The Griffin of Zakuul
VIRILUS-CLASS HEAVY FRIGATE
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a commerce raider/pocket battleship for the Imperial Military Protectorate.
- Image Source: Artstation
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: Roble
- Primary Source: Commerce Raider, Pocket Battleship
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Aresian Naval Engineering
- Affiliation: Imperial Military Protectorate
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Virilus-class Heavy Frigate
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Frame: Alusteel Frame
- Subframe: Alusteel Crossbeams w/ Impervium Reinforcement
- Hull: AB-163 "Svalinn" Class Starship Hull
- Interior (General): Alusteel w/ Specialized Friction Wax Overlay
- Blast Doors: Turadium
- Viewports (Artificial): Quadanium Plates w/ Mock 'Transparent' Toggle Screens & Imyndaða Series Solid State Hologram
- Viewports (Real): Reinforced Transparisteel
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Heavy Frigate, Commerce Raider, "Pocket Battleship"
- Length: 500 meters
- Width: 110 meters
- Height: 75 meters
- Armament: Extreme
- Dorsal:
- [2] Dual Reductor Concussion Cannons
- [10] Missile Tubes
- [12] Dual Light Turbolasers
- Starboard/Port:
- [7] Dual Light Turbolasers
- [14] Quad Heavy Lasercannons
- [6] Dual Ion Cannons
- [20] RMAF-M2 Point-Defense Cannons
- Ventral:
- [2] Dual Heavy Turbolasers
- [10] Missile Tubes
- [6] Dual Light Turbolasers
- Dorsal:
- Defenses: Average
- Point Defense Weaponry
- Multi-Layered Military Grade Shield Systems
- Electronic Countermeasures Suite
- Interior Defense Countermeasures Suite
- Automated Turrets
- Blast Doors
- Sentries and Patrols
- Ray shields, etc.
- Missile Deactivation Transmitters
- Hangar Space: Base: 0
- Hangar Allocations: N/A
- Single Craft Hangar: Yes
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Very High
- Hyperdrive: Class 1.0
- Ground Compliment:
- Military Personnel (Security & Operational Compliment):
- 200 Soldiers
- Vehicle Compliment:
- Speeders
- Military Personnel (Security & Operational Compliment):
- Crew Requirements:
- Optimal:
- Officer(s): 500
- Crew: 900
- Skeleton:
- Officer(s): 200
- Crew: 200
- Optimal:
- Cargo Capacity: 5,000 Metric Tons
- Consumables: 1 Year
STANDARD FEATURES
- All Standard Systems
- Docking Clamps
- 'Yellow Dwarf' Sun Reactors
- Escape pod
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Engine
- Life Support
- Communication
- Sensors and Targetting
- STS-84 Artemis Class Targeting & Sensor System
- Fire linked turrets with fast track mountings on each applicable armament
- STS-84 Artemis Class Targeting & Sensor System
- Defensive Systems
- Interior
- Imyndaða Series Solid State Holograms
- Bacta Tanks
- Surgical Pods
- Crew Bunks
- Storage rooms
- Personal cabinets
STRENGTHS
- Extremely potent offensive capabilities
- Very good speed
- "Faster than any stronger, stronger than any faster"
- Long operating time for its size
WEAKNESSES
- Vulnerable to capital ship class weapons
- Weak against extensive strike craft forces
- Very exposed engine sections
- Little crew comfort
DESCRIPTION
With the imperial downfall, not only a central government was gone but also the possibilities for most remnants to field Star Destroyers as their mainstay of naval power projection. Hence why several shipyards shifted to potent and specialized escorts and cruisers for defined purposes and roles in the new dynamic of another warlord and remnant era.
The Virilus-class Heavy Frigate is such a specialised vessel. For a frigate it operates on the larger spectrum while fielding an incredible array of weapons which can easily take apart other escort ships and even small capital ships. It sacrifices defenses for the sake of upgrading its offensive armament to that of a much larger ship, making it extremely vulnerable to opposing capital ships and not suited to go head to head with sturdy heavy cruisers or light Star Destroyers. But it is not meant to, it is meant to outrun them. To hit hard, take apart escorts, convoys and transports and retreat before the big guns appear.
Internally it is designed to allow maximum storage for the ship to operate independently for as long as possible but gives up crew comfort for that, making it liveable for a long time but not liveable in any comfort.
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