The Ascendency
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a Chiss diplomatic shuttle
- Image Source: Gif from Star Wars: Resistance, found here
- Canon Link: Upsilon-Class Command Shuttle
- Permissions: LINK
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Various shipyards in the Chiss Ascendancy
- Affiliation: ANY CHISS FACTION
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Chiss factions and characters need not ask
- Model: Nanja-Class Shuttle
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Nyix-Alloy
- Standard Starship Materials
- Classification: Command Shuttle
- Length: 20 Meters
- Width: 14 Meters
- Height: 37 Meters [With wings up and extended]
- Armament: Average
- 2x Heavy Maser cannons
- 1x Rear Turret Laser Cannon
- Defenses: High
- Electrostatic Barrier
- Deflector Shield Generators
- Heavy Armor
- Dampner Aerosol Chaff
- Chaff
- Squadron Count: None: 1
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Very High
- Hyperdrive:Equipped
- Class .5
- Class 12 Back-Up
- Military Grade Sensors
- Military Grade Communication Encryption
- Military Grade Starship Systems
- Sensor Jammers
- Other Standard Technology
STRENGTHS
- Fast In a Straight Line
- Heavy Armor and Shielding
- Communications Vessel
- Shuttles all fly like bricks
- Ion weapons
- Chiss Plasma Spheres burn through tech
The Nanja, a carrion-eating fly native to Csilla and now found all over the Chiss Ascendancy and its colony worlds, was a large insectoid pest. However, it was well known for its speed despite its bulk when escaping the beaks of birds and snapping tongues of reptiles. Maybe the designers who knew it would be mostly used by Chiss politicians named the ship after this pest as a joke. In a strange turn of events, the brutalist vessel, so different from the flowing curves of standard Chiss design did not go over well with the politicians of the Syndicure, but its robust shields, heavy armor, and impressive speed found appealed to the sensibilities of the military where it became the de facto shuttle used by command staff. Its speed and heavy cannons meant it was safe in an ambush, able to hold off enemy fighters long enough for help to arrive or fast enough to outrun its attacker.
After finding a home with the two defense forces of the Ascendancy it was packed with sensor gear, advanced communications equipment, and a navigator's chair for Chiss Sky-Walkers to use. Even with many of its comforts removed, the vessel still boasted fine cabins for at least 3 individuals and basic cabins for a crew of 3 as well as fold out bunks for an escort squad of 8 Warriors. Fine-tuned it would go on to serve the Ascendancy long after the destruction of Csilla.
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