Akaran Goddess
Hashidate Gunboat
橋立
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
橋立
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Create a Gunboat style craft for use in RP
- Image Source: X
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: X
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: O'Hara Holdings
- Affiliation: Factions
- Sakura Empire
- Allied Factions
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Hashidate-class Gunboat
- Production: Minor
- Materials:
- Standard components
- Glasteel viewports
- Durasteel framing
- Impervium hull plating
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Gunboat
- Length: 125 meters
- Width: 87 meters
- Height: 28 meters
- Armament: High
- 2 fixed heavy turbo lasers
- 2 dual turbo laser turrets
- 2 rapid firing ion canon turrets
- 12 variable payload tubes
- 4 quad laser turrets
- Defenses: Very Low
[*]Hangar Space: High: 0
[*]Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 0 squadrons
- Support Craft: 0 squadrons
- Room for 2 fighters/bombers or 1 shuttle sized craft
[*]Speed Rating: High
[*]Hyperdrive: Average: 1.0 | Backup: 10
STANDARD FEATURES
- Standard features
- Crew:
- 12 operating personnel
- 2 fighter/bomber pilots
- 1 shuttle pilot
- 20 Marines
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- Impervium hull plating
- Enhanced communications
- Enhanced sensors
- Automated systems
- Enhanced hypermatter reactor
STRENGTHS
- Jack be nimble, Jack be quick: This class of small attack craft relies heavily on its speed and maneuverability to survive combat.
- Hedgehog: Bristling with weapons, these small craft can punch well above their weight.
- Multi-role: Designed to fill a myriad of roles, the Hashidate-class has shown potential in the following roles:
- Escort: providing escort for larger ships, protecting them from smaller craft.
- Patrol: the effectiveness was shown of these craft to fill a role in patrolling systems and space lanes.
- Reconnaissance: being small and fast, these ships can provide an extended range for scouting ahead and around larger fleets.
- Wolf-pack: extremely useful in groups, using their dangerous weapons in tandem to deal devastating blows to much larger formations ofor individual larger vessels.
WEAKNESSES
- No safety bubble: With absolutely no standard protective shielding, these small craft are vulnerable if caught in the open before they can make use of their speed.
- Vulnerable systems: With the automation and streamlined systems of these craft, they are highly susceptible to being knocked out, causing entire systems to be disabled.
- Break a leg: With the small frame came less room to store internal propulsion systems, leaving large portion of the engines exposed.
DESCRIPTION
The Hashidate-class gunboat was designed to fill the role of a small support craft for the Akaran Imperial Navy. Throughout the design, development, and testing phases, more and more features were added ending in a design that was a much more flexible platform. The small vessel is filled to the brim with offensive weapons, allowing them to hit harder than what their size shows. The main tradeoff comes in the form of lacking protection. The class caries no shielding and instead relies on being very speedy and light, but high-tech armor.These vessels can carry a duo of fighters and a shuttle for use in multiple roles. The ship also has the capacity to embark 20 combat personnel for use in boarding actions or transport. Along with these passengers, the main crew consists of only 12 personnel, filling all the roles required to maintain optimal operations.
The goal of these ships with the Akaran Navy is to fill a role between a heavy-fighter and a proper frigate or corvette in fleet formations as well to provide a multitude of vessels to patrol the space lanes.
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