Approved Starship NRV Starchild, Flagship of the 1st Expeditionary Fleet

[Dracken Pryce]

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To update a ship that moved factions after IC events.
• Image Source: 343 Studios Halo 4; GIF edited by me - Sparth "Halo 4 Concept Art"
• Canon Link: None
• Primary Source: Colony-Class Battlecruiser; Original Submission

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Originally Constructed by Free Worlds Coalition, Modified by Silvia Shipyards, and maintained by The Alliance in Exile and the Outer Rim Coalition
• Affiliation: New Republic
• Model: Colony-Class Battlecruiser
• Production: Unique
• Material:
  Durasteel
• Reinforced Duraplast
• Transparisteel
• Starship Parts

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Flagship
• Length: 5000 Meters
• Width: 900 Meters
• Height: 1200 Meters
• Armament: Average
  Concussion Missile Launchers
• Megamaser Batteries
• Point Defense Quad-Laser Turrets
• Hypervelocity Cannons
• Turbolaser Batteries

[*]Defenses: Extreme

• ​Mon Calamari Redundant Shield Systems
• Mon Calamari Molecular Shields
• Mon Calamari Deflector Shields
• Medium Armor Plating
• Dampner Aerosol Missiles

[*]Hangar: Extreme: 42

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• 20 Squadrons Taken up by 4 Myrmidon-Class Frigates
• 3 Squadrons Taken up by 1 Corvette
• Docking Tube Behind Bridge Dome
• T90 X-Wing 10 Squadrons
• New Republic A-Wings 4 Squadrons
• AS-B19 Bomber 5 Squadrons

[*]Support Craft Hangar:

• 5000 Meters: U-Wing Transports (60T) 6 Squadrons

• Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
• Speed Rating: Very Low
• Hyperdrive Class: Average: 1
• STANDARD FEATURES
  Escape Pods
• Starship Safety Features
• Military Sensor Suite
• Exterior Battle Cameras
• Armory
• Crew Training Area
• Mess Halls
• Military Spec Med Bays
• Cargo Bays

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Mon Calamari Shield Designs
• Compartmentalized Construction
• Extensive Hangar
• Myrmidon Vertical Hangar
• Advanced Navigation Systems
• Ship Mangement Droid Brain

Strengths:

• BYOS: Equipped with specialized vertical hangars in its underbelly, the Starchild, just like its Colony-Class sisters, has the ability to carry 4 Myrmidon frigates
• Cavernous Hangars: Several Hangars located in the underbelly of the Starchild hold hundreds of starfighters and shuttles
• Outer Rim Charm: Modified and repaired by Outer Rim Coalition engineers at Silvia Shipyards, the ship has been heavily modified with Mandalorian, Chiss, Mon Calamari, and Quarth technologies making it truly unique including a compartmentalized design and the fast recharging redundant shields of the Mon Calamari.
• Secondary Command Center: In the case that its main bridge is destroyed a second command center with back-up personnel is ready to go.

Weaknesses:

• Invite Only: Docked Capital Ships count towards fleet limits in engagement threads where limits are specified
• Engine Blind Spot: With massive engines and limited weapon coverage the Starchild had no way to protect its engines from assault
• Exposed Bridge: While not the typical bridge tower of Imperial design, the Colony-Class battlecruisers did have an exposed bridge dome. While more heavily armored than typical bridge towers, it was still an obvious weak point in combat.
• Electronic Warfare: The advanced droid brain-based ship computer can be sliced into either locally or through a powerful electronic warfare suite. What this means for the crew is up to the imagination of the Slicer as the ship computer manages most of the large functions of the ship such as frigate/corvette launch bays, internal gravity, internal defenses, and is tasked with regulating the ship's generator.

Description: The Colony-Class Battlecruiser was a dedicated command carrier commissioned by the Free Worlds Coalition (FWC) some time during the Great Galactic War. Less than a dozen were ever put into service by the FWC before Sith and Dark-Side allied governments wiped the coalition away, scattering its modest military forces to the wind. Many of the battlecruisers would enter Galactic Alliance Service towards the end of the war, acting as carriers and command ships in several skirmishes across Alliance, Sith Empire, First Order, and Galactic Empire space. The Starchild, the second Colony-Class battlecruiser to enter FWC service and the first to enter Alliance service, was heavily damaged in the battle of Fondor where its captain, crew, and part of its battlegroup were saved by Outer Rim Coalition Mandalorian Exiles. After retreating to the Outer Rim Coalition (ORC) world of Manas, Captain Dracken Pryce received word that the remnants of the Alliance were meeting somewhere in ORC Space. With its hyperdrive severely damaged, multiple hull breeches, a busted hangar and dozens of weapons and navigation systems offline, the ORC sponsored shipyard offered to perform extensive repairs to the vessel and its battlegroup.

[SIZE=9pt]A hodgepodge of engineers and shipwrights heavily modified the Colony-Class battlecruiser with scrapped parts from other designs, adding bulbous Mon Calamari shield generators across its hull, advanced Quarth navigation systems, and exotic weaponry to the ship to replace weapons systems that were destroyed. The re-fit would lower the total gun count on the battlecruiser, but would in turn allow for better allocation of power and space throughout the ship. The vertical hangars were slightly modified to conserve space and the shipyard's Mandalorian owner even gave the captain several squadrons of Mandalorian starfighters to replace those he had lost in the battle of Fondor. As the repairs slowly churned along more and more Alliance remnant forces and squadrons came to replace those that had been lost in battle. The home of Rogue Squadron was fundamentally changed, but it would live on to fight another day. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=9pt]After several battles and campaigns against the First Order and the Sith Empire the ANS Starchild returned to Corellia to aid in the New Republic’s battle for the planet. After routing Annexes Imperial forces and expunging the Socorro Task Force, Commodore Pryce was given the option to join the navy of the New Republic along with most of his crew. He joined on the condition that his people would be taken care of and that he could bring the ANS Starchild along with him as the vessel had no true military or government entity over it. The terms were accepted and the ANS Starchild, now the NRV Starchild along with now Rear Admiral Pryce joined New Republic service. With a new coat of paint representing New Republic colors, the NRV Starchild would go on to become the Rear Admiral's flagship.[/SIZE]

 

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