M E A T B A G
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create the “next-generation” of Droid battleship's, with a twist.
- Image Source: Recusant-class light destroyer | Wookieepedia.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable.
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles, Crusader Droid Frigate, Artificial Intelligence.
- Manufacturer: The Trade Federation- Select Subcontractors.
- Secondary Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation; Thyrsian Facilities [Undisclosed and Unknown ICly.]
- Affiliation: Select Clientele.
- Market Status: Closed-market.
- Model: TF01 Droid Battleship; Tigershark Pattern.
- Modularity: Yes;
- External Aesthetics.
- Production: Minor-scale Production.
- Material:
- Armourplast Armour Plating.
- Durasteel Reinforced Alusteel Skeleton.
- Carbon-Durasteel Reinforcements.
- Internal Nightshadow Coating - Anti-Scanning Liner.
- Internal Electrum Coating - Aesthetics.
- Various Droid Cruiser Materials and Components.
- Classification: Droid Battleship; Star Destroyer.
- Role: Light Destroyer, Military Transport, Pocket Carrier, Pocket Battleship, Command Ship, Escort and Picket Ship, Etc.
- Length: 1,500 Metres.
- Width: 325 Metres.
- Height: 325 Metres.
- Armament: High Rating.
- [2] Super-heavy Prow Turbolaser Cannons; Fixed Forward
- [8] Long-range Heavy Barbette Turbolaser Cannon Turrets
- [8] Long-range Heavy Barbette Ion Cannon Turrets
- [30] Dual Barbette Turbolaser Cannon Turrets
- [30] Dual Barbette Ion Cannon Turrets
- [20] Assault Concussion Missile Tubes; Port and Starboard Ejection Ports.
- [16] Flexible Warhead Assault Turrets; Four Tubes per Turret and Auto-loaded.
- [75] Automated Barbette Quad Heavy Laser Cannon Turrets
- [75] Automated Barbette Rotary Point Defense Cannons
- [75] Automated Barbette Quad Point Defense Warhead Launchers
- [75] Nanomissile Blister Pods, with Seeking Anti-missile Interception Protocols. (Thirty Nanomissiles per Blister.)
- [75] Automated Barbette Antimissile Octets
- Defences: High Rating.
- Standard Reinforced, and Ablative Armour and Hull Plating.
- Standard Deflector Shield (Ray, Particle and Concussion Barriers; Overlaid.)
- Reinforced Ionic Shielding.
- Standard Emergency Thrusters (Chemical Propellent and Lateral Thrusters.)
- Advanced EWAR, Electronic Countermeasures, Chaff, Flare Launchers, Etc.
- Standard Internal Defenses.
- (Notable Items: Turadium Blast Doors, Laser Gates, Force Field Generators, Klaxon Warning Lights and Projectors, Hyperwave Warning System, Selective Blaster Neutralizer, Rotary Autoblasters [Internally Retractable,] Etc.)
- Hangar Space: Low Rating - Six Squadrons of Small Craft in Modular Deployment Racks.
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: Four Squadrons.
- Support Craft: Two Squadrons.
- Starfighter Squadrons may be exchanged for additional Support Craft, but cannot exceed the total number of Six.
- Single Craft Hangar: No; Hangar space is regulated to Starfighter Squadrons.
- Maneuverability Rating: 45 DPF - Average Rating.
- Speed Rating: Average Rating.
- MGLT: 65 MGLT
- Maximum Atmospheric Speed: 720 Km/H
- Hyperdrive: Equipped.
- Primary Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1.0
- Secondary Hyperdrive Rating: Class 8.0
- Engine Unit(s): Battleship - Class Ion Engines - Six Drive Units.
- Secondary Propulsion Method: Integrated Repulsorlift Engines.
- Primary Power Plant: Battleship - Class Hypermatter Reactor.
- Secondary Power Plant: Solar Ionization Conversion Module(s) with Retractable Agrinium Collection Arrays.
- Passengers: (Designer’s Note: Separate Purchases are Required.)
- Troops (Security and Operational Complement):
- [750] TF01 Battle Droids; Fusillade Pattern - Engineer Programming.
- [600] TF02 Battle Droids; Ensilage Pattern - Anti-Boarding and Security Programming.
- [2,750] TF02 Battle Droids; Ensilage Pattern - Planetary Assault Detachment; Variable Specializations.
- [150] TF03 Battle Droids; Cavalier Pattern - Elite Anti-Boarding and Security Detachment.
- Vehicles:
- [120] TF01 Droid Tanks; Hellfire Pattern.
- [120] TF02 Droid Tanks; Hammerhead Pattern.
- [120] TF03 Droid Tanks; Stormsurge Pattern.
