M E A T B A G
- Intent: To create a Thyrsian Combat Frigate for the Golden Company, and later Thyrsian Hierarchy.
- Image Source: Eve Online Amarr Empire - Punisher - EvE Online Ships.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable.
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles, Hyperion Solar Lances, Barca Pattern Pressor Beam, Escutcheon Xythan Shields, Istanu Solar Disruptors.
- Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation - Starships Division, The Golden Company, The Thyrsian Hierarchy (Select and Contracted Foundries.)
- Model: TTH/ATE-001 "Laertes" - Class Trireme.
- Affiliation: The Thyrsian Hierarchy, The Golden Company, Closed-Market.
- Production: Minor-scale Production.
- Material:
- Durasteel Hull and Armour Plating (Ablative) with Secondary Turadium Armour Plating.
- Manganese Brass Armour Reinforcements (Anti-Corrosion.)
- Thyrsian Mirror Shields (Haysian Smelt, Kiirium.)
- Flexisteel Cabling, Armourplast Interiors Panels,
- Alusteel Skeletal Frame, with Laminanium Structural Plating.
- Heavily Reinforced Duraplast Hull Liner with Anti-Ionic Mesh (Faraday Cage.)
- Dallorian Alloy and Agrinium Panels (Where Appropriate.)
- Myoflex Heat Sinks.
- Glasteel Viewports.
- Reinforced Laser-Reflective Barbettes.
- Various Corvette Components (Interior and Exterior.)
- Classification: Frigate.
- Role: Sector Patrol Vessel, Pocket Battleship, Heavy Combat Frigate, Heavy Escort Frigate, Etc.
- Length: 500 Metres.
- Width: 290 Metres.
- Height: 195 Metres.
- Armament: High Rating.
- [10] Hyperion Barbette Solar Lance Batteries [Fast-Track Mountings, Fire-Linked. Ignores Conventional Shielding.]
- [10] Dual Barbette Mass-Driver Turrets [Railgun Variant, Fast-Track Mountings, Fire-Linked.]
- [10] Dual Barbette Ion Cannon Turrets [Fast-Track Mountings, Fire-Linked.]
- [15] Solarized Barbette Disruptor Cannon Turrets [Fast-track Mountings, Fire-linked. Ignores Conventional Shielding.]
- [4] Turreted Concussion Missile Turrets [Variable Warhead Payloads.**]
- [18] Automated Barbette Quad-Laser Cannon Turrets [Fast-Track Mountings, Fire-Linked.]
- [18] Automated Barbette Rotary Point Defence Cannons [Fast-Track Mountings, Fire-Linked.]
- [18] Automated Barbette Quad Point Defense Warhead Launchers [Fire-linked, Fast-track Mountings.]
- [18] Automated Barbette Antimissile Octets [Fast-Track mountings, Fire-Linked.]
- ** Variable Warhead Loadout: Assault Concussion Missiles, Seeker Concussion Missiles, Homing Proton Torpedoes, Magpulse Torpedoes, Interdiction Missiles, Planetary Hex Missiles, Assault Cluster Missiles, Intruder Missiles, Etc.
- Defences: High Rating.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Reinforced, and Ablative Armour and Hull Plating.
- Primary [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Xythan Force Shielding.
- Secondary [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Deflector Shield (Ray, Particle and Concussion Barriers; Overlaid.)
- Reinforced [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Reinforced Ionic Shielding.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Reactionary Pressor Beam Emitters.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Internal Anticoncussion Field Generators.
- Overhauled [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Kiirium Mirror Shields (Automated, and Slide-able Girder Mounts.)
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Emergency Thrusters (Chemical Propellent and Lateral Thrusters.)
- Advanced [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] EWAR, Electronic Countermeasures, Chaff, Flare Launchers, Etc.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] 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: Average Rating.
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: Two Squadrons of Starfighters.
- Support Craft: One Squadron of Support Craft.
- Maneuverability Rating: 45 DPF - Low Rating.
- Speed Rating: Average Rating.
- MGLT: 60 MGLT
- Maximum Atmospheric Speed: 920 Km/H
- Primary Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1.0
- Secondary Hyperdrive Rating: Class 8.0
- Engine Unit(s): Frigate - Class Ion Engines - Six Drive Units, with Integrated Repulsorfield Generators.
- Secondary Propulsion: Retractable Solar Soils.
- Primary Power Plant: Frigate - Class Hypermatter Annihilation Reactor.
- Secondary Power Plant: Solar Ionization Conversion Module(s) with Retractable Agrinium Collection Arrays.
- Passengers:
- 300 Soldiers - Planetary Assault Battalion.
- 75 Soldiers - Shipboard Security Complement.
- Crew Complement (Optimal): Sixty-Two Officers, and Enlisted Personnel.
- Crew Complement (Skeletal): Twenty-One Officers, and Enlisted Personnel.
- Escape Craft: Twelve Saviour Pods and Three Ejectable Lifeboats.
- Cargo Capacity: 2,000 Metric Tonnes (Vehicles and Cargo.)
