Approved Starship Palace of Justice-class supercarrier

[Cathul Thuku]

A Palace of Justice

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a supercarrier
• Image Source: DeviantArt
• Canon Link: N/A
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source: Oxen-class bulk freighter, Palace of Justice

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
• Model: Palace of Justice-class supercarrier
• Affiliation: Closed-market
• Production: Semi-unique (1 per writer, 10 total, lead ship excluded)
• Material: Quadanium hull, durasteel frame

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Supercarrier
• Length: 4000m
• Width: 1800m
• Height: 700m
• Armament: High (3000/50/600)
• 24 Toprawa long-range turbolasers (8 triple turrets, 4 topside, 4 underside; 432 turbolaser equivalents)
• 18 Scarif heavy long-range ion cannons (6 triple turrets, 3 topside, 3 underside; 324 standard turbolaser equivalents)
• 194 Gatling rapid-fire turbolasers (97 double turrets, 30 port, 30 starboard, 12 topside, 12 underside, 7 fore, 6 aft; 776 turbolaser equivalents)
• 82 Browning rapid-fire ion cannons (41 double turrets, 12 port, 12 starboard, 5 topside, 5 underside, 4 fore, 3 aft; 328 turbolaser equivalents)
• 8 Kami 88mm hypervelocity cannons (4 topside, 4 underside; 80 turbolaser equivalents)
• 4 Sardun heavy long-range hypervelocity cannons (2 topside, 2 underside; 400 turbolaser equivalents)
• 12 Galidraan heavy hypervelocity cannons (6 topside, 6 underside; 600 turbolaser equivalents)
• 6 heavy tractor beams (60 turbolaser equivalents)
• 50 heavy energy torpedo launchers (50 heavy missile launcher equivalents)
• 480 Ventooine electromagnetic plasma machineguns (100 topside, 100 underside, 100 port, 100 starboard, 40 fore, 40 aft; 480 point-defense equivalents)
• 30 Finalizer point-defense missile banks (120 point-defense weapon equivalents)
• Defenses: Moderate
• Hangar: Extreme (34 Squadrons)
• Maneuverability Rating: Very low
• Speed Rating: Very low
• Hyperdrive Class: 1

STANDARD FEATURES

• Non-combative attachments:
  Inertial compensator
• ​CHX 5.0 acoustic theater
• Ship-wide neural net
• 7 Zak ion drives
• 22 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
• 2 Marcia repulsorlift generators (centrisphere-mounted)
• Medical equipment (bacta tanks, medical droids)
• Electronic warfare suite (ECM and ECCM)

[*]Navigation:

• Castameer tactical display
• Watchtower collision avoidance system

[*]
Defenses:

• Redundant deflector shields
• Cap drains
• Tensor field generator
• 
  Anti-Concussion field generator
  

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 
  Griet self-sealing hypermatter tank
  
• 
  Otherpilot navicomputer
  
• 
  HIMS
  

Strengths:

• Great point-defense
• Great long-range firepower
• Ability to penetrate interdiction fields

Weaknesses:

• Large target from topside or underside
• Very slow and ponderous
• Target: Because of its purpose, losing a Palace of Justice in battle can likely result in the loss of fleet-wide coordination
• Rapid-fire turbolasers can only be effectively fired within half a standard turbolaser range
• Rapid-fire ion cannons can drain the shields if fired too often

Description: It was quickly found that the lead ship, the Palace of Justice, ran in logistical issues specifically in relation to its cap drains and ERA, so it was decided in subsequent units of the class to have these items removed. However, these are the only major changes to the Palace of Justice: it otherwise maintains most of its operating characteristics, with all the weaknesses that it entails, such as those induced by its weapons and its sheer size. In addition, the consequences of losing a Palace of Justice in battle can be severe: it can spell command-and-control trouble in the theater a Palace of Justice is posted in, and loss of coordination can ensue in that case. Of course, a supercarrier will never be seen operating without some escort elements, so in a battle where a Palace of Justice is deployed, it will be usually be perceived as a really big battle to actually get a faction to deploy one on a battlefield, or a situation where power projection is key, but most of the time, a Palace of Justice will be patrolling internal space or be berthed.

Consumables: 3 years
Cargo capacity: 25 million tons
Passenger capacity: 150,000
Crew: 40,000

 

[Hailyn]

Under Review.

 

[Hailyn]

Approved.