OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit another thematic personal transport for ORC agents and key NPCs.
- Image Source: Guardians of the Galaxy Concept Art
- Canon Link: /
- Primary Source: /
- Manufacturer: Buuper Torsckil Abbey Devices
- Affiliation: The Underground
- Model: Nova-class Starcutter
Production: Limited
- Material: Durasteel hull, Impervium plating, Solarium glasteel
- Classification: Gunship
- Length: 20 meters
- Width: 30 meters
- Height: 10 meters
- Armament: High
6 Heavy Laser Cannons - 2 Concussion Missile Launchers (fore)
- 1 Rotary Ion Cannon (dorsal)
- 1 Quad Laser Cannon (ventral)
- 2 Surface Defense Cannons
[*]Defenses: Moderate
[*]Squadron Count: None
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Moderate
[*]Speed Rating: High
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average: 1
STANDARD FEATURES
Communications
- Short Range Communications Array
- Communication Wave De-Scrambler
- Frequency Jammer
- Ion-Scramblers
- Hyperwave Transceiver
- Ranger Transceiver
- Comm Laser Arrays
- Whistler Encryption Module
- Codebreaker-Modified IFF Transponder
Propulsion
[*]Ion Drives (6)
[*]Navigational Computer & Rubicon Systems
[*]Maneuvering Jets
[*]Repulsorlifts
Sensors
- Anti-Ion Emission Tracers
- Full-Spectrum Transceiver
- Passive Sensor Array
- Long-range Sensor
- Sensor Dampener
- Targeting Laser
- Targeting Sensor
- Tri-Tracker
- De-Ionizers
- Socketguards
- Sensor Bafflers
- "Screamer" Active Jammer
- Chaff/Flare Module
- Cry Baby (Decoy Module)
- Cap Drains
- Booster Pods
- HIMS
- Armed Transport: Far more a gunship than a light freighter, the Nova-class still has some bulk cargo capacity for courier runs and smaller loads of precious material. Often they are used to deliver key agents and emergency supplies into dangerous areas.
- Experimental Boosters: Equipped with a series of experimental booster pods, when activated the starcutter gains an Extreme speed rating for a short duration at the cost of most maneuverability. They cannot be fired repeatedly, requiring a charge up period.
- Riftrunner: Due to reinforced bulkheads and modified shield harmonics starcutters have a much easier time navigating through hazardous space. Dense nebulae, black hole event horizons, even the Kathol Rift is fordable.
- Wingspan: Starcutters have a wider than average profile, making them easier to target in a head on engagement. Heavy damage sustained by either wing seriously hampers the gunship's maneuverability.
- Overclocked: Each Nova-class is packed with state of the art technology and prototype subystems. It is particularly vulnerable to ion attacks which can wreak havoc on the gunship's internal energy grids.
- Silent Running: When electronic countermeasures are activated the ship must run at a slower speed and is not immune to detection.
- Up Close and Personal: The gunship doesn't have any long range weaponry. In order to engage a target it needs to get right up into standard weapons range.
Construction of the first Nova starcutters began not long after Mandalorian raiders were driven off of Utapau through combined efforts of both the Skyforce and Underground agents. Grateful for the assistance in their time of need, the fringe world's modest shipyards were rededicated in part as a direct supply source for the Coalition. Novas were conceived as a kind of stealth transport which could 'hide in plain sight' by passing themselves off as salvage ships or freelance haulers.
A contemporary of the Starbird assault shuttle, starcutters are meant for deploying and extracting teams of Underground agents from unknown or hostile environments. Some resistance cells also use the transports as mobile safehouses or for civilian duty. Most of the ship's heavy duty hardpoints are concealed and only a close range active scan would reveal just how well outfitted they truly are.
