Republic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
- Intent: To create a swift Civilian Blockade Runner.
- Image Source: FractalSponge - Container Transport.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable.
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles.
- Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation - Coruscanti Shipwright; Centax II Surface Facilities and Deep Space Installations.
- Affiliation: Republic Engineering Corporation - Security Forces, Closed-Market.
- Model: REC-TC01 "Rhapsody" - Class Transport Corvette.
- Production: Mass Production.
- Material:
- Durasteel Hull and Armour Plating (Ablative) with Secondary Turadium Armour Plating.
- Neuranium (Anti-Scanning) Hull Liner.
- Alusteel Skeletal Frame, with Ferrocarbon Reinforcements, and Laminanium Structural Plating.
- Heavily Reinforced Duraplast Hull Liner with Anti-Ionic Mesh (Faraday Cage.)
- Dallorian Alloy and Agrinium Panels (Where Appropriate.)
- Myoflex Heat Sinks.
- Polarized Glasteel Viewports.
- Reinforced Laser-Reflective Barbettes.
- Various Corvette Components.
- Classification: Corvette (Anaxes War College Classification.)
- Role: Transport Vessel, Etc.
- Length: 200 Metres.
- Width: 130 Metres.
- Height: 85 Metres.
- Armament: Very Low Rating.
- [1] Dual Ion Cannon Turret [Dorsal Mounting; Fire-linked and Fast-track Mountings.]
- [2] Quad Laser Cannon Batteries [Four Turrets per Battery; Fire-linked, Fast-track Mountings, Barbette Shielding, Retractable Cowling; One Battery - Port and Starboard, With Two Turrets Dorsal, and Two Turrets Ventral.]
- [10] Nanomissile Blister Pods, with Seeking Anti-missile Interception Protocols. (Thirty Nanomissiles per Blister.)
- [10] Automated Barbette Antimissile Octets [Fast-track Mountings, and Fire-linked.]
- Defences: Average Rating.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Reinforced, and Ablative Armour and Hull Plating.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Deflector Shielding (Ray, Particle and Concussion Barriers; Overlaid.)
- Reinforced [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Ionic Shielding.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Emergency Thrusters (Chemical Propellent and Lateral Thrusters.)
- Advanced [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] EWAR, Electronic Countermeasures, Chaff, Flare Launchers, Etc.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Internal Defenses.
- (Notable Items: Turadium Blast Doors, Laser Gates, Force Field Generators, Klaxon Warning Lights and Projectors, Hyperwave Warning System, Selective Blaster Neutralizer, Rotary Autoblasters [Internally Retractable,] Etc.)
- Hangar Space: Low Rating.
- Hangar Allocations:
- None.
- External Docking Ring(s) and Gravitic Tethers. (Capable of Carrying One Freighter-class Vessel.)
- Maneuverability Rating: 65 DPF - High Rating - Integrated Lateral Thrusters.
- Speed Rating: Very High Rating.
- MGLT: 110 MGLT
- Maximum Atmospheric Speed: 1,250 Km/H
- Primary Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1.0
- Secondary Hyperdrive Rating: Class 8.0
- Engine Unit(s): Corvette - Class Ion Engines - Five Drive Units, with Integrated Repulsorlift Generator(s.)
- Secondary Propulsion Method: Integrated Repulsorlift Engines.
- Tertiary Propulsion Method: Retractable Solar Sails, and Manuverable/Modular Mounts.
- Primary Power Plant: Corvette - Class Hypermatter Reactor.
- Secondary Power Plant(s):
- Localized Compact Fusion Reactors.
- Solar Ionization Conversion Module(s) with Retractable Agrinium Collection Arrays.
- Passengers:
- Ten Soldiers - Shipboard Security Complement
- Thirty Passengers.
- Crew Complement (Optimal): Fifteen Officers and Enlisted Personnel, and Integrated Droid Brains.
- Crew Complement (Skeletal): Three Officers and Enlisted Personnel, and Integrated Droid Brains.
- Escape Craft: Ten Escape Pods and Two Ejectable Lifeboats.
- Cargo Capacity: 10,000 Metric Tonnes (Internal and External.)
- Consumables: Three Galactic Standard Years.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Sensor Systems and Targeting Systems.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Avionics Package.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Navigation System.
- Dedicated Precision MicroJump Computer.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Life Support System.
- Trans-binary Deflector [Anti-Cosmic Radiation,] and Rad-Dampening Shields.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Damage and Hazard Control Systems.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Tractor and Pressor Beam Emitters.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Anti-Ion Emission Tracker (Anti-Hyperspace Tracking.)
