Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To update an older sub for more modern use
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Ossis Starship Frame
- Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi Concord, Lucerne Labs Customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Ossis II-series Starship Frame
- Modularity: can be fitted and shaped to different size vessels; some areas can be reinforced
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Iridium doped Mirrsteel with condensed-matter composite inserts, corellian epoxy, Calor-series Bio-computers, Biolux Organoform Circuitry, Bia series Portable Fusion Generators, magnetic suction tubes, software code & various electronics
- Core Systems Protection: The base component of the Ossis II is a Mirrsteel-iridium alloy structural beams that have been partially hollowed out via plasma jets before going through a differential heat treatment. These beams are broadly analogous to a skeleton's bones. In between the "bones" of the beam are mol-welded to specifically shaped condensed-matter composite inserts which join the beams. These hollowed out inserts are broadly analogous to cartilage: they serve to diffuse potentially dangerous vibrations caused by physical impacts from things like asteroids or concussion missiles. Corellian epoxy then covers the "skeleton" and "cartilage", holding them together even under structural duress much like many laminate materials. The hollowed sections of this "skeletal" system are then filled with Biolux-series organoform circuitry, power couplings, and vacuum tubes that snake through the skeleton to different areas of the ship. This provides these components with an additional layer of protection and environmental shielding, making them more difficult to damage. All of these systems are powered by a network of portable fusion generators that interspersed throughout the skeleton. Because there is not enough room within the frame to house all of the ships components, only the most vital and basic functions of the ship are supported by these connections. Unlike its predecessor, Ossis II's structure is much more scalable in density, allowing smaller and lighter frames for ships that need to prioritize losing mass in order to keep their speed or balance, or alternatively using larger (and larger numbers of), dense structural beams to heavily reinforce the frame to protect it against kinetic threats.
- Optional Structural Reinforcement: Experimentation with the original Ossis Starship Frame as well as feedback from naval officers and crewmen found the initial reinforcement nature of the design problematic - while in many instances the reinforced prow was extremely helpful in resisting navigation hazards or direct-on enemy fire, many disliked its effect on the ship's handling. Consequently, this latest version is designed at a baseline to not be particularly weighted or reinforced in any one area, but it can have additional mirrsteel-iridium alloy structural beams fitted in different areas to reinforce arcs if so desired, adding the ability to custom a frame more to the end user's requirements.
- Core Systems Protection: Ossis framework encases the central ship circuitry and power conduit chains needed to run the ship's most basic systems such as life support, sensors, and engines
- Structural Reinforcement: Spaced condensed-matter composite inserts between the more traditional metal framework as a layout design helps absorb and contain physical impacts and vibrations to certain areas of the hull. At its base level, this reinforcement is fairly minor and only helps to smoothen the ride in rough atmospheres and dampen the effects of minor collisions. However, with additional structural reinforcement in different arcs can make it much resilient against large collisions or kinetic weapons fire.
- Difficult to Repair: An Ossis frame and the systems within it are usually difficult repair in a field environment due to them being contained within heavy, structural beams.
- Difficult handling: When heavily reinforced in one or more arcs, the Ossis II's dense frame provides the craft with enough mass, and consequently, inertia that makes the host craft slightly more difficult to maneuver than standard.
The Ossis II-series Starship Frame is an evolution of the earlier Ossis Starship Frame, but aimed to be more flexible than its predecessor in adapting to different starship design requirements. In large part, in its baseline form, it trades massive, heavy bow construction for a more scalable form that is more balanced in all directions. This makes it more well suited for ships that have more of a focus on flight performance and fuel optimization, such as many of the corvettes, frigates, and civilian ships on the market. Yet it retains the original's ability shield many of the core systems inside of it, making it fairly durable. But the older ideals of structural resilience can still be achieved by increasing the density of the structural frames and their number in a given area. In this way, Ossis II-series Starship Frames are more of a method of construction rather than a set blue print to follow. Other improvements from the original version include Corellian Epoxy lamination to improve frame cohesion under duress and the inclusion of magnetic vacuum tubes in some of the larger frame pieces - these vacuum tubes provide a way for droids and personnel to move throughout the ship in small numbers to vital areas, even if the ship has taken very heavy damage. The benefits and flexibility of Ossis II's form over the original are so great that the original Ossis Starship Frame is being completely phased for Lucerne Labs's future vessels.
