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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: Another SHIB for the Galactic Alliance Defense Force.
Image Source: [Star Wars!]
Canon Link: Liberty type Star Cruiser
Permissions: N/A
Primary Source: N/A
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Affiliation: Closed Market | The Galactic Alliance
Model: MCC81k Liberty Kai type Star Cruiser
Production: Limited
Material: Laminanium-Alusteel Alloy Hull with Turadium Internal Reinforcement, Glassteel and Transparisteel where appropriate.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Destroyer, Anti-Ship
Length: 1200m
Width: 680mm
Height: 229m
Power Core/Reactor Plant: MCG z84 Solar Ionization Reactor
Complement: 543 Officers, 4274 Enlisted
Passenger Capacity: 1200 Troops standard complement.
Armament: Very High
- 9 x 220tt Condensed Beam Long Range Turbolasers (3 clusters of 3 around the prow)
- 48 x 60tt Heavy Dual Turbolaser Turrets (12 fore, 12 aft, 12 port, 12 stbd)
- 12 x XF-8 Turbolaser Batteries (blisters of four 400gt Quad Medium Turbolaser Turrets| 2 fore, 2 aft, 4 port, 4 stbd)
- 8 x SW-18 Ion Cannon Batteries (blisters of 4 Heavy Dual Ion Cannon turrets | 2 fore, 2 aft, 2 port, 2 stbd)
- 8 x Heavy Tractor/Pressor Beam Projectors (2 fore, 2 aft, 2 port, 2 stbd)
- 30 x Quad Laser Point Defense Turrets
- 12 x Octet/Missile Combo 28-Tube Defensive Tactical Missile Turrets
- Can load Dampner Aerosal Missiles
- 24 x Assault Proton Torpedo Tubes (12 per side)
- Can also be used to deploy Anti-Starfighter Cluster Mines
Defenses: Very High
- Durable Hull Construction
- Trimantium Armor Plating w/ Secondary AR-08 Damage Reduction Component
- Redundant Regenerating Combat-Rated Ray Shielding
- Redundant Regenerating Combat-Rated Particle Shielding
- Combat-Rated Ionic Shielding Package
- Combat-Rated Electronic Warfare Suite (Attack/Defense/Support Capable)
Hangar Space: Very Low - 3
Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 3 Squadrons
- Support Craft: N/A
Maneuverability Rating: Average
Speed Rating: Average
Hyperdrive: Yes
Hyperdrive Class: 1.0 (9.0 Backup)
STANDARD FEATURES
- Standard Astrogation System
- Precision Microjump Computer
- Military-Grade Fire Control System
- Passive Countermeasure Package
- Military-Grade Sensor Suite
- Subspace Communications and C4I System with Military Encryption
- Hyperwave Transceiver
- Internal Defenses
- Auto-Sealing Blastdoors
- Defensive Autoblasters
- Droid Complement
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Triple-Redundant Deflector Shield Generators
- MCK40 Advanced Targeting Matrix
- G-003 Tri-Tracker
- GAM (Gravitic Amplitude Modulator)
STRENGTHS
- Heavy Firepower: While not an exceptionally overarmed ship, the Liberty Kai supports a hefty battery of weapons, which are backed up with the advanced z84 Solar Ionization Reactor, giving them a higher rate of fire than most guns of a similar size. Combined with a large array of strategic-scale missile tubes, this cruiser packs a punch.
- Excellent Defense: As with the classic Mon Calamari design, the Liberty Kai features three times as many shield generators as is typical for a ship its size, arranged in recessed banks that appear like blisters. Though each individual generator is weaker than the large ones used on many Imperial vessels and other capital ships, the shielding system is designed to re-route power as units are overloaded, giving the ship overall a much faster regeneration rate and significantly better overall protection.
WEAKNESSES
- Weaker Kinetic defense: Weak armor and hull mean the ship is mostly dependent on shields for kinetic protection.
- Hunter-Killer: The Liberty Kai is designed as a pure battleship, to engage other destroyers and larger vessels in long-and-close range combat. It has only a limited hanger with a few squadrons, and while it has a very effective point defense suite it does not perform terribly well with area defense.
DESCRIPTION
The MC81k is, put simply, a modernized variant of the Liberty type Cruiser of yore. Designed by Mon Calamari exiles who fled the Sith, it is a warship through-and-through, supporting all the advanced technology that has become more common place in the galaxy today. It features a similar, but dramatically upgraded armament to the original MC80, with a primary battery of Dual Heavy Turbolasers and a first-strike component of nine long-range Turbolasers of considerable power. A secondary battery of Ion Cannon and Turbolaser blisters acts as both an offensive and defensive component, as the advanced fire control systems featured on the destroyer are more than capable of targeting strike craft as well as larger vessels and capital ships.
Defenses are likewise fairly traditional, with a heavy emphasis on shielding over armor. In a nod to the use of Vong-Tech in the past by the Sith, the Liberty Kai also mounts a GAM, which is not terribly useful for fleet utility but does help the ship combat some Sith biotech. While the Liberty Kai is not a retrofitted civilian liner like its predecessor, it still sacrifices much of its internal space and mass for power generators, relays, and other systems designed to ensure its power-hungry systems work. This gives it a weaker hull and armor than most similarly sized ships, which is not inherently problematic given the heavy shielding, but does leave the ship more vulnerable to Spatter Breach and dedicated Kinetic weapons if the shields fail.
The Liberty Kai is also no carrier vessel, and basically dependent on external strikecraft support. While this meshes well with the Galactic Alliance's Carrier Strike Group/Destroyer Battle Group formations, it does leave the ship vulnerable to more balanced destroyers in a one-on-one fight, assuming they outmaneuver it and stay at range. Finally, though not handcrafted like the ancient Mon Calamari vessels, the Liberty Kai class is expensive to produce, largely due to its internal complexity and its large reactor, and it is not exactly a common ship across GADP fleets, though it is certainly well respected by those who have commanded or faced one in battle.
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