigma" Stealth Corvette

• INTENT: This ship is a potential production ship for IST
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• MANUFACTURER: Interstellar Starship Technologies
• AFFILIATION: Closed Market
• MODEL: IST-405
• PRODUCTION: Semi-Unique (discerning clients only)
• MATERIAL: Agrinium Hull, Turadium used in the frame, structural supports and protection for vital areas (i.e. core)

• CLASSIFICATION: Corvette
• LENGTH: 200m
• WIDTH: 60m
• HEIGHT: 30m
• ARMAMENT: Very Low

• Proton Torpedoes x 4
• Long Gun Cannons x 2 (forward firing arc)
• Point Defense Laser Cannons

• DEFENSES: Average

• Molecular Shielding

• SQUADRON COUNT: Average (1 Squadron)
• MANEUVERABILITY RATING: Average
• SPEED RATING: Very High
• HYPERDRIVE: Yes
• HYPERDRIVE CLASS: 0.5 (Backup: x5)

• Highly Advanced Communications Array
• Systems for a Mobile Command Platform
• Standard Deflector Shield Generator
• Advanced Hyperdrive
• Standard Ion Engines
• Standard Life Support Systems
• Standard Navigational Systems
• Standard Repulsorlift Engines
• Luxury Accommodations
• Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
• Tractor Beam Projector
• Docking Clamp
• Scanners
• Advanced Navigation Computer
• Distress Beacon
• Reactor Core
• Repulsors
• Maneuvering Jets
• Crew: 80
• Passengers: 50

• Molecular Shielding
• Military Grade Sensor Suite (HSI/DER/EPR/AS/ETS)
• Electronic Countermeasures
• Nightshadow Coating
• Cloaking Device
• WhisperThrust Engine
• Modified Whisper Encryption Modules
• Communication Wave Descrambler
• Holo-coder
• Inscription Keys
• Voice Synthesis Encoder
• Ghostwave
• Masking Transponders
• Decoder

STRENGTHS

• Ghost of the Stars - The Enigma-class stealth corvette is designed to disappear in the voice of space. It is built with the sole purpose of remaining undetectable...and it is very good at it. Between the physical components of the ship and the advanced electronics warfare suite that complements the ship's structure, the Enigma-class can remain undetected even with the most detailed of scans.
• Hello...and Goodbye - A staple of Interstellar Starship Technologies is its hyperdrive technology. It is fitted with a state-of-the-art hyperdrive that is dependable and fast. IST wanted to be sure that this commission housed its proprietary hyperdrive so that this "ghost of the stars" can get from A to B in a jiffy.

WEAKNESSES

• Dive, Dive, Dive! - Once the Enigma-class has been detected, it must rely on its speed. The coating, exterior technology, and fragile systems will take a pounding if it gets through its shielding. While its hull is an advanced material, it is relatively thin in comparison to other corvettes designed for warfare. If it takes a lot of damage, it will lose a dramatic amount of its stealth capabilities.
• Handle with Care - Sensitive systems. When you are using bleeding-edge technology, every system is sensitive to temperature, physical impacts, electrical surges, etc. These systems can be quirky when conditions are not optimal. In addition, all of these parts are highly advanced, which means the maintenance and availability of these parts are very expensive.

Interstellar Starship Technologies knows its way around commissioned ships. Though the price can be quite high, the results speak for themselves. The Enigma-class Stealth Corvette is no exception to this. Designed for one of the Darkwire executives, the Enigma-class is built around the idea that a corvette can be a "Ghost Among the Stars". With its advanced onboard systems, its technology that makes a ship near invisible as it gets, and its state-of-the-art Electronics Warfare and Signals Suite, the Enigma-class functions in this capacity quite well.

However, it was not chosen as the "ship of choice", so the IST engineers quickly went to work and scaled down the ship's expensive attributes and designed it to be sold to select clients.

 

[Gir Quee]

Malicar I'll be your judge for this submission. This concept for a stealth ship seems well thought out, but we do have a glaring issue that we should probably address sooner rather than later. From the Factory Rules' General Submission Guidelines:

Particularly rare or powerful special features may necessitate using a lower level of production (cloaking technology, personal cloaking devices, gemcutters, crystal grav traps, moon dust, equivalent stealth or anti stealth technologies), or rare canon technologies (Hyperwave Inertial Momentum Sustainers, etc) and their equivalents will only be permitted at Semi-Unique production.

I think the obvious solution then would be to reduce the production from mass-produced to semi-unique, which fits in with your description of it being available to "select clients". This would also give you a few extra ratings to play with, one of which you could use to pay for the unusually fast hyperdrive. Alternatively, you could come up with a weakness to help offset the unusually fast hyperdrive.

But of course, there are other options to consider as well.

If you want to keep this vessel mass-produced, most of the stealth features are probably going to have to go or be significantly watered down in effect.

 

[Malicar]

Gir Quee
Thanks for the review. I switched the production to Semi-Unique and took your advice, not taking the rating increase due to the change. The lost rating is for the fast hyperdrive.