Kiff Brayde
The One and Only
- Intent: To create a powerful long-range battlecruiser for the Confederacy of Independent Systems
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- Manufacturer: Roble Manufacturing, Jaegar Solutions
- Affiliation: Confederacy of Independent Systems
- Model: Thoros-class Artillery Cruiser
Production: Limited
Material: Durasteel/Quadrillium Alloy, Transparisteel, Duraluminum, Shocksteel
- Classification: Assault
- Length: 4,425 Meters
- Width: 1,080 Meters
- Height: 500 Meters
- Armament: Very High
- Defenses: Low
- Hangar Space: Base: 5
- Hangar Allocations:
Starfighters: Vulture Mk II Starfighter | x1 squadron - Support Craft: Maniple-class Armored Personnel Transport | x4 squadrons
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Low
[*]Speed Rating: Average
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average: 2
All Standard Features
Armaments:
- x2 ventrally-mounted Orbital Autocannons
- x16 Hypervelocity Cannons
- x40 BAK-24 Assault Concussion Missile Launchers
- x60 BAK-24 Assault Concussion Missiles per Launcher - x40 Long-range Turbolaser Batteries
Other:
- Gunner: The Thoros-class Artillery Cruiser is powerfully armed, with two Orbital Autocannons, BAK-24 Assault Concussion Missiles and Hypervelocity cannons. Suffice to say, the Thoros-class is able to pack a punch.
- Hit 'em before you see 'em: the Thoros-class Artillery Cruiser is built around long-range combat, and when used correctly is able to deal out massive amounts of damage while safe from return fire.
- Clumsy: The Thoros-class is built around long-range combat that does not require much maneuvering, and thus is unable to perform precise maneuvers or micro-jumps. It's lack of precise maneuvering engines means that it is useless in short ranges, and it requires tug craft to guide it into port. It is also completely dependent on sublight thrusters when in the middle of battle.
- Needs Friends: The Thoros-class is a powerful ship, yes, but designed to be a support ship in the sense that it can only be effective at long ranges. The Thoros-class is without an adequate fighter complement and anti-fighter defenses, and lacks adequate weaponry to deal with smaller, faster ships. These drawbacks mean that the Thoros-class depends on other support ships to defend it from smaller vessels.
- Expensive: With its large size and powerful equipment, the Thoros-class Artillery Battlecruiser costs a pretty penny, and it would be financially unwise for a faction to use these models carelessly or mass-produce them.
If one word could be used to describe the Thoros-class Artillery Battlecruiser, it would be death. Indeed, the Thoros-class is a mighty powerful ship, something that can be inferred from the designation 'Artillery Battlecruiser.' Designed around long-range combat, the Thoros-class Artillery Battlecruiser is meant to be used at long ranges to deal out painful dishes of destruction, or to set worlds aflame. It's two ventrally-mounted Orbital Cannons can carve chunks out of a battlecruiser or vaporize groundside bases, while it's hypervelocity cannons and Assault Concussion Missiles can destroy ships before they're even in conventional range. However, all of these advantages come at the expense of some flaws; the Thoros-class is by no means a balanced ships, and requires carriers and smaller ships to defend itself against starfighters and smaller, faster spaceships. It's lack of precision thrusters means that it is unable to perform precise maneuvers and thus is woefully ineffective in close-range combat, and it takes significant financial backing to build the Thoros-class. All in all, it is a heavy-hitting ship meant to beef up the firepower of already balanced fleets from a long range.
