Approved Starship Scythe-III-class missile cruiser

[Cathul Thuku]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a 5.0-era update to the Scythe
• Image Source: Star Wars: Legacy Comics
• Canon Link: Canon Scythe
• Primary Source: Scythe-class heavy cruiser

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
• Affiliation: Open market
• Model: Scythe-III-class missile cruiser
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material: Durasteel frame, Hexheim ERA hull

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Heavy Cruiser
• Length: 1000m
• Width: 400m
• Height: 650m
• Armament: Very High (250/225/100)
  150 flex-tube missile launchers (300 turbolaser equivalents)
• 15 heavy missile launchers (150 turbolaser equivalents)
• 
  35 Slybex electromagnetic plasma cannons (5 fore, 15 topside, 15 underside; 140 turbolaser equivalents)
  
• 
  6 Slybex Alpha long-range electromagnetic plasma cannons (two triple hardpoints, 1 topside, 1 underside; 108 turbolaser equivalents)
  
• 
  2 tractor beams (2 turbolaser equivalents)
  
• 100 Ventooine electromagnetic plasma machineguns (20 forward, 40 topside, 40 underside)

[*]Defenses: High
[*]Hangar Space: 3 Squadrons
[*]Hangar Allocations:

• Starfighters: 3 squadrons
• Support Craft: 0 squadrons

[*]Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
[*]Speed Rating: Very Low
[*]Hyperdrive Class: 1
STANDARD FEATURES

• Non-combative attachments:
  Inertial compensator
• ​CHX 5.0 acoustic theater
• Ship-wide neural net
• 6 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
• Medical equipment (bacta tanks, medical droids)
• Tabord molecular toilets

[*]Navigation:

• Castