Approved Starship Tuz II-class Battlecruiser

[Gir Quee]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a battlecruiser for the Silver Jedi Concord's Fourth Fleet's Alpha Heavy Attack Line
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• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: here
• Primary Source: Tuz-class Battlecruiser

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
• Affiliation: Silver Jedi Concord (Silver Jedi Concord's Fourth Fleet - Alpha Heavy Attack Line)
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Tuz II-class Battlecruiser
• Production: Semi-Unique
• Material: Argentum-series Matrix Armor, Ossis II-series Starship Frame, Biolux series Organoform Circuitry, Calor Series Bio Computers, typical starship components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Battlecruiser
• Length: 3000 meters
• Width: 1120 meters
• Height: 750 meters
• Armament: Extreme
  • 4 Ragnarok-class Heavy Gun Batteries
  • 32 Angon II-class Hypervelocity Cannons
  • 80 Rhongomyniad II-class Mass Driver Cannon Batteries
  • 90 LLT-18 Harpoon-class General Purpose Warhead Launchers
    • Thorn-class Kinetic Interceptors
    • Disruptor-class EMP Torpedoes
    • Deliquescer-class Corrosive Torpedoes
    • Tidefall Brilliant Torpedoes
    • Vortex-class Heavy Concussion Missiles
    • Guolomi-class Brilliant Torpedoes
    • Cometburst-class Space Mines
    • Fracture-class Gravity Mines
    • Starstreak-class Space Mines
  • 30 GravForce-class Tractor Beam Projectors
  • 50 Twin Rainburst-class Flak Cannons
  • 50 Plumbata-class Defense Batteries
    • FM-1 Hailstorm Fighter-to-Fighter Missiles
    • Starcore II-class Concussion Missiles
    • Starbolt-class Missiles
    • Nyx-class Ion Torpedoes
  • 50 Sentinel II-class Point Defense Emplacements
• Defenses: Very High
  • Aspis II-class Shield System (x3)
  • Argentum-series Matrix Armor
  • Ossis II-series Starship Frame
  • 30 Erebus Jamming Arrays
• Hangar Space: Average: 16
• Hangar Allocations:
  • Starfighters: 12 squadrons
  • Support Craft: 4 squadrons
• Maneuverability Rating: Low (Very Low during Nimble-5 boost) (Average when Gulfstream-class Maneuvering System is engaged)
• Speed Rating: Low (Average during Nimble-5 boost) (Very Low when Gulfstream-class Maneuvering System is engaged)
• Hyperdrive: x1

STANDARD FEATURES

• Encryption Network
• Escape Pods
• Electronic Security Systems (Pyrowalls, Rapid Repetition Defense Measure programming, EI-9 network security droids)
• Internal Security Systems (Embedded Mantraps, Internal mounted Stormfire Repeater Emplacements, Blast doors, Internal Force Field Generators)
• Oracle II-series Communications Packages (x3)
• Ossis II-series Starship Frame
• Vitae-class Life Support System
• Can enter the atmosphere
• can carry up to 2 Line Battlegroups

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Assault tubes equipped with Plasma Cut Boarding Devices
• Biolux series organoform circuitry
• Calor series Bio-Computers
• Circino-series Nav Computer
• Gulfstream-class Maneuvering System
• Lacerti-series Starship Automation (High level of automation)
• Laulane-series Bridge Architecture (main and back-up bridges)
• Metis Sensor Array
• Orontes Sensor Array
• Nimble-5 Ion Engines
• Torrential Hyperdrive Booster
• 30 Probe / Drone Deployers
  • L1 Rimor-class Recon Probes
  • L2 Tamor-class ECM Drones
  • L2 Marrab-class ECM Drones
  • Infrared Orbital drop targeting beacons

STRENGTHS

• Bulwark: Like many Mon Calamari designs, the Tuz II has multi-layered shielding which allows it to at least put up one set of shields in a given area even if some of the ship's other shielding systems are damaged or down. Additionally, the Tuz sports fairly thick armor plating, making it exceptionally difficult to take down on the battlefield.
• Heavy Hitter: The Tuz II is a classic big gun battleship, capable of bringing at least three of its Ragnarok Heavy Gun Batteries in any arc and supplementing these weapons with hundreds of other guns. A single broadside from a Tuz II can very easily eliminate a number of cruisers and frigates with a single stroke.

WEAKNESSES

• Low Agility: The Tuz II is not an agile craft due to its size and the mass of its heavy armor.
• Low Speed: The Tuz II is not a fast vessel on account of its bulk and power dedication to its large number of weapons and shield projectors.

DESCRIPTION
While the original Tuz-class Battlecruisers were built in mind with low operating costs, there was concern, especially given the recent experience with the Bryn'adul Empire, that there was still a chance that they might face an unorthodox threat that would be highly resistant to the energy weapons that provided must of the original Tuz's firepower. Consequently, an even more limited variant of the Tuz was produced that was almost exclusively armed with projectile weapons. The idea was that albeit they would be more costly to operate because of the cost of physical ammunition, the weapons could simply be equipped with new projectiles if they again encountered an unorthodox foe. Less than ten Tuz II-class Battlecruisers exist, all of them assigned to the Alpha Heavy Attack Line within the Silver Jedi Concord's Fourth Fleet under Admiral Quee. Because of their operating costs, it is actually rare for all of the Battlecruisers to actually be crewed at any time - most of the time they are moored in inactive strategic reserve, waiting to be activated to fight the right foe.

 

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