Approved Starship Lettow-type Heavy Cruiser

[Tristan Evore]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a standard Heavy Cruiser for the fleets of the Ashlan Crusade
• Image Source: (x)
• Canon Link: Not Applicable
• Permissions: Not Applicable
• Primary Source:
  • Republic Engineering

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: The Ashlan Crusade
• Affiliation: The Ashlan Crusade
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Lettow-type Heavy Cruiser
• Production: Minor
• Material:
  • Durasteel Primary Hull w/ Duracrete Undercoating
  • Impervium Reinforced Durasteel Plating
  • Tunqstoid Reactor Lining
  • Transparent Titanium Coated Glasteel Viewports
  • Various Electrical Components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Heavy Cruiser
• Length: 900 Meters
• Width: 450 Meters
• Height: 270 Meters
• Armament:Very High
  • [2] Dual Barbette Agrocite Enhanced Turbolaser Batteries
  • [6] Dual Barbette Mass Driver Cannon Turrets (Coligun Variant; Hypervelocity Capable)
  • [20] Dual Heavy Turbolaser Turrets
  • [20] Single Barbette Heavy Ion Cannon Turrets
  • [10] FlexTube Torpedo Launcher(s)
  • [30] Repeating Heavy Laser Cannon(s)
• Defenses: Very High
  • Reinforced Composite Hull w/ Ablative Electric Currents
  • Faraday Cage Componets
  • Cap Drain
  • Inteneral Defense [Autoblasters, Turadiam Blast Doors, Select Blaster and Disrupter Neutralization System, etc]
  • Advanced Phrik-Corotisis Armor
  • Shielding Systems
    • Deflector Shielding
    • Particle Shielding
    • Ray Shielding
    • Ion Shielding
    • Molecular Shielding
    • Xythan Force Shielding
  • Electronic Defense Suite
    • Electronic Countermeasures Suite
    • Comm Jammers
    • Anti-Comm Jammers
    • Sensor Jammers
    • Encrypted Fleet Data Exchange Network
• Hangar Space: Very Low
• Hangar Allocations: Modular Hanger Racks
  • Starfighters: 2 Squadrons
    • Or
  • Support Craft: 2 Squadrons
• Maneuverability Rating: Low
• Speed Rating: Average
• Hyperdrive: Class 1

STANDARD FEATURES

• Role(s):
  • Assault Cruiser
  • Planetary Assault Ship
  • Heavy Escort
• Hyperdrive Type: OS-10 "Hermes" Class Hyperdrive System
• Optimal Crew: 900 - Officers, Crew, and Integrated Droid Brains
• Minimal Crew: 75 - Including Officers, Enlisted Crew and Integrated Droid Brains
• Consumables: 2 Years
• Passengers:
  • 600 - Onboard Security (is. Stormtroopers, Shocktrooper, Dark Troopers, etc)
  • 1,200 - Planetary Assault Detachment; Approx. Two Legions
• Maximum Cargo Capacity: Metric Tonnes (Includes Vehicles, Tanks, Equipment, Etc)
• Primary Power Unit: Star Battlecruiser Type, Advanced Solar-Annihilation Conversion Reactor
• Secondary Power Unit: General Hypermatter Reactor Equipped with Stellar Fuel Bottles

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Internal Advanced Systems:
  • State of the Art Power Distribution Node(s)
  • Reinforced Bridge Module(s)
  • Molecular Furnace
  • Internalized Gravity Well Projectors - Four Total
  • Advanced Hyperdrive System
  • Prototyper
    • Numerous Duplicators
    • Numerous Synthesizers
    • Numerous Garment-Fabricators
  • Internal Bridge Equipped with State of the Art Holographic Interface System
  • Advanced Communications Suite
  • Advanced Sensor Suite
  • Central Artificial Intelligence
  • Internal Ray Shields
  • Bio-Organic Circuitry
  • Self-Regulating Droid Factories

STRENGTHS

• [+] All-Around Work House; Low Crew Numbers and Heavy Automation with powerful weapons and shields
• [+] Planetary Assault Capabilities; Capable of Landing without fear of Atmospheric Friction or Gravity

WEAKNESSES

• [-] Overly Automated; Potentially susceptible to Computer Viruses
• [-] Overt Target; When landed most offensive weaponry is disabled in order to prevent disasters

