Bombshell Genius
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To bolster Ossus' orbital defenses after several raids
- Image Source: Rogue One
- Canon Link: Shield gate
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: SER-class shield gate
- Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
- Model: Ossus-class shield gate
- Affiliation: Silver Jedi Order
- Production: Semi-unique (8 gates in geostationary orbit)
- Material: Durasteel hull
- Classification: Large Military Station
- Length: 4000m
- Width: 4000m
- Height: 600m
- Armament: Moderate (2250/75/400)
- 12 Toprawa heavy long-range turbolasers (in double turrets; 4 dorsal, 2 ventral; 216 standard turbolaser equivalents)
- 12 Scarif heavy long-range ion cannons (in double turrets; 4 dorsal, 2 ventral; 216 standard turbolaser equivalents)
- 3 Ison surface-to-orbit turbolasers (3 dorsal; 450 standard turbolaser equivalents)
- 240 Gatling rapid-fire turbolasers (80 triple turrets: 40 ventral, 40 dorsal; 960 turbolaser equivalents)
- 6 Sardun heavy long-range hypervelocity cannons (4 dorsal; 600 turbolaser equivalents)
- 8 tractor beams (4 ventral, 4 dorsal, 8 turbolaser equivalents)
- 25 light Volksgrenadier MIRV launchers (75 heavy missile launcher equivalents)
- 300 Ventooine electromagnetic plasma machineguns (150 dorsal, 150 ventral; 300 point-defense weapon equivalents)
- 25 Finalizer point-defense missile banks (100 point-defense weapon equivalents)
- Defenses: Very High
- Hangar: 8 Squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
- Speed Rating: Very Low
- Hyperdrive Class: 5
- Non-combative attachments:
Inertial compensator - CHX 5.0 acoustic theater
- Ship-wide neural net
- 21 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
- Medical equipment (bacta tanks, medical droids)
- Electronic warfare suite (ECM and ECCM)
[*]Defenses:
- Deflector shields
- Tensor field generator
O/S Cresh
- Anti-Concussion field generator
Kreelan explosive reactive armor
Haruna regenerative cap drains
[*]
Sensors:
Demolition sensors
Crystal gravfield trap
Long Range (EPR) Electro Photo Receptors
Photoamplifiers
Doppraymagno Scanners
Doppler Sensor Array
Soliton antenna
Mass-detector
Transponder Marker Tracker
Radiation Sensor
Com-scan
Universal transceiver package
Target Identification Network
Communicator monitor
Heat detector
Motion sensor
Strengths:
- Seal the breach: should one of the shield gates be destroyed, ground-based generators after a short delay
- Large inner aperture: with a 3km inner diameter, any vessel that can fit inside that circle can get through
- Ability to detect cloaked ships with a crystal gravfield trap
- Extensive sensor suite enables it to serve as a listening post
- Stealth long-range MIRVs
- Jammed open: If the shield gate was disabled without being destroyed, the shield gate cannot be closed (or opened if it is already closed) due to the lack of remote means to close the gate
- Limited ammunition can be a problem in prolonged firefights
- Limited ventral hardpoints: should ships manage to penetrate the shield gate, they will face limited fire from below
- Exposed heavy hardpoints
- Lack of mobility: the propulsion systems are designed only to keep the gate in geostationary orbit
- Hole in the shields: should one of the gates be destroyed without the whole network being destroyed, the breach in the shields in the area around the destroyed gate would take ca. 3-5 minutes to seal depending on how many gates are still left
However, there are several flaws: since the missile launchers and HVCs account for a large number of hardpoints, in a prolonged fight, the shield gate's ability to defend itself will be diminished. Also, due to a design limitation in the shield gates, disabling a shield gate without destroying it will not allow one to open or close that particular gate. Also, since the gate is not meant for battle mobility, the engines are designed only for keeping the shield gate in orbit.
- Consumables: 2 years
- Crew: 25,000 (skeleton: 9,600)
- Passengers: 40,000
- Cargo: 5 million tons