Casteban Mecetti
(Biot)
DDSI 'Umbra' High Energy Research Shield-Cruiser
- Intent: To create a Heavy Science Cruiser for DDSI use in investigating high energy stars and phenomena, doubling as a Corporate fleet support ship.
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- Canon Link: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Shieldship#:~:text=The Shieldship was a starship,was rich in mineral resources.
- Permissions: NA
- Primary Source: NA
- Manufacturer: House Mecetti Nationalized Industries
- Affiliation: DDSI
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Model: DDSI 'Umbra' High Energy Research Shield-Cruiser
- Production: Unique
- Material:
- Duranium
- Transparisteel
- Duralloy
- Turadium Alloy
- Starship Components
- Classification: Shield Ship (Battlecruiser size)
- Length: 5,000m
- Width: 1,500m
- Height: 1,500m
- Armament: None
- Defenses: Extreme
- 10 meter thick Reinforced Duralloy hull plating
- 50 meter thick Turadium Alloy forward hull plating
- Triple-Redundancy Particle Shields
- Triple-Redundancy Ray Shields
- Triple-Redundancy Rad Dampening Shields
- Triple-Redundancy Ion Shields
- Heat Shielding
- Ion Surge Shielding on electrical components
- Containment Shields
- Reinforced Shield Generators
- Internal Droid Defense Turrets
- Repair droids and small factories for replacing damaged or destroyed components or units.
- Hangar Space: Extreme (50 squadrons)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Support Craft: 50 squadrons
- Typical Loadout includes 10 squadrons of Lambda Class shuttles
- Typical Loadout includes 20 squadrons of HMCC-1 Crab Carryall Dropships
- Typical Loadout includes 10 squadrons of Sienar Lone Scout C-2s
- Typical Loadout includes 10 squadrons of Hammer Class Blast Boats
- Support Craft: 50 squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Class I primary, Class IV backup
- Standard Starship Features
- Bridge
- Containment Shields
- 100 Medbays
- With autodocs
- Medical Droids included with each medbay to assist with medical care
- 50 Mess Halls
- With 4 kitchen droids each for food prep and dishwashing
- With 2 culinary droids each for actual meal preparation
- Two years of consumables in pantries
- 100 Science Labs
- Sample Stasis Pods in each lab for secure sample storage
- 4 Science Droids in each lab to assist in scientific research
- 50 Rec Rooms
- 50 Gymnasiums
- 200 Refresher rooms with 10 showers and stalls each
- Cargo Bays capable of holding 200,000 metric tons of cargo
- Crew Quarters for 20,000 personnel
- Quarters for 1,000 Scientists and Researchers
- Quarters for 1,500 Corporate Security Officers
- Passenger Quarters for 500 persons
- 1,000 cells for living animals with dual force field access points
- 40 Servitor Droids included for animal care
- 50 Laundry Rooms
- With 10 Laundry Droids each
- Multiple Security Droid Turrets within internal corridors, utilizing facial recognition cams
- Neuromachine Interface (allows Cyborgs with proper encryption codes to control ship functions by jacking in.)
- Autopilot Droid Brain
- Navigation Computer
- General Computer with Heuristic Processor
- Sixteen Tractor Beam Emitters
- Triple Redundancy Sensor Array
- One-hundred included LE series repair droids
- Deployable Containment Shields on all viewports and corridor segments.
- 1,000 auxiliary Stasis Chambers for long-term bio-sample storage outside of the labs.
- Starship Component Factory
- 5 Included Factory Droids
- Droid Factory
- 5 Included Factory Droids
- Vehicle Factory
- 5 Included Factory Droids
- Vehicle Garage that feeds into hangar deck, accommodating up to 200 vehicles
- Energy-resistant Turadium Alloy armor on forward hull area
- Heavy Duty Mag clamps for external docking behind forward hull area.
- Incredible shield protection
- Massive armor protection, especially along forward arc
- Huge internal hangar space
- Up to eight frigates of up to 400 meters in length can dock behind forward hull area, gaining protection of ship's shields and forward armor.
- On board factories enable manufacture of replacement components for fleet maintenance.
- Extensive scientific and research facilities
- Ship has absolutely no external armament.
- Docked ships can not fire their weapons until they un-dock and leave the shield envelope of the Shield-Cruiser
- When exploring high-energy phenomena like Magnetars, ship must face the phenomenon at all times, using its forward armored 'umbrella' section to protect the crew and ship systems from damage.
- Skilled slicers can use the cybernetic interfaces to illicitly gain control of ship functions.
A custom build for DDSI, the High Energy Research Shield-Cruiser was the most difficult build ever undertaken by the House Mecetti Nationalized Industries of the Tapani Sector. Based on the Shield Ships of the Republic Engineering Corporation, the High Energy Research Shield-Cruiser is massively upscaled so that it can double as a Fleet Maintenance and Transport vessel, and not just a research ship.
The primary intent behind the ship was to create a vessel that could conduct up-close research on magnetars and other intense astral phenomena. Normal research ships would be seriously damaged by the powerful emissions of the universe's most dramatically potent anomalies and energetic stars.
The robust shield generators of the ship, and its massive forward armored section, allow it to fully protect the crew and systems from any threat it may be facing. Up to eight frigates of 400 meters in length or less can be docked behind the forward armored section, gaining protection of the ship's shield envelope as well as its incredibly thick forward Turadium Alloy armor.
In addition to its remarkable defenses, the ship has a massive internal volume that can accommodate numerous support squadrons, scientific labs and research facilities, and amenities for its 22,000 passengers and crew. This number of passengers and crew are actually quite low for a vessel of this size. The low crew complement is a feat accomplished due to the ship's extensive automation systems and cybernetic interfaces, as well as its droid assistance with various functions.
Because the ship is meant to endure terrible energetic environments, it has no external armaments, which might otherwise be damaged by extreme radiation and provide a conduit to the internal circuitry of the ship for dangerous electromagnetic impulses. (Magnetars and similar stellar phenomena can have twenty or more times the electromagnetic output of a planetary defense Ion Cannon.) It was already challenging to provide the necessary protection for the ship's advanced sensor arrays, which have triple-redundancy just like its shield systems. The cost of providing similar redundancy and protection for weapons systems was seen as excessive, with the shield-ship relying on its embarked or docked craft for protection if needed.
