Colony-class Battlecruiser

[Ru Tetsuya]

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a Battlecruiser for the Free Worlds Coalition
• Image Source: 343 Studios Halo 4; GIF edited by me
• Canon Link: None
• Restricted Missions: None
• Primary Source: None

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Free Worlds Coalition
• Model: Colony-Class Battlecruiser
• Affiliation: Free Worlds Coalition Member Planets
• Production: Semi-Unique
• Material:
  ​Durasteel
• Starship Components
• Transparisteel

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Assault Carrier
• Length: 5000
• Width: 900 Meters
• Height: 1200 Meters
• Armament: High
  ​Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
• Point Defense Flak Cannons
• Quad Lasers
• Long Range Turbolasers

[*]Defenses: Moderate

• ​Deflector Shields
• Heavy Armor

[*]Hangar: Extreme: 42

• ​28 Squadrons taken up by 4 Myrmidon-Class Frigates
• 5 Squadrons of Needler-Class Starfighters
• 9 Squadrons of various Gunships and Starfighters

[*]Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
[*]Speed Rating: Very Low
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average: 1
STANDARD FEATURES

• Deflector Shields
• Battle Computers
• Navi Computers
• Med Bay
• Crew Quarters
• Standard Military Sensor Package
• External Docking Tubes

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Advanced Ship Management Droid Brain
• Ship Docking Hangar [Specifically made to hold and deploy Myrmidon-Class Frigates. Counts towards thread dictated fleet lengths]

Strengths:

• Extensive Hangar: Taking up 2/3 of the ship's theoretical hangar space are X frigates/corvettes, essentially bringing with it its own battle group. Even with those frigates it holds enough fighters to provide extensive starfighter support. It also supports integrated docking with one Corvette sized ship along the spine of the ship behind the bridge dome.
• Extensive Point Defense Network:
• Powerful Array of Weapons:

Weaknesses:

• Exposed Bridge Dome: While not in the tradition shape of the birdge towers on Mon Cal and Star Destroyer-type ships, the bridge is still exposed at the top of the ship along its spine.
• Engine Blind Spot: While most of the ship's vital areas such as the hangars and bridge are protected by extensive point defense systems, the large engines of the Colony-Class are too large to defend in any sort of reliable way, leaving them a large blind spot.
• Electronic Warfare: The advanced droid brain-based ship computer can be sliced into either locally or through a powerful electronic warfare suite. What this means for the crew is up to the imagination of the Slicer as the ship computer manages most of the large functions of the ship such as frigate/corvette launch bays, internal gravity, internal defenses, and is tasked with regulating the ship's generator.

Description: One of the largest starships produced by the Free Worlds Coalition, the Colony-class is the result of several years of work in secret. Spearheaded by the Omega Protectorate, the Battlecruiser was being designed as a new class of warship to defend against the pressing threat of the One Sith. However after the One Sith took control of Corellia and the shipyards fell, most of the data on the ship was wiped from existence. The project would only come up in conversation years later after Corellia's destruction and the militirization of CorSec under Director Basali. After pledging an unspecified amount of the planet's budget to military operations and spending, Corellia reached out to the Free Worlds Coalition and struck a deal with several of the member planets. Pooling resources these planets began construction of the ship that would become known as the Starfall-Type Supercarrier.

Of mostly Corellian design the Starfall-Type Supercarrier took its name to heart, sporting several massive hangars capable of fielding hundreds of starfighters, shuttles, and gunships. Its most impressive feat however would be its ability to store severalfrigates horizontally in its underbelly, giving it the ability to operate with little external support.