OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an updated version of the powerful Imperial battlecruiser.
- Image Source: FractalSponge
- Development Thread: Here (49 posts)
- Primary Source: Praetor Mark II-class Battlecruiser
- Manufacturer: The Imperial Remnant, Advanced Weapons Research Division
- Model: Praetor Mark IV-class Battlecruiser
- Affiliation: The Imperial Remnant
- Production: Limited
- Material:
Quadanium-lined Durasteel Hull - Titanium-reinforced Alusteel Frame
- Transparisteel Viewports
- Turadium Blast Doors/Shutters
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Heavy Battlecruiser
- Length: 2800 meters
- Width: 1400 meters
- Height: 400 meters
- Armament: 16
x35 Quad Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
12 fore - 8 port
- 8 starboard
- 7 aft
[*]x23 Twin Long Range Turbolaser Batteries
- 8 fore
- 8 port
- 8 starboard
[*]x17 Twin Long Range Ion Cannon Batteries
- 7 fore
- 5 port
- 5 starboard
[*]x30 Heavy Ion Cannons
- 5 fore
- 10 port
- 10 starboard
- 5 aft
[*]x40 Concussion Missile Launchers
- 10 fore
- 15 port
- 15 starboard
[*]x30 Proton Torpedo Launchers
- 15 fore
- 15 aft
[*]x120 Point Defense Laser Cannons
- 20 fore
- 40 port
- 40 starboard
- 20 aft
[*]x60 Anti-Missile Octets
- 20 fore
- 15 port
- 15 starboard
- 10 aft
[*]Defenses: 17
- Advanced Warship Deflector Shields
- Reinforced Hull
- EWAR
[*]Hangar:
- Standard Configuration:
x4 squadrons of TIE/IN Interceptors - x2 squadrons of TIE/sa Bombers
[*]Maneuverability Rating: 19
[*]Speed Rating: 19
[*]Hyperdrive Class: 2.5
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Detailed Special Features:
Warship Ion Drives - Warship Hazard and Damage Control Systems
- Warship Life Support Systems
- Warship Navigational Systems
- Warship Sensors and Targeting Systems
- Warship Communications Systems
- Warship Environmental Control Systems
- Warship Tractor Beams
- Warship Escape Pods
- Holonet Transceiver and Encryption/Decryption Networks
[*]Strengths:
- Heavy Weaponry: Armed with over two-hundred individual turbolaser turrets arranged in batteries of four, this battlecruiser can easily tear through any enemy fleet especially when part of a larger task force.
- Command Ship: Partially due to its large size and capable communications systems, the Praetor IV can act as a command ship to coordinate fleets on a sector-wide scale.
- Advanced Shielding: Provided by the AWRD, concealed shield domes generating nearly-impregnable ray and particle shielding allows the battlecruiser to take damage as well as dish it out.
[*]Weaknesses:
- Large: At an impressive 2,800 meters in length, the Praetor can make a very desirable target to adversaries, with its size making it difficult to prevent flanking by smaller, more nimbler vessels.
- Costly: If one of these mighty star battlecruisers were to fall, it would have to be replaced, unfortunately costing the Remnant an estimated 254,922,500 credits.
Description: Much smaller than its predecessors, the Praetor I and II classes. The Praetor IV combines hard-hitting weaponry with powerful deflector shields to create a command ship and star battlecruiser capable of destroying entire fleets alone, nevermind with smaller escorts such as the Imperator and Victory classes.
With a combined total of three hundred and thirty turrets, including numerous batteries of long range turbolasers, the ship is a centerpiece of any Imperial Fleet that can acquire this deadly battlecruiser. Stored inside the protected main hangarbay positioned at the fore of the ship are six squadrons of fightercraft designed to intercept any enemy snubfighters attempting to exploit the ships size and various blind spots to destroy critical systems.
Even with many turbolasers and ion cannons, the Praetor IV lacks speed and maneuverability making it a sitting duck to a fleet attempting to concentrate firepower on this behemoth. Costing approximately 254,922,500 credits, the destruction of one such vessel could easily set back the Imperial economy when attempting to construct another.
