Grand Admiral, First Order Central Command
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To codify an interesting tech concept.
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: First Order Naval Engineering
Affiliation: The First Order
Model: SN/UIS-38(C) Enhanced Interdiction Relay System (EIRS)
Production: Limited
SPECIAL FEATURES
- IFC-DCN (Integrated Fleet Command Data Exchange Network)
STRENGTHS
- Expanding Gravity Well: Properly deployed and managed, EIRS allows a single interdiction platform to extend its range dramatically, covering almost an entire system at max deployment.
- Hard to Detect: The individual EIRS probes are coated in Reflec, making them hard to detect with conventional sensors. Most often they would appear as simply a piece of space junk. Its not true stealth, unusual sensor variants pick them up just fine, and they still clearly exist visually.
WEAKNESSES
- Vulnerable: EIRS probes are fairly easy to destroy, once detected, and destroying only a handful quickly causes significant gaps in interdiction coverage. The battle at L-49 previously demonstrated the most effective techniques for detecting and defeating the probes.
- Not Plug-and-Play: EIRS requires specialized equipment to function correctly, it cannot simply be carried in a hanger and deployed.
DESCRIPTION
Copied from the Keeper-class Interdiction Station description of the applicable technology.
"The Enhanced Interdiction Relay System or EIRS (Pronounced "Ears") is a system native to the Keeper-class Interdiction platform. The relay modules themselves are self propelled and aligned using their on board positioning systems as well as being tied in to the station's systems. These relays allow a Gravity Well to be projected at greater distances and over a wider range than a standard Gravity Well, enhancing the blockading and interdicting capability within a sector. These relays have a limited shield capacity, but enough to survive a few direct turbolaser blasts before overloading. Unarmed, they rely on their small size and signature to avoid detection. Covered in Reflec, it wouldn't be uncommon for it to appear a simple piece of space debris."
First Order Central Command, ever pragmatists, saw the potential of using this technology on other platforms, even if the sector-wide capability provided by the Keeper platforms was potentially too problematic, not to mention costly to implement on a wider scale. To that end a scaled-down variant was developed, capable of being mounted on space stations or large warships.
Compared with the predecessor system, the UIS-38(C) lacks integration with stealth-detecting systems, and has nowhere near the reach of the Keeper platforms. Instead a station or modified interdiction ship with EIRS installed could feasibly lock down a system, essentially expanding the reach of the gravity well out to the furthest planetary orbit. Additionally this network of gravity well-extending probes is more easily disrupted than the version on the Keeper-class, largely because of their focus on a single platform. Nevertheless it is an effective tool for local control.
Because of the complexity of integrating EIRS with a native Interdiction Relay, this system cannot simply be placed on any interdiction capable unit, it must be specifically designed with this capability in mind. One could certainly modify an existing ship to carry it, but this would essentially make said ship a new variant.
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