Unreviewed Stellar Endeavor

[Dacian Quee-Paddox]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide Dacian with a small warship to explore and interact with the Galaxy
• Image Source: here (now defunct as removed by orginal artist EC Henry
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: Kolit II-class Fleet Frigate

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
• Affiliation: Dacian Quee-Paddox
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Stellar Endeavor
• Production: Unique
• Material: Argentum-series Matrix Armor, Ossis II-series Starship Frame, Biolux series Organoform Circuitry, Calor Series Bio Computers, typical starship components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Carrier Corvette
• Length:200 meters
• Width: 80 meters
• Height: 60 meters
• Armament: Average
  • 2 Forward Scythe II-class Spectrum Lasers
  • 10 Fast Tracking Rhongomyniad II-class Mass Driver Cannons
  • 10 Maelstrom Plasma Energy Torpedo Launchers
  • 12 Sentinel II-class Point Defense Emplacements
  • 2 GravForce-class Tractor Beam Projectors
• Defenses: High,
• Hangar Space: Extreme: 4
• Hangar Allocations:
  • Starfighters: 3 squadrons
  • Support Craft: 1 squadrons
• Single Craft Hangar: No
• Maneuverability Rating: Average (Low during Nimble-5 boost)
• Speed Rating: High (Very High during Nimble-5 boost)
• Hyperdrive: x0.8

STANDARD FEATURES

• Encryption Network
• Escape Pods
• Electronic Security Systems (Pyrowalls, Rapid Repetition Defense Measure programming, EI-9 network security droids)
• Internal Security Systems (Embedded Mantraps, Internal mounted Stormfire Repeater Emplacements, Blast doors, Internal Force Field Generators)
• Lacerti-series Starship Automation
• Oracle II-series Communications Package
• Standard Navigational Systems
• Vitae-class Life Support System
• Can enter the atmosphere and land on planets
• can carry up to one line company and its equipment or equivalent military unit

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Biolux series organoform circuitry
• Calor series Bio-Computers
• Gyrowheel-series Recycling Droids
• Lacerti-series Starship Automation
• Metis Sensor Array
• Orontes Sensor Array
• Nimble-5 Ion Engines
• Sawano-series Bridge Architecture (main and back-up bridges)
• Solid Fuel Converter
• Zephyr-class Hyperdrive

STRENGTHS

• Systems Sniper: The Stellar Venture's capital grade weapons all have long-range modes, which when coupled to targeting data provided by its Metis Sensor Array make it a fairly accurate sniper against distant targets even in heavily jammed battlefields.
• Carrier: The Stellar Venture retains the original Kolit II's extensive micro-hangars, allowing it to field a large number of small craft.
• Explorer: The Stellar Venture has been refitted for deep exploration voyages, and consequently can better gather information through a Orontes Sensor Array as well as a probe launcher. Additionally, in order to extend the ship's endurance, it has been fitted with a solid fuel converter and a foody recycling system.

WEAKNESSES

• Fixed Firepower: Much of the Stellar Venture's firepower is tied up in its Scythe II Spectrum Lasers, which have very limited elevation and transverse by themselves - much of the aiming is performed by pointing the ship at the intended target
• Haunted: ]The Stellar Venture started out life as a standard Kolit II-class Frigate. However, in the Tempered Waste campaign it was boarded and nearly destroyed by a number of dark siders. Since then, random apparitions of both the marauding darksiders and its first crew seemingly randomly appear as they did during that boarding action. As no holographic or technology onboard has been found to create it, it is thought to be the aftereffects of some darkside talisman or Force Power used in the battle or shortly thereafter by the dark siders.

DESCRIPTION
The Stellar Venture started out as a standard Kolit II-class Frigate built over Hast before the world was abandoned by the Directorate as the Sith Empire's influence increased. It served for a number of years in the Tempered Wastes campaign before the Battle of Terfon IV occurred. During that battle, the Stellar Venture served as a rearguard of the allied Directorate fleet during an ambush by Warmaster Tont's Grand fleet. The ship was boarded, severely damaged, and then captured by that warlord's force. The heavily damaged ship was then recaptured several weeks later by a Directorate counter-offensive that captured Terfon IV itself. Since then, strange apparitions of darksiders and its first crew seemingly appear at random for several minutes at a time before disappearing. This quirk made it difficult and unsettling to use in a regular military, and combined with its extensive damage, the Stellar Venture was stored in an impound yard until Admiral Quee began looking for a vessel to provide his son, Dacian Quee-Paddox, for a first command. In line with his son's wishes, the Stellar Venture's damaged areas were rebuilt with the mind for it to not only serve as a warship, but also as a exploration vessel. Consequently, the Stellar Venture was given extra sensor systems, a new hyperdrive, probe launchers, a solid fuel convert, as well as food recycling droid system. While nominally a part of the Directorate fleet, the Stellar Venture is really an extension of the Quee family and the Lucerne Labs conglomerate. It typically operates on its own independently based on the whims of Dacian Quee, though it is sometimes guided into circumstances by Admiral Quee or Directorate High Command. The crew of the Stellar Venture are more loosely regulated than regular Directorate forces and more seasoned as well. This combined with its unusual haunted interior makes it a truely unique experience for anyone whoever boards her.