Shuklaar Kyrdol
CEO of Breshig War Forge Consolidated
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a new low-profile gliding bomb for use by Strill Securities and for sale by Breshig War Forge Consolidated.
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- Canon Link: N/A.
- Permissions: N/A.
- Primary Source: Proton Bomb.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Breshig War Forge Consolidated.
- Affiliation: Breshig War Forge Consolidated and Strill Securities.
- Market Status: Closed-Market.
- Model: Shev'la Kyram-class Glide Bomb.
- Modularity: The bomb has a modular payload system, allowing the payload to be easily swapped before loading.
- Production: Minor.
- Material: Duranium frame, reinforced Duraplast reinforcements, Reflec laced fiberplast coating, miscellaneous bomb components and Ultrachrome wires and electronics.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Glide Bomb.
- Size: Extreme.
- Weight: Extreme.
- Explosive Type:
- Shev'la Kyram-I: High-output Ion Charge.
- Shev'la Kyram-B: High-yield Baradium Charge.
- Shev'la Kyram-S: Spherically-detonating Seismic Charge.
- Delivery Method: Launched.
- Effective Range: Extreme.
- Area Of Effect: Large.
- Damage Output: Extreme.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Targeting Mode(s):
- Air-to-ground: Air-to-ground targeting mode covers engaging of targets on the ground by airborne launch platforms.
- Ship-to-ship: Ship-to-ship targeting mode covers engaging of targets in space by a launch platform in space.
- Guidance Mode(s):
- Active Homing:
- Pre-launch: The bomb downloads sensor data, targeting and tracking information of the target as well as the IFF codes of all friendly assets in the area from the launch platform before launching.
- Launch: The bomb acquires a sensor lock on target and glides toward the target. Flight path changes that cannot be made with the flight control surfaces are made with extremely sparing use of etheric rudders.
- Midcourse: At this stage, the bomb checks initial sensor data against the target and makes midcourse adjustments if necessary. If there is too much interference, electronic or otherwise the bomb reverts to inertial guidance.
- Terminal: The bomb either detonates in airburst or impact mode depending on what mode was selected in the pre-launch phase.
- Control Guidance:
- Pre-launch: The bomb downloads sensor data, targeting and tracking information of the target as well as the IFF codes of all friendly assets in the area from the launch platform before launching.
- Midcourse: The bomb receives updated targeting and tracking information from the launching platform via an encrypted frequency hopping comms link. If the bomb loses connection with the launch platform, it reverts to inertial guidance.
- Terminal: The bomb either detonates in airburst or impact mode depending on what mode was selected in the pre-launch phase.
- Waypoint Search and Destroy:
- Pre-launch: The bomb downloads the waypoints and a sensor map of the area of the flight path charted out by the set of waypoints.
- Midcourse: The bomb follows the waypoints using its own sensors to path find.
- Terminal:
- The bomb attempts to locate a hostile target. Following acquisition of said target, the bomb analyzes the area to ascertain what target it could most effectively engage.
- The bomb then determines how best to engage said target based on apparent shield and hull strength, presence of point-defense, countermeasures and jamming.
- If the target is a capital ship, the bomb attempt to find exposed or semi-exposed subsystems and locks onto them.
- If enough interference prevents acquisition of said targets, the bomb instead switches to inertial guidance.
- Once the target has been analyzed, the bomb either detonates in airburst or impact mode depending on what mode was selected in the pre-launch phase.
- Positional Guidance: The bomb guides itself to planetary positional coordinates set at the pre-launch time. This mode is only usable while engaging targets on a planet's surface.
- Inertial Guidance: Utilizing a laser gyroscope system to calculate distance travelled, the bomb checks it against the previously computed distance to target and then initiates detonation based on the parameters selected at launch.
- Inertial Delayed Active Guidance: The bomb follows inertial guidance till the end of the midcourse phase, where it changes to active homing mode. This is useful for engaging targets at the end of the bomb's range band, where its sensors, scanners and tracking systems may not be accurate enough to maintain a good lock and track.
- Salvo Mode: When fired in Active Homing or Waypoint mode and salvo mode is enabled, a 'predesignated' bomb will network with the other bombs launched to share data for a better sensor picture and will additionally assess the targets in the area and assign targeting including of subcomponents such as individual batteries or exposed communications equipment on capital ships and stations. Alternatively, this bomb can relay this information back to the launch platform if in range, and can receive targeting priority from it.
- Active Homing:
- Launch Mode(s):
- Magnetically Accelerated Launch: The company's glide bombs are designed to be launched via magnetic launch systems. In such cases the flight surfaces and maneuvering thrusters are used in a manner that allows maximum launch velocity retention.
- Standard: If launched from a FlexTube launcher or released from a craft's ordnance rack/rails, the launch platform must first achieve and maintain an appropriate launch velocity for the bomb.
- Detonation Mode(s):
- Airburst: The bomb detonates above the target for a more even effect on target whilst also being theoretically less impeded by obstacles.
- Impact: The bomb detonates on impact.
- Delayed: The bomb detonates following a set delay following impact.
- Post Terminal Self-destruct: If for whatever reason the bomb does not detonate once the terminal phase boost is complete, it will detonate automatically at that point.
