Gilamar Skirata
The most important step is always the next one
- Intent: To give MandalMotors and House Skirata a logistics ship based in canon
- Image Source: Flickr, Maybe Concept Art for the Clone Wars film
- Canon Link: Acclamator-Class Assault Ship
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: House Skirata - MandalMotors
- Affiliation: MandalMotors; House Skirata
- Model: Shaaldar-Type Acclamator Troop Ship
Production: Semi-Unique
- Material:
Beskar - Mandalorian Steel
- Starship Parts
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Transport
- Length: 752 Meters
- Width: 460 Meters
- Height: 200 Meters (With Landing Gear)/ 183 Meters (Without)
- Armament: Very Low
Quad Turbolasers - Point Defense Laser Cannon Turrets
- Proton Torpedo Launchers
- Ion Cannons
- Mass Driver Artillery Cannons
[*]Defenses: High
[*]Hangar: Very High - 7
- 7 Squadrons
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Average
[*]Speed Rating: Average
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Very Fast: 0.6
STANDARD FEATURES
- Military Grade combat sensors
- Hyperdrive equipped escape pods
- Hangar Tractor Beams
- Various Standard Military Ship Safety Systems
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Slave Circuitry
- Compartmentalized Design
- Advanced Cameras and Sensors
- Holoscreeen Terminal Displays
- Barracks
- Extensive Cargo Capacity
- Beskar reinforced weak points
- Compartmentalized Design
- Exposed Bridge Tower: Though the bridge tower is reinforced with beskar and its viewports were replaced with the metal, it is still extraordinarily exposed end relatively undefended from starfighters
- Escort Necessary: Utilized as a troop transport, the Shaadlar-Type troop ship lacks the firepower to seriously fight off anything larger than a cruiser and even small flotillas of frigates and corvettes can easily destroy the ship when its alone due to its limited of firepower.
- No Fighter Screen: Despite its impressive hangar bay, the Shaadlar only utilized troop transports and basilisk war droids which were suspended on a large rotating magnetic rack.
- Engine Blind Spot
- Exposed hyperdrive housing
In the modern age, the few remaining Shaaldar-type troop ships have undergone a modernization which saw the implementation of compartmentalized internal design as well as replacing the outer hull of the ship with Mandalorian Steel over its original neutronium-impregnated hull. Turbolasers and engines had been brought to modern standards and the amount of space afforded in the original design allowed for larger reactors for newer engines. Due to the fact that House Skirata did not constitute an entire military force by itself and the ships were relatively low priority when compared with ships like the Alor-class, various destroyers, and the , the Legacy-class, the ships had to be equipped with slave circuitry, allowing ships to be highly automated, limiting the crew cost of the vessel. The single hangar of the ship was essentially a large blast door located on the belly of the ship with a large rotating rack suspended above the gate which held the various gunships and basilisk war droids used on the ship. Large troop barracks made up the bulk of the ship's carrying capacity, essentially making it a mobile military base and was able to carry thousands of troops into battle at once. Its sophisticated landing gear also allowed it to land on most terrain, unlike many ships of its size. Its ability to land made it able to be utilized as an artillery station in combat as well.
The command bridge, though dangerously exposed, allowed for commanders to see their surroundings which was especially helpful during land assaults. When under combat protocols however, the massive windows were shielded by reinforced beskar plating and their surroundings were simulated on advanced holoscreen terminals generated from an impressive array of sensors, communications relays, and advanced cameras. At the aft of the starship lie the ship's engines. The large, tail-like superstructure separating the two sets of engines housed the massive hyperdrive that made it possible for the ship to travel so quickly across hyperspace. Alongside the engines it is exposed, though armored by beskar. Despite this, most of the ship's weapons are located in the trenches and front of the ship, leaving it and its engines undefended.
Ferrying supplies, personnel, vehicles, and anything else one could think of, the Shaaldar-type cruisers would become ubiquitous with Skirata military tactics and would be the face of MandalMotors' security and logistics teams for many years still to come. Ironically, hundreds of years after they served during the Clone Wars, these refitted Acclamators would once again ferry thousands of clones across the Galaxy after MandalMotors' security and logistics teams began heavy investment into Clone labor.
