Approved Starship Vigil II-class Corvette

[Darth Athora]

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: A standard corvette for the Sith Empire
• Image Source: FractalSponge
• Canon Link: N/A
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source:
  ​Vigil-class corvette

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Sith-Imperial Corps of Engineers
• Model: Vigil II-class Corvette
• Affiliation: Sith Empire
• 
  Production: Minor
• Material:
  ​Neutronium-impregnated Quadanium Steel
• Transparisteel

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Corvette, Picket Ship
• Length: 300m
• Width: 120m
• Height: 22m
• Armament: Moderate
  ​4 twin heavy turbolaser turrets
• 4 twin light turbolaser turrents
• 8 laser cannon turrets
• 8 shield leech weapons

[*]Defenses: Average

• Ray shields
• Particle shields

[*]Hangar: None
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Average
[*]Speed Rating: Moderate
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average: 2
STANDARD FEATURES

• Communication Systems:
  Communication Wave De-scrambler
• Encryption Module
• Frequency Jammer
• Holonet Transceiver
• Hyperwave Transceiver
• Ranger Transceiver
• Subspace Transceiver

[*]Environmental Systems:

• Artificial Gravity
• Brig
• Distress Beacon
• Escape Pods
• Environmental Converter
• Inertial Damper
• Infantry Barracks
• Life Support
• Medical Bay
• Navigation System
• Ray Shields

[*]Propulsion Systems:

• Hyperdrive
• Ion Drives

[*]Sensor and Targeting Systems:

• Anti-ion Emission Tracer
• Aural Sensor
• Com-scan
• Comm laser
• Hyperwave Signal Interceptor
• Life Form Indicator
• Long-range Sensor
• Sensor Dampener
• Targeting Laser
• Targeting Sensor
• Tri-Tracker
• Wide-range Sensor

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• None

Strengths:

• Vigil II is faster than most other ships of it's class
• Vigil II's anti-starfighter capabilities give it great protection from enemy fighters.

Weaknesses:

• The Vigil II requires a complement of starfighters as an escort when it is targeting a larger ship
• The Vigil II's armament requires the ship to be within close range of an enemy ship to do damage, making the ship an easy target.

DESCRIPTION

The Vigil-II is a rehash of an older Galactic Empire ship that served as a powerful, yet small, picket ship. The Vigil-II has seen many improvements since it's predecessor. First off, the amount of weapons on the ship have increased, increasing it's overall power in the field. Also, a weapon unused by the Empire before has been included: the shield leech weapon. This weapon, first used by the Zann Consortium, steals the shields from an enemy ship and gives them to the Vigil-II. This can be used to deplete enemy ships of their shields while they focus on the larger warships of the Imperial Armada. The Vigil-II is equipped with both ray and particle shields, providing protection from both laser and kinetic weapons.

All in all, the Vigil-II fits its role perfectly.

 

[Gir Quee]

Under Review.

 

[Gir Quee]

Classification: Corvette, Picket Ship Length: 300m Width: 750m Height: 22m

Are you sure about these dimensions? These seem more appropriate for a cruiser than a corvette to me.


Overall, while I cannot make an exact judgement on rating balance because I'm not sure of the size, this looks a bit overpowered to me. If this is a corvette, bear in mind that even at a corvette's max size, having no hangar only gives a single, extra rating.

 

[Darth Athora]

[member="Gir Quee"] Fixed it. Made a mistake.

 

[Gir Quee]

Classification: Corvette, Picket Ship Length: 300m

Are you sure about this? Corvettes are typically between 50 - 200 meters per the template.

 

[Darth Athora]

[member="Gir Quee"] http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vigil-class_corvette

Vigil was 255 so yes I am sure.

 

[Gir Quee]

Gir Quee http://starwars.wiki...-class_corvette Vigil was 255 so yes I am sure.

Noted. Bear in mind that as a corvette, this size is actually to this design's detriment for comparison purposes.

In terms of overall ratings, this is at least three ratings too high for its size.

 

[Darth Athora]

[member="Gir Quee"] Brought down the armament, speed, and defenses.

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Zahori Denko"], I'm treating this as a frigate in the Excel sheet because the larger size gives it more hangar room to trade. However, I feel that this is closest to the 200 meter frigate/corvette in terms of hangar rating, meaning that there is only one squadron to trade away. Because of that, we are currently one rating too high.

 

[Darth Athora]

[member="Gir Quee"] Brought the size down to 200m

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Zahori Denko"], we're one rating too high right now.

 

[Darth Athora]

[member="Gir Quee"] Fixed things

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Zahori Denko"], this looks like the size increased and the ratings stayed the same? Here's a breakdown of what I see right now.

Production: Minor (-1)
Armament: Moderate (+1)
Defenses: Moderate (+1)
Hangar: None (-1)
Maneuverability Rating: Average (0)
Speed Rating: Moderate (+1)
Hyperdrive Class: Average: 2 (0)

So if we add all of these up, it's still one rating too high.

 

[Darth Athora]

[member="Gir Quee"] 'None' for hangar size is not -1. Not at all.
Also, Hyperdrive class isn't even counted against anything as per the Starship 5 guide.

 

[Gir Quee]

'None' for hangar size is not -1. Not at all.

From the template:

Hangar: (Please provide the amount of fighters this submission can hold in it's hangar by count of Squadrons, which hold 12 average Starfighters. The higher your squadron count, the lower your Armament and number of advanced systems should be. )

• 100 Meters: [None: - | Very Low: - | Low: - | Average: 0 | Moderate: - | High: - | Very High: 1 | Extreme: 2]
• 200 Meters: [None: - | Very Low: - | Low: 0 | Average: 1 | Moderate: - | High: 2 | Very High: 3 | Extreme: 4]

In other words, there is no difference between "None" and "Low" in terms of balancing: They both are zero squadrons. What this means is that we cannot have negative ratings that go beyond zero. You can't take away more of something that it's already at its lowest levels. Does that make sense?

Also, Hyperdrive class isn't even counted against anything as per the Starship 5 guide.

It doesn't particularly apply to this sub because the rating is average, but pushing it higher can result in the need to balance other things out. I listed it for completeness's sake.

 

[Darth Athora]

[member="Gir Quee"] Brought the defenses down a rating.

 

[Gir Quee]

Awesome. Pending Secondary Approval. Thanks! [member="Jamie Pyne"]

 

[Zef Halo]

Approved.