Roth Likonis
Industrialist
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an armed retrofit for the canon Lormar station
- Image Source: Wookiepedia
- Canon Link: Lormar-class space station
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: LIKON, Ltd.
- Affiliation: LIKON, Ltd.
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Lormar-class Mobile Depot Station
- Production: Minor
- Material: Trimantium-laced durasteel superstructure, quadranium hull plating, glasteel viewports
- Classification: Mobile Depot Station
- Length: 1,000m (w. dish sections), 500m (central station)
- Width: 2,000m (w. docking arms), 1,000m (w. dish sections), 500m (central station)
- Height: 2,000m
- Armament: High
- 1 Heavy Tractor Beam Projector (dorsal)
- 1 Assault Concussion Missile Barrage Launcher (dorsal)
- 8 Station-Grade Long-Range Turbolaser Cannons (base of docking arms)
- 24 Quad turbolaser cannons (dish sections)
- 40 Heavy Point-Defense Rotary Laser Cannons (dish sections, four clustered on command tower)
- Defenses: Extreme
- Mon Calamari designed cycling layered shield generators with redundant backups
- Hangar Space:
- 1 Rapid-deployment hangar (military)
- 4 High-capacity hangars (commercial & freighter traffic / support craft)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 1 Squadron
- Support Craft: 2 Squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
- Speed Rating: Very Low
- Hyperdrive: x5 Primary, x20 Backup
- All standard features that can be reasonably assumed to be installed on a station
- LIKON durability: LIKON values toughness and durability, reflected in redundant systems, additional bracing, fusion welded plating, and magna bolted seals. LIKON products are typically known to be able to take hits and keep on functioning.
- LIKON universality: LIKON specifically designs its systems with a minimum of moving parts, and with as much universal access as possible to allow for a seamless and pain-free maintenance cycle. It is exceptionally easy to repair and maintain this item.
- Command bridge equipped with a Multi-Spectrum Sensor Tower that includes Com-Scan, Hyperwave Signal Interceptor, Soliton Antenna, and Signal Augmented Jammer.
- Weapons are operated through use of an advanced Automated Defense System, utilizing the input of a Central Computer Controller working in tandem with a Battle Analysis Computer. Barring direct orders from the bridge, exterior weapons can be operated as highly predictive Autocannon. This same system can operate interior defenses, which include Automated Sentry Guns and Security Droids. This critical core system is protected by heavy Mag-Shielding, with auxiliary Ionization Buffer banks.
- Fuel conversion system: utilizes a combination of solid converters, solar converters, and a specialized coronal scoop to slowly manufacture fuel for itself and docked ships.
- Reinforced inner superstructure: taking inspiration from the ancient Carrack class, the interior of a Lormar has reinforced bulkheads, compartmentalized sections, non-centralized redundant life-support generators, and strategically placed magfield generators.
- Primary hangars are outfitted with holoscanner/bioscanner suites and security checkpoints.
- Key areas are equipped with turadium blastdoors capable of being magnetically sealed and projecting a door-field capable of delivering a stunning charge.
- The main hangar landing pads are equipped with industrial magna-locks in the deck plating, capable of magnetically bonding landing gear to the deck (deck plating has been heavily reinforced), as well as numerous internal tractorbeam emitters.
- (+) Stronghold: engineered to protect its occupants, fuel reserves, and precious cargo, the Depot retrofit boasts heavy cycling layered shields capable of soaking up an inordinate amount of weapons fire. Inspired by the Mon Cal, these shields work on the same principles - multiple groups of generators embedded within the station disperse shield strain evenly and systematically, allowing the shields to cycle and recharge at a fast rate as one group takes the fire. Heavy sustained siege fire is needed to overcome this recharge and the multiple layers.
- (+) Tough as Nails: should the shields fail, the Depot is protected by thick quadranium hull plating, glasteel viewports, and a Trimantium-laced durasteel superstructure. Taking inspiration from the Carrack class, the interior of a Depot has reinforced bulkheads, compartmentalized sections, non-centralized redundant life-support generators, and strategically placed magfield generators. Combined with LIKON redundancies, the Depot can weather excessive damage and remain operational with minimal crew loss.
- (+) Well-Armed: the Depot sports a relative light armament for its size, but makes up for it with eight Heavy Long-Range Twin Turbolaser Cannons. Station grade cannons the size of a freighter, these cannons provide dangerous fire capability when multiple batteries focus on the same target. Coupled with quad turbolaser batteries and rotary point defense cannons, the Depot is capable of being a serious threat despite not being a full battle-station.
- (-) Civilian Refit: ultimately, the Depot refit simply isn't a battlestation - due to the station's civilian origins, LIKON had to make multiple design choices that flew in the face of conventional wisdom. The first among these is weapon placement; due to power distribution nearly all weapon emplacements are clustered in batteries around the central station between the two dish sections. This creates poor weapon coverage, as the Depot cannot target enemies directly below or above it, leaving vulnerabilities that can potentially be exploited.
- (-) Defensive Focus: the Depot was envisioned as a mobile fuel depot, trade post, and transporter for mining operations relocating to new planets. As such, it was meant to be accompanied by other ships, both military and civilian - because of this LIKON invested heavily in a defensive approach to station defense. While the Depot excels in one-on-one combat, being able to outlast a target due to its massive shield strength while striking repeatedly with concentrated fire, it fares poorly against multiple full-sized star destroyers where it has to split its fire and lose its advantage. This makes the Depot excellent for skirmishes on trade routes, but poorly suited as a battle station in a fleet battle.
- (-) Limited Capacitors: despite advances in technology from the time of the original Lormar, the fact remains that it requires a lot of energy to jump to hyperspace, and doubly so when you're a large space station. Because of the amount of energy involved, the Depot cannot charge the jump to hyperspace and fire its weapons simultaneously due to the power drain.
In its infancy LIKON lacked transportation infrastructure for its mining assets, and, as it grew beyond small operations on Cotellier, it looked for ways to expand its reach across the stars. The answer was found in the Lormar-class station; bought cheaply due to their age, the stations were gutted of their refinery equipment - which was then repurposed - and the stations themselves were retrofitted to be brought up to galactic standards.
Envisioned by LIKON as a mobile fuel depot, trade post, and transporter for mining operations, the Lormar-class Mobile Depot Station would be multi-functional, and house roughly thirty-thousand sentients. Capable of refining its own fuel from solids, ambient light, and coronal plasma, the Depot would be the central pillar of trade caravans and mining ops, while simultaneously offering enough defensive and offensive power to act as a security station in the remote and barren systems that precious ore was often found in.
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