Mr. Janus
Character
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Make an open market carrier
- Image Source: Deviantart
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- I own Treatech >: )
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Treatech
- Affiliation: Treatech Holdings
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: CHC-141 Cycled-Hanger Carrier
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Suprasteel Skeleton
- Doonium and Durasteel structuring/hull
- Duraplast and Kelakite Armor Plating
- Turadium Bulkheads
- Glasteel Viewports/Windows
- Classification: Carrier
- Length: 800m
- Width: 350m
- Height: 150m
- Armament: Very Low
- Twin-Barrel Turbolaser batteries (20)
- PBC-8 Pulsed Beam Cannon (40)
- VOW Missile Pods (3)
- Concussion Missiles
- Discord Missiles
- Fragmentation Missiles
- Torpedo Tube (1)
- Defenses: Average
- Ablative Armor Plating
- Deflector Shields
- Ion Neutralizer
- Cap Drains
- Hangar Space: 750m Extreme: 9
- Single Ship/Personal Ship Docks: 2
- Hangar Allocations: (Standard compliment listed below, any combination is compatible with the ship)
- Starfighters: 8 squadrons
- LSF-1 "Skyhawk" Light Picket Ship (1 wing, 18 fighters)
- Ashwing-class Type-S Superiority Drones (3 wings, 72 fighters)
- FR/I-32 "Dropkick" Fast Reconnaissance/Interceptor (2 wings, 8 fighters)
- DSB-70 "Thrall" Drone Bombers (2 wings 44 fighters)
- Support Craft: 1 squadron
- RSG-17 Superiority Gunships (1 squadron, 6 ships)
- Starfighters: 8 squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: 1.0
- IFD-2/A "Fulcrum" Ion Fusion Drive (2)
- Standard Communications Suite
- Standard Sensor Suite
- Escape Pods
- Standard
- HEC-18 "Dasher" Escape Craft
- Emergency Bulkheads
- ECM Package
- Countermeasure Array
- Internal Defense Systems (Retractable auto blasters, Ray shield traps, Incapacitating Agent Gas Dispensers, Cameras, LDM-00 "Lockdown" Security Droids, Armories, Fire Suppression, etc...)
- LS-132 "Terra" Life Support System
- Droid Facilities
- Standard Crew Facilities/Amenities
- Cycled Hangers
- All starfighter/support craft hangers are held in repulsor fields. These low-grav hangers can rotate, "dropping" fighters out of the ship by manipulating the gravity inside the hangers so that fighters "fall" out of the ship and into space.
- NT-I 4 Ion Neutralizer
- BM-18B "Dominus" Droid Brain
- Baffler
- "Double-Blind" Jammers
- TunnelNet VPN
- Aegis SH13LD
- Room to Spare
- Deploys a large number of starfighters, which can provide an excellent screen for a fleet or escorts for single ships
- Cost Effective
- Able to cut down on traditional operational costs by using repulsor technology, Shepherd carriers are cheaper to produce than the industry standard
- PD
- A decent amount of point defense weapons onboard this carrier help fend off aggressive starships and dangerous missiles
- Personal Defenses
- The CHC-141 is seriously lacking in damage output for a ship of its class. Undersized turbolasers and not much else, Shepherd cruisers struggle without assistance from their fighter wings or allied ships
- Ez Read
- The cycled hangers are exposed from the main body of the ship, they make for obvious targets
- Gimmick
- Fighter hanger deployments rely on the active repulsor field, should it be deactivated, Shepherd carriers have no way of deploying or receiving ships
With unique hanger deployment methods, the CHC-141 is Treatech's premier carrier. Cheaper than usual, with the ability to field large numbers of fighters without compromising the speed or durability of the ship, the Shepherd carrier is an excellent choice for fleets looking for a dedicated carrier to fill out their ranks. While not sufficiently armed to perform the role of a capital ship in larger fleets, for smaller groups a single Shepherd carrier would make an imposing figurehead due to its ability to smother opposition in fighters.
