Approved Tech Decimation I-class Kyber Crystal Superlaser

[Darth Prazutis]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Update the Goliath's Superlaser
• Image Source: Click - Imgur.com / Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Canon Link: N/A
• Primary Source:
  ​​Previous Submission
• Siaber Crystal Use Approval

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Sith-Imperial Corps of Engineers
• Affiliation: The Sith Empire
• Model: Decimation I-class Kyber Crystal Superlaser
• Modularity: N/A
• Production: Unique
• Material:
  Framework: Impervium
• Focusing Lens: Siaber Crystals

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Superlaser
• Size: Extreme (Can only be mounted on Dreadnoughts)
• Weight: Extreme
• Ammunition Type: Isotope-5
• Ammunition Capacity: Unlimited
• Reload Speed: Slow
• Effective Range: Extreme
• Rate of Fire: Low
• Stopping Power: Extreme
• Recoil: None

SPECIAL FEATURES

• The amount of energy required to power the Decimator is produced via Isotope-5 Reactors positioned throughout the dreadnought that the weapon is constructed on. These reactors release concentrated doses of Isotope-5 when the weapon is activated, to create an enormous amount of constrained power. The power is then channeled down conduit tunnels towards the focusing chambers.
• The concentrated energy is refined and sharpened through Siaber Crystal lenses to the extent that the energy is converted into a condensed highly volatile state. Once the energy has reached this stage, it is then harnessed in a large firing chamber and launched at a high velocity towards a chosen target.
• The weapon is designed for use against capital ships, the weapon had the potential to destroy one of these class of vessels in a single shot or cause enough damage to cripple it; and while it was incapable of destroying a planet, it could devastate the surface in the vicinity of where it struck.
• OOC: The previously mentioned damage of the weapon can ultimately only go as far as the other writers allow it, this does not allow any one-shot kills unless accepted by all parties involved.

STRENGTHS

• Superlaser: The energy generated by the Isotope-5 reactors and focused through Siaber crystals has massive destructive potential, capable of causing catastrophic damage on cruiser size vessels and smaller ships while having a range of devastating effects on both destroyers and battlecruisers. It is a force to be reckoned with.

WEAKNESSES

• Volatile Energy: As the energy goes through the focusing and firing sequence it is extremely volatile during this state, and just one miscalculation on behalf of the gunners can cause catastrophic failure with disastrous consequences. Fortunately there are several safeguards in place however to reduce the chances of such an occurrence.

DESCRIPTION


Designed on the same principles as its predecessor the Annihilation-I it was essentially an upgraded version of the previous superlaser built onto the Shadow Hand's flagship the Goliath.

Re-using the same Isotope-5 generator technology that was pioneered during the initial construction of the Goliath and the Behemoth, more safety features have been added in such as a greater number of ventilation systems to relieve the pressure from excess or backed up energy, thus reducing the strength of an explosion in the event of a catastrophic meltdown taking place.

After the first catastrophic failure took place aboard the Behemoth over the Invasion of Csilla, the Goliath was docked where it underwent maintenance based on reports from the events that transpired aboard the Behemoth. It benefitted from what went wrong with its sister ship and incorporated new changes including to the superstructure. The prow was sunken in to more adequately protect the firing mechanism and firing control center sunken from external assault.

The method in which the energy was harnessed, refined, and sharpened worked extremely well and was kept largely the same. The main change was the swapping out of the standard kyber crystals the weapon used for the better Siaber crystals.

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Darth Prazutis"], this looks like a superweapon to me.

The weapon is designed for use against capital ships, the weapon had the potential to destroy one of these class of vessels in a single shot

This is pushing it, but I think the OOC disclaimer below this section makes okay.

it could devastate the surface in the vicinity of where it struck, or wipe out an entire continent like this in a single blow.

The linked portion appears to be referencing this:

There was a massive eruption of energy from the bow of the ship a massive green beam cut through the atmosphere, breaking the clouds open like a god tearing open the heavens. As it cut down through the atmosphere for miles around Munto City the landscape was bathed in a deep green light, the beam visible across the planet. The beam was vast easily miles wide. As it rushed towards the ground there was a hurricane roar. As soon as it collided with the earth there was a deafening boom, a shockwave that swept through the entirety of Commenor as it cut deep. Nearly half of Munto City and the surrounding valley vanished in the beam, utterly annihilated as the earth shook ravaging the deep tectonic plates with so much force they shifted triggering a destructive earthquake easily exceeding 10.0 in magnitude through the local region. The earth buckled sending an avalanche worth of colossal chunks of debris thousands of feet into the sky the beam struck with such intensity, such ferocity the very earth buckled beneath it and it literally glassed what remained as all life died, the very temperature in the region rose as the entire area was bathed in the beams superheated plasma. It swept forward continuing the destruction and Munto City disappeared and in an instant eight million people died, devoured and swept screaming into the netherworld creating a massive disturbance through the force in their wake. The concussive wave of the beam sent massive tsunamis into the oceans over a thousand feet in height. Everything vanished beneath its might and just like that it was gone.

This looks like a superweapon.

Please edit this submission accordingly.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

[member="Gir Quee"]

Edited.

 

[Gir Quee]

Approved.