Mandalorian Legend
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R A ' G R
"Star-jumpers tend to feel safe surrounded by their thin hulls and transparisteel -- right up until you're storming down their own bridge, beskad in hand. "R A ' G R
- Romul Saxon
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an assault boarding pod for the Mandalorian Enclave.
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- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: MNV-AV12 Ra'gr Assault Boarding Pod
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Durasteel Plating
- Dallorian Alloy Plating
- Duranium Inner Hull Reinforcement Plating
- Plexalloy Viewports
- Turadium Viewport Reinforcement
- Agrinium-based Radiation Insulation
- MRS-04D Omvendt Ablative Inertial Damper
- Classification: Assault Boarding Pod
- Length: 20.2 meters
- Width: 6.8 meters
- Height: 4.5 meters
- Armament: None
- Defenses: Extreme
- MRS-02 Jotun Defensive System
- RMV-APS14 Saladin Anti-Projectile Countermeasure System
- RAAM-M4 Sensor Inverter
- Countermeasure Chaff and Flare launchers
- RAAM-M3 Tactical Ordnance Jammer
- NAV-RH1 Interdiction Countermeasures Package
- MXC-T21 Alviss Electronic Countermeasures Package
- AR-0B Damage Reduction Component
- MRS-04D Omvendt Ablative Inertial Damper
- MRS-02 Jotun Defensive System
- Squadron Count: Very Low | 4
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: Very High
- Hyperdrive: Unequipped
- Power Generation
- Power Management
- Internal Management
- Navigation
- Propulsion Systems
- RX-D13X Precision Drives [Swivel, Variable Directional Mount]
- Repulsorlift Generator
- Repulsorlift Drive Adaptor
- Electromotive Stabilizer
- Flux Convertor
- Ion Flux Stabilizer
- Lateral Stabilizer
- Gravitational Systems
- Interface Systems
- Communications
- Sensor Systems
- Emergency Systems
- Targeting & Communications
- Boarding Pod: The Ra'gr is designed exclusively to punch through the shields and hulls of enemy ships to deliver Mandalorian warriors into combat safely. With enhanced defensive systems, advanced tracking systems and state of the art propulsion, it excels at this.
- Rapid Deployment: The front-opening hatch allows for rapid deployment of soldiers once a hull is penetrated, adding to the shock value of boarding a starship.
- Atmospheric Insertion: The Ra'gr can be multi-purposed to rapidly deploy soldiers into a warzone from orbit, much like a dropship but at a much more rapid velocity and without the ability to return to the ship.
- No Armament: The Ra'gr has no conventional armament and is unable to participate in any sort of conventional fighter warfare.
- One Way Trip: Once a Ra'gr is fired and successfully entrenches itself in a ship's hull or into a planet's atmosphere, it isn't coming back.
- Lack of Hyperdrive: Without a hyperdrive, the Ra'gr is incapable of interstellar travel and is dependent on other ships for hyperspace travel.
The best Mandalorian naval tactics are always the unconventional ones.
When engaged in naval warfare, troop-to-troop combat is often overlooked, an afterthought behind the dazzling displays of firepower that modern capital ships can achieve. Conventional naval doctrine utilizes ships to transport soldiers to and from planetary battlefields, while they duke it out with the enemy using turbolasers, missiles, and ion systems. Security forces aboard most vessels are present to protect from sabotage but are rarely a fully-competent military force. The MNV-AV12 Ra'gr Assault Boarding Pod is created to exploit this.
Enclave naval doctrine has always emphasized rapid, hard-hitting engagements, shying away from prolonged slugfests. But what if a ship's offensive systems were rendered completely obsolete? That is what the Ra'gr is able to do. By delivering hardened (and very lethal) Mandalorian warriors to the interior of a ship, said ship cannot fire on itself. By forcing a ship's crew to fend off intrusion, it severely limits the fighting capability of that ship, making it easier for Mandalorian warships to penetrate defenses. And it gives Mandalorian warriors an opportunity to commandeer that ship for various purposes.
The boarding pod can hold sixteen standard-sized Mandalorian warriors, and an additional pilot (which is optional). Methods for the deployment of the boarding pod vary but are usually shot through an accelerate-canon that rapidly accelerates the velocity of the boarding pod to 'cruising' speed. This velocity can be achieved by onboard flight systems but is not as rapid. A pilot is optional and is usually not included when engaging in ship-to-ship boarding, but are more common when the boarding pod is used for atmospheric insertions where a pilot is required to maneuver the craft so it doesn't impact face-first into terrain. This does not mean that the boarding pod cannot survive bow-first impact, as its highly advanced inertial dampers render any kinetic impact as no more than a slight jolt, but bow-first plowing into a planetary surface renders the primary deployment hatch unusable. In the case that this happens, though, the side hatches of the boarding pod are expelled to deploy warriors in a similar manner.
Altogether, the Ra'gr is a very potent weapon when put into Mandalorian hands, and any navy that encounters these pods full of berzerkers is in for a nasty surprise.
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