Bookworm
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a new interdictor cruiser for Aurora Industries to sell
- Image Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/421xk
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- Maeni Interdiction Field Generator - Purchase approved here
- Primary Source:
- Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
- Affiliation: Aurora Industries, Individuals and Factions that have purchased it
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Shadowbind-class Interdictor Cruiser
- Production: Minor-production
- Material:
- Neutronium-Enhanced Durasteel (Hull Plating)
- Turadium (Secondary Hull Plating)
- Dallorian Alloy (Hull Coating)
- Desh-Terenthium Alloy (Inner Skeleton)
- Transparisteel (Viewport)
- Classification: Interdiction Cruiser
- Length: 1,000 meters
- Width: 450 meters
- Height: 300 meters
- Armament: Very High
- Eight (8) Heavy AI-T "Salamand" Turbolaser Batteries (Four on top, four on bottom)
- Twenty-four (24) Heavy Dual AI-IC "Undin" Ion Cannon Batteries (Eight on top, four on port side, four on starboard side, eight on bottom)
- Ten (10) Variable Warhead Launchers
- Ten missiles for each launcher, cargo capacity for 100 missiles
- Twenty-four (24) 360 Degree Rotation Dual AI-PD "Sylphi" Point Defense Turrets (Evenly distributed across the hull)
- Thirty-two (32) 360 Degree Rotation Quad AI-LC "Leamonde" Laser Cannon Turrets (Evenly distributed across the hull)
- Twenty (20) 360 Degree Rotation Quad AI-FG "Leshach" Flak Gun Turrets (Evenly distributed across the hull)
- Defenses: Average
- Dual-layered Armored Neutronium-enhanced Hull Plating with a secondary single-layered Turadium Hull underneath
- Dual-Layered Military-Grade Deflector Shield System
- Dual-Layered Military-Grade Ion Shielding System
- Hangar Space: Very Low
- Three Squadrons
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 2 squadrons
- Support Craft: 1 squadron
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- 60 DPF
- Speed Rating: High
- 80 MGLT
- Hyperdrive: Yes - Class 1.0
- Life Support Systems
- Standard, Military-Grade
- Ten Escape Pods
- Other Shield Systems
- Communication and Sensor Array
- Advanced and Encrypted Communications Array
- Advanced Sensors Array
- Power Generator
- Two Cruiser-scaled Aetherstar Reactors
- One dedicated specifically for interdiction field generators
- One dedicated to rest of the ship's systems and needs
- Two Cruiser-scaled Aetherstar Reactors
- Navicomputer and Guidance Systems
- Standard, Military-Grade
- Crew Compliment
- Three Thousand Five Hundred Crewmembers
- Seven Hundred and Fifty Security or Military Troopers
- Twenty-four Fighter Pilots
- Twelve Support Craft Pilots
- Eighteen Officers
- Ranking Officer - Commander
- Cargo Capacity
- Galactic Standard Years' worth of supplies
- External Docking Rings
- Security Systems
- Blast Doors
- Evo QuantumGuard Socketguards
- Internal Ray Shield Emitters
- Klaxon Alarm/Warning System
- Other Standard Security Systems
- Engine Systems
- Three Aurora Crest Drives
- Interdiction and Customs Systems
- Four RMR-H21 Maeni Interdiction Field Generators
- Six Tractor Beam Projectors, Effective against Frigate-class ships and smaller
- Frequency Jammer
- Targeting Systems
- Countermeasures
- Utilizing the latest Aurora Industries weapon systems, the Shadowbind has an impressive array of firepower to unleash on enemy ships. Due to its designation as an interdiction cruiser, the Shadowbind has an outsized number of dual heavy ion cannon batteries to quickly disable ships along with several powerful tractor beam projectors.
- With the Shadowbind designed to be an interdiction vessel, Aurora Industries entered into a licensing agreement with Roble Manufacturing to make use of their Maeni Interdiction Field Generator in their ships. The Maeni is a powerful gravity well projector, and the Shadowbind is equipped with four of the generators. The Maeni also allows a Shadowbind to counter possible "shimmering" hyperspace jump tactics.
- As an upgrade over the older Enmesh, the Shadowbind has an expanded hangar bay able to field two squadrons of attack craft and one squadron of support craft, allowing the commanding officer the use of fighters and boarding craft to harry their targets.
- An additional upgrade over the older Enmesh for the Shadowbind is the increased defensive armoring and shield systems that allow the vessel to remain in the field and in combat much longer.
- Utilizing the versatility of its weapon systems can result in a few issues with examples being overheating with the Leamondes and Salamands when switching between their firing modes too quickly or the Undin having to wait for the plasma rotors when switching between firing modes.
- The crystal matrix that acts as the heart of the Maelstrom system, if damaged, will immediately kill the system and it will be unusable until a new one is installed.
- While an improvement over the previous hangar bay of the Enmesh, the Shadowbind's hangar is still smaller than many other ships of its class size.
- The Maeni interdiction field, while powerful, is also indiscriminate and will affect both allied and enemy ships equally while it is engaged.
The eighth warship to be launched from Aurora Industries' Phase III program, the Shadowbind-class Interdictor Cruiser was designed to improve upon and replace the older Enmesh-class cruiser the company had created. Building from the ground up, and once again completely redesigning the hull, the Shadowbind would be a bigger ship than its predecessor, but the engineering team felt this provided far more opportunity than issues. One advantage that immediately became apparent with the increased size was the ability for the team to design a much larger hangar bay for the vessel in comparison to the Enmesh, giving any commanding officer more options when engaging in interdiction duties.
While the company was installing the heavy amounts of the company's current weaponry on the vessel and making sure the armor and shielding systems were improved, the design team approached management with a proposition. For the gravity well generators, the team wanted to use something better than the standard generators the company had been using previously and with the company's own research and development only just beginning to work on a gravity well project, that wasn't an option. They wanted to license a potent interdiction field generator from Roble Manufacturing known as the Maeni, and after some discussions, the company reached an agreement with Roble to acquire the Maeni for the Shadowbind and future projects.
