Approved Starship Knave armed troop carrier

[Hanaya Enzar]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To Create a heavy transport for troops
• Image Source: Fractalsponge
• Canon Link: n/a
• Permissions: Permission to use Obsidian star weaponry
• Primary Source: n/a

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Archangel Manufactorum
• Affiliation:
  • New Codru Systems Navy
  • Grand Fleet of Ashla
• Market Status: Closed market
• Model: Knave Class dropship
• Production: Minor
• Material:
  • Durasteel
  • Farium
  • Kelsh
  • Quadranium
  • Transparisteel
  • Trimantium
  • Tunqstoid
  • Misc Starship Components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: armed transport
• Length: 51 metres
• Width: 22 metres
• Height: 12 metres
• Armament: Low
  • 4 OS-136 rotating rotary point defence laser cannons
  • 2 Variable Missile Launcher Batteries
• Defenses: High
  • Electronic Countermeasures Suite
  • multiple overlapping Shield emitters
• Hangar Space: None (0)
• Hangar Allocations: n/a
• Maneuverability Rating: Average
• Speed Rating: High
• Hyperdrive:
  • Class 1.8 hyperdrive
  • Class 10 backup hyperdrive

STANDARD FEATURES

• The Knave Class comes fully equipped with the whole standard array of shields, systems and components that are normally associated with vessels of this size and class.

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Anti-Ion Emission Tracer
• Eradicator Communications Scrambler
• Fixed-Signature Tracker
• Holotrace Device
• Ion-Scrambler
• Mag-Field Generator
• Nav Computer Route Astrogation Bypass
• Sensor Scramblers
• Signal Jammers
• Subspace Tight-beam Transmission Core
• Subspace Transceiver

STRENGTHS

• Large transport complement - can carry a large number of troops and their associated equipment including space for a pair of speeder sized vehicles.
• Rapid deployment - 16 rappelling hatches across the top of the ship allows soldiers to deploy very quickly without the ship having to land, and large hatces on the sides of the craft allows equipment to be dropped easily.

WEAKNESSES

• Cannot carry heavy gear - the ship does not have the capacity to carry heavier gear such as tanks and heavy walkers.
• Limited firepower - for a ship of its size it does not have a huge amount of firepower, limited to the four point defence cannons and two launcher tubes, as much internal space is dedicated to storage as possible.
• Rapid extraction limitations - due to the positioning of the rappelling hatches, only side hatches can really be used for extraction, making it a slower process than would sometimes be preferable.

DESCRIPTION
Built to a simple brief the Knave gets the job done well. It is a dropship with a large capacity, decent armour and light but passable firepower.

Having its own hyperdrive allows the ships to operate independently and for small skirmishes, it is possible that a single Knave could be send with enough soldiers to get the job done without additional support.

Crew report that its shape makes it hard to fly in atmosphere, but its large engines make it fairly fast.

 

[MANIAC]

Hanaya Enzar

Again a very nice ship! One thing again:

• Thee Molcular shielding is a top tier shield, so I recommend to change the defences to Very high or change this shield to another one. Or please clarify the shield's power and why this is only a high defences.

 

[Hanaya Enzar]

MANIAC

I have removed the molecular shields and replaced with multiple overlapping emitters so it has high levels of standard shield types rather than more exotic shields.

I also realised the artwork has hatched on the side and not bottom so changed that wording.

Thanks

 

[MANIAC]

Hanaya Enzar

Thank you for your cooperation!

Approved.