Approved Starship Katana Class Corvette

[Camellia Swift]

Image Source: Not Specified
Affiliation: Open to Contracts approved by Rendili Stardrive
Manufacturer: Rendili Stardrive
Model: Rendili Katana Corvette
Modularity: Can Attach/Detach Cargo Containers
Production: Mass Production for those with Contracts
Material:

• Terenthium
• Desh
• Titanium
• Durasteel
• Glasteel Viewports

Classification: Assault Corvette, Blockade Runner

Length: 180 Meters
Width: 78.2 Meters
Height: 82 Meters
Crew: 88 Personnel

Armament: 16

• Heavy Dual Turbolaser Turrets x 2 [Starboard/Port Head]
• Assault Concussion Missile Battery Turret x 1 [Dorsal]
• Point Defense Cannons x 4 [Starboard/Port x 2]

Defenses: 10

• Glasteel Viewports
• Terenthium/Desh Alloy Plating (Allows a super light and flexible hull while providing strong protection)
• Titanium Frame/Superstructure (provides a low density, but still sturdy, metal)

Hangar: N/A

• Adjustable Cargo Space

Special Features:

• Escape Pods: Self Explanatory
• Life Support Systems: Allows for air for varying life-forms who may serve as the ship's crew or passengers.
• Passive Sensor Array: Unlike standard sensor arrays, passive sensor arrays allow vessels to scan nearby regions without actively broadcasting a signal, thereby preventing themselves from being detected by hostile presences performing active scans of their own for rogue signals.
• Rendili Ion Engines: Utilizing Rendili Ion Engines the Katana Class Light Cruiser is a swift craft capable of high sublight speeds.

Maneuverability Rating: 9
Speed Rating: 9
Hyperdrive Class: 2
Passengers: 40 Onboard Security Troopers
Cargo Space: Two Large Containers up to 3,000 metric tons

Strengths:

• Fast and Smart: The Katana Corvette is an agile ship designed to have the profile, firepower, and speed necessary to overcome a planetary blockade and detect enemy positions with its sensor arrays to avoid conflict altogether.
• Heavily Armed: Boasting superior firepower over most ships in its class, the Katana Light Cruiser certainly rings true to its name as it cuts through enemy positions head on. A useful feature for a ship looking to breach enemy blockades and act as an assault craft in fleet engagements

Weaknesses:

• Where's Our Fighter Support: With no support squadron attached to the Katana Class at all, and a low anti-snubfighter weapon array, the light cruiser is a vessel that is not a fan of carriers or prolonged engagements.

Description: Bearing resemblance to the Hammerhead Cruiser that Rendili Stardrive popularly markets and produces, the Katana Class Corvette gains attention from its shared appearance to the powerful frigate class warship to showcase its own abilities that make it itself an example of what powerful vessels of the corvette class are like. Boasting incredible firepower in its twin dual heavy turbolaser turrets to engage enemy capital ships in close range along with an assault class concussion missile battery turret, the Katana Light Cruiser definitely cuts deep into enemy vessels to leave an impression on its enemies as well as its owners.

An ideal craft as an assault ship during fleet engagements, the Katana Corvette's speed and agility allows it to maneuver through the battlefield to strike at enemy ships to support larger vessels whose own contributing firepower will most certainly result in the enemy's destruction. However, if its combat abilities weren't enough of a selling point, the Katana class is also a capable Blockade Runner, thoroughly designed with lightweight and low density metals and alloys to allow the ship to reach high sublight speeds without sacrificing too much of its armor plating.

With these design aspects the Katana Light Cruiser has the capabilities to run through a planetary flotilla preventing access to a world and its suffering people below. Its the perfect vessel to utilize in rescue operations for a galactic power's operatives trapped behind enemy lines needing a speedy getaway with a craft capable of blowing a hole through hostile positions if necessary, and if nothing else it will leave VIPs feeling secure in its speed and firepower as well as its ability to scan for threats without presenting a detectable presence itself through passive sensors.

Development Thread: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/85452-small-package-same-lovable-shape/
Intent: To create a more powerful corvette to compete in the modern market where Rendili once neglected in the past.
Who Can Use This: Those under Factions with a Contract

 

[Raziel]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

More lightly defended than the example heavy corvette, but has a very deadly missile array.

 

[Raziel]

Awesome. Pending Admin Approval. Thanks! [member="Spencer Jacobs"]

 

[Allyson Locke]

Approved.