Approved Starship Taciturnitas

[Darth Keres]

[Taciturnitas]​

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Corvette
• Length: 145 meters
• Width: 95 meters
• Height: 25 meters
• Armament: Low
  • Primary Armament
    
    • 6x Retractable Heavy R-TO Twin Blaster Cannon
      
      • More powerful than the original version, these retractable cannons are capable of protecting the Taciturnitas, but still fall short in the damage output field.
    • 4x Retractable NK-7 Ion Cannon Batteries
      
      • Four ion cannon batteries, all retractable, are the only true firepower on the Taciturnitas; capable causing substantial damage.
  • Secondary Armaments
    
    • 2x Retractable Proton Torpedo Launcher
      
      • A pair of proton torpedo launchers, capable of firing proton torpedoes either offensively or in defense.
    • 8x Point-Defense Laser Cannons
      
      • The PDLC are defensive weapon emplacements specifically designed to destroy incoming fighters, torpedoes, missiles, and other varying objects.
• Defenses: Low
  • Shields
• Optical Shield
  • The optical shield, working in junction with both an electromagnetic shield and sensor masks, deflected sensors and heavily distorted visual observations.
• Advanced Proton Shield
  • This advanced type of deflector shield offers a little more than the basic protection associated with deflector shields
  
  
• Hangar Space: Average (0)
• Hangar Allocations:
  
  • Starfighters: 0 squadrons
  • Support Craft: 1 squadrons
• Single Craft Hangar: No
• Maneuverability Rating: High
• Speed Rating: Extreme
• Hyperdrive: .05

STANDARD FEATURES

• The Halls of the Dead
  
  • The corridors are long and arched, their ceilings lost in shadow. The walls are layered with black durasteel ribs, curving overhead like the bones of some colossal beast. Between the ribs flow channels of faint, pulsing light — not mechanical luminescence, but something alive. The glow shifts between deep crimson and amethyst, pulsing to the rhythm of the ship's dark heart.

The floor is metal, but each step echoes like a footfall in an empty crypt. Beneath the decking, one can sometimes hear muffled whispers — voices murmuring in ancient Sith dialects, prayers or curses, non-distinguishable. Flickering sconces of red plasma burn intermittently along the walls, shaped like candles that never extinguish. Their flames seem to twist and bow whenever Darth Keres passes, as if acknowledging her presence.​

• The Bridge — The Throne of Silence
  
  • The bridge is less a command deck than a throne chamber carved into the bones of the ship. The command dais rises from a pit of black glass, surrounded by crimson-lit consoles that resemble altars more than control panels. Sith runes crawl across their surfaces in patterns of faint luminescence, rewriting themselves as if the ship itself is constantly rewriting its will.

Crew members stand in total silence, their faces pale beneath their black helms. They never speak — their orders come through the Force, their thoughts woven into the ship's consciousness. When they err, the walls themselves seem to tighten around them, metal groaning like breath being drawn from their lungs. Behind the captain's throne, a vast viewport dominates the chamber — but instead of the stars, it shows the void tinted violet, as though space itself recoils from looking directly into the Taciturnitas soul.​

• The Hall of Chains
  
  • Leading from the main corridor is a vaulted chamber lined with rows of suspended figures — bound in chains of black alloy that hang from the ceiling. These are not living prisoners, but shadows of the dead, Sith acolytes who gave their lives during the ship's consecration. Their forms are spectral, forever twisting in the half-light, murmuring warnings or pleas. The air here is cold enough to burn. Frost forms around the chains, and sometimes the walls bleed faint rivulets of oil-black liquid that smells faintly of iron and incense.
• The Meditation Core — The Heart of the Mistress of Silence
  
  • At the very center of the Taciturnitas lies the Heart of Silence, Darth Keres's sanctum. The chamber is perfectly spherical; its walls lined with black mirrors that reflect nothing but shadow. A circular platform floats in the center, covered in ancient Sith glyphs that glow faintly when Keres enters. Above, suspended by invisible gravity, hangs a massive shard of cracked kyber crystal, pulsing with violet fire. Each pulse sends tendrils of dark energy down the walls, illuminating carved faces — tormented visages of Sith from ages past, frozen mid-scream. When Darth Keres meditates here, the lights across the ship dim to nothing. The hull groans, and the whispering in the corridors turns into a low chant — a thousand voices echoing her name in reverent dread. The ship's systems sync with her heartbeat. For those viewing from the outside, the Taciturnitas seems to vanish into the void, consumed by its own silence.
• The Engine Crypts
  
