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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To provide a capable vessel for non-Force using agents, dignitaries, and representatives of the Galactic Alliance
- Image Source: Fer de Lance 2.0 by Diggers
- Canon Link: /
- Restricted Missions: /
- Primary Source: ShortFin Prototype Shuttle, Original WIP (credit to [member="Coren Starchaser"] for submission concept)
- Manufacturer: SoroSuub Corporation, Silk Holdings
- Model: Shadow-class Transport
- Affiliation: SoroSuub Corporation, Silk Holdings, Strategic Intelligence Service, Galactic Alliance, Closed-Market
- Production: Limited
- Material: Alusteel, Solarium Glasteel, Starship Components, Radar Absorbing Paint
- Classification: Personal Transport
- Length: 76 meters
- Width: 24 meters
- Height: 22 meters
- Armament: Low
Dorsal-Mounted Dual Laser Turret (carried internally) - Ventral-Mounted Dual Laser Turret (carried internally)
- Two Forward-Facing Laser Cannons (carried internally)
- Two Forward-Facing Flextube Warhead Launchers (carried internally)
[*]Defenses: Average
[*]Hangar:
- Two swoop bikes
- One airspeeder
[*]Maneuverability Rating: High
[*]Speed Rating: Moderate
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Very Fast: 0.75
SPECIAL FEATURES
Standard Life Support
Standard Targeting System
Standard Navigation System
Standard Shielding System
Standard Sensors Suite
Firewalled Internal Systems
Encrypted Military Communications Array and Distress Beacon
TE-413 Fusial Engines
QQ-C1r-C3 Crybaby Decoy Module
QQ-45H/310T Countermeasure Module
QQ-543N/53R Cap Drain Module
Strengths:
- Low Sensor Profile: Outfitted with military grade electronic countermeasure technology, the Shadow-class relies on everything from transponder scramblers to an outer frame specifically designed to minimize heat blooms in order to remain undetected. With a Silk reactor built to run on TibannaX fuel, the personal transport allows key personnel to travel with a reasonable expectation of stealth.
- Agile: While not the fastest in its class on full impulse, the Shadow-class is surprisingly nimble for a vessel of its size. The transport's sleek design also allows for efficient placement of maneuvering thrusters, allowing the ship to make sharp changes in both course and speed (while slower, it takes the Shadow-class less time than average to reach its max sublight velocity).
- Hyperspeed Burnout: While the Shadow-class is equipped with a top of the line SoroSuub hyperdrive, the transport cannot support the power drain necessary for prolonged hyperspace travel at top speed. To plot particularly long jumps, it is necessary to either slow down, transfer power from other modules, or make a series of shorter hops while allowing time for the reactor to recharge the ship's systems.
- Slower Sublight Speeds: With a TibannaX engine and a design that favors stealth over high speed maneuvering, the Shadow-class is fast in hyperspace but on impulse drives find themselves outperformed by comparable models. The more its pilot pushes the engines to their limits, the less effective the craft's stealth suite becomes.
- High Power Requirements: Between its powerful hyperdrive, cutting edge SoroSuub technology and additional system modules, each transport's reactor is overclocked in order to maintain operations. Critical damage to the electronics systems could severely reduce the ship's stealth profile, and possibly even trigger secondary explosions.
Project Starchaser, or what would become known as the Shadow-class prototype in SoroSuub's research and development arm, was begun after an agreement was reached to purchase the original unrealized Silk Holdings schematics kept on file with the Galactic Alliance as an intermediary. Contracting out the proprietary Silk modules required by the initial design, a percentage of every ship's sale goes to the company while SoroSuub takes a cut reflective of the frame's manufacturing costs.
The plans for the Shadow-class mark one had been intended to duplicate the design function of the Shortfin Prototype Shuttle on a larger scale, for use by the Strategic Intelligence Service and high ranking Alliance dignitaries. While production was never realized, the need did not go away, and the first line of transports produced is rumored to be for a nobid contract with the Alliance military.
