Approved Starship Invictus Class Battlecruiser

[Chris Walker]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Create flagships for Nothmir’s fleets
• Image Source: Ingame screenshots from Dreadnought (Greybox)
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Arms Dynamics
• Affiliation: Faction - The Nothmiro Federation
• Market Status: Closed Market
• Model: Invictus Battlecruiser
• Production: Semi-Unique
• Material: Durasteel hull, Plasteel heat dissipation shell, Quadranium armour, Copper electronic shielding

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Battlecruiser
• Length: 4 000m
• Width: 1 050m
• Height: 500m
• Armament: Very High
  • Capital Grade
    • 80 Plasma Broadside Guns (4 batteries of 20)
    • Nothmiro Lance Guns
    • Heavy Turbolasers
    • Turbolasers
    • Concussion missile launchers (rear dorsal deck)
  • Point defense
    • Point defense laser cannons
    • Plasma cannons
    • Rushlight Autocannons
• Defenses: Very High
  • External
    • Layered deflector shields
    • Plasteel heat dissipating shell
    • Quadranium armour plating
    • Anti-ion, anti-EMP copper electronics shielding
  • Internal
    • Fire suppression systems
    • Blast doors
    • Socketguard
    • F-1a and F-1b droid charging stations
    • Anti-boarding emplacements
• Hangar Space: Very low - 10
• Hangar Allocations:
  • Starfighters: 6 squadrons
  • Support Craft: 4 squadrons
• Maneuverability Rating: Average
• Speed Rating: High
• Hyperdrive: Yes

STANDARD FEATURES

• All features standard
• Medical bay

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Backup bridge, reactors, life support systems
• Anti-boarding countermeasures including
  • F-1a and F-1b droid charging stations
  • Defensive positions for garrisoned infantry
  • Remote and automated Upholder Crucible Cannon turrets

STRENGTHS

• Broadside: The side facing firepower of the Invictus is astounding at close range, letting it tear through the heavily armoured flanks of similarly sized warships. Invictus gunnery crews often remark that pincer movements against the ship simply give them more targets to tear through. Even at range the ship is deadly, boasting lance cannons to tear shields to tatters before swooping in to gut it.
• Fortress: Both inside and out this battlecruiser does not lack defenses. The ship has both heavy protection from enemy warships and fighters, as well as a small army’s worth of anti-boarding defenses including droids and peacekeeper void combat specialists.

WEAKNESSES

• Firing arcs: At close range the Invictus cannot do much damage unless it manages to come alongside the enemy warship to deliver a broadside, otherwise it will be unable to bring the bulk of its firepower to bear.
• Brawler: The Invictus lacks the traditionally larger fighter complement of other battlecruisers, and has a greater reliance on escorting picket ships to provide defense against bombers. The placement of the hangers also hurts its ability to deploy its complement in combat

DESCRIPTION

Technical Information:

The largest capital ship produced by Arms Dynamics, the Invictus Class Battlecruiser is geared towards closing with similarly sized warships before delivering a huge single strike to cripple or destroy it. Lance guns provide ranged firepower, stripping shields from hostile ships before the Invictus can bring its broadside guns and other short ranged ballistic weapons to bear. The ship also sports ballistic point defense Rushlight autocannons adding to its anti-starfighter screen.

Due to the internal volume required to mount so many weapons and defensive systems the Invictus has very little room for hangers despite its size, and the stored ships are difficult to deploy in combat.

Development History:

The Invictus was commissioned primarily in response to the rise of the Brotherhood of the Maw's expansion into nearby systems, envisioned as a way to level the playing field and to at least blunt the deployment of enemy SSDs and dreadnoughts. The Invictus's design is an upscaling of the earlier Gravis Heavy Cruiser Mk1 using the same general shape and banks of broadside guns, albeit in numbers matching the ship's quadrupling in length and upgrade in class. As well the ship was used as a testbed for the use of weapons originally designed for ground vehicles and much smaller gunships, testing the use of the Rushlight Autocannons as anti-starfighter capital ship point defence cannons.

 

[Listib Hibin]

Excellent Work! Love the guns!

APPROVED!
Chris Walker