Kelsie Sylvan
Tired Trigger Finger
C A R R Y - O N
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Update a big, cool ship for all of Kelsie’s small, cool stuff. Mobile RP location.
- Image Source: D. Rock-Art, Artstation
- Canon Link: Drone freighter
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Unknown, presumed Galactic Empire.
- Affiliation: Kelsie Sylvan, The Paragons.
- Model: Super-sized Drone Freighter.
- Production: Unique-scale Production.
- Material: Durasteel, Phrik, Agrinium, Titanium reinforcement, Glasteel viewports, Reflec, Various Electronic and Shipboard components.
- Classification: Armed bulk freighter
- Length: 5000 meters
- Width: 2100 meters
- Height: 1740 meters
- Armament: Average Rating
(1) Heavy Quad Mass-Driver cannon turret (dorsal, spine-mounted) - (1) Heavy Dual Plasma cannon turret (stutter-fire capable, dorsal, spine-mounted)
- (40) Capital ship-grade semi-fixed flak cannons (primarily flank-mounted, retractable)
- (120) Assault Concussion Missile tubes (Twenty-four missiles each, fixed)
- (240) Automated Rapid-Fire Ball-Turret Dual Laser cannons (stutter-fire capable, retractable)
- (400) Light Point Defense Laser turrets (stutter-fire capable, retractable)
- (20) Boron-diamond torpedo launchers (Eighteen missiles each, fixed)
- (60) Single Ion Cannon turrets (fast-tracking, retractable)
[*]Defenses: High Rating
- Military-Grade Particle and Energy Shielding
- Phrik hull layer, Durasteel and Agrinium secondary layers, Titanium reinforcement, Glasteel viewports
- (200) Antimissile octets
- Anti-ordnance EM probe launchers
- Missile Deactivation transmitters
- Sensor scramblers
- Cap Drains
[*]Hangar Space: Extreme Rating -- 48 squadrons
[*]Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 18 squadrons
- Support Craft: 18 squadrons
- Larger Vessels: Depends on size, takes up 12 squadron slots (space for roughly 1.6 km of larger vessels)
[*]Maneuverability Rating: 15 DPF - Very Low Rating
[*]Speed Rating: Low Rating
- MGLT: 32 MGLT
Acceleration: 2 MGLT/s
[*]Maximum Atmospheric Speed: 500 km/h
- Acceleration: 20 km/h/s
[*]Hyperdrive Class: 2.0
[*]Backup Hyperdrive Class: 10.0
[*]Minimum Crew: None (Automated)
[*]Optimal Crew: 1 (captain)
[*]Passengers: Up to 110,000, comfortably rooms up to 1,000
[*]Consumables: Effectively infinite
[*]Cargo Capacity: 30 million metric tons
STANDARD FEATURES
- Damage Control systems.
- Life Support systems.
- Navigation and Avionics systems.
- Advanced Sensor array.
- Automated targeting systems.
- HoloNet transceiver.
- Advanced Communications array (Paragon-specific Encryption keys).
- Environmental control and artificial gravity systems.
- Bulk cargo space.
- Heavy bulk freighter ion engines.
- Emergency Ion Engines.
- Other standard systems.
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Advanced tractor beam array.
- Compartmentalized standard systems.
- (4) Internal primary power generators.
- (6) Secondary and Emergency power generators.
- (100) Probe launchers.
Insight-type deployable sensors. - Other probes.
[*]Advanced Escape Pod/Boarding Pod/Landing Pod array.
[*]Ventral Bay Doors.
[*]Missy and accompanying Central Computer Core.
[*]Interior Defense Array and Surveillance Systems (ray shield traps, dioxis vents, defense blaster turrets, other).
[*]Insulated/Independent Interior Communications array.
[*]Reflec-coated storage compartments.
[*]Thrust-trace dampers.
[*]Signature Modulators.
[*]Configurable Interior Compartments; Modular Living Space.
[*]Automated systems.
[*]Interior Manufacturing Systems (Molecular Furnace, other).
[*]Anti-ion emission tracers.
[*]Thermal distorter.
[*]Bafflers.
[*]Sensor Scramblers.
[*]Masking Transponders.
[*]IFF Confuser.
[*]Hyperwave Inertial Motion Sustainer.
STRENGTHS
- Extremely Large Hangar Capacity -- Thirty-six squadrons of starfighters and support craft. Numerous hangars scattered around the vessel.
- Ventral Bay Doors -- Able to carry larger capital ships or similar objects.
- Powerful Defenses -- Thick shields, hull, and advanced point defense systems.
- Highly Automated -- All systems are extremely efficient and managed independently.
- Compartmentalized Systems -- Individual sections run their own standard systems (life support, gravity, etc).
- Missy -- Artificial Intelligence system; significantly increases automation effectiveness, able to operate without any organic oversight.
