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IST-870 "Death Monger" Assault Battlecruiser
• INTENT: This ship is a potential production ship for IST
• IMAGE SOURCE: HERE - modified by Mithias
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• MANUFACTURER: Interstellar Starship Technologies
• AFFILIATION: Qanatain Xopsaloff
• MODEL: IST-870
• PRODUCTION: Unique
• MATERIAL: Durasteel hull, Turadium used in the frame, structural supports and protection for vital areas (i.e. core)
• CLASSIFICATION: Battlecruiser
• LENGTH: 3000m
• WIDTH: 600m
• HEIGHT: 600m
• ARMAMENT: Extreme
- HVC-369 'Covenant' Hypervelocity Cannon
- Megamaser Batteries
- Octuple Barbette Turbolaser
- Null-Burst Projectors
- Point Defense Brilliant Missile Pods
- F-9 Heavy Ion Cannons
- Incinerator class Plasma Railguns
- HR-1O4 Ion Railguns
- Orbital Autocannons
- Mag-Pulse Warhead Batteries
- Disrupter Torpedo Batteries
- Slybex electromagnetic plasma cannons
- Fusion Accelerator Cannon
- Shield Leech Weapon
- Destructor Beam
• SQUADRON COUNT: Average (16 Squadrons)
• MANEUVERABILITY RATING: Low
• SPEED RATING: High
• HYPERDRIVE: Yes
• HYPERDRIVE CLASS: 0.5 (Very High) / Backup: x 6
- Highly Advanced Communications Array
- Systems for a Mobile Command Platform
- Standard Deflector Shield Generator
- Advanced Hyperdrive
- Standard Ion Engines
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Standard Repulsorlift Engines
- Luxury Accommodations
- Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
- Tractor Beam Projectors
- Docking Clamp
- Advanced Storage Sorting Apparatus
- Scanners
- Advanced Navigation Computer
- Distress Beacon
- Reactor Core
- Repulsors
- Maneuvering Jets
- Crew: 5000
- Passengers/Marines: 3000
- Military Grade Sensor Suite (HSI/DER/EPR/AS/ETS)
- Electronic Countermeasures
- St2x Targeting System
- Overwhelming - The philosophy behind the Death Monger is to lay down as much varied firepower to bear, so that no matter what the defense, the ordinance will rip through it. Spread across all sections of the ship are various types of railgun, laser, missile, torpedo, mine, and beam technology. As a bit of humor, IST engineers also added a rear firing projectile battery designed specifically to fire kitchen sinks...
- Early Bird Gets Warm - Despite the type of vessel that Interstellar Starship Technologies produces, it will almost always come with its proprietary hyperdrive. Days and even weeks can be lost when time is of the essence in hyperspace, thus the philosophy of IST is to always provide the best hyperdrive it can provide for all its products. The Death Monger is no different. The Death Monger-class battlecruiser can bring a lot of firepower to bear across the galaxy in short order.
- Maxed Out to the Core - Despite the impressive array of weaponry bristling across the Death Monger battlecruiser, it cannot put all these systems in use at once. IST engineers added a complex firing control governor that prevents the ship from firing all the weapons at once...or it results in a core meltdown. Thus, the many weapon systems undergo a slight delay between each shot. While not immediately obvious, it does significantly reduce the number of weapon systems fired over a period of time.
- Threading the Needle - So much weaponry is packed into this battlecruiser, the hangars on the ship were an after thought...and it shows. The deployment and recovery of starfighters and support craft is arduously slow due to the pilots having to make their way through the long barrels and multiple turrets stacked right by the hangar bay entrance.
The "Death Monger" is not a practical ship, however, in the right circumstances, it is a true bruiser in capital ship-to-ship combat. With its deadly array of weaponry, there is no one defense that is able to withstand the different ways that the ship can hit you. Interstellar Starship Technologies built the ship as a commission, but then decided that it with some testing and configuration adjustments, it was quite the serviceable battlecruiser. Its eight powerful ion engines are able to propel the massive warship to speeds that are quite fast for a ship its size. Despite the advanced array of defenses, the attention is always drawn to the weaponry.
