Unreviewed The Eclipse

[Amelia von Sorenn]

THE ECLIPSE​

OUT-OF-CHARACTER INFORMATION

Intent

Tho Yor inspired Battlecruiser to serve as Srina Talon 's personal Flagship.

Image Source	Hand drawn panel from Stargate SG-1 [X][X]
Permission(s)	[HERE]
Canon Link(s)	Battlecruiser
	Tho Yor
	Sith Meditation Sphere
Primary Link(s)	Tho Yor II-class Mothership
	Tho Yor II-class Attack Vessel
	Tho Yor II-class Star Destroyer

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Manufacturer	Aether Systems
Affiliation	Srina Talon
	Jaeger Solutions
Model	Dark Sovereign-class
Market-Status	Closed-Market
Production	Unique

Materials

Hull Plating	Internal Structure	Additional
Quadanium Steel	Duralloy	Chromium
Nyix-Alloy	Titanium	Crystasteel
Doonium	Aluminium	Neuranium
Duralium	Laminasteel	Bronzium
Trimantium	Duraplast	Starship Components

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Classification	Command Ship
	Custom-built Royal Conveyance
Length	2,500 meters
Width	2,500 meters
Height	5,000 meters

Rating Specifications

Armaments	Extreme
Defenses	Extreme
Maneuverability	Very Low
Speed	Very Low
Hangar Capacity	Extreme - (50) Squadrons
Hyperdrive Rating	Equipped - Class 2

Hangar Compliment

Starfighter Squadrons	Support Squadrons
(42) Squadrons	(8) Squadrons

Armaments and Defenses

(20) Octuple Barbette Heavy Turbolasers	AR-0B Damage Reduction Component
(40) XX-9 Heavy Turbolaser Cannons	Redundant Deflector Shield Generators
(40) Megamaser Cannons	995 Stormcloud ECM Suite
(60) X17 Turbolaser Cannons	220-SIG Jamming Device
(30) Jamming Beams	(60) Missile Deactivation Transmitters
(80) SB-920 Laser Cannons	(40) Antimissile Octets
(40) Triple Ion Cannons	(30) CL-3 Cluster Bombs
(60) Heavy NK-7 Ion Cannons	(30) K5 Ion Storm Batteries
(50) M-g-2 General Purpose Launchers	(60) Heavy Point Defense Ion Cannons
(100) Ion Pulse Missiles	(120) Heavy Point Defense Laser Cannons
(50) Baradium Missiles	(60) Long Guns
(120) Discord Missiles	(40) Flak Guns
(40) MS-15 Diamond Boron Missiles	(40) Heavy Guns
(80) T-33 Plasma Torpedoes
(160) Assault Concussion Missiles
(160) Assault Proton Torpedoes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND LOGISTICS

Crew Compliment	2,415 Officers
	1,796 Gunners
	54,670 Enlisted Crew
	5,445 Engineers and Technicians
	6,500 Droids
Passenger Capacity	75,000 Individuals
Cargo Capacity	90,000 Metric Tons
Consumables	5 Galactic Standard Years

STANDARD FEATURES

General Systems Acceleration Compensator Anti-Shock Fields Astrogation Computer Code Breaker Containment Shield DPU7 Heat Sink BQR-19 Navigational System Damage Control System Escape Pods Internal Security Blast Doors Code Cylinder Readers Klaxon Alarms Walkthrough Identification Scanners Weapon Detectors Ray Shield Generators 57c Holocams Sensor and Communication Systems Com-Scan 5-Node Sensor ANs-9.5 Sensor ANq-51 Sensor Array Telesponder Hyperwave Transmitter Hyperwave Transceiver Broadcast Relay Holotransmitter Holotransceiver Life Support Systems Atmospheric Processor Enviro Filter Climate Control Unit Shielding and Hull Plating Systems Ion Shield Generators Deflector Shield Generators Navigational Deflector System Deflector Plates Heat Dispersion Vents De-icing System Engineering & Hyperdrive Systems Gemon-15 Ion Drives Ter58 Ion Engines Accu-Accelerator 400MGs Stardrive System Warp Vortex Stabilizer

