Bookworm
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a scouting vessel for explorers, prospectors, and scouts for Aurora Industries to utilize and sell.
- Image Source:
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
- Affiliation:
- Aurora Industries
- Individuals, Companies, and Factions that have purchased, licensed, or contracted the company.
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Lominsa-class Reconnaissance Corvette
- Production: Minor-Production
- Material:
- Solarium Glasteel - Viewports
- Desh-Terenthium - Outer Layer Hull Plating
- Hijarna Stone - Outer Layer Hull Plating
- Agrinium - Middle Layer Hull Plating
- Laminanium - Middle Layer Hull Plating
- Impervium - Inner Layer Hull Plating
- Titanium - Inner Layer Hull Plating
- Alusteel - Structural Skeleton
- Starship Components and Electronics
- Classification: Reconnaissance and Scouting Corvette, Exploration and Prospecting Corvette
- Length: 100 meters
- Width: 36 meters
- Height: 25 meters
- Armament: Low
- One Dual AI-LC4 "Valefor" Laser Cannon Turret - Dorsal Mounted, 360 Degree Rotation
- Two Dual AI-LC4 "Valefor" Laser Cannon Turrets - Port and Starboard Mounted, 180 Degree Rotation
- Defenses: High
- Golem-Type Advanced Plating
- Three-layered Armored Plating
- Kirin Shielding System
- Four-layered Shielding
- Golem-Type Advanced Plating
- Hangar Space: Base
- 0 Squadrons
- Hangar Allocations: N/A
- Single Craft Hangar: Yes
- The Lominsa-class can hold a starfighter or shuttle or similar class ship that is 20 meters or smaller.
- If the Lominsa-class is carrying a Ground Vehicle, it can only hold a starfighter or shuttle or similar class ship that is 10 meters or smaller.
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- 70 DPF
- Speed Rating: High
- 100 MGLT
- Hyperdrive: Class I
- Life Support Systems
- Standard Life Support Systems
- One Escape Pod - Cockpit of the ship ejects, able to house up to six individuals.
- Other Shielding Systems
- Power Generator
- Corvette-scaled Starscourge Reactor System
- Navicomputer and Guidance Systems
- Standard Navigation Systems
- Standard Guidance Systems
- Targeting Systems
- Standard Targeting System
- Crew Compliment
- Minimum Crew - 4
- One Pilot
- One Co-Pilot
- Two Additional Personnel
- Recommended Crew - 6
- One Pilot
- One Co-Pilot
- Four Additional Personnel
- Minimum Crew - 4
- Cargo/Passenger Capacity
- 1,000 metrics tons
- Four Passengers
- One Speeder or equivalent sized Light Ground Vehicle or up to Three Speeder Bikes
- Storage for up to Thirty IBIS Drones
- Consumables
- Six Galactic Standard Months' worth of supplies
- Communications and Sensor Array
- Engine Systems
- Two Corvette-scaled Garuda Variable Ion Drives
- Countermeasures
- Lominsa-class corvettes are heavily armored and shielded, making use of the three-layered Golem Advanced Plating and the four-layered Kirin Shielding System, all in the spirit of keeping any potential explorers or scouts safe while they are out in uncharted space. The Lominsa-class also makes use of several defensive countermeasures and three dual Valefor laser cannons for additional protection against any potential attackers.
- Lominsa-class corvettes make use of two Garuda Variable Ion Drives to give an incredibly impressive speed, and when combined with its Madeen Shiftdrive, the corvette can cover far more territory in an uncharted space and outrun many attackers the ship and its crew might encounter.
- Lominsa-class corvettes are outfitted with both a Syldra Communications Suite and a Divine Eyes Sensor and Electronics System, giving them several methods of secure communications and a large variety of sensors they can utilize while scouting a planet or system. The ship is also equipped with the capacity to hold thirty IBIS Drones that can relay data back to the ship if the crew is in a hostile environment or otherwise need to cover additional ground.
- Lominsa-class corvettes have the capacity in the lower portion of the vessel to hold a starfighter or shuttle craft along with a small and light ground vehicle or speeder bikes.
- While the Lominsa-class corvette is equipped with the powerful Valefor laser cannons, they are the only armaments on the ship and while the dorsal mounted turret can rotate completely, the side turrets can only rotate in the direction they face. To survive encounters with larger vessels or enemies, the ship mainly relies upon its armored hull, defensive shielding, and its impressive speeds.
- In addition to this, due to an unforseen power struggle between the lasers and the shields, the molecular shielding layer is weaker due to the prescene of the three Valefors and the scaled down Starscourge.
- If the molecular furnaces within the Garuda Ion Drives are damaged or sabotaged, they will consume the engine and leave the Lominsa-class corvette dead in space and heavily damaged.
- Due to the shield emitters of the Kirin being scattered across the hull, if parts of the hull become damaged, gaps can form in the overlapping shield layers of the corvette. In addition, as the sensors for the Divine Eyes system are also scattered along the hull, damage to it can knock out and create blind spots in the passive sensor array.
- While the ship has the capacity to carry vehicles, if a ground vehicle is loaded into the bay, it limits the size of the single starship it can carry even further.
Developed as part of Aurora Industries' Highwind Program, the Lominsa-class Reconnaissance Corvette is a craft dedicated to exploration and prospecting out in the wilder regions of the galaxy such as the Outer Rim or Unknown Regions. The company recognized there was a sizable market for ships that could be used in scouting operations for various galactic factions and companies for resources or even colonization projects, and such explorers or endeavors required a ship that could handle the stresses of long exploration flights. To facilitate this, the design team for the company placed a heavy emphasis on protection and speed for the new starship along with equipping it with dedicated tools for the envisioned role.
Like many of the newer ships introduced by the company, the Lominsa-class corvette makes use of the three-layered Golem Advanced Plating and the four-layered Kirin Shielding System to protect the vital crew and electronics the ship carries. The ship is also equipped with several defensive countermeasures and three dual Valefor laser cannon turrets to protect itself, along with Garuda Ion Drives to achieve impressive speeds. Although the team noted that an unforeseen interaction in power draw between the laser cannons and the Kirin shielding meant the molecular shielding layer was weaker than normal, something that would need to be investigated later.
To help facilitate exploration, the Lominsa-class corvettes have a storage bay or hangar that can be outfitted with a starfighter or shuttle roughly 20 meters long, or if the crew are making use of a light ground vehicle such as a speeder or speeder bikes, the storage bay can still hold a 10-meter-long craft. Additionally, the ship is the first Aurora Industries vessel in the Highwind Program to be outfitted with the Syldra Communications Suite, giving the crew several secure ways to communicate with their superiors including telepathically to avoid any potential eavesdroppers.
As the company had not developed an extensive sensor suite of their own, the company also took the opportunity of unveiling that they have reached an agreement with First United Astral Engineering to supply their Divine Eyes Sensor and Electronics System for Aurora Industries vessels, starting with the Lominsa-class corvette. The Divine Eyes system included a bevy of different sensors and scanners that would help any crew and the system is also tied into the thirty IBIS Drones that the corvette can carry.
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