Gluk, Stock, and Two Smoking Lasers
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: A resubmission to replace busted formatting and to update history. The single best place to get your personal starship modified or repaired, period.
- Image Source: EVE Online concept art
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: The Wretched Hive (original submission), The Wretched Hive (Tier VI Workshop with Pyronium Specialization under previous ruleset), playlist
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Republic of Starcrest, very heavily modified by the Wretched Hive's crew
- Affiliation: Jorus Merrill (former captain), Q (acting captain), Outer Planets Alliance
- Model: Star Voyager Freighter, very heavily modified
- Production: Unique
- Material: Every kind of common starship metal, including but not limited to durasteel, alusteel, titanium, duranium, and havod. Space tape. Rust.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Heavy Freighter
- Length: 140m
- Width: 60m
- Height: 60m
- Armament: Low
- 2 dual heavy ion cannon turrets
- 2 general purpose missile launchers, typically loaded with mag pulse warheads
- 2 heavy Conner net launchers
- 10 point-defense autoblasters
- Defenses: High
- Reinforced (if rusty) hull
- Military-grade deflector shield generators
- Pyronium-based cap drains (very high ion/EMP resistance)
- Hangar Space: Very High (1)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 0 squadrons (though there might be a fighter or two onboard at any given time)
- Support Craft: 1 squadron (assorted shuttles and light freighters visiting for mods or repairs, as well as several tiny EDY/MandalMotors KKT-74 maintenance vehicles and at least one Thrifter salvage boat)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive Class: Very Fast (Class 0.5 - Silkworm Hypertransit Package; Class 10 backup)
STANDARD FEATURES
- All standard features
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Advanced navigation systems (Silkwork Hypertransit Package)
- Advanced AI (Q)
- Comprehensive small ship modification and repair facilities
- Salvage gear (tractor/pressor beams, cutting torches, worksuits, salvage-optimized scanners, rigger tables)
- Raw materials processing gear (mining torches, onboard refinery and reconfigurable fabricator)
- Tractor shroud
- Pyronium-based cap drains shunt excess energy away to diffuse into hyperspace
STRENGTHS
- Mobile outlaw tech base, capable of turning wreckage and raw materials into ship modifications.
- Excellent navigation systems and hyperdrive.
- Very high ion/EMP resistance.
- Advanced artificial intelligence.
- Strong shields and hull.
WEAKNESSES
- Low armament, mostly 'nonlethal' and less than half of the stock loadout.
- Very low maneuverability due to large holds full of ships, parts, and power tools.
- The manual is worthless. The Wretched Hive bears little resemblance to the ship it was five years ago, and no resemblance whatsoever to the stock model. It's been changed a piece at a time. If there are any original Republic of Starcrest components left, it would be a surprise to the Chief Engineer.
DESCRIPTION
The long-gone explorer Jorus Merrill and his outlaw tech friends acquired and modified the ship that became the Wretched Hive. They transformed the generic heavy freighter inside and out a piece at a time, making it a mobile refit and repair base for the Underground. Over the years the Wretched Hive developed an unparalleled reputation for aftermarket starship modifications, and left its mark all across the Outer Rim.
With the disappearance or death of its captain, the Hive carried on in recent years, albeit less aggressively than before. Its ageing chief engineer and its artificial intelligence kept the Hive's work on track for quality.
The prospector and shipwright Jerec Asyr has done some work for the Hive.
Current or occasional crew:
- Dingo Darr (chief engineer)
- Shenna'vala (deputy chief engineer)
- SAG-1 ('Saggy')
- Bridge crew list
- Jerec Asyr
(* denotes list items that the OPA can use at will.)
UNIQUE SHIPS
- The Riposte, for
Julius Sedaire
- The Haka, for
Loto Afu
- The Gossamer*, a noted extragalactic expeditionary ship
- Modified StealthX, for @Karren Trask
- The Matriarch, for the Commenor Systems Alliance
- The Kestrelsong, for
Curupira Hawk
- The Scarlet Will, anonymously bought by
Darth Empyrean
- The Shining Starr, for
Bryce Bantam
- The Heir Apparent, for Onith Trill
- The Black Dagger*, an OPA scout ship
- The White Hat*, a smuggling ship
- The Verdict*, an OPA flagship
- The Aegis of Dayark* home of the Kathol Technical Academy
- A quadjumper, once owned by Kalyn Shif (
Lief
) - Zenith-X1 Superluminal Racer, sold to a private buyer (won by
Madelyn Lowe
in a Codex contest) - The Nice Legs, for
Joza Perl
- The Princess Leia, for Mishel Kryze
- The Absolution*, former flagship of the Underground
- The Mister Universe, for
Dedata | Celty Ree
- The Inked Quill, for Tai Fa (
Jairus Starvald
)
SHIP LINES
- Subterren Scout Boats*
- Lakeshore Star Yachts*
- Pau City Blockade Runners*
- Thrifter Salvage Boats*
- B-Zero Bombers*
- Shambhala-class Science Vessels*
- Torrent-class Heavy Starfighters*
LOCATIONS
- Various small salvage ports in the Graveyard of Dantooine if you can stay a step ahead of the Sith Empire*
- A couple of hangars at Port Mynock*
- Redshift Station*
- Rebellion Actual*
- Many stations along the Mara Corridor and throughout the Kathol Outback*
TECHNOLOGY
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