Approved Starship Lance-class artillery corvette

[Rick Kaloo]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create the trademark example of a glass cannon.
• Image Source: Svarog - ArtStation by Joshua Morrison
• Canon Link: N/A
• Primary Source: Svarog - ArtStation by Joshua Morrison

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Outer Rim Military Engineering
• Affiliation: ORME, SJO
• Model: Lance-class corvette
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  Production: Minor
  
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  Material:
  
  Interior
  
  Iron floor, walls, & ceiling
  

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Exterior

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  Titanium frame
  
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  OR-SAP, Variant Ihttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/137896-or-sap/http://starwarsrp.net/topic/137896-or-sap/
  

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Special Weapons Corvette
• Length: 185 meters (150m of which are entirely the corvette's main cannon)
• Width: 23m on average, 35m at widest extreme
• Height: 20m on average, 32m at tallest extreme
• Armament: Extreme
  1 ship-mounted superheavy artillery cannon (The primary cannon of the corvette, it makes up nearly all its length and over half its mass.)

[*]Defenses: Very Low

• OR-SAP, Variant I
• 3 anti-starfighter missile pods (On side mounts connected to the artillery cannon, except for the third which is mounted below the cannon. All three have a four missile capacity.)

[*]Fighter Hangar: None
[*]Support Craft Hangar: None
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Average
[*]Speed Rating: High
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average (1)
STANDARD FEATURES

• Command Bridge
• Advanced Escape Pods (2)

ADVANCED SYSTEMS
N/A

Strengths:

• Hyper Beam - The Lance corvette's single massive gun is capable of inflicting astronomical damage for a ship of its size. Multiple Lance corvettes are easily capable of decimating the shielding and armor of a vessel the size of an Imperial Star Destroyer, causing its destruction within mere minutes.
• Sniper - The Lance corvette's main cannon has a range of ten kilometers, allowing it to accurately hit enemy vessels before many of their appropriate anti-capital weapons can come into action.

Weaknesses:

• Paper Armor - A single barrage from a typical starfighter is easily capable of destroying a Lance corvette. Consequently, they must either lie low in battle or arrive in vast swarms.
• Unstable - If fired too frequently (~10 times in a row), the Lance corvette's primary cannon will overheat, locking up and potentially altering the power flow on the corvette. The cannon will not be able to fire for hours afterward.
• Frontal Armament - Having a main cannon that is locked in place in front of the Lance corvette, the ship itself has to turn to aim the cannon.

Description: The Lance-class corvette is the ultimate expression of the glass cannon ideology.

It has a horrendously powerful main gun, but can be destroyed by even the slightest of enemy fire. The Lance-class corvette takes a vast turn from Outer Rim Military Engineering's emphasis on moderate defenses supported by a powerful armament, extending the possibility for new ORME ship doctrines.

As the risk of destruction of a Lance corvette is extremely high, they are outfitted with two highly advanced escape pods, combined capable of fitting the entire twelve-person crew and outfitted with class 3 hyperdrives.

There is roughly a minute and a half cooldown between when the Lance can fire its main gun.

 

[Gir Quee]

Approved.