ADM. Reshmar
Directorate Officer Fleet Admiral SJC 3rd Fleet
Image Source: My Photobucket Model done with 3d Studio and Photoshop
Affiliation: Mon Calamari Shipyards, The Directorate, Mon Calamari Shipyards customers with Contract Thread
Manufacturer: Mon Calamari Shipyards
Model: MFG39 Onager-class (ShaShore Variant)
Modularity: None
Production: Limited - Mon Calamari Shipyards, The Directorate, Mon Calamari Shipyards customers with Contract Thread
Classification: Heavy Frigate
Material:
* Starship Components
* Ferrocarbon Condensed-matter Composite Starship Frame
* 9095-T8511 Durasteel Hull Armor
* MC1010 Delpus4-class Shielding
* MC1003 Tetra-class Targeting/Tracking Arrays
* Dedicated Energy Receptor wiki
* MC1004 OPAL-class Communication Laser Projectors
* MC1005 Dolfin-class Communications Arrays
* MC1002 Oracle-class Sensor Suite
* Borealis Reactor Cores
* Glasteel View Ports
Length: 400 meters
Width: 175 meters
Height: 110 meters
Armament Rating: 16
Armaments (86/16/8)
* 12 Turreted Light Turbolaser Cannons (6)
* 1 Bombardment Pod of 40 Fixed Forward Energy Torpedo Launchers (replaces 80 turbolaser cannons)
* 16 Turreted General Purpose Warhead Launchers
* 2 Turreted Countermeasure Defensive Batteries (4)
* 1 Turreted Laser Defense Batteryy (5)
Defense: 16
* 2 MC1010 Delphus.4-class Shield Projectors (replaces 4 turbolaser cannons)
* Redundant socketguard Protected Systems
* Redundant Cap Drains
* Redundant De-ionizers
Hangar: None
Special Features:
Heavy Shielding
Anti-Slicing Systems
Anti-ion Systems
Heavy Warhead Armament
Maneuverability Rating: 14
Speed Rating: 12
Hyperdrive: Class 1
Hyperdrive Back-up: Class 10
Strengths:
* Heavy Shielding - The vessel has multiple layers of overlapping redundant shield protection
* Redundant Systems - The vessel has multiple layers of system redundancy
* Anti-slicing - All networks and systems are protected from slicer attacks by Socketguards
* Anti-Ionic Defense - Multiple systems are installed to protect vessel from ionic based damage.
* Warhead Armaments - the vessel has a high number of variable warhead launchers
* Advanced Sensors and Targeting - The vessel has a comprehensive array of advanced targeting and sensor equipment
Weaknesses:
Thin Armor Plating - the vessel relies on its heavy shielding for protection and has thin armor plating.
Weak Flank Fire Arcs - most of the offensive firepower is fixed to the forward fire arc.
Weak Aft Fire Arc - most of the offensive firepower is fixed to the forward fire arc.
Cost - the massive redundancy and construction technics make the class very expensive.
Repair - the massive redundancy and construction technics make the class difficult to repair. Vessel must be repaired at a certified MCS drydock.
Poor Maneuvering - The mass of the vessel makes it less maneuverable than other vessels of its class and size
Slow - The vessel is meant to bring a massive amount of warheads to an engagement so speed is not as important for the design
No Attack Craft - The vessel has no hanger as all internal area has been dedicated for reactors and ordinance storage.
Description: The next variant of the ShaShore line is the heavy hitting MFG39 Onager-class Bombardment Frigate. Like the other ShaShore variants, the vessel is designed more for defensive roles and to stand off against more powerful vessels and survive utilizing its powerful shielding for protection while using it's limited armaments to wear down enemy formations. Built around the shielding system and its redundant systems the class is armored in a thin plating of High Grade Durasteel Hull Armor. Multiple socketguards are installed in the networks and transmission lines of the vessel to help prevent hacking and slicing attacks. Redundant Cap Drains are also installed to help protect the systems from ion attack.
Designed for bombardment missions, the Onager-class is equipped with two hundred DER (dedicated energy receptor) sensors. With these the vessel can accurately target vessels by detecting and analyzing their electromagnetic emissions. Running thousands of calculations per second the targeting systems of the vessel can accurately target vessels as small as light cruisers at very long range and corvettes at standard ranges and provide the vessels with the proper alignment to achieve the best angle of fire for the bombardment pod and its energy torpedo projectors. Once the data is received the vessel is moved into position and the bombardment pod fires its forty projectors in a massive volley of plasma energy.
The Onager-classes primary role is to bring massive amounts of fire on a target at long range. It does this with the prow a fixed ordinance pod. This large pod is positioned on the ventral forward fin and houses forty Energy Torpedo Launchers and a dedicated Borealis Reactor Core. While this systems brings a formidable amount of firepower to bear on a target the near light speed magnetically accelerated plasma projectiles are guideless and fire in a straight line. These projectiles are fired at very high velocities and are near instantaneously on target. The tactical profile of the weapon is limited to area denial by saturating of an area with effect fire, or bombardment of large targets such as planets, stations, and large warships of cruiser and destroyer class and above, at long range ranges. At standard weapons ranges the system can engage smaller capital warships such as frigates and corvettes.
Other capital weapon systems utilized by the class are twelve Turreted Light Turbolaser Cannonsto defend itself from capital vessels which close on the vessel and its weaker flanks. Supporting both the main bombardment pod and the light turbolaser turrets are Turreted General Purpose Warhead Launchers mounted on turrets covering the entire three hundred and sixty degrees in limited defensive fire. Most commonly these launchers will fire flechette missiles or carbonite warheads for anti-fighter support, but can fire concussion missiles, proton torpedoes, and plasma torpedos when needed for anti-warship support.
Defensively the class is lightly armed for anti-projectile and anti-fighter roles. Two Turreted Countermeasure Defensive Batteries work to deter incoming fire from attack craft firing canisters of flak and chaff as well as other defensive payloads. One Turreted Laser Defense Battery works to protect the vessel against attack craft with its high rate of fire.
Development Thread: If Needed
Intent: To Create a long range artillery frigate
Who Can Use This: Mon Calamari Shipyards, The Directorate, Mon Calamari Shipyards customers with Contract Thread
Primary Source:
* Torpedo Sphere wiki
* Dedicated Energy Receptor wiki
* MFG31 ShaShore Mk II-class Support Frigate
* ShaShore-class frigate wiki