- [40] TF01 Droid Armoured Transports; Devilfish Pattern.
- [75] TF01 Droid Aerial Platforms; Riptide Pattern.
- Troops (Security and Operational Complement):
- Crew Complement (Optimal):
- One Artificial Intelligence; Ship Command and Administrator.
- Four-hundred Battle Droids; Command Configuration and Integrated Droid Brains.
- Crew Complement (Skeletal):
- One Artificial Intelligence; Ship Command and Administrator.
- Two-hundred Battle Droids; Command Configuration, and Integrated Droid Brains.
- Escape Craft: Immunerable Escape Pods and Ejectable Lifeboats
- Cargo Capacity:
- 25,000 Metric Tonnes; Including Vehicles and Consumables, Etc.
- Consumables: Two Years; Galactic Standard - Fuel, Munitions, Replacement Parts, Etc.
- Standard Sensor Systems and Targeting Systems.
- Standard Avionics Package.
- Standard Navigation System.
- Dedicated Precision MicroJump Computer.
- Standard Life Support System.
- (Automated Barrack Deck(s,) Integrated Training Centres, Mess Halls, Meditation Chambers, Recreational Decks, Etc.)
- Standard Damage and Hazard Control Systems.
- Standard Tractor and Pressor Beam Emitters.
- Standard Anti-Ion Emission Tracker (Anti-Hyperspace Tracking.)
- Standard Communication Systems, with Encrypted Military Keys.
- Standard Shift and Relativistic Shielding.
- Standard Anti-Concussion Force Fields.
- Standard Animated Metal Sealant, with Automated Repair Drones.
- Standard Integrated Tensor Field Generators.
- State of the Art Internal Systems:
- Prototyper, with Innumerable Duplicators, and Synthicators.
- Molecular Furnaces.
- Integrated Droid Brains, with Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Capabilities (Advanced Automaton, and Slaved Systems, Etc.)
- Holographic Terminal Interface(s.)
- State of the Art External Systems:
- AR-08 Damage Reduction Armour Component.
- Automated Weaponry; Advanced Fire Control Computers.
- Fire-linked and Fast-Track Mounted Weaponry.
- Lateral Thrusters and Engine Mounts.
- State of the Art Countermeasures:
- Internalized Shield Generators, and Emitters.
- Internalized Reactor Bulb(s.)
- Internalized Primary and Secondary Command Decks.
- Anti-Ordnance EM Probe(s.)
- Missile Deactivators.
- Animated Metal Sealant, with Automated Repair Drones.
- Semi Self-aware Droid Battleship - Minimal Oversight Required.
- Modular Carrying Capacity, with Rapid-Deployment Rack(s.)
- Comprehensive Countermeasure Suite.
- Miniaturized Molecular Furnace - Capable of Replacing Droid Crew; Materials Depending.
- Super-heavy Weaponry - Capable of Punching above its Weight Class; Dangerous in Packs.
- Repulsorlift Jammers; Proximity Dependent - Causes Immobilization, Premature Landings, and Structural Instabilities.
- Limited EMP/Ion Resistance; Device Proximity and Potency Dependent.
- Heavy Automation - Combat Effectiveness Considerably Reduced when Disabled.
- External Connections to Munitions Dumps; Auto-loaded Warhead Turrets - Possible Chain Detonations.
- Semi-Ponderous Maneuverability.
- Exposed External Weapon Mounts; Despite Armoured Reinforcements.
Developed by the various minds within the Trade Federation, the TF01 Droid Battleship; Tigershark Pattern was designed to operate as an effective large-scale capital ship that could operate in a multitude of roles. Like the Barracuda that came before, the Tigershark was purpose-built as a combat warship, bristling with gun decks and torpedo tubes. While it’s profile was less menacing than the Barracuda, the construction of the Tigershark allowed for a specialized focus in terms of engaging it’s enemies. That focus revolved around unleashing punishing broadsides that held the incredible potential of blasting apart smaller vessels with relative ease.
The Tigershark’s appearance was chosen thanks in part to the incredible design that was produced and utilized by the Separatist-aligned Quarren in ages past. The vessel’s spaceframe offered a smaller profile from the front and from the aft, which made the automated warship all the more difficult to strike in spatial combat. At least from the aforementioned vectors. When it came to the port and starboard profiles - the Tigershark was considerably more pronounced and vulnerable to enemy fire. It was there that the designers elected to focus a great concentration of the warship’s weaponry, to help balance out the automated starship’s construction, layout and spaceframe.
