- Intent: To update the Silver Jedi Order's aging line of orbital defense platforms
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- Manufacturer: Outer Rim Military Engineering
- Affiliation: ORME, SJO
- Model: Motherdrive-class Defense Platform
Production: Minor
- Material:
Interior
Iron floor, walls, & ceiling - Turadium blast doors
- Glasteel interior windows
[*]Exterior
- Titanium frame
- OR-SAP, Variant II
- Glasteel exterior windows
- Agrinium-plated thrusters
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Orbital Defense Platform
- Length: 500 meters
- Width: 500 meters
- Height: 75 meters on average, 150 meters at central compartment
- Armament: Average
20 concealed anti-capital missile tubes (spread evenly on the outer ring) - 15 laser cannons (spread evenly on the outer ring)
- 10 tractor beams (starfighter-sized, spread evenly on the outer ring)
[*]Defenses: Moderate
- Basic Armor/Shielding
Energy shielding - Molecular shielding
- OR-SAP, Variant IIhttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/137896-or-sap/http://starwarsrp.net/topic/137896-or-sap/
[*]Defensive Armaments
- 30 Flyswatter-class light AA guns (spread evenly on the outer ring)
[*]Hangar: Moderate (6 squadrons)
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Low
[*]Speed Rating: Low
[*]Hyperdrive Class: None
STANDARD FEATURES
- General Quarters
- Mess Hall
- Medical Rooms
- Cylindrical command bridge
Strengths:
- Old Faithful - Motherdrive stations are designed with a simple, sturdy layout, allowing them to last for years or even decades without faults, even through repeated battles.
- Sector Authority - Long-range communications equipment combined with balanced armament and defensive capabilities allow Motherdrive vessels to effectively maintain order within a planet or small system.
- Soft Core - Once a Motherdrive's shielding is disabled, its core is very vulnerable to assault, having no armament and very little armor to protect it.
- Turtle - Designed to be a long-term installation, there are very few easy ways to move a Motherdrive defensive platform around. Additionally, Motherdrives lack hyperdrives, necessitating a vessel to tow them elsewhere if a certain front becomes heated.
For the first time, the company pursued producing an orbital military space station. Its main goals would be to maintain order over a system or populous planet, and last for an extended period of time before upgrades or scrapping are required.
The basic layout of the Motherdrive station consists of an armored and armed outer ring surrounding a primarily residential core. Four enclosed bridges connect the two areas of the ship.
The outer ring consists of nearly all armaments and armor on the station, as well as its outlying hangar bays. It is in the outer ring where a majority of the station's power is held.
The inner core of the station contains bunks, the mess hall, the station's orbital thrusters, and the command bridge. From the core, operations within a system can be coordinated with ease.