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Anti-Tractor Beam Shroud.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Communication Systems, with Encrypted Military Keys.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade Shift and Relativistic Shielding.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Magnetogravitic Shielding (Internal [Cargo Bays] and External [Concussion Shield Reinforcement: Particulate Debris.])
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Anti-Concussion Force Fields.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Thermal and Atmospheric-Friction Shielding.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Force Cylinder Transit Conduits.
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Civilian-Grade] Animated Metal Sealant, with Automated Repair Drones.
- State of the Art Internal Systems:
- Prototyper, with Innumerable Duplicators, and Synthicators.
- Molecular Furnaces.
- Integrated Droid Brains, with Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Capabilities (Advanced Automaton, and Slaved Systems, Etc.)
- Holographic Terminal Interface(s.)
- Automated Cargo Transfer and Loading System.
- State of the Art External Systems:
- AR-08 Damage Reduction Armour Component.
- Laminanium Structural Plating, External Regenerative Properties.
- Automated Hyperspace Beacon and Navigation Buoy Deployment Chutes.
- Integrated Hyperspace Compass and Sextant.
- Integrated, and Retractable Solar Sailer.
- State of the Art Countermeasures:
- Advanced Counter-Slicing Protocols and Equipment, with Quadruple Pyrowalled Systems.
- Advanced Biometric Equipment and Military Encryption Protocols.
- Internalized Shield Generators, and Emitters.
- Internalized Reactor Bulb(s.)
- Internalized Primary and Secondary Command Decks.
- Integrated Neuranium (Anti-Scanning) Hull Liner.
- ABC Scrambler Probes.
- Anti-Ordnance EM Probe(s.)
- Missile Deactivators.
- Animated Metal Sealant, with Automated Repair Drones.
- Highly Automated, with Advanced Systems, and Countermeasures Suite.
- Barbette-shielded Weaponry, and Minor Regenerative Capabilities - Animated Metal Sealant and Laminanium Plating: Slowly Restores Hull Breaches. Anything more and Drydock Repairs will be Required.
- Automated Cargo Transfer System.
- Capable of Charting New Hyperspace Routes - Astro-navigational Hazards and Dangers apply.
- Highly Automated - Significantly Decreased Combat Efficiency if Disrupted.
- External Cargo Transfer System - If Disabled, Cargo Containers might be Lost.
- Limited Firing Arc's - Aft Section; Engine Block (Capital-Grade Weapons.)
- Very Low Armament - Weaker against more Heavily Armed Warships and Vessels.
- Exposed Observation Deck, Long-range Communications Array and Drive Units (Engines.)
The Confederacy First movement caused quite the stir on the Galactic Scale, as once unrestricted travel became tightly controlled, and enforced by military warships seemingly overnight. It wasn’t good for business, for anyone. Therefore the Republic Engineering believed that it was their Corporate responsibility to equip the various Spacer’s across the Galaxy with a capable Vessel - designed to get their Cargo, or Passengers to one side of the Galaxy to the other in record time. Whether or not their Route carried them through Confederate Blockades was not for Republic Engineering to say.
They merely provided the means in which to swiftly, and safely transport Goods from one point to another.
This capable Vessel was outfitted with many of the advanced systems that have become standard amongst many Republic Engineering designs. As such, the Rhapsody was equipped with a heavily automated and networked computer system that significantly reduced the Organic Crew Complement, and increased the Ship’s handling efficiency. In addition to this, the Transport had an integrated Countermeasure suite that was comparable to Military-grade systems, that all worked together to ensure that the Ship’s systems remained within authorized hands.
What made the Rhapsody stand out from the rest of Republic Engineering’s competitors, was the integrated and automated cargo containment system. Not only was the Corvette capable of ferrying Cargo beneath its superstructure with magnetogravitic shielding, but the Vessel was capable of carrying additional Cargo within the Hull as well. While many Ships would have to dock within a pressurized environment to transfer their Cargo between the Interior Bays and the External mounts. However, through the magic of automation the Rhapsody was capable of shifting it’s freight between both Ports whilst in flight via self-contained magnetic fields, auto-loaders, and conveyor belts.
While this automated system was a boon to the Logistical realm, it also proved to fail when submitted to high-powered EMP devices and Ionic weapons. Which in turn would disable the magnetic fields and possibly lose a good portion of the external Cargo that was gravitically bound in place. However, with the redundant systems and reinforced Ion shielding sought to ensure that such an eventuality never happened.
Thus, with the Rhapsody in hand, Spacer’s across the Galaxy would see their deliveries made on time, or given the chance chart new routes to ensure that their goods got to where they were going.
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