Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
[SIZE=9pt]Strengths[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]No stranger to boarding and ramming operations, a young Ashin Varanin first improvised point-defense pressor beams while fighting Ssi-Ruuvi fighter swarms in the Unknown Regions. She brought her innovation to the Sith Empire; after she became Empress, point-defense pressors were installed on her flagship, the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Chimaera[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt].[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]After being deposed by Darth Voracitos and Sirella Valkner, the leaders of her Dark Council, Ashin eventually founded the Lords of the Fringe deep in the Unknown Regions. Point-defense pressor beams would become a hallmark of Fringe warships, notably the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Permanence-class battleship[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Dominance-class dreadnought,[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Anathema-class star destroyer[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Attrition II-class star destroyer,[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Seroth-class frigate[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Sanguinem Comitissa[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Grave Wind[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], and the massive [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Chrysalide[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. Iron Crown Enterprises, the Fringe Confederation-owned shipbuilding firm, handled all of the above. Under license, Corellian Engineering Corporation used point-defense pressors to build the Confederation’s [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Ovmar-class station[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt].[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]After the collapse of the Fringe, point-defense pressor technology scattered to the winds. When the One Sith retrofitted the notorious Sith [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]ghost ship[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] captured by the Levantine Sanctum, Sienar Fleet Systems and Excelsior Aerospace employed derivative pressor emitters. The massive corporations of the Tion Hegemony, including Sienar, used this technology to defend their spacefaring market, the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Tion Trade Nexus[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. The Excelsior Aerospace/Ty’rel Holdings [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Ocelot-class defense stations[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] mounted point-defense pressors, as did the Herglic Trade Empire’s [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Tallaan-class cargo cruisers[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] and even Theed Hangar’s [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Handmaiden-class escorts[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. Iron Crown, which outlived the Fringe Confederation and grew by orders of magnitude thereafter, continued to use the original technology in their product lines, such as the modern [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Kalytera-class starliners[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. Derivative or comparable technologies have been employed by Lucerne Labs, Sasori, and other shipwrights.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Suffice it to say, over the last couple of decades, the original patents for the point-defense pressor have quietly amassed a stupid amount of money.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Intent:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Make a sub that’s four years overdue.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Image Source: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]N/A[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Canon Link: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]N/A[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Restricted Missions:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] N/A[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Primary Source: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Pressor field[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]tractor pressor[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Manufacturer:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Invented by Ashin Varanin; first manufactured by the Sith Empire; first manufactured en masse by [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Iron Crown Enterprises[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]; derivative versions have been built by the Tion Hegemony, Theed Hangar, Sienar Fleet Systems, Excelsior Aerospace, Corellian Engineering Corporation, Ty’rel Holdings, Lucerne Labs, and the Herglic Trade Empire. [/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Model:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Point-Defense Pressor Beam[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Affiliation:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Open Market[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Modularity:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] No, though I suppose you could hotwire it to use it as a low-power tractor beam.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Production[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Mass-produced[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Material: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Durasteel, electronics[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Repels boarding ships and warheads[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Automatic or manual targeting options[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Projects a targeted or wide-angle pressor beam which slows or repels boarding attempts, and deflects or detonates warheads. Usually employed around bridges, engines, and hangar bays.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Auto-targeting with friendly IFF override, and manual super-override; much faster than human reaction time.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Strengths[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]:[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]A really nice straightforward countermeasure to ‘I cut through your bridge viewports.’[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Short-range (max 500m)[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Even en masse, may not be able to fully repel more massive vessels (>100m), especially if they’re moving very quickly.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]A stolen friendly IFF telesponder can allow a ship to bypass the automatic targeting systems, at which point the system operators would need to react quickly and add the incoming ship to the targets list.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]No stranger to boarding and ramming operations, a young Ashin Varanin first improvised point-defense pressor beams while fighting Ssi-Ruuvi fighter swarms in the Unknown Regions. She brought her innovation to the Sith Empire; after she became Empress, point-defense pressors were installed on her flagship, the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Chimaera[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt].[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]After being deposed by Darth Voracitos and Sirella Valkner, the leaders of her Dark Council, Ashin eventually founded the Lords of the Fringe deep in the Unknown Regions. Point-defense pressor beams would become a hallmark of Fringe warships, notably the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Permanence-class battleship[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Dominance-class dreadnought,[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Anathema-class star destroyer[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Attrition II-class star destroyer,[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Seroth-class frigate[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Sanguinem Comitissa[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Grave Wind[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt], and the massive [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Chrysalide[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. Iron Crown Enterprises, the Fringe Confederation-owned shipbuilding firm, handled all of the above. Under license, Corellian Engineering Corporation used point-defense pressors to build the Confederation’s [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Ovmar-class station[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt].[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]After the collapse of the Fringe, point-defense pressor technology scattered to the winds. When the One Sith retrofitted the notorious Sith [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]ghost ship[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] captured by the Levantine Sanctum, Sienar Fleet Systems and Excelsior Aerospace employed derivative pressor emitters. The massive corporations of the Tion Hegemony, including Sienar, used this technology to defend their spacefaring market, the [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Tion Trade Nexus[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. The Excelsior Aerospace/Ty’rel Holdings [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Ocelot-class defense stations[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] mounted point-defense pressors, as did the Herglic Trade Empire’s [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Tallaan-class cargo cruisers[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] and even Theed Hangar’s [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Handmaiden-class escorts[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. Iron Crown, which outlived the Fringe Confederation and grew by orders of magnitude thereafter, continued to use the original technology in their product lines, such as the modern [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Kalytera-class starliners[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]. Derivative or comparable technologies have been employed by Lucerne Labs, Sasori, and other shipwrights.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Suffice it to say, over the last couple of decades, the original patents for the point-defense pressor have quietly amassed a stupid amount of money.[/SIZE]