- Consumables: One Year - Galactic Standard.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Sensor Systems and Targeting Systems.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Avionics Package.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Navigation System.
- Dedicated Precision MicroJump Computer.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Life Support System.
- (Automated Barrack Deck(s,) Integrated Training Centres, Mess Halls, Meditation Chambers, Recreational Decks, Etc.)
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Damage and Hazard Control Systems.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Tractor and Pressor Beam Emitters.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Anti-Ion Emission Tracker (Anti-Hyperspace Tracking.)
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Communication Systems, with Encrypted Military Keys.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Shift and Relativistic Shielding.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Anti-Concussion Force Fields.
- Standard [Frigate-Class, Military Grade] Animated Metal Sealant, with Automated Repair Drones.
- State of the Art Internal Systems:
- Prototyper, with Several 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:
- Xythan Force Shielding.
- AR-08 Damage Reduction Armour Component.
- Laminanium Structural Plating, External Regenerative Properties.
- State of the Art Countermeasures:
- Internalized Shield Generators, and Emitters.
- Internalized Reactor Bulb(s.)
- Barca Pattern Reactionary Pressor Beams.
- Haysian Smelt Infused Kiirium Mirror Plating, with Slide-able Girders.
- Aural-Biological-Chemical Scramblers.
- Anti-Ordnance EM Probe(s.)
- Missile Deactivators.
- Animated Metal Sealant, with Automated Repair Drones.
- Highly Automated, with Animated Metal Sealant, Automated Repair Drones, and Minor Regenerative Properties.
- Thyrsian Mirror Shields - Shield Precursor Technology.
- Comprehensive Countermeasure Suite.
- Xythan Force Shielding - High Energy Resistance, and Capable of Using Enemy Energy Weapons against their Users.
- Exposed Weapon Emplacements - Potential Targets of Opportunity.
- Thyrsian Mirror Shields - Decent Energy Resistance, but Terrible Kinetic Barriers.
- Automated and Slaved Systems; Utterly Crippled if Disabled.
- Limited EMP and Ion Resistance; Proximity Dependent.
- Solarized Weapons - Rylith Crystals Require Solar Radiation to Recharge; Weaker Discharges in Empty Space as Battle Progresses.
- Solar Sails - Slowed Movement Speed [Solar Wind(s) Dependent; Useless in Open Space.] and Extremely Fragile - Easily Pierced by Kinetic Weaponry when Extended.
- Xythan Force Shielding - Cannot Defend against Kinetic Attacks.
- External, but Armoured Command Deck.
- Turreted Missile Tubes - Direct Payload Connection.
The TTH/ATE-001 "Laertes" - Class Trireme was the first, dedicated warship in service to the Thyrsian-led Golden Company, which was specifically designed to operate in the thick of battle with nary a care for survival. With the previous vessels that found themselves pressed into the militant sect’s service, there was a heavy reliance on mobility as their weapons would be able to punch through anything that stood in their path. However, as the call went out for larger, and larger starships - the role they needed to fill on the battlefield had to change. While there was still room for the lightly armoured, and agile warships that would make up the entirety of their raiding flotillas, the growing Thyrsian Armada needed something more static to form the central lynchpins of their ever-shifting battle lines. Yet, whatever ships came forth from the Coruscanti Driveyards couldn’t eschew their cultural heritage - so a balance needed to be struck between the desired ideologies.
Thus, came forth the “Laertes” to join the ever-growing ranks of the Thyrsian’s Armada. Its outer hull was reinforced not only by the overhauled Mirror Shields, dredged forth from the annals of antiquity but a layer of Turadium armour plating. This second shell would offer the warship a significant measure of protection against exotic weapons, and boarding craft, all the while allowing the vessel to take on a more dedicated role on the battlefield. With it’s added armour, the “Laertes” could surge forth into enemy formations and tear its opposition asunder; leaving nothing but smouldering husks in its wake. This ideal of battlefield supremacy, especially on such a small scale, made this warship an ideal fit for the Thyrsian art of war; as it embodied almost every tenet within those sand-scoured pages, save for being highly agile.
With a myriad of weapons that covered almost every end of the spectrum, the “Laertes” was capable of engaging almost any foe that found themselves within its sights. From the Hyperion Solar Lances, that could feasibly disable and destroy almost any conventional warship that stood in its path, to the Turreted Missile Tubes with variable payloads - that would allow the Thyrsians to alter their tactics on the fly. It was almost a perfect blend of lethality, save for the fact that the Frigate was incapable of diverting excess power away from its weapons arrays to further fuel their agility and speed. However, such sacrifices had to be made and were of little concern to the Golden Company. All that mattered, in the end, was the simple fact that they were one step closer to reclaiming their homeworld.
Soon, it would be time to Liberate Thyrsus from the hands of the Vile Echani, and give them the justice they deserve.
MODIFICATION SUMMARY
Screencap of Previous Modifications.
- Updated Submission to New Factory Standards.
- Updated Image and Image Source.
- Removed HIMS capability, due to new Factory Standards.
- Rewrote Armament, Defences, Standard and Advanced Features, alongside Strengths and Weakness Sections (Befitting the New Rating System.)
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