Eternal Father
- Intent: Create a droid fighter launcher for the Kainate
- Image Source:
- Click - Vitaliy Ostaschenko
- Headers -
Ingrid L'lerim
- Canon Link: N/A
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- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Shipyards of Malsheem
- Affiliation: The Kainate
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Mekhis-class Frigate Carrier
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Quadanium and Durasteel Armor Plating
- Matrix-Trimantium-impregnated Alusteel Skeletal Frame
- Heavily Reinforced Duraplast Hull Liner with Anti-Ionic Mesh
- Dallorian Alloy and Agrinium Panels
- Turadium Blast Doors and Shields
- Laminanium Structural Plating
- Ceraglass Viewports
- Various Starship Components
- Classification: Frigate / Droid Fighter Carrier
- Length: 350m
- Width: 165m
- Height: 90m
- Armament: Low
- AI-LC "Leamonde" Laser Cannons
- AI-PD "Sylphi" Point Defense Turrets
- Variable Ordnance Launchers
- Defenses: Average
- Primary Shield Array
- Secondary Shield Array
- Reinforced Hull Plating
- Hangar Space: Extreme
- 5 Squadrons
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 5 Ashwing-class Type-S Superiority Drone Squadrons (120)
- Support Craft: 0 Support Squadrons
- Single Craft Hangar: No
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Yes
- Standard Countermeasures
- Standard Engine Unit
- Standard Guidance Systems
- Standard Hyperdrive System
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Shielding System
- Standard Targeting Systems
- Internal Systems
- Anticoncussion Field
- Defense Systems
- Holographic Terminal Interfaces
- Molecular Furnaces
- Navigation Systems
- Prototypers
- External Components
- Ablative Energy Current Hull Component
- Decentralized Deflector Shield Projection System
- Xandret Shield System
- Sensor Systems
- Countermeasures
- Animated Metal Sealant
- Anti-Ordnance EM Probes (Long-Range)
- Diatium Capacitance Array
- Missile Deactivation Transmitter (Short-Range)
- Power Generation
- Energy Cyclers (Backups)
- Hypermatter Annilator Reactors (All Systems)
- Extreme Hangar Space
- Rapid Fighter Deployment Racks
- Fast Hyperdrive
- Low Armament
- Low Maneuverability
- Hyperdrive Requires Specific Fuel To Operate
The Mekhis-class Frigate Carrier was designed to fulfill the new naval doctrine in implementation by the Kainate, that being a heightened focus on hyperspace-capable piloted starfighters and carrier-centric droid starfighters. At three-hundred-and-fifty-meters long, the Mekhis' design revolved around the storage, the deployment, and the manufacturing of droid starfighters.
Deep inside the Mekhis carrier was a series of compact automated production lines that made use of molecular furnaces ubiquitous throughout the Kainate to transmogrify raw materials into starship parts, specifically for Globex Corporation's / Vanguard Hypernautics' Ashwing-class Type-S Superiority Drone. The Kainate had purchased the design schematics for the Ashwing through various false-fronts and kept the blueprints logged into manufacturing mainframes that could be automatically accessed for rapid production.
To launch the Ashwings required specialized innovation, which came in the form of a ceiling-mounted conveyor rack equipped with pairs of dexterous manipulator arms. These arms could hold onto an individual Ashwing per pair of arms, cradling them in compact rows as the conveyor moved the arms down the rack towards the launch bay. The launch bay itself was designed to mirror the dorsal bay of the Venator-class Star Destroyer and featured a pair of large doors along the dorsal spine which would open up during launching operations. Two lateral bays were situated to either side of the Mekhis, primarily for the use of personal craft and cargo vessels.
Once an Ashwing had reached the end of the conveyor, the arms released the fighter as the droid brain took control and immediately calculated the most efficient flight vector. Dozens of Ashwings could be launched simultaneously in this method, as the manipulator arms retracted and were cycled back towards the beginning of the conveyor line. Because of the cost and resource-efficient design of the Ashwing, launched fighters were dismantled rather than reinterred inside of the Mekhis. The reclaimed parts, alongside any scavenged debris, were then used to produce more Ashwings.
The Mekhis was lightly armed, with several laser cannons, point-defense cannons, and ordnance launchers strategically placed along both the dorsal and ventral hull. Because of the importance placed on the dorsal launch bay, heavy concentrations of point-defense cannons were situated around the perimeter of the bay. Standard defensive measures were installed on the Mekhis, such as deflector shields, anti-missile countermeasures, and a sufficiently armored hull.
The Mekhis was also equipped with a Xandret Shield System, which projected an electromirror across the entirety of the frigate. This defensive shield deflected energy-based attacks back towards their point of origin or absorbed and stored them in banks of energy capacitors. The Xandret system did not work against kinetic forms of attack, such as mass drivers, and could be overwhelmed if enough fire was concentrated at a single point on the hull.
The engine systems of the Mekhis were standard for a vessel of its size, although maneuverability was noticeably lost because the vast majority of the interior was comprised of Ashwing manufacturers and the elaborate launch-rack system. The Mekhis was also equipped with a Jumpmaster 1.01 Microdrive, which not only allowed the Mekhis to reach a 1.01 class lightspeed but also microjump short distances.
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