OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Strengths:
The Concord Dawn is the command ship of the reorganized Mandalorian Guard under Captain Ruus. Used mainly as a head quarters for peacekeeping and emergency service operations the Concord Dawn is not a modern warship. Oceanic warships have long since been replaced by starships capable of limited operation on liquid surfaces. But even a slug thrower at one time was a viable weapon of war. In terms of firepower the Concord Dawn does not under preform in any capacity. Casemated laser cannons make short work of lesser craft and threaten even modern starships within their field of fire. E-Webs, while old technology, are useful anti-personnel and anti-starfighter automatic blaster cannons. The Z-6 rotatory cannons are auxiliary fire support designed to threaten fast moving atmospheric craft and personnel.
Concord Dawn is equipped with a state of the art communications array that boosts the signal strength of allied equipment while also making the Concord Dawn itself immune to electronic warfare that seek to interfere with its communicative and navigational equipment.
The ship layout is a single, long, sleek, minimal keel, hull design with a massive shrouded paddle wheel on either side of the vessel. This shrouded propulsion device is located directly in the middle of its respective side. To the left and right of each wheel shroud is a casemated laser cannon turret. On the first deck (D1) of the ship is a line of 4 E-Webs permanently mounted to the deck. The D1 E-webs are underneath the smaller second deck (D2) which covers 3/5ths of the first deck. D2 E-webs are assorted in a similar way as the the D1 E-Webs. D2 also sports 8 pintol-mounted Z-6 rotary blaster cannons. Four on the bow of D2 and four on the aft of D2. The aft end of D1 has two landing pads designed for shuttle sized craft to land on the Concord Dawn safely. Magnetic locks prevent docked ships from being thrown off the vessel. The Bow of D1 sports a pair of twin-linked turbolaser turrets. The turbolaser turrets are of a sleeker design than the ones normally mounted on starships, with a much lower profile save for the turret behind the first which is raised to allow a compact battery and tandem, mono-directional, firing.
The middle of D2 supports the Concord Dawn 's bridge. Within the triangular shaped cabin is a command chair with communications terminal, and a navigation terminal. Two auxiliary navigational terminal's for bridge officers lay within as well as weapons control terminals for the operation of the turret based weaponry by a team of four bridge officers. A holographic map generator based on sonar and radar imagery lays before the command chair.
Aside from powergaming I can't see how the Concord Dawn would be abused. The technology used in the offensive and defensive modes of the vessel are canon materials. And often canon weaponry lacks the evolutionary power-creep of the eternal arms race of factor submissions.
- Intent: To create a amphibious but mostly ocean going vessel to act as a mobile base for the Mandalorian Guard of the UCM, specifically for operation by Ruus.
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- Manufacturer: United Clans of Mandalore
- Affiliation: Ruus
- Model: Concord Dawn
- Modularity: No
Production: Unique
- Material: Durasteel, Ballistic Resistant Glass, Rubber, Plastoid, Defelctor Shield Components, Blaster Components, Laser Components, Turret Components, Biofuel Engine Components, Steam Turbine Components
- Classification:: Command Vessel
- Role: Amphibious Maritime Command Ship
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Minimum Crew: 10
- Optimal Crew: 100
- Propulsion: Paddle Wheels, Terrestrial tracks
- Speed: Slow
- Maneuverability: Very High
- Armaments: High
- Defenses: High
- Passenger Capacity: 1500
- Cargo Capacity: Average
- Deflector Shield Below Deck Generator (x3)
- Deck Mounted E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon (x4) Port D1
- Deck Mounted E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon (x4) Port D2
- Deck Mounted E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon (x4) Starboard D1
- Deck Mounted E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon (x4) Starboard D2
- Pintle-Mounted Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon (x4) Bow D2
- Pintle-Mounted Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon (x4) Aft D2
- Laser Cannon Turret (x2) Casemate-Port
- Laser Cannon Turret (x2) Casemate-Starboard
- Turbolaser Turret (x2) Bow D1
- Infirmary
- Canteen
- Crew Quarters
- Large Durasteel Paddle Wheel (x1) Port
- Large Durasteel Paddle Wheel (x1) Starboard
- Shuttle Landing Pad (x2) Aft
- Durasteel Tracks (x4) Keel Hull
- 6" Durasteel Hull Plating
- Sonar
- Radar
- Biofuel Heating and Steam Turbine Apparatus Power Generator
Strengths:
- Cutting Edge Communications: This vessel is outfitted with some of the best communication equipment available. Able to send and receive holographic messages at record rates, while also acting as a boosting station for additional communications in the area. Jamming equipment or EWAR (Electronic Warfare) is ineffective against this vessel.
- Amphibious: The vessel is equipment with a quartet of traditional tracks that when deployed allow it to crawl slowly over land.
- Maintenance Friendly: Given the relatively simplistic technology used in the design the vessel is easy to maintain, some of the more mechanical systems being easily interchanged with spare parts.
- Sword or Shield: The limited amount of power output from the on ship power-plant means that either the ship can use its weapon with 1 deflector shield or all 3 shield generators but no weaponry.
- Ancient Idea: Paddle Wheels are an absolutely archaic technology. Outclassed in speed and acceleration by modern repulsors.
The Concord Dawn is the command ship of the reorganized Mandalorian Guard under Captain Ruus. Used mainly as a head quarters for peacekeeping and emergency service operations the Concord Dawn is not a modern warship. Oceanic warships have long since been replaced by starships capable of limited operation on liquid surfaces. But even a slug thrower at one time was a viable weapon of war. In terms of firepower the Concord Dawn does not under preform in any capacity. Casemated laser cannons make short work of lesser craft and threaten even modern starships within their field of fire. E-Webs, while old technology, are useful anti-personnel and anti-starfighter automatic blaster cannons. The Z-6 rotatory cannons are auxiliary fire support designed to threaten fast moving atmospheric craft and personnel.
Concord Dawn is equipped with a state of the art communications array that boosts the signal strength of allied equipment while also making the Concord Dawn itself immune to electronic warfare that seek to interfere with its communicative and navigational equipment.
The ship layout is a single, long, sleek, minimal keel, hull design with a massive shrouded paddle wheel on either side of the vessel. This shrouded propulsion device is located directly in the middle of its respective side. To the left and right of each wheel shroud is a casemated laser cannon turret. On the first deck (D1) of the ship is a line of 4 E-Webs permanently mounted to the deck. The D1 E-webs are underneath the smaller second deck (D2) which covers 3/5ths of the first deck. D2 E-webs are assorted in a similar way as the the D1 E-Webs. D2 also sports 8 pintol-mounted Z-6 rotary blaster cannons. Four on the bow of D2 and four on the aft of D2. The aft end of D1 has two landing pads designed for shuttle sized craft to land on the Concord Dawn safely. Magnetic locks prevent docked ships from being thrown off the vessel. The Bow of D1 sports a pair of twin-linked turbolaser turrets. The turbolaser turrets are of a sleeker design than the ones normally mounted on starships, with a much lower profile save for the turret behind the first which is raised to allow a compact battery and tandem, mono-directional, firing.
The middle of D2 supports the Concord Dawn 's bridge. Within the triangular shaped cabin is a command chair with communications terminal, and a navigation terminal. Two auxiliary navigational terminal's for bridge officers lay within as well as weapons control terminals for the operation of the turret based weaponry by a team of four bridge officers. A holographic map generator based on sonar and radar imagery lays before the command chair.
Aside from powergaming I can't see how the Concord Dawn would be abused. The technology used in the offensive and defensive modes of the vessel are canon materials. And often canon weaponry lacks the evolutionary power-creep of the eternal arms race of factor submissions.