ADVANCED FEATURES

AR-0B Damage Reduction Component Carbon-Durasteel Armor (3) Galaxy Guard Mk VII Radiation Negator Hyperwave Interceptor (50) Phylon Q7 Heavy Tractor Beam (8) IM-455 Modular Garrisons (2) IM-A-781 Oceanic Garrisons (2) IM-X-981 Hostile Environment Garrisons (10) Control Towers (4) Gravity Well Projectors Crystal Gravfield Trap Active Phased Full-Spectrum Transceiver Array Passive Dedicated Energy Receptor Array Long-Distance Signal and Sensor Array dish High-resolution Hyper Spectral Imaging Receiver (10) Shield-Disrupting Projectors LR-375a Sureshot Advanced Targeting Array 3K40 Targeting Systems Shocklock Ranging Lasers 840.z Holo-Targeting Suites Docking Clamps Meditation Chamber

STRENGTHS

Command Ship - The Eclipse was designed as a Command-and-Control Flagship as much as it was a Royal Estate among the stars. Its various systems include the means to project sensor and scanner data as a blend of visual and electronic information, making it easier for a Flag Officer to command a larger armada of Capital Ships, let alone the sizeable escort fleet that is often present.

Systems Carrier - Extensive sections of the vessel have been allocated for the housing, repair and maintenance, and launching of Starfighters and Support Craft, resulting in a larger hangar capacity. To this end, the vessel is capable of supporting fourteen Starfighter Wings - organized into three squadrons per wing - along with two Support Wings - organized into three squadrons per wing - with two additional squadrons of support craft in reserve. The vessel is also equipped with a series of Docking Clamps, allowing smaller vessels such as Star Destroyers, Cruisers, and Frigates to attach more easily to transfer supplies and personnel.

Weapon Rotation Drives - These Hapan-designed rotation drives line the vessel's outer hull and allow it to rapidly switch among its extensive arsenal, bringing forward a weapon that is charged or armed and ready to fire whilst others are cycled away to recharge or rearm. This ensures that the vessel always has a weapon ready to fire, or, in extreme circumstances, allows it to bring to bear as many weapons as possible on a single target by rotating them to a single area on the hull.

Gravity Well Projectors - A series of four projectors allows the vessel to forcibly extract vessels from hyperspace and prevent their escape, making it ideal for ambushes, blockades, and system denial.

Crystal GravField Trap - This highly expensive and specialized sensor system provides the only reliable means of detecting vessels equipped with active cloaking devices, giving The Eclipse unmatched counter-stealth utility and ensuring it cannot be easily boarded or attacked.

Fire-Control Suppression Weaponry - Though covered in an array of heavy weaponry and capable of unleashing devastating salvos of explosive munitions, the vessel is also equipped with multiple Jamming Beams that can "paint" hostile vessels, directly disrupting their targeting systems and reducing accuracy while neutralizing precision weapons.

Meditation Chamber - Safely nestled deep within the heart of The Eclipse is a Qabbrat, or Meditation Chamber, where a Force-sensitive individual can meditate to enhance their powers with the Force. The Chamber itself is designed to provide life support. It includes a holoscreen through which the occupant can observe the vessel's exterior, allowing it to function similarly to a Sith Meditation Sphere.

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WEAKNESSES

Sublight Drive System - The primary drive system of the Eclipse is housed in a large superstructure spire extending along the ventral sector of the vessel's main lower structure, with three large support struts connecting it to the vessel. Though protected, the primary drive is easily located and accessible, and damage to this critical system has the potential of crippling the vessel and prevent it from continued operation.

Weapon Rotation Drives - The Eclipse is outfitted with a series of upgraded rotational drives more commonly found on Hapan-designed vessels. These rotation drives line the outer hull and rotate the impressive arsenal of weaponry; however, damage to these drives can cause the weapon systems to become locked in place as the drives themselves become inoperable.

