Sic transit gloria mundi
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: Sub a ship.
Image Source: Here.
Canon Link: N/A.
Permissions: ARGH tech available for Firemane per this thread. Permission for subs made by Laira Darkhold's writer here and here.
Primary Source: N/A.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Firemane Industries.
Affiliation: Firemane Industries.
Market Status: Closed-Market
Model: FM-BC2a
Production: Semi-Unique
Material:
- AR-0B Damage Reduction Armor
- Matrix Armour Hull
- Turadium Frame
- Starship Components
Classification: Siege Ship
Length: 2, 800 metres.
Width: 417 metres.
Height: 520 metres.
Armament: Extreme.
- Gandiva Class Orbital Projectile Cannon
- Precision orbital strike cannons
- Shield Disrupting Projector
- Long-range heavy turbolaser and ion cannon batteries
- Some fast-mount turbolaser and ion cannon batteries
- Deathstrike Concussion Missile Model 3 launchers
- ACS-801 Witchfire CIWS batteries
- Point-defence laser cannon batteries
- Quad laser cannon batteries
- Ra Missile Defence Turrets
- Helliod Missile Launcher System
- Heavy tractor beam projectors
- Ablative Armour
- E-War Protection
- Cap Drain and De-Ionizer Modules
- Warhead Countermeasures
- Molecular Shields
- Particle Shields
- Ray Shields
Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 8 squadrons
- Support Craft: 6 squadrons
Speed Rating: Average
Hyperdrive: Yes. 1.0 (Primary), 8.0 (Backup).
STANDARD FEATURES
- All standard features. The ship omes fully equipped with the whole standard array of shields, systems and components that are normally associated with vessels of this size and class.
- Anti-Ion Emission Tracer
- NavComputer Route Astrogation Bypass
- Hyperdrive Inertial Momentum Sustainer
- Com-Scan System
- Enlightenment Quantum Communicator
- Full-Spectrum Transceiver
- HoloNet Relay
- HoloTrace Device
- Hyperwave Transceiver
- Hyperspace Tracker
- Fixed-Signature Tracker
- Missile Deactivation Transmitter
- Ion-Scrambler
- ARGH 3D Printer
- Jamming Beams
- Sensor Scramblers
- Signal Jammers
- VT-Refraction Sensor
- Firepower. The battlecruiser is very heavily armed. Among other armaments, it is equipped with the Gandiva, a hypervelocity cannon meant that fires Neuranium rods with impressive density, speed and power. The weapon is designed for precision, kinetic orbital bombardment and is perfect at cracking hardened targets on a planet's surface such as command centres, artillery positions and underground bunkers meant to survive conventional bombardment.
- Heavily defended, featuring strong armour and shielding. It has a powerful array of defensive weapons to protect the ship against bombers, starfighters etc.
- A Shield Disrupting Projector has been placed on the ventral surface of the Onager. When active, it can create a small hole in a theatre or planetary shield. It is limited in range, being approximately the size of the hangar opening, but can allow ordnance to fly through. This helps the Gandiva cannon. Small ships can potentially exploit the opening, too.
- The Gandiva cannon is meant solely for orbital bombardment. Pointed at whatever planet or other celestial body one wants to target, it cannot be used in fleet engagements. It is also meant for precision bombardment, not AOE devastation. Furthermore, the Gandiva's rate of fire is low.
- The warship has lower manoeuvrability than is typical for the average battlecruiser. Thus while its speed is decent so that its gun can go where it is needed, it is not the most graceful vessel when it comes to turning.
- The gap created by the Shield Disrupting Projector is limited in range. Moreover, as it disables shields, it leaves the area around the Onagar's hangar unprotected as long as it is active. This leaves the hangar area susceptible to lucky shots. Furthermore, the opening created by the Projector is small, since it is only the size of the hangar. The Shield Disrupting Projector is indiscriminate, and so vessel directly between it and the shield are affected, including allied ones. This means that if say an allied dropship tries to exploit the gap and pass through the hole and into the atmosphere, its shields will also be affected until it is able to reboot.
The Onager Siege Destroyer has been designed to facilitate orbital bombardment in support of ground troops. In that regard it is similar to the Mandator IV Siege Dreadnought. However, the Onager is a lot smaller, is not near-defenceless against bombers and focuses on precision bombardment of select targets rather than all-round devastation. Naturally it also features standard armaments for a warship that can be used in a fleet battle against capital ships, but its primary purpose is support, not fighting in slug fests. Its most powerful weapon is the Gandiva Class Orbital Projectile Cannon.
The super-accelerated projectiles fired by the cannon are large, arrow-like rods made of Neuranium, a remarkably dense, heavy metal. Propelled by the railgun, the projectile drops from rabit and reaches a speed faster than sound. The point of this weapon is to destroy specific hardened targets that are of strategic importance to the enemy, such as command, control and communications infrastructure, underground bunkers, artillery positions etc. Since the bombardment is concentrated, it is not the weapon to use to level cities and the like.
In order to ensure accurate targeting of its big cannon, the Onager is equipped with a comprehensive sensor and scanning suite. The warship works best when supported by satellites, drones or spotters on the ground. To this end the Gandiva and the precision orbital strike cannons can be synced with laser designators. Furthermore, the Onager is armed with a single Shield Disrupting Projector. When activated, this device is capable to create a hole in planetary and theatre shields beneath it. It is not capable of disrupting an entire shield, merely create a hole in a limited area that enables ordnance to fly through or enable small ships to pass. The device is affixed around the hangar opening on the ventral surface of the Onager.
This means that it leaves the hangar unprotected while it is active. Moreover, the projector is fixed, which means it only affects things right beneath the hangar and it has a limited range. Thus the Onager has to approach the planet closely before it can create said opening, which can naturally create an opening to target the warship. Internal security measures including heavy blast doors, ray shields, pop-up turrets, an on-board garrison and decompression traps. Rather than an exposed bridge tower, the warship has an internal CIC-style bridge.
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