Shuklaar Kyrdol
CEO of Breshig War Forge Consolidated
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a deployment system for the CGC-04 Countermeasure Gas Canister for use on company products as well as for sale to select others.
- Image Source: Here.
- Canon Link: N/A.
- Permissions: N/A.
- Primary Source: CGC-04 Countermeasure Gas Canister and Dha Werda-class Countermeasure Gas Rocket.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Breshig War Forge Consolidated.
- Affiliation: Breshig War Forge Consolidated and Strill Securities.
- Market Status: Closed-Market.
- Model: 'Vheh'buurenaar' Gas Countermeasure Launcher.
- Modularity: Can be installed into most sub-capital craft, from large enough airspeeders to freighters.
- Production: Minor.
- Material:
- Export model: Duranium frame, reinforced Duraplast-molecularly bonded Duranium composite armor plating, Agrinium mesh and Thermal gel lining, combat de-ionizer, Ultrachrome circuitry, electronics and wiring.
- Mandalorian customer and internal model: Stesr'gar frame, reinforced Duraplast-Stesr'gar composite armor plating, Agrinium mesh and Thermal gel lining, combat de-ionizer, Ultrachrome circuitry, electronics and wiring.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Rocket-propelled Canister Launcher.
- Size: Small.
- Weight: Light.
- Ammunition Type: Rocket-propelled Gas Canister.
- Ammunition Capacity: Average.
- 4x6 - Four canisters per launch tube, six launch tubes.
- Effective Range: Long Range.
- Rate of Fire: Average.
- Multiple Fire Modes:
- All Tubes at Once
- One Tube Per Activation
- Multiple Fire Modes:
- Damage Output: None.
- Recoil: Low.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Internally Housed: The launcher is internally housed, only popping out to fire off canister(s) before retracting back in. This has the advantage of protecting the system and not ruining the stealth profile of stealth craft.
- Sensor(s):
- Dedicated Energy Receptor
- Electro Photo Receptor
- Life Form Indicator (cannot bypass stealth systems)
- Radiation Sensor
- Long-range Heat Detector
- Scanner(s)
- Controller/Processor:
- Full 'Manda' tactical battlenet compatibility
- Heuristically learning Gunnery Droid Brain (with targeting assistance when manual override engaged)
- Targeting Suite:
- Ranging Laser
- Macrolaser Tracker
- Can be slaved to craft's targeting suite for manual targeting.
- Tracking Systems:
STRENGTHS
- Predictive Targeting: The intelligent targeting computer and coordinate with the craft's Manda tactical battlenet module (if present) to compute the best firing solution for the canisters when the launch command is triggered by the pilot (via switch, HUD interface, etc).
- Sword and Shield: The canisters can be used offensively to blind a single battery on an enemy ship or to prevent an enemy transport from firing back or defensively by craft to facilitate hit and run attacks or to get out of particularly hairy dogfights.
- Fast Rotate and Elevate: The launcher can move fast enough to track multiple starfighter threats on different inbound intercept vectors, allowing canister deployment to counter either incoming energy weapons fire or to block their sensors with a nagnol gas canister, or both.
WEAKNESSES
- Double Edged Sword: Sensors and energy weapons fire from friendlies and hostiles are affected by the gas from the canisters.
- Bypass: Solid projectile weapons are completely unaffected by the anti-energy weapon gas canisters.
- Battlenet: Craft equipped with intelligent battlenet systems like the Manda will be unaffected by their own sensors being immediately blinded by Nagnol gas provided there's a friendly out of the radius of the gas cloud.
- Limited Ammunition: The launcher has a finite supply of canisters, once they're out the launcher is really only just taking up space in its host craft.
DESCRIPTION
"Time for a little surprise."
- Stril Securities Tra'ibahikan pilot prior to engaging in a head-on with a hostile starfighter.
Developed by Breshig War Forge Consolidated as a scaled down version of their Dha Werda-class Countermeasure Gas Rocket. The system was developed to give company starfighters an edge over their competitors by leveraging the fact that their craft make largely exclusive use of projectile weapons whereas the vast majority of the galaxy's fighter craft make use of energy weapons. The CGC-04 Countermeasure Gas Canisters were developed specifically for use with the 'Vheh'buurenaar' launcher. The launcher can adjust the canisters fuze settings, and possesses an advanced sensor and targeting suite to allow for a maximally advantageous firing solution. The launcher can move fast enough to track multiple starfighter threats on different inbound intercept vectors, allowing canister deployment to counter either incoming energy weapons fire or to block their sensors with a nagnol gas canister, or both.
The main downsides to the launcher are the fact that the gasses used by the canisters affect both friendly targets as well as hostile targets, requiring careful deployment so as to not affect allies. For company craft and those that make use of similar system to the company's Manda battlenet system, being blinded by the nagnol gas clouds is less of a problem provided there's a friendly craft outside the radius of the gas cloud. Given that Breshig War Forge Consolidated isn't the only company to produce a system like the Manda, this means that hostile craft potentially have this advantage as well. Projectile weapons are also entirely unaffected by the anti-energy weapon gas. Finally, the launcher has a finite ammunition supply, limiting the endurance of this system in a long engagement where resupply is not an option.
