Commodore Helix
Disintegrations done dirt cheap.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a medium-sized war vessel for Helix Solutions
- Image Source: Erik Rolfson
- Canon Link: Recusant-Class Destroyer
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Wookiepedia, Recusant-Class Destroyer
- Manufacturer: Helix Solutions
- Affiliation: Helix Solutions
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Nosferatu-Class Medium Destroyer
- Production: Limited
- Material: Durasteel, Quadanium, Impervium, starship components, weapon battery components, shielding components
- Classification: Star Destroyer
- Length: 1187 meters
- Width: 157 meters
- Height: 163 meters
- Armament: High
- Prow twin fusion accelerator cannon (1)
- Heavy turbolaser cannons (4)
- Heavy turbolaser turrets (6)
- Turbolaser cannons (5)
- Shield Leech Array (1)
- Point-defense dual laser cannons (30)
- Point-defense dual light laser cannons (12)
- Point-defense light laser cannons (60)
- Defenses: Average (Varies when using Shield Leech)
- Deflector Shield Generator
- "Bastille" Thermal Shielding Array
- Hangar Space: Base (1)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: None
- Support Craft: 1 squadron
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: High
- Hyperdrive: Class 2
- All Standard Systems
- Shield Leech Array, Thermal Shielding Generator
- Weak Prey: The Nosferatu-Class excels at destroying starfighters, and much of its sizeable armament can be turned against them. Attempting bombing runs against this vessel is inadvisable.
- Sniper: While otherwise carrying only modest ship-to-ship combat weaponry, the Nosferatu is mounted with a fusion accelerator cannon, capable of dealing substantial damage to unprotected vessels. This coupled with its heavy turbolasers allows the Nosferatu to hang back and provide moderate long-ranged supporting fire when needed, though this is not its intended role.
- Speedy: Fast for a Helix ship, which it often uses to attempt to close into range to use its accelerator cannon and leech array on enemy capital ships.
- Children of the Night: The Nosferatu's otherwise-mediocre defenses can be bolstered for brief periods if it is able to get close enough to enemy vessels to drain their systems with its Shield Leech weaponry. The stronger the enemy shielding, the stronger the Nosferatu's defenses can become, for a limited time. During this time, the enemy vessel's shielding will be greatly weakened or in extreme cases even collapse entirely.
- Stake to the Heart: On its own, the Nosferatu-class is fairly frail, and it cannot long survive direct fire unless it can find an enemy vessel (or large cluster of fighters) to parasitize.
- No Fair Fights: Aside from the respectable power of its prow-mounted accelerator, most of the rest of the Nosferatu's weaponry is relatively ineffective against capital ships, and it possesses only modest amounts of turbolaser weaponry, rendering it of questionable effectiveness in duelling other cruisers without first using its shield leech in close quarters.
- Solo Predator: The Nosferatu possesses only a tiny hangar for transport to and from the ship, and no fighter complement of any sort, relying instead on its significant point-defense to protect itself from enemy bombers.
One of Helix's more bizarre ship designs, the Nosferatu is a medium-short range support vessel designed to painfully turn enemy ships' advantages in on themselves. At first glance the Nosferatu is a fairly bog-standard destroyer, though perhaps geared more towards screening other ships from fighters than battling other large vessels.
However, the Nosferatu's fangs lie well hidden, and its enemies should beware if the vessel suddenly rushes into what typical starship engagement distances would consider "hugging range".
Often, this bizarre and unconventional tactic comes as a surprise to enemy crews, one soon superseded by the greater surprise of shields failing one after the other. The Nosferatu is equipped with a shield leech array, enabling it to weaken enemy shielding while bolstering its own defenses, and activating normally-dormant but powerful thermal shielding. The Nosferatu-class drinks deep, then turns its accelerator cannon and heavy turbolasers on its now-weakened prey.
When facing inexperienced, poorly-reactive, or simply arrogant commanders, this vessel is a powerful asset to have. Small groups can suck even large battlecruisers dry in short order, then use their newly-bolstered defenses to wreak havoc among enemy fighter clusters and smaller warships. Worse yet, their ministrations leave enemy vessels far less able to defend against the stronger weapons of other Helix vessels.
Still, to deploy its most notable trick, the Nosferatu needs to get close, and enemy captains knowledgeable about this can simply retreat and batter the Nosferatu into space dust.
Without its stolen energy, the vessel simply lacks the ship-to-ship firepower to battle other large cruisers, and should the enemy steel their nerves and deny its fangs from reaching their necks, this creature of darkness has no power over them.
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