B I S H O P
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create a ‘cluster’ warhead launcher in the same vein as the Hwacha but utilizing sabots instead of arrows.
Image Source: Georg Hilmarsson, Artstation (x)
Canon Link: N/A
Primary Source: Sabot, Hwacha
Manufacturer: Primo Victorian Shipwright
Affiliation: Primo Victorian Shipwright | Closed-Market [Contract Thread]
Model: VHD-SWL6 “Bishop”
Modularity: Yes
Production: Semi-Unique
Material:
Durasteel Reinforced Pyronium.
Reactive Crystadurium/Trimantium-Ardanium.
Alusteel Reinforced Depleted Baradium,
Tekonite-Neutronium, Reinforced Duraplast.
Magnetic Coil, Field Disruptor Emitter (Advanced)
Small Rocket Engine.
Heuristic Processor, Circuit Boards, Sensors.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Modular Missile System
Size: Very Large
Weight: Very Heavy
Ammunition Type: Missiles, Torpedoes
Ammunition Capacity: Standard (8 Missiles), Heavy Assault (16 Missiles)
Reload Speed: Average
Effective Range: Extreme
Rate of Fire: Average
Stopping Power: Extreme
Recoil: Average
Utilizes several magnetic coils to accelerate projectiles on launch.
Reactive armor meant to deflect would-be interceptors/anti-missile measures.
Durasteel reinforced pyronium shell to absorb electromagnetic energy, bending magnetic fields or barriers in the process.
Alusteel reinforced depleted baradium tip as the kinetic penetrator.
Adiabatic shear bands within the tip to create a mushroom impact.
The payload can be a wide range of ordinancesfrom concussion missiles to Primo Victorian’s javelin missile.
Secondary systems include a small rocket engine for propulsion and sensors mounted into the tip of the missile.
Delivery: Capable of delivering a variety of ordinances.
Pyronium: Utilizes pyronium to absorb electromagnetic energy/pushing magnetic fields, barriers around the missile.
Secondary: Secondary systems in the missile itself allows the missile to fend for itself, and correct/adjust course if necessary to ensure delivery of the payload.
Countered: Missiles can still be intercepted or destroyed prior to reaching their target via anti-missile countermeasures.
System Vulnerabilities: While the missiles utilize pyronium and are able to absorb electromagnetic energy, the system that launches these missiles itself. It uses typical construction materials and can be affected by a variety of weapons fire.
Reload Times: A specialized lift and automated reload system is used but requires time and a trained crew to reload the missile. Errors can occur during reloading posing a severe risk to the ship and crew.
Assembled and ready to roll, the Bishop-type missile system takes a somewhat antiquated concept and brings it up to date. Reactive armor, along with a pyronium shell, led by a depleted baradium tip and powered by a small rocket engine. The Bishop is merely a delivery system for a wide range of warheads.
From Primo Victoria’s javelin missile, to the ordinary concussion missile the Bishop encapsulates a warhead and is then launched in sets of eight or sixteen missiles. The reactive armor of the missile is comprised of crystadurium impregnated trimantium and ardanium mix. The result is a reactive armor that can handle high pressure, heat while maintaining tensile strength whilst gaining strength should it come across radiation. The purpose of this reactive armor is not only shear away from the ordinance but to deflect any attempts of interception as it approaches its target.
Beneath the reactive armor is the missile’s shell of pyronium absorbs electromagnetic energy thus enabling it to bend magnetic fields around it as it absorbs this energy. While interception may still occur the idea is that the Bishop is able to thwart would-be interceptors for just a second or two longer to enable the delivery of the payload. At the tip of the missile is an alusteel reinforced depleted-baradium tip that is shaped with adiabatic shear bands within it so that not only will the sides of the missile break away in a ‘mushroom’ which does equate to a smaller head-on impact, but leaves a significantly ‘mushroomed’ impact on exit as the payload is delivered.
The missiles get a ‘kickstart’ from the launcher itself (magnetic coil) but then utilize a self-propulsion system from a small rocket engine at the base of the weapon. The small rocket engine is protected by a layer of reinforced duraplast on either side of a tekonite-neutronium mix. The self-propulsion activates when the tip of the penetrator makes contact with enemy shields.
A field disruptor emitter helps the Bishop bypass conventional deflector shields, and more importantly particle shields.The emitter activates once within penetration range of the target, this is designated by the ship’s crew prior to launch.
The ordinance is loaded into the missile system from the rear with the aid of automation and droids to ensure crew safety. Once loaded, the propulsion cap can then be secured and the missile loaded into the launcher. It should also be noted that the missile’s reactive armor is designed to be discarded within penetration range of the target if it’s not already sheared itself away due to enemy fire.
Lastly, utilizing thermal paste and heat sinks, a small circuit board is mounted on the inside of the depleted baradium tip. This contains a sensor package, a small heuristic processing unit, onboard memory, a datacard that holds the data as programmed by the ship’s crew. This is how the missile is able to sense ‘penetration’ along with damage received to the reactive armor. The heuristic processor provides the missile the ability to ‘correct course’ should the need arise.
The missile system can be countered via traditional anti-missile countermeasures, however; should the propulsion system be knocked out prior to reaching its target. The missile will self destruct this can be detected via specialized motion/thermal sensor that monitors the rocket engine.
Overall the Bishop is a two-part missile system, the first of which is the launcher itself and second is the delivery system itself. It can be boiled down to a missile delivering another missile which while an oversimplification is perhaps the best way to describe it. The system is ready to be tested on future Primo Victorian projects but is available for sale via contract to prospective buyers.