  • Far below, the engine room is a catacomb of machinery and ritual altars. The engines are encased in ribbed housings shaped like coffins, each engraved with binding sigils that glow with violet fire when the ship engages. Chains and hooks dangle from the ceiling, swaying slightly as if moved by invisible hands. Between them stand black obelisks carved from obsidian, humming faintly — conduits for channeling the ship's energy through the Dark Side. The primary drive, known as the Heart of Korr, sits at the far end — an enormous, pulsating sphere of energy surrounded by iron pylons shaped like claws. Within it, one can glimpse silhouettes — perhaps spirits or trapped fragments of consciousness, circling endlessly within the power field. The air here tastes of ash and cold metal.
• The Chamber of Echoes
  
  • Identical cell-like chambers with no sound but the rhythmic pulse of the ship. Every room has a small obsidian slab engraved with a Sith rune of submission. Before rest, crew members are expected to kneel before the slab and recite the Vow of Silence, reaffirming their servitude to Darth Keres. Sometimes, in the dead of ship's night, whispers drift through the ventilation system — unfamiliar voices of dead Silencers calling the living by name.
• Darth Keres' Private Sanctum
  
  • At the Taciturnitas highest point lies the Sanctum Obscura, Darth Keres's quarters. It is a vast, circular hall with no visible entrance, accessed only through the Force. The walls are lined with skeletal remains fused into the architecture — not trophies, but guardians, animated by lingering fragments of her power. The chamber is lit only by the glow of a thousand hovering kyber fragments, orbiting lazily above her meditation dais. The light paints everything in shades of amethyst and blood-red. At the center lies her throne — a construct of fused bone, stone, and metal, its back stretching into a spiked arch that nearly touches the ceiling. Around it, faint traces of black mist swirl like living smoke. When she speaks, her voice carries through the ship's structure itself — not through speakers or comms, but through the bones of the vessel, resonating in the mind of every soul aboard.

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Sith Modified Hyperdrive
  • An advanced modification of the basic hyperdrive, allowing the Taciturnitas to possess a faster hyperdrive system.
• WhisperThrust Engines
  • The dual engines employ specialized exhaust nacelles and supercooled gases designed to disperse escaping gases; leaving little sensor wake as possible.
• Sith-ModifiedSRB42 Sublight Engines
  • The sublight engine offers up far greater speed and energy efficiency for the Taciturnitas.
• Baffler
  • A device used to make the Taciturnitas, ion exhaust hard to detect by another ship's sensors.
• Hyperwave Beacon Scrambler
  • A ship mounted device that is capable of disrupting holocomms, holoscanners, and holo-probes within Taciturnitas' range.
• Sensor-Stealth System
  • The system works electronically to silence and hide Taciturnitas' energy signature radiating from engines, power generators, and weapons.
• Signature Modulator
  • A stealth device that masks Taciturnitas' signature, disguising it as another ship.
• Thrust Trace Damper
  • The damper stealth device captures the exhaust gases from Taciturnitas and helps conceals the ship; dispelling the gases once they reach cooler temperatures.
• Vanish 2 Sensor Masking System
  • The sensor masking system utilizes electromagnetic and holographic transmitters, this allows the Taciturnitas to blend into the background of realspace.
• 220-Sig Tactical Combat Jammer
  • A retractable directional dish for allowing the unit to centralize on specific vectors by creating tapered zones of interference; whilst sensor arrays would continue their functionality by gathering data.
• "Screamer"22 Active Jammer & Universal Transceiver Package
  • The units work in tandem, complimenting one another into a singular function. Combined, they disguise the Taciturnitas' drive emissions, which cause further disruptions to sensor systems, by in turn, disrupting the sensor systems of enemy ships. Additionally, the combination of the two devices is capable of interfering with homing computers aboard both proton torpedoes and concussion missiles: while comprising the Taciturnitas with several standardized sensor units, including a medium-ranged target-acquiring sensor, a long-range sensor array, a dedicated energy receptor, and an advanced electro photo receptor.