DESCRIPTION

The Lettow-type Heavy Cruiser was designed to be the mainstay of the fleets of the Ashlan Crusade. With adequate speed and maneuverability, power weapons and advanced shields, the Cruiser was the the dimensions of the original Victory Star Destroyer of old, although this would be the only similarity between the two warships. ​

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The Lettow contained room for a plethora of solders, medics, and other passengers while mainting and feeding it's relatively small crew. Likewise, it also maintained advanced Droid Factories aboard to supplement it's assault complement. The factories themselves would be a marvel of engineering capable of utilizing General Manufacturing Constructs to build a variety of Battle Droids, and mainting it's growing droid army by utilizing Molecular Furnaces to fuel the machines. The ship also possess layered shielding bolstered by a powerful Xythan Shield and Molecular Shield, however the strength of both these advanced defense systems is limited due to the size of the vessel. ​

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That is not to say the Lettow was capable of making Battle Droid endlessly however, with the Molecular Furnace only able to provide materials as long as it was fed, and the Lettow was incapable of maintaining the furnace in perpetuity. The Lettow also does not have the space to store the manufactured battle droids so therefore the Artificial Intelligence designed to oversee the Factories and Construct would signal the factories to stop producing droids once a maximum quota has been reach. ​

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The Molecular Furnace can also be used to resupply the Heavy Cruiser with missiles and other kinetic weaponry, especially to it's powerful coligun Mass Driver Cannons, which alongside the Agrocite Cannons serve as the vessels primary armament. ​

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There isn't necessarily a record of material for the fleets of ships of this class that have been assembled nor does anyone know how their thought-to-be designer aquaried them, however they all serve valiantly as the backbone of the Ashlan Fleet, bring the light to expunge the dark. ​

 

[Tristan Evore]

John Locke | Shuklaar Kyrdol

Ready for Review

 

[MANIAC]

Tristan Evore

Very nice ship! I found only one problem and one concern.

• The problem is, you forgot to link the image scource, please fix this.
• The concern is the defence rating, you write some item here what is more a very high or extreme level. These are the Xythan force shield and the Molecular shielding, both are powerful, especially if we add to them to the others. So please clarify how this and the entire defence is high and their limits.

That's all, please let me know if you edited and clarify these.

 

[Tristan Evore]

MANIAC

So the Xythan Shields and Molecular Shields are a great thing to bring up. I didn't really put into much thought the exact strength they had, but I would like to keep the rating as it is as it's the not the fluff and stuff we add rather the actual rating which dictates how strong they are.

I did add a sentence to the Descriptors to detail their power though, and everything should be good now

 

[MANIAC]

Tristan Evore

The sentence is not really good explanation, since as everything is as big and as strong as the size of the ship/vehicle you put it on. In this view you still want a top/high tier shield system on the ship. This is still very high or extreme level. So I strongly recommend to delete this two from your list, or change the ratings to very high or extreme level.

 

[Tristan Evore]

MANIAC

Done

 

[MANIAC]

Tristan Evore

Thank you! And one more concern and remark. Agrocite cannon, this, if you're read the text, "During the Battle of Khorm, Khormai Separatist Warlord Unger Gout used it to its full potential, easily destroying a Venator-class Star Destroyer in one blow. " And you wrote 6 of it. I hope you can understand my concern, but this is far beyond the high rating. This is nearly or reach the extreme level. So I recommend again to lower their number and raise the rating to very high or extreme level, or consider to delete this weapon.

 

[Tristan Evore]

MANIAC

I readjusted ratings

 

[MANIAC]

Tristan Evore

Thank you, and one more thing left, what I recommended/ask last time too. Please lower the Agrocite cannon's number, because six from these on a 900 metres ship is too many. On such ship, with the other armaments, I think the two is more than enough, because these are quite powerful weapons.

 

[Tristan Evore]

MANIAC

Done

 

[MANIAC]

Tristan Evore

Thank you! One small thing left, because you set the hangar space to very low, it is only 2, and not 3. You only need to edit this.

 

[Tristan Evore]

MANIAC

Done again

 

[MANIAC]

Tristan Evore

Thank you for your cooperation! This is still a powerful ship, so please use it responsibly.

Approved.