Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
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[SIZE=9pt]Intent: The sixth in a line of probe droids, this one for specialized small-scale interdiction purposes[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Development Thread: None[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Manufacturer: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering Corps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Model: Naboo Transit Utility Limitation (TRUL) Probe Droid[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Affiliation: Royal Naboo Defense Force, Theed Hangar, Galactic Alliance[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Modularity: No[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Production: Minor[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Material: Durasteel, electronics[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Classification: Second-degree/class two[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Weight: 360kg[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Height: 2.2m at longest dimension[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Movement: Engine comparable to a starfighter (class 2) or a standard probe droid’s maneuvering pod, minus the hyperdrive.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Armaments: None. In extreme conditions, with time and effort, payload gear could be removed and replaced with a basic warhead. This would be a last-ditch defensive option and a total waste of a good probe.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Misc. Equipment:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Strengths:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Weaknesses:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]The TRUL probe has two basic mission profiles.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Interference with departure: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]In its first mission profile, the TRUL is designed to interfere with escaping vessels. In this scenario, the TRUL is deployed to support an INCIS probe when the INCIS is generating an ultra-short-range interdiction field. Due to the INCIS’ interdiction range limitations, the TRUL provides backup functionality should the fleeing vessel attempt to jump to hyperspace while outside the INCIS’ sphere of influence. The TRUL has a much larger but much less intense pulse-mass sphere of influence. A vessel which jumps to hyperspace within 10km of a fully activated TRUL will experience asymmetric hyperspace turbulence. The vessel will be able to complete its jump, but the TRUL’s pulse-mass generator will have affected the vessel’s hyperspace bubble geometries in very subtle ways. The vessel’s trajectory may be altered by 0.001 degrees or more, and thus it may not arrive exactly where it intends to. Most ships would register the altered geometry as a mild to moderate malfunction, and thus many captains might choose not to jump at all, or might even choose to drop out of hyperspace before the end of their jump, in order to recalibrate the drive. If so, the interdicting party might be able to use that delay to position other interdictors at likely destinations. The only real danger comes about when multiple vessels attempt to jump out of a TRUL’s sphere of influence in formation. They may risk collision upon arrival. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Interference with arrival: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]In the TRUL’s second mission profile, a number of TRUL probes are deployed to support INCIS probes which have been tasked to interdict a known approach vector or reversion point. A vessel which passes at hyperspeed through the TRUL’s larger and less diffused sphere of influence will not be pulled out of hyperspace as with true interdiction. Instead, the vessel may arrive a few dozen or hundred metres away from where it intended to arrive. Vessels traveling in formation may risk collision, and disorientation may be a factor. As an unintended but hilarious side effect, a vessel equipped with a Hyperspace Inertial Momentum Sustainer may have its HIMS tripped by passage through a TRUL field, incurring significant turbulence and expending the HIMS.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Primary Source: Adapted from the Naboo [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]INCIS[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] probe. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Intent: The sixth in a line of probe droids, this one for specialized small-scale interdiction purposes[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Development Thread: None[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Manufacturer: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering Corps[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Model: Naboo Transit Utility Limitation (TRUL) Probe Droid[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Affiliation: Royal Naboo Defense Force, Theed Hangar, Galactic Alliance[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Modularity: No[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Production: Minor[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Material: Durasteel, electronics[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Classification: Second-degree/class two[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Weight: 360kg[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Height: 2.2m at longest dimension[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Movement: Engine comparable to a starfighter (class 2) or a standard probe droid’s maneuvering pod, minus the hyperdrive.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Armaments: None. In extreme conditions, with time and effort, payload gear could be removed and replaced with a basic warhead. This would be a last-ditch defensive option and a total waste of a good probe.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Misc. Equipment:[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Full-spectrum sensor package[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]High-powered comm suite, including tightbeam laser communications.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Modified miniature pulse-mass interdiction support functionality (radius 10km).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Strengths:[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Allows customs and patrol officers to baffle, but not fully interdict, hyperdrive transit..[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Using tightbeam laser comms, can transmit data despite virtually any communications jamming, within line of sight.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Disposable.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Weaknesses:[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Extremely obvious and easily targeted when baffle function is activated.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Mission profile requires close proximity to the interdiction subject.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Quite fragile, comparable to your average probe droid or a very light starfighter.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]If communications are being jammed and the tightbeam laser comm is required, line of sight is paramount. Planetary curvature, nebular density, and atmospheric interference can all obstruct the probe's ability to relay its findings.[/SIZE]
- [SIZE=9pt]Interference function can also affect friendly vessels.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]The TRUL probe has two basic mission profiles.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Interference with departure: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]In its first mission profile, the TRUL is designed to interfere with escaping vessels. In this scenario, the TRUL is deployed to support an INCIS probe when the INCIS is generating an ultra-short-range interdiction field. Due to the INCIS’ interdiction range limitations, the TRUL provides backup functionality should the fleeing vessel attempt to jump to hyperspace while outside the INCIS’ sphere of influence. The TRUL has a much larger but much less intense pulse-mass sphere of influence. A vessel which jumps to hyperspace within 10km of a fully activated TRUL will experience asymmetric hyperspace turbulence. The vessel will be able to complete its jump, but the TRUL’s pulse-mass generator will have affected the vessel’s hyperspace bubble geometries in very subtle ways. The vessel’s trajectory may be altered by 0.001 degrees or more, and thus it may not arrive exactly where it intends to. Most ships would register the altered geometry as a mild to moderate malfunction, and thus many captains might choose not to jump at all, or might even choose to drop out of hyperspace before the end of their jump, in order to recalibrate the drive. If so, the interdicting party might be able to use that delay to position other interdictors at likely destinations. The only real danger comes about when multiple vessels attempt to jump out of a TRUL’s sphere of influence in formation. They may risk collision upon arrival. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Interference with arrival: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]In the TRUL’s second mission profile, a number of TRUL probes are deployed to support INCIS probes which have been tasked to interdict a known approach vector or reversion point. A vessel which passes at hyperspeed through the TRUL’s larger and less diffused sphere of influence will not be pulled out of hyperspace as with true interdiction. Instead, the vessel may arrive a few dozen or hundred metres away from where it intended to arrive. Vessels traveling in formation may risk collision, and disorientation may be a factor. As an unintended but hilarious side effect, a vessel equipped with a Hyperspace Inertial Momentum Sustainer may have its HIMS tripped by passage through a TRUL field, incurring significant turbulence and expending the HIMS.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Primary Source: Adapted from the Naboo [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]INCIS[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] probe. [/SIZE]
