Camellia Swift
Camellia
Image Credit: By Kharcov
Manufacturer: Rendili Stardrive
Model: Impregnable Class Heavy Cruiser
Affiliation: The Republic
Modularity: No
Production: Mass
Material: Durasteel, Duraplast, Alusteel, Duranium, Glasteel
Classification: Heavy Cruiser
Role: Capital Ship, Destroyer, Fleet Command
Height: 222 Meters
Width: 268 Meters
Length: 740 Meters
Power Core Generator/Reactor: One Rendili Proton-8 Reactor [Advanced Hypermatter Reactors]
Hyperdrive Rating: Class 3 Main
Minimum Crew: 12,040
Optimal Crew: 18, 308
Armaments:
- Forward Facing Long Range Heavy Quad Turbolaser Cannons x 4
- Turbolaser Batteries x 20 (10 Port/Starboard)
- Flak Cannons x 40 (20 Port/Starboard)
- Laser Cannons x 100 (50 Port/Starboard)
- Point Defense Emplacements x 60 (30 Port/Starboard)
- Rendili Starfighters x 3 Squadrons
- GalaxyGuard Bombers x 1 Squadron
- CXC Conveyor Shuttles x 2
- Communications Array
- Encryption Network
- Holonet Transceiver
- Standard Detention Cells
- Tractor Beams x 2
- Heavily Reinforced Hull
- Advanced Shield Generator x 1
- Redundant Shield Generator x 1
- Inertial Compensators
- Capable of Atmospheric Entry and Deployment
- Standard Targeting Systems
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Standard Sensor Array
- Escape Pods
Speed Rating: 15
Maneuverability Rating: 15
Strengths:
- Reinforced Hull
- Well Armed
Weaknesses:
- Very Slow and unwieldy
- No Missile Weaponry
- Large Crew
Passenger Capacity: 2,000 (On Board Troop Compliment)
Cargo Capacity: 1,200 tons
Consumables: 1 Year
Intent: To create an advanced cruiser for the Republic to field against its enemies and to fill a supportive role of its larger warships.
Development Thread: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/48441-cruisin-but-not-bruisin/
Who Can Use This: The Galactic Republic
Description: Four heavy long range forward facing quad turbolaser cannons along the prow, plus ten turbolaser batteries set on both the port and starboard sides of the ship for a total of twenty batteries, along with forty flak cannons, one hundred laser cannons, and sixty point defense emplacements, were what filled out the guns that sat on the Impregnable Class Heavy Cruiser's hull. A hull that consisted of several thick layers of durasteel and alusteel beneath a first layer of hefty and heavy duraplast coated with duranium to provide better heat resistance to sustained fire. Propelled by no less than five Rendili Ion Engines to move its bulk and massive weight, which was powered by, along with its many guns, a Rendili Proton-8 Reactor, a hypermatter reactor that could provide the same amount of energy that a Kuat I-a2b Solar Ionization Reactor could, which in itself was a reactor that powered the sixteen hundred meter long Imperial Star Destroyers of old, however, the Proton-8 Reactor could do so and was only one fourth of the size, and thus could be placed on a smaller cruiser class ship to provide it with a destroyer's level of power even though it was smaller. This reactor also powering a redundant class shield generator for the ship as well, hence the design's purpose to be as its name was slated as: Impregnable
And to top it all off, courtesy of the Republic's desire to fill out their roster with better cruiser sized carriers, the Impregnable class had been enlarged from its original design length of six hundred meters to sit at around seven hundred and forty meters so that the internal compartments could be stripped and reorganized for a ventral sitting hanger bay. A hanger bay that was able to be packed with four squadrons worth of fighter craft and bombers. However, the ship itself only boasted two shuttles for onloading and offloading of passengers, utilizing docking clamps similar to the Dreadnought Cruiser class to bring crew on board while at the yards. However, more reminiscent of similarly sized vessels of eras gone by the Impregnable class features a deployment ramp and extending landing gear such as the Acclamator Class Cruiser of the Clone Wars utilized to deploy ground forces.
This is the the mere statement of the facts for the Impregnable Class Heavy Cruiser. It is Rendili Stardrive's most powerful cruiser class warship to date to replace the Dreadnought Heavy Cruiser in the current climate. While the Dreadnought Heavy Cruiser is still considered to be a relevant vessel, the current period of utilizing heavy destroyers with massive weaponry with smaller vessels providing support and carrier roles leaves it less used. Thus a similar vessel in the form of the Impregnable class was developed to be a small carrier while still maintaining the firepower of an attack based heavy cruiser.
The Impregnable class bears no unique or amazing equipment of its own of which to speak of. Instead thing such as its heavy hull plating come from an excess of material rather than a higher tier metal, and its service line was constructed from excess products and Rendili Stardrive's recent expansion endeavors. And while it has a powerful reactor and high weapon count these vessels are perhaps the slowest cruiser class currently in naval service. Due to their taxing power requirements and heavy hull they are barely faster than the average destroyer, more often keeping pace with the much larger ships than they ever could hope to run alongside craft their own size.