Superstructure Support Struts - The size and unique pyramidal structure of the vessel has required the addition of support struts located along the exterior of the vessel, which secure the upper pyramidal superstructure to the lower half of the vessel, which houses hangar bays, docking clamps, weapon systems, and various other internal systems and compartments. Damage to these support struts can render travel between the two halves of the vessel difficult, and sufficient damage to these sections has the potential of shearing them off from the vessel, depriving it of its ability to attack an enemy, defend itself, or launch and recover Starfighter Squadrons.

Megamasers - These unique weapons were first developed by the Chiss and use both kinetic and laser energy to damage a target simultaneously. However, the capacitors powering these weapons require a longer recharge phase before they can be fired again, resulting in a lower rate of fire than other standard weapon systems onboard the vessel.

Titan - The Eclipse is a vessel of immense size and gravitas, covered in thick armored hull plating and bristling with an impressive array of armaments; it houses hundreds of Starfighters in dozens of hangars and docking bays. However, this has come at a cost of both speed and maneuverability. Lumbering onto the field of battle, its Sublight Speed is minimal, and its ability to maneuver is dismal, meaning that once it has been committed to the fray, it remains as it is, both incapable of performing precise tactical combat maneuvers and incapable of easily fleeing.

Limited Pursuit Capability - Lacking speed and maneuverability means that once a target manages to escape the range of its active Gravity Wells, the Eclipse cannot effectively give chase to hunt down the enemy vessel.

Control Towers - Situated throughout the vessel at strategic locations near the primary and secondary hangar bays, these towers assist in rapidly deploying and collecting the vast swarm of Starfighters housed on the Eclipse. If one of these structures were damaged or destroyed, it would hinder the ability to easily deploy and track the Starfighters and Support Craft squadrons of the vessel. Additionally, this loss would hinder the ability to recover damaged Starfighters or to assist pilots experiencing an emergency during their landing attempt.

Large Target Profile - The unique pyramidal structure and sheer size of this vessel make it easy to track and difficult to conceal without additional external means or devices.

