Ayden Cater
Grumpy Goat
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Intent: To flesh out the orbital defenses of the Protectorate
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Corellian Engineering with cooperation from Fondor Shipyards
Model: Uldyr-class Defense Station
Affiliation: Omega Pyre with Galactic Alliance
Modularity: None
Production: Mass Produced
Material: Durasteel-Titanium Alloy (Hull Plating), Quadanium (Structural Frame), Transparisteel (Viewports)
Description: If the FLEETCOM station is meant to be the shining knight of the Protectorate's orbital defenses, the Uldyr is the warhorse that carries the knight into battle. Designed solely as a military installation, the interior is functional with little to no regard for aesthetic. Check points, defense barriers, armories, and emergency bulkheads fill the station's interior. The armed presence on the station is little more than a defensive precaution to keep boarders away.
The cornerstone of the Uldyr's armament is the Javelin Hypervelocity Cannon system. Ten barrels are arranged along the length of the station in a 2-3-3-2 pattern. The station is capable of firing all ten simultaneous, though this isn't standard firing practice. Instead, the station cycles through each barrel, spreading the firing of each one between the cooldown of the others, resulting in an average firing speed of about a firing every minute. To supplement these guns, the station has twenty-five heavy energy torpedo projectors to volley with each firing. A large number of quad laser and flak cannons give the ship powerful anti-fighter power.
In spite of all this power, the Uldyr is not without its flaws. The spinal nature of the Javelin system means the entire station must orient itself between firings. Firing all ten simultaneously produces enough of an aftershock that the station has to fire its heavy maneuvering thrusters to maintain its position, resulting in a thirty-three percent increase in firing time, which is why the stations rarely fire the cannons all at once. As well, the nature of the hypervelocity cannon and energy torpedo projectors means agile ships (Anything class six speed or less) are practically immune to the station's fire power, short of accidental circumstance. While the station does possess considerable anti-starfighter power, the Uldyr only has fifty ion cannon turrets to fend off any agile capital ship that darts in close.
The considerable firepower and cost of construction means the Uldyr-class Defense Platform is only seen over Class A Protectorate worlds, or greater. The station is simple too expensive to justify placing one over anything less, though rare and extreme circumstances can see a single one placed over a Class B world.
Classification: Assault Station (Star Destroyer)
Role: Heavy Defense Platform
Height: 1,700 meters
Width: 500 meters
Length: 575 meters
Power Core Generator/Reactor: Twin Solar Ionization Reactors
Hyperdrive Rating: N/A
Minimum Crew: 347
Optimal Crew: 1,285
Armaments:
- Ten Heavy Javelin Hypervelocity Cannons
- Fifty Fastmount Ion Cannon Turrets
- Twenty-Five Heavy Energy Torpedo Projectors
- Sixty-Five Antimissile Octets
- Ninety-Six Quad Laser Cannon Turrets
- Ninety-Six Flak Cannons
Non-Combative Attachments:
- Communications Array
- Encryption Network
- Escape Pods
- Heavy Ray Shield Generator
- Heavy Maneuvering Thrusters
- Holonet Transceiver
- Reinforced Hull Plating
- Standard Detention Cells
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Standard Particle Shield Generator
- Standard Sensor Array
- Standard Targeting Systems
Cargo Capacity: 12,000 Metric Tons
Consumables: Eighteen Months
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: -
