Four Armed Goddess
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To Create a heavy landing assault ship
- Image Source: Fractalsponge assault ship
- Canon Link: n/a
- Permissions: Permission to use Obsidian star weaponry
- Primary Source: n/a
- Manufacturer: Archangel Manufactorum
- Affiliation:
- New Codru Systems Navy
- For clarity after past sub, the above is a closed faction comprising of just this one character and her planetary fleet
- Grand Fleet of Ashla
- New Codru Systems Navy
- Market Status: Closed market
- Model: Bastion class planetary invasion ship
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Durasteel
- Farium
- Kelsh
- Quadranium
- Transparisteel
- Trimantium
- Tunqstoid
- Misc Starship Components
- Classification: Orbital lander assault ship
- Length: 2000 metres
- Width: 930 metres
- Height: 710 metres
- Armament: Very High
- 80 OS-135 rotating heavy turbolaser turret
- 200 OS-137 rotating tri-barrelled rotary turbolaser turret
- Numerous OS-136 rotating rotary point defence laser cannons
- 50 Heavy Ion Cannon Batteries
- Variable Missile Launcher Batteries
- Retractable surface to surface long range artillery
- Defenses: Very High
- Ablative Armour
- Cap Drains
- Dedicated Energy Receptor Projectors
- Electronic Countermeasures Suite
- Jamming Beams
- Missile Deactivation Transmitters
- Molecular Shielding - multiple decentralised overlapping emitter fields
- Hangar Space: Very High (17)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 9 squadrons
- Support Craft: 8 squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Very low
- Speed Rating: Very Low
- Hyperdrive:
- Class 1.2 hyperdrive
- Class 8.0 backup hyperdrive
- The Bastion Class comes fully equipped with the whole standard array of shields, systems and components that are normally associated with vessels of this size and class.
- Anti-Ion Emission Tracer
- Eradicator Communications Scrambler
- Fixed-Signature Tracker
- Grab-field Generators (Floppy Helix Intensifiers)
- Grab-safety
- Holonet Relay
- Holotrace Device
- Hyperspace Tracker
- Hyperwave Transceiver
- Ion-Scrambler
- Mag-Field Generator
- Nav Computer Route Astrogation Bypass
- Particle-emitters
- Repair Drones
- Sensor Net
- Sensor Scramblers
- Signal Jammers
- Solid Fuel Converter
- Subspace Tight-beam Transmission Core
- Subspace Transceiver
- On board high capacity medical facility
- Walk in holoprojection suite allowing in depth interaction with tactical information.
STRENGTHS
- Strong defenses - with thick armour and heavy shields, the Bastion is a durable ship capable of delivery assault forces into hostile environments.
- Planetary landing - an impressive feat for such a large ship. It allows the user to deploy and dominate a battlefield very quickly rather than having to shuttle down forces piecemeal from orbit.
- Massive transport capacity - can carry tens of thousands of troops, thousands of supporting vehicles and hundreds of star fighters.
- Extremely Sluggish - the Bastion is the slowest ship in most fleets it accompanies, having not enough space to house either an adequately sized main engine or enough manuvering thrusters to give it any agility. It is tough enough to weather a lot of punishment but will easily be outrun and out maneuvered.
- Exposed rear section - very little firepower in the rear arc make the ship vulnerable to pursuing attackers.
- Slow landing and take off procedure - the ship lands and takes off very slowly and both maneuvers require careful preparation making rapid landing and takeoff safely impossible.
As the crusade ramps up, the Ashlans required a ship capable of operating in atmosphere and delivering a large ground invasion.
In this the Bastion performs incredibly well, operating as a mobile fortress capable of quickly deploying a large army.
The dozen heavy landing gear allow it to land on uneven terrain and the clearance actually allows it to land without destroying everything below it. Once deployed its numerous hangars and other deployment systems can let the ship dominate an area, while the ship itself provides command functions and heavy fire support.
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