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Hellhound Strategic's
Kerberos-class Frigate
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Frigate Guardian by KaranaK
Affiliation: The Hutt Cartel, Hellhound Strategic & Customers
Manufacturer: Hellhound Strategic
Model: Kerberos-class
Modularity: Yes; starship components
Production: Mass Produced
Material: Durasteel, Glasteel
Classification: Frigate
Length: 400m
Width: 190m
Height: 200m
Armament: 6
- 10 Turbolasers on Fast Mounts
- 6 Ion Cannons on Fast Mounts
- 20 Point Defense Laser Cannons
- 10 Buzz Cannons
- Standard Thermal Shields
- SD-F0 Anti-Boarding Droids
Hangar:
- 2 Squadrons (36 Craft) - Cutter-class Interceptor OR Droid Tri-fighter
- 2 Katarn-class Boarding Shuttles
Special Features:
- Standard Armory
- Standard Medical Bay
- Standard Detention Cell Block
- Standard Crew/Captain's Quarters
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Port/Starboard Force Cylinders (Omnicompatible docking)
- PED-21 Distress Beacon
- Solid Fuel/Ration Convertor
- IFF Transponder
- Standard Communications Systems w/ Encryption module
- Standard Sensor Array
- Standard Targeting Systems
- Battle Analysis Computer
- Hyperwave Inertial Momentum Sustainer
- SubLight Acceleration Motor
- Escape Pods
Maneuverability Rating: 10
Speed Rating: 10 (8 with SLAM drive)
Hyperdrive Class: Class 1
Strengths:
- [+] Hit and Run: This is what this frigate is built for. With the underworldly uses in mind, Hellhound Strategic designed this ship to be able to hit hard and disable vessels before raising the shields and activating the SLAM engine to hit hard and slip past the vessel.
- [+] Mechanically Simplistic: This vessel is fairly simple to pilot, operate, and maintain. Its inner workings are fault retardant and repairing damages or modifying the vessel is easy-peasy. Having a mechanically sound vessel in the middle of combat really helps.
- [-] Ship of the Rear Line: This craft is not meant to be a front line vessel. While it may have fairly beefy shields and redundant internal countermeasures, its primary weapons and fighter complement aren't up to the standards of duking it out with similarly sized vessels.
- [-] Firepower: 10 Turbolaser cannons honestly isn't enough main firepower for a ship of this size. It's easily outgunned and outclassed even by modern standards.
Description: The Kerberos-class Frigate was commissioned by the Hutt Cartel to fill the niche of being a versatile vessel with the intent of performing pirate actions. It's a fairly fast and agile craft with moderate armament, defenses, and hangar complement perfectly suited for disabling craft its size and below and commencing boarding actions.
Firstly comes the armament. While modest, there's an emphasis on ionic weaponry as well as incorporating the unique buzz cannon into the arsenal. Most of the heavier weapons are on fast mounts, offering ample firing vectors. The proprietary armaments are fairly standard, consisting of several batteries of point defense emplacements rated for eliminating attack craft and incoming projectiles.
Defensive wise, the vessel boasts a strong thermal shielding system. On the inside, every craft fields numerous GT-F0 droids for anti-boarding and security purposes. The hangar is large enough to hold several attack craft, usually being a squadron of craft rated for organic pilots or two squadrons of space superiority droid fighters. Each vessel also comes with two boarding ships.
The rest of the vessel is fairly standard. The Kerberos comes with a Solid Fuel/Ration convertor to sustain organic crewmembers. A battle analysis computer affords the captain of such a vessel a plethora of real-time information, allowing him/her to stay on top of things and accurately coordinate fire angles and attack craft tactics. Force cylinders are also present, allowing the ship to dock with virtually any spacefaring craft. A Hyperwave Inertial Momentum Sustainer protects the craft from gravity wells (note that this does not protect the vessel while its in realspace). And finally comes the SLAM engine, which allows the craft to exponentially increase its speed to bug out of situations at the expense of weapon power.
Summarily, it's a versatile and modest craft perfect for the raider, pirate, or privateer.
Development Thread: N/A
Intent: To provide the Hutt Cartel and the customers of Hellhound Strategic with a capable and versatile vessel purposed for disabling and capture hostile vessels.
Who Can Use This: Hutt Cartel & Associates, Hellhound Strategic & Customers
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