D O M I N U S
Ventress-class Light Cruiser
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION- Intent: The purpose of this submission is to provide the Confederacy of Independent Systems with a vessel dedicated to starfighter defense.
- Development Thread: N/A
- Image Source: Adamkop
- Manufacturer: Arakyd Industries
- Model: Ventress-class Light Cruiser
- Affiliation: Private Market
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel, Turadium, Quadranium, Glasteel
- Classification: Balanced
- Role: Escort
- Height: 15 meters
- Width: 25 meters
- Length: 100 meters
- Power Core Generator/Reactor: Solar Ionization Reactor
- Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1
- Minimum Crew: 5
- Optimal Crew: 10
- Passenger Capacity: 2
- Cargo Capacity: 300 metric tons
- Consumables: 2 months
- Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: Class 5 (SLAM: Class 4)
- Fast-Mounted Turbolaser Cannons (6)
- Turbolaser Cannons (6)
- Quad Laser Cannon Turrets (4)
- Point-Defense Turrets (2)
- Standard Targeting Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Standard Sensory Array
- Standard Communications Array
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Shield Generator Systems
- Sublight Acceleration Motor
- Encryption Network
- Escape Pods
- Distress Beacon
As the naval forces of the Confederacy continued to grow, it soon became apparent that the nation's specialization laid in the fielding of an exceptional sum of starfighters. Whilst excellent, this specialization's shortcoming was the threat posed by dedicated, anti-starfighter vessels and exceptional advances to flak gun weaponry. In an attempt to remedy this shortcoming, the design teams of Druckenwell Shipyards devised a vessel poised to escort starfighters whilst engaging the aforementioned threats. Dubbed the Ventress-class Light Cruiser, after the famed assassin of the original incarnation of the Confederacy the vessel is an excellent reflection of the durability and reliability produced by Druckenwell Shipyards.
To begin, the basis of the Ventress-class was a corvette of the balanced configuration. However, the size of the original design resulted in a sublight speed that would not be as effective in escorting starfighter formations. To this end, the design was scaled down several meters, resulting in a slightly diminished armament. From here, what remained of the design's warhead launchers were omitted in order to make room for additional armaments in the form of a series of fast-mounted turbolasers and quad laser cannons for defense. Through this selection of weaponry, the Ventress-class is capable of tracking swift-moving vessels that would pose a large threat to starfighters.
As durability is a large concern, the design teams made absolutely certain to construct the vessel's hull and frame out of the same combination of durable metals which characterize the majority of the Confederacy's vessels. These metals consist of Durasteel, Turadium, and Quadranium and result in the Ventress-class' ability to withstand an impressive sum of punishment in the event of shield droppage. Alongside this measure is a non-combative attachment devoted to sublight speed. Known as a SLAM motor, the measure diverts power from the vessel's defensive emplacements in order to temporarily boost its sublight speed. While this leaves the Ventress-class practically incapable of defending itself, it does afford the vessel the ability to temporarily outpace ships of comparable size.
As a whole, the Ventress-class Light Cruiser is a reliable vessel poised to address the dire role of starfighter defense.