- Advanced Tractor Beam Array -- Capable of grabbing and manipulating nearby objects.
- Internal Manufacturing Systems -- Mobile Production Facility; Molecular Furnace and Ventral Bay Doors for material harvesting and refinement.
- Advanced Internal Defenses -- Excellent defense against intruders and unauthorized boarding parties; Dioxis gas vents, internal ray shielding, automated defense turrets, internal drone deployments, other.
- Minor Stealth Systems -- Thrust-trace dampers, Anti-ion emission tracer, Bafflers, Sensor Scramblers, Masking Transponders, Thermal Distorter.
- Dedicated Anti-Starfighter Weapons Systems.
- Very Slow and Cumbersome -- Low maneuverability and speed.
- Concentrated Ion Attacks -- Automated systems vulnerable to deactivation.
- Electronic Warfare -- Automated systems vulnerable to confusion or misinformation.
- Central Computer Core -- Vulnerable to damage or deactivation, causing cascade failure in ship's systems.
- Slicing -- Artificial Intelligence systems can be countered, causing cascade failures.
- Misinformation -- Automated systems can be misguided.
- IFF Confuser -- Indiscriminate confusion of IFFs.
- Numerous Fixed or Semi-Fixed Weapon Systems.
- Jamming -- Full-spectrum jamming can disrupt all automated systems.
- Extremely Disorganized.
- Haunted.
DESCRIPTION
The Carry-On is certainly a very unique vehicle -- while little of its history has been documented, it was presumed to have began service as a bulk freighter in service to the Galactic Empire in 6 BBY. The vessel's size limits the possible construction sites, though some investigation has led the current owner, Kelsie Sylvan, to believe that the drone freighter was constructed by Kuat Drive Yards. Many years later it fell into the hands of a ship vendor based on Eriadu.
The Toydarian merchant, Kounko, scrubbed the vessel clean; though many parts and systems had been deeply integrated into the ship. The thrust-trace dampers and signature modulators were likely used by smuggler captains to leave little trace of their passing and slip into systems under false pretenses. The fact that the ship was a drone freighter likely made this work significantly easier, so when Kounko put the vessel up for sale he marketed it more heavily on undervine and shadier sections of the HoloNet in hopes of catching a big-time smuggler to sell to.
Instead, Kelsie Sylvan arrived in his shop -- she hadn't made any offers online as far as he could tell, but she claimed she'd be willing to pay sixteen million credits for the vessel, in addition to be allowed to use Kounko's facilities to modify the vessel to better fit her needs. They haggled for a while, but Kounko began to doubt that Kelsie had the money for the vessel and instead gambled a bit in hopes to take what little wealth he expected the woman to have. When the human actually managed to win their bet, Kounko reluctantly conceded and handed over the ship.
Actually arriving on the ship was different than she'd expected -- her scans told her it was empty, but she could hear noises coming from the deep, dark halls...
The enormous drone freighter is known to few as the Carry-On, and by most as the Gideon, a bulk transport in service to an independent shipping company. True to its role the vessel is able to carry a massive amount of cargo and material -- if fully stocked the vessel could carry up to thirty million metric tons of cargo. It is currently used as a sort of storage unit for a variety of objects collected by Kelsie Sylvan.
Unique to the vessel are the ventral bay doors used to store large amounts of material, large objects, or even capital ships. In tandem with the ship's advanced tractor beam array, the Carry-On is able to grab and store entire asteroids. The interior has been outfitted with automated manufacturing capabilities; by using the molecular furnace found aboard the Carry-On can manufacture nearly anything, assuming that it has the material to do so.
A variety of miscellaneous systems complement the owner's needs; the signature modulators are able to mask the ship's identity as another -- namely the Gideon. By retracting its weapons and masking its signature the Carry-On is capable of passing as an entirely different and civilian ship. It can then slip into civilian spaceports, even deep in enemy territory. Minor stealth systems such as thrust-trace dampers and anti-ion emission tracers continue this more discreet approach, despite the vessel being very large.
Most important to the Carry-On is its automation. There is no crew manning any stations, systems, or weapons, and in most cases this significantly increases the effectiveness of the ship's power distribution and weapon use. With Missy hooked into the central computer core aboard the vessel, this efficiency is furthered, with effectively zero chance of system failure. While this does present a clear benefit, the vessel is vulnerable to concentrated ion or EMP attacks -- such attacks can disable sections and systems.
Missy also is able to reconfigure the interior of the vessel -- most sections of the ship have movable walls and modular rooms, and thus going through the endless maze of a ship that the Carry-On is becomes more bearable. The ship's compartmentalized systems allow each section to work independently, such that changes can be easily made to fit particular areas and needs.
Kelsie's home among the stars has everything she'll ever need -- and if it doesn't, she'll just make some changes.
