Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a sophisticated loitering munition
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi Concord, Lucerne Personal Defense Customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Gulomi-class Brilliant Torpedo
- Modularity: none
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Starskimmer-series Hull, Psykhe series Droid Brain, KV807-A engine system, Membrane defense system, Electrite-crystal linked to T-44 power-shunt payload, AH-50 disposable high intensity power cells, Electro photo receptors, heat detector, encrypted telemetry receiver unit with pyrowalls, hardened circuits, various electronics
- Classification: Loitering Warhead
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Explosive Type: Electrite-crystal linked to T-44 power-shunts
- Delivery Method: self-propelled
| Omni-Directional Self-Destruct | Impact Mode | |
|---|---|---|
| Effective Range: | Battlefield | Long Range |
| Area of Effect: | Large | Average |
| Damage Output: | High | Extreme |
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Variable Fire Modes: Guilomi's payload is a pair of Electrite-crystals linked to T-44 power-shunts. In typical loitering mode, the Guilomi cruises around space before it dumps all energy from its power cells into the power shunts which the droid brain then triggers through carefully linking the electrite crystals, incinerating most starfighter-sized objects within several hundred meters of the Guilomi, effectively replicating the self-destruct of the Elegance Messenger drone. In Impact Mode, the crystals snap together before all of the power can be gradually transferred to the power shunts. This results in a much more violent, chaotic, and irregular explosion that doesn't have the extensive reach of its more controlled self-destruct: the area of effect is in the dozens of meters, but the power of the explosion within this smaller blast radius is sometimes compared to a very low-powered particle disintegrator warhead.
- Loitering Warhead: Guilomi is designed to casually fly around the battlefield before going after a target. In this way, its fuselage design shares as much in common with space craft as it does with other munitions: its hull and engine systems are direct adaptations of starfighter technology while the droid brain that pilots it has been used both on other smart warheads as well as many battle droids. The Guilomi most often lazily coasts across the battlefield, running its engines on lower power, but it can quickly accelerate quickly and very quickly change directions thanks to its membrane defense system and KV807 engine system, allowing it suddenly home in on enemy targets or take evasive actions to avoid enemy fire, screening starfighters, or environmental obstacles.
- Self Preservation: Guilomi, unlike most warheads, takes exceptional steps to preserve itself until the right time. It has low powered deflector shields as part of its membrane defense system, but it primarily relies on its flying to simply evade enemy fire. The maneuverability of its triple axial thrust engine system combined with the evasive field technologies of the membrane defense system and the quick-reacting droid brain make it a very difficult target to hit. The droid brain's intelligence will take full advantage of the warhead's exceptional flight capabilities to pull off high-G aerobatic maneuvers, move to place intercepting obstacles in its pursuer's path, or even move in situations that are clearly more hazardous or dangerous for its pursuers than it (such as leading enemy starfighters towards a friendly anti-starfighter frigate).
- EPR / Heat Detector tracking: Guilomis use purely passive targeting sensors in order to prevent enemies from realize which particular target the Guilomi is after. These sensors are also typically not effected by most electronic countermeasure systems such as broad spectrum sensor jamming, though these sensors are effected by their relatively short range. To compensate for that, Guilomis typically use inertia guidance data provided by the launching platform in order to navigate to the general vicinity of the target before registering and tracking the target with their own, limited onboard sensors.
- Command and Control: Guilomi can receive additional targeting information, new orders (including abort orders or selection of different targets), or coordinate with other assets through its encrypted telemetry receiver unit. However, the droid brain does not simply accept all information or commands that it receives through it, using logistical analysis to make sure it understands commands correctly and to ensure that it does not act against its owners. The ability for the droid to interpret and decide to act on commands was intended as a measure to prevent enemy slicers from turning the Guilomi against its users, but it sometimes means that a Guilomi refuses an order that might be morally questionable (such as hitting a target near civilians) which can lead to frustration among some users.
- Low Profile Attacker: Guilomi is not stealthy in a simple detection sense: it has an energy, neat, and Full-spectrum transceiver(FST) readings that most military grade starship sensors will have little trouble detecting. However, its nonmetallic frame does have a low FST signature that often makes it appear smaller than it seems, especially from a headon view with its rounded, narrow cross-section which can make targeting difficult. It sometimes does get briefly lost or mislabeled among the massive amount of sensor noise on many battlefields. Passive sensor targeting by the Guilomi also means that electronic warning locks and other means of detecting incoming attacks by active sensor pings are also not effective in predicting in a Guilomi attack. But perhaps the greatest asset to preventing foreknowledge of the Guilomi's attack is the munition's behavior itself: all of the droid brains have just slightly different enough programming that combined with an almost endless amount of different environment cues makes the Guilomi difficult to predict: some Guilomis may just rocket straight forward across the battlefield to immediately strike their target, whereas others may wait for the target to be damaged or distracted before making a sudden, oblique approach towards a blind spot in the target's defenses. As a caveat to that, however, when deployed in the atmosphere, Guilomis do show a marked propensity for using steep, unpowered dives to strike dirtside targets.
- Backwards Compatible: Guilomis are just small enough that most assault concussion missile tubes and heavy proton torpedo launchers can fire the weapon. It has also been specifically designed to just barely bef ired out of Lucerne Lab's own Harpoon-class General Purpose Warhead Launcher.
- Long-Range (Omni-Dimensional Self-Destruct): In this mode, Guilomi's ion engines don't move very quickly or even frequently, preferring more to coast, making it fairly fuel efficient as it travels across the battlefield.
- Heavy Hitter (Impact Mode): Electrite crystals are well known for their exceptional power when combined with a good power source, with that volatility only becoming worse with irregular power flow during impact.
- Smart Weapon: Guilomi has enough intelligence in that it can devise different ways to preserve itself and different tactics to approach or attack its target, making it more difficult to predict or destroy in combat compared to traditional munitions.
- Bulky: The Guilomi is a fairly large warhead, with its length approaching the size of some small starfighters.
- Mind of its Own: The Guilomi's droid brain sometimes doesn't entirely think as its operators would like - such as refusing an order it think might cause unacceptable collateral damage or waiting to strike at what it believes is a more opportune time later on when its operator would prefer an immediate attack.
DESCRIPTION
The Guilomi blends the boundary between a large warhead and a battle droid, with its designers narrowly opting to classify it as a munition due to its inherent, single use nature. At a glance, the Guilomi seems like an sleek, high performance warhead due to its unusual engine arrangement and multiple etheric rudders and maneuvering fins. Yet despite this appearance, the Guilomi doesn't seem to act like a typical warhead on the battlefield, often preferring to skulk around the edges of a battlefield before swooping in to make its attack run. A look inside the missile piques the interest of most observers, as the Guolomi makes extensive use of ancient starfighter technology, old ground vehicle technology and fuses it with Lucerne Labs latest additive manufacturing and droid brain technology. Yet from an internal Lucerne Labs perspective, the Guilomie is simply a logical evolution of previous smart missile designs like the Tidefall-class Brilliant Torpedo or the even larger Starlance.
Yet the unusual hybrid nature of the weapon has led to only hesitant adoption in small numbers so far by the company's traditional customer base. While still significantly less costly than most droid starfighters, the price of a single Guilomi is still several times that of most comparably sized warheads. While supposedly the Guilomi is better able to pierce defenses than these warheads, many commanders are skeptical of such claims or have misgivings about the droid brain's ability to autonomously interpret orders and programming. Yet the Guilomi has had several incidents of great success in battles which have won it a few fiercely loyal backers who almost certainly ensure that the weapon remains in at least limited production for some time to come.