- Sensor, Scanner and Tracking Suite: The bomb creates a composite sensor picture by cross checking data from all of its sensors when in guidance modes where it actively uses the to acquire/track targets.
- Dedicated Energy Receptor
- Electro Photoreceptor
- Long-range Heat Detector
- Long-range Energy Scanner
- Magnetic Signature Sensor
- Gravity-wave Anomaly Tracker
- Silhouette Signature Tracking
- Countermeasures Compensation Computer: The C3 analyzes any countermeasures the target deploys, such as jamming, "dummy" drones, flares or chaff, and predicts the target's path. The C3 continues to make minor adjustments up to the microsecond before the bomb impacts.
- Propulsion and Maneuvering:
- Atmospheric flight control surfaces
- Etheric rudder(s)
- Security:
- Tamper Detection: Any attempt to reprogram the bomb including through the use of Mechu Deru and similar abilities will result in the bomb triggering a micro-ion charge to fry its own circuits.
- Defenses:
- Combat De-ionizer
- Electronic Warfare Suite: The bomb 's electronic warfare suite is only engaged once thebomb 's computer detects that a hostile is attempting to locate, track and/or engage the bomb.
- Full-spectrum Distortion Projector: The full-spectrum distortion projector module handles mid-range jamming of scanners and targeting computers by using broadband transmissions to interfere with sensors attempting to target the bomb .
- DERP: The dedicated energy receptor projector on the bomb has a high potential to block incoming long-range sensor pings and transmissions broadcasted by enemy ships, rendering the bomb notably difficult to detect to most enemy scanners, targeting computers and incoming ordnance.
- Guidance Jammer: The bomb features a powerful guidance jammer designed to jam homing computers aboard concussion bomb, proton torpedoes and other ordnance.
- Communications Suite:
- Encryption/Decryption Suite
- Location Spoofing/Scrambling:
- Communications Suite: When connected to compatible systems, the communication suite is an auto-negotiating, frequency hopping system with a self-modulating encryption key, making it extremely resistant to jamming and interception. The comm-lasers can mimic this by rapidly shifting their broadcast spectrum.
- Encryption/Decryption Suite
STRENGTHS
- Extremely Small Sensor Profile: The bomb has an extremely small sensor profile thanks to its reflec coating and the fact that it doesn't leave behind a drive wake.
- Difficult to Track and Target: Thanks to the bomb's extremely small sensor profile and its defensive electronic warfare suite, the bomb is extremely difficult to track and target for the purposes of interception.
- Large Boom: The explosive charge in the bomb both has a large blast radius and is potentially extremely lethal to targets within said blast radius.
- Out of the Fire: The extreme range and fire and forget capabilities of the bomb allow launching platforms to fire and then stay out of the range of enemy anti-air vehicles and emplacements and MANPADs.
WEAKNESSES
- Limited Maneuvering: The bomb is programmed to make minimum use of its etheric rudders as possible such that it can maintain as small a sensor profile as is possible. As a result the bomb's maneuverability is notably affected.
- Launch Velocity: The bomb was designed to launched by magnetic acceleration, thus giving it a high launch velocity. As such, if not launched via magnetic acceleration, the launch platform must get up to the bomb's release velocity and only then release the bomb.
- Not True Stealth: Though possessing an extraordinarily small sensor profile for something of its size, the bomb is in fact entirely detectable by particularly advanced military grade sensor suites, especially those that cross check data from different sensor and scanner systems such as the missile's own.
- Extremely Large and Heavy: The bomb is both extremely large and extremely heavy, limiting both how many can be carried aboard craft and also what kind of craft can carry them.
DESCRIPTION
"What you can't see, can still kill you."
- Breshig War Forge Consolidated marketing slogan for the Shev'la Kyram.
The Shev'la Kyram or Silent Death in basic is a large variable payload bomb designed to take on structures, large enemy formations of both mixed and uniform composition and in more desperate circumstances it can also be used against large slow moving starships and stations.
The Shev'la Kyram was primarily designed as a way for bombers or fighter bombers to engage targets potentially well within the envelope of enemy air defense. The Shev'la Kyram makes this possible by having an extremely small sensor profile thanks to its reflec coating and the fact that it doesn't leave behind a drive wake. Additionally, thanks to the bomb's extremely small sensor profile and its defensive electronic warfare suite, the bomb is extremely difficult to track and target for the purposes of interception. That said, though possessing an extraordinarily small sensor profile for something of its size, the bomb is in fact entirely detectable by particularly advanced military grade sensor suites, especially those that cross check data from different sensor and scanner systems such as the missile's own.
This comes with a price, however, the bomb is programmed to make minimum use of its etheric rudders as possible such that it can maintain as small a sensor profile as is possible. As a result the bomb's maneuverability is notably affected. In addition, in order not have a drive wake, the Shev'la Kyram was designed to launched by magnetic acceleration, thus giving it a high launch velocity. As such, if not launched via magnetic acceleration, the launch platform must get up to the bomb's release velocity and only then release the bomb.
Finally, the Shev'la Kyram is both extremely large and extremely heavy, limiting both how many can be carried aboard craft and also what kind of craft can carry them. In short, the Shev'la Kyram is more than capable of living up to its name when used in a manner that keeps the weapons few but notable shortcomings in mind.