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DESCRIPTION

The Eclipse was never intended to be subtle. Conceived as the personal Flagship of Srina Talon, in a joint venture between Aether Systems and Jaeger Solutions commissioned under a discreet procurement directive issued by an unidentified benefactor within the Sith Order, the Dark Sovereign-class Battlecruiser was designed to fulfill several roles that would ordinarily be divided between multiple vessels. It is a command ship, a carrier, a fortress, and a royal conveyance in equal measure - a mobile seat of authority and power for the Empress of the Eleventh Sith Empire, capable of carrying its mistress across the stars without sacrificing the military strength expected of a vessel at the heart of an armada. Though easily outclassed by the infamous Mors Mon, its appearance reflects the measured balance of the Dread Queen. Rather than following the familiar dagger-shaped profile of conventional warships, The Eclipse possesses an immense pyramidal superstructure inspired by the ancient Tho Yor. Rising several kilometers from its lower hull, the structure gives the vessel an unmistakable silhouette that is as ceremonial as it is imposing. Dark metallic armor, broken by exposed structural elements, hangar apertures, weapons emplacements, and immense support struts, lends the Battlecruiser the appearance of an ancient monument translated into a weapon of modern warfare. At five kilometers tall and two-and-a-half kilometers across, it is less a ship in the conventional sense than a citadel set adrift among the stars. This immense scale provides The Eclipse with considerable internal volume, with vast sections of the lower structure dedicated to hangars, maintenance facilities, launch corridors, docking infrastructure, ammunition stores, and workshops required to sustain its complement of starfighters and support craft. Fifty squadrons can be housed aboard the vessel, allowing it to operate as the center of its own aerospace force rather than depending entirely upon accompanying carriers. Docking clamps further allow smaller capital ships to attach directly to the battlcruiser for the transfer of personnel, material, and supplies. The upper reaches of the vessel are considerably different. Here, the utilitarian architecture of a warship gradually gives way to the requirements of a flagship and royal estate. Command chambers, strategic operations centers, communications suites, audience spaces, private quarters, and secure residential sections provide everything Srina Talon needs to govern, receive guests, and direct military operations without leaving the vessel's protection. Although lavish where appropriate, these spaces retain the restrained severity present throughout The Eclipse. Grandeur is expressed through scale, symmetry, polished metal, stone, glass, and carefully controlled illumination rather than excessive ornamentation. At the center of this command infrastructure lies the vessel's extensive sensor and communications network. Information gathered across the battlefield can be collated and projected for commanders as both visual and electronic tactical data, allowing The Eclipse to coordinate not merely its own starfighters and weapons but entire formations of capital ships. From this position, a Flag Officer can observe the changing battlespace, distribute orders, designate targets, and coordinate fleet movements while remaining protected deep within the Battlecruiser. Hidden still deeper within the ship is one of its most unusual chambers, a Qabbrat constructed for a Force-sensitive occupant. The meditation chamber is isolated from much of the surrounding vessel and provided with its own life-support systems. At the same time, a holoscreen allows its occupant to observe events beyond the hull. The arrangement permits the Chamber to function like the ancient Sith Meditation Spheres, providing the Mother of the Great Leviathan with a private sanctuary and serving as another component of The Eclipse's command apparatus. For all its ceremonial qualities, however, The Eclipse remains unmistakably a warship. Its hull carries an enormous collection of turbolasers, ion cannons, megamasers, missile and torpedo launchers, jamming systems, point-defense batteries, and specialized weapons. Hapan-derived weapon rotation drives allow sections of this arsenal to cycle across the exterior hull, bringing charged weapons into firing positions while depleted systems withdraw to recharge or rearm. In extreme circumstances, the same mechanism can concentrate an extraordinary amount of firepower toward a single portion of the battlespace. Four gravity-well projectors further reinforce the vessel's role as a centerpiece of major fleet engagements. The Eclipse can deny hyperspace escape across an operational area, drag vessels from hyperspace, and turn an attempted withdrawal into a prolonged engagement. Its Crystal GravField Trap complements this capability by enabling detection of vessels concealed behind active cloaking systems. In contrast, electronic warfare systems and jamming beams interfere with enemy targeting and precision weapons. The result is a vessel designed not merely to destroy an opponent, but to control the conditions under which an engagement occurs. However, the price of that dominance is mobility. The Eclipse is extraordinarily slow at sublight speeds and possesses little of the maneuverability expected from smaller capital ships. Once committed to an engagement, it cannot rapidly reposition, perform precise tactical maneuvers, or effectively pursue enemies that escape its gravity-well envelope. Its enormous pyramidal silhouette makes concealment virtually impossible, while the exposed support structures required by its unconventional architecture provide identifiable points where concentrated damage can compromise portions of the ship. Even its primary drive system, though protected, occupies a recognizable ventral superstructure whose destruction could cripple the vessel. These limitations shaped the behavior around the Battlecruiser. Its complement of Megamasers is destructive in its own right, a unique weapons that use both kinetic and laser energy simultaneously. However, despite their destructive output, their capacitors require a longer recharge phase before they can be fired again, resulting in a lower rate of fire than that of their standard complement of Turbolaser Cannons. Its use of Hapan-derived rotation drives comes with its own issue: damage to these drives can lock the weapon systems in place as the drives become inoperable. Even its Gravity Well Projectors are a double-edged sword; although they prevent an enemy from escaping into hyperspace, they can equally prevent escort vessels from fleeing into hyperspace while still active. The Eclipse does not hunt its enemies; it arrives. Ordinarily accompanied by escorts and deployed where its immense firepower, fighter complement, command systems, and interdiction capabilities can exert the greatest influence, it serves as an anchor around which an entire fleet can organize. Smaller vessels maneuver, Starfighters pursue, and Escorts screen its vulnerable approaches. The Eclipse occupies the center and steadily transforms the battlespace around itself into territory controlled by its guns, sensors, gravity wells, and squadrons. In this respect, its name is particularly fitting. The Eclipse was not built to destroy whatever stood before it; it was built to overshadow it.