STRENGTHS

• Speed:
  
  • The Taciturnitas moves with eerie, unnatural speed—its engines whisper rather than roar, gliding through the void like a shadow cutting across starlight. Designed for stealth and pursuit, it slips between sensor nets and hyperspace lanes in near silence, often arriving before its prey even senses approach. Its velocity is matched only by its spectral grace, a vessel that seems to drift between moments as though time itself yields to Darth Keres' will.
• Maneuverability:
  
  • The Taciturnitas maneuvers with spectral precision, turning through the void as if guided by an unseen hand. Its movements are fluid, silent, and unnervingly deliberate—pivoting through asteroid fields and debris clouds without a tremor. Every shift in direction feels preordained, as though the ship itself anticipates danger before it exists, embodying the same cold, calculating grace as its master, Darth Keres.
• Stealth:
  
  • The Taciturnitas, vessel of Darth Keres, is a phantom among stars—its stealth strength lies not in brute machinery, but in the whispering science of concealment and silence. When the Taciturnitas moves, it does so like a shadow crawling across the grave of stars—undetected, unannounced, and utterly unforgiving to those who discover too late that something unseen was watching.

WEAKNESSES

• Defenses:
  
  • The Taciturnitas bears minimal defenses. Darth Keres designed it not for endurance, but for evasion—its strength lies in absence, not resistance. Shields are faint, almost ghostly, flickering like mist when struck, as if the ship itself rejects the notion of being seen or touched. To be hit is to have already failed its purpose.
• Armaments:
  
  • The Taciturnitas carries few weapons—its armament is sparse, almost ascetic. Six dual heavy laser turrets, tracking automated, and 4 ion cannon batteries serve only for precision strikes or disabling pursuit. Darth Keres relies on stealth and psychological dread rather than brute firepower; the ship’s silence is its deadliest weapon, and when it fires, it does so with surgical, merciless intent.

DESCRIPTION

When the Taciturnitas enters a system, it does so in silence — sensors flicker, comms fail, and a feeling of unease creeps across nearby crews. The ship emits a barely perceptible low-frequency resonance, a hum that unsettles even non-Force sensitives. Some claim the ship's corridors whisper faintly, echoes of the lives lost in its construction, bound by Darth Keres' will to serve eternally. To enemies, it appears suddenly out of hyperspace, cloaked in shadow — a phantom of vengeance and precision. To Darth Keres, it is more than a ship; it is an extension of her mastery over the Dark Side — a vessel of her wrath, her sanctuary, and her weapon.

The Taciturnitas is not merely a starship — it is a temple of terror, a cathedral to silence forged in the black fires of Sith alchemy. Every bulkhead and corridor whisper of ritual sacrifice, agony, and devotion to the Dark Side. It is not built for comfort or beauty, but for reverence — and for fear. The Taciturnitas feels alive — and it is. The walls sigh, the decks breathe, and sometimes, when the ship drifts through deep space, the faint sound of a choral dirge can be heard emanating from its hull — a hymn to darkness, composed of countless whispers that once were human. Those who enter the ship rarely leave unchanged. The silence seeps into them, hollowing them out, until they too become part of the Mistress of Silence's eternal stillness.

The ship is primarily black and dark metallic gray, with surfaces that shift between matte and reflective sheens depending on the light. Its design appears organic-mechanical — as though grown rather than constructed. Every line curves smoothly into razor edges, giving it the look of an enormous, spacefaring predator. It has multiple elongated spines and fins extending outward, like the wings of a dark angel or the claws of a leviathan. The hull tapers into long, needle-like points — serving as weapon mounts, antennae, or energy conduits. The architecture combines Gothic and alien design philosophies — curved spires, segmented armor, and flowing rib-like ridges. The surfaces are not smooth but engraved with flowing patterns. The overall silhouette is asymmetrical yet perfectly balanced — a chaotic harmony typical of Sith or dark-aligned constructs. It looks ancient, yet advanced; beautiful, yet terrifying.

• Material:
  
  • Durinium
  • Impervium
  • Durasteel
  • Black & Smokey Colored Transparisteel

 

[Renn Vizsla]

Good morning, I will be the judge reviewing your submission today.

I have no problem with the submission, Darth Keres

Approved