With the port and starboard sides being outfitted with a host of weaponry, the designers elected to be very selective in what they equipped the Tigershark with. As it would be incredibly difficult to match the firepower of an ImpStar’s forward firing arc - the designers believed that the automated warship should have a plethora of long-range weaponry built into its space frame; which included a considerable amount of flexible warhead launchers and missile tubes. With the amount of long-range weaponry that was fitted to the Tigershark, the automated warship would be capable of engaging targets from much farther away. A factor which allowed for the artificial intelligence commanding the vessel to respond to the unfolding situation on a battlefield with greater efficacy and accuracy.
Coupled with the considerable amount of warhead launchers and missile tubes, the Tigershark was outfitted with a selection of long-range heavy weaponry; allowing the warship to engage hostile vessels from a considerable distance. Or, should the Tigershark be engaged at close range, the automated warship would have enough firepower to devastate her opposition and sail out of harm’s way. With such heavy weaponry, the warship was a danger to all that stood against her, as the potential to blast through smaller vessels grew ever-larger the closer they approached. Add in the comprehensive network of point defence weaponry? It was almost impossible for smaller craft or hostile warheads to approach the mighty Tigershark without support, and generous measures of luck.
With dozens of contingencies and redundancies built into the Tigershark, even though it was wholly automated, it was unlikely to fall into enemy hands without a fight. As the systems were bio-hexacrypted with countless pyrowalls, enemy slicers would find themselves hard-pressed to overcome the warships defences. The same could be said of enemy combatants who storm the vessel’s spartan corridors, as they would encounter heavy resistance from not only the automatons stationed aboard, but the various extensions of the warships wrath as well. Automated gun batteries, depressurized decks; these are but some of the examples that the Tigershark could employ to repel those who boarded her. As she was a danger to any hostile forces that sailed across the solar tides, the automated warship was a terrible threat to anyone that stalked her corridors with malicious intent.
Thus, the Tigershark would become an invaluable addition to interstellar navies across the galaxy. Add in the placement of electrum in the most inconspicuous of places, this mighty warship would surely tank the Electrum stand and give rise to more fiscally stable currencies thrice over. All hail the Tigershark, and all hail the Trade Federation.
The Tigershark’s appearance was chosen thanks in part to the incredible design that was produced and utilized by the Separatist-aligned Quarren in ages past. The vessel’s spaceframe offered a smaller profile from the front and from the aft, which made the automated warship all the more difficult to strike in spatial combat. At least from the aforementioned vectors. When it came to the port and starboard profiles - the Tigershark was considerably more pronounced and vulnerable to enemy fire. It was there that the designers elected to focus a great concentration of the warship’s weaponry, to help balance out the automated starship’s construction, layout and spaceframe.
With the port and starboard sides being outfitted with a host of weaponry, the designers elected to be very selective in what they equipped the Tigershark with. As it would be incredibly difficult to match the firepower of an ImpStar’s forward firing arc - the designers believed that the automated warship should have a plethora of long-range weaponry built into its space frame; which included a considerable amount of flexible warhead launchers and missile tubes. With the amount of long-range weaponry that was fitted to the Tigershark, the automated warship would be capable of engaging targets from much farther away. A factor which allowed for the artificial intelligence commanding the vessel to respond to the unfolding situation on a battlefield with greater efficacy and accuracy.
Coupled with the considerable amount of warhead launchers and missile tubes, the Tigershark was outfitted with a selection of long-range heavy weaponry; allowing the warship to engage hostile vessels from a considerable distance. Or, should the Tigershark be engaged at close range, the automated warship would have enough firepower to devastate her opposition and sail out of harm’s way. With such heavy weaponry, the warship was a danger to all that stood against her, as the potential to blast through smaller vessels grew ever-larger the closer they approached. Add in the comprehensive network of point defence weaponry? It was almost impossible for smaller craft or hostile warheads to approach the mighty Tigershark without support, and generous measures of luck.
With dozens of contingencies and redundancies built into the Tigershark, even though it was wholly automated, it was unlikely to fall into enemy hands without a fight. As the systems were bio-hexacrypted with countless pyrowalls, enemy slicers would find themselves hard-pressed to overcome the warships defences. The same could be said of enemy combatants who storm the vessel’s spartan corridors, as they would encounter heavy resistance from not only the automatons stationed aboard, but the various extensions of the warships wrath as well. Automated gun batteries, depressurized decks; these are but some of the examples that the Tigershark could employ to repel those who boarded her. As she was a danger to any hostile forces that sailed across the solar tides, the automated warship was a terrible threat to anyone that stalked her corridors with malicious intent.
Thus, the Tigershark would become an invaluable addition to interstellar navies across the galaxy. Add in the placement of electrum in the most inconspicuous of places, this mighty warship would surely tank the Electrum stand and give rise to more fiscally stable currencies thrice over. All hail the Tigershark, and all hail the Trade Federation.
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