Approved Starship ACX-1 "Keeper of Promises" Armored Courier

[Irumakka Sednava]

"Revenge is not a threat... it's a promise." - Aurebesh inscription on the hull.

The Keeper of Promises at full speed, displaying its terrifying red sublight thruster emissions. The coloration is the result of the red kyber crystals being used within the sublight engines.

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Create a unique and terrifying armored courier to sell in A.A.S.D.R. catalogue.
• Image Source:
  • https://www.moddb.com/mods/old-republic-at-war/addons/sith-hero-unitrogue-shadow-concept-design
  • https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Rogue_Shadow
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Adumar Advanced Starcraft Design and Repair
• Affiliation: 1 Adumar Advanced Starcraft Design and Repair customer (TBD)
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: ACX-1
• Production: Unique
• Material: Enhanced carbon-durasteel plating, transperisteel, alusteel, starship components, solar panel components, red kyber crystals.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Courier (Light Freighter)
• Length: 35 meters.
• Width: 24 meters.
• Height: 8 meters.
• Armament: Average
  • 4 Fixed, forward-facing Medium Blaster Cannons.
    • 2 chin mounted.
    • 1 on each wing.
• Defenses: High
  • Powerful deflector shield generator.
  • Enhanced carbon-durasteel plating.
• Squadron Count: None: 1
• Maneuverability Rating: Low
• Speed Rating: Extreme
• Hyperdrive: Class 0.7, Class 12 secondary.
• Crew Count: 1 minimum, 2 optimal.
• Passenger Count: 2

STANDARD FEATURES

• All standard features.
• Refresher.
• 2 person cabin.
• 2 docking rings.

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Sublight engines are all enhanced through the custom addition of red kyber crystals to concentrate, focus, and amplify their power output.
• 3 solar arrays, with 13 solar collectors distributed among them.
  • 1 per wing with 5 solar collectors.
  • 1 on the nose with 3 solar collectors.
• Powerful deflector shield generator.
• 4 Mk II Votoly "Booster Seats" that raise from the main compartment into a canopy, with the pilot and copilot stations at the front end, as well as 2 passenger positions behind them.

STRENGTHS

• Lightning Quick: Specialty kyber crystal enhanced sublight engines made specifically for this custom ship allow it to achieve terrifying, nauseating, teeth-gritting speeds... when it's traveling in a straight path. It makes it difficult to intercept, difficult to hit without severely leading shots far ahead of it, and VERY difficult to catch up to once it's gone past.
• Shrug It Off: Powerful deflector shields and a very thick hull composed of enhanced carbon-durasteel armor allow it to ignore most fire directed at it and maintain its flight path. Excellent for breaking through blockades.
• Saving time: The class 0.7 is excellent (when it works), allowing large galactic distances to be covered in mere hours. Perfect for a courier.

WEAKNESSES

• Fixed Weapons: All four of the ship's medium blaster cannons are fixed in the forward position, meaning if you're forced to engage in combat, you must maneuver your vessel to face your enemy before you can fire on them.
• Sluggish Maneuverability: This vessel has excellent forward momentum, but it turns, spins, and rolls very, very, very slowly. It's nearly impossible to dodge anything that's going to hit you. It's also nearly impossible to get an enemy ahead of you to shoot them down.
• Fickle Engineering: The 0.7 hyperdrive is... stubborn, to word the situation kindly. It's in constant need of repair, and when you need that extra speed the most, you'll find yourself frantically racing to the engine compartment to restore power to it. More often than they might like, the pilot of this vessel will be relying on the Class 12 backup hyperdrive.
• Nightmare-inducing technology: The secret behind the scary-fast speed of the "Keeper of Promises" is the inclusion of a set of scarlet red kyber crystals, which have been intensely bled. These crystals are used to concentrate, focus, and amplify the power being generated by each of the sublight engines. The unfortunate side effect of having this many red kyber crystals integrated into a ship? An increased number of force disturbances, visions, and other unpleasant effects felt by the ship's occupants, particularly force-sensitive ones. This ship is a terrifying vessel to ride in, and despite being brand new, it feels and behaves as if it is severely haunted.
• Low cargo space: The downside of all couriers when compared to other types of cargo haulers like freighters is the much smaller cargo space.
• Galley-less: There is no food preparation space on board. Hopefully, the crew and any passengers are okay with MREs and snack foods because hot meals are out of the question.

DESCRIPTION
A custom-order armored courier constructed by Adumar Advanced Starcraft Design and Repair for a private client who vanished as quickly as they appeared, and who neglected to return and give the second half of their payment upon completion of work. The somewhat ironically named "Keeper of Promises" is now available to whomever desires it. A.A.S.D.R. cannot make any copies of this vessel, as construction requires a prohibitive amount of red kyber crystals (12), which means killing a prohibitive amount of Jedi and bleeding their lightsaber crystals, and A.A.S.D.R. is not in the business of crossing blades with force users. The crystals used in the construction of the "Keeper of Promises" were supplied by the private client that ordered it.

The interior of the ship is quite simplistic. A small engineering compartment occupies the stern of the main body. Ahead of that sits a small hallway with a refresher to port and a cabin with a double berth, a small hanging locker, and a minifridge to starboard. Beyond the hallway, a single, large, open compartment takes up the rest of the length of the ship, almost all the way to the nose. The walls of this compartment are occupied with fold-down tables, storage shelves, cabinets, and uncomfortable metal folding benches. Two docking rings sit at port and starboard, and four seats on tracks can be powered upwards into the canopy of the ship, where the helm station and other controls are located. At the front end of the compartment sits the boarding/cargo loading ramp. This large utilitarian space feels far too open and empty and is quite unsettling to walk through.

The A.A.S.D.R. engineers and laborers who constructed this vessel reported many strange happenings, haunting visions, instances of bad luck, and abnormal incidents. It may be related to the unique design of the ship, in which case one thing is certain: This ship will only bond with a master that can tame and overpower it, someone exceptionally strong in the force.

 

[John Locke]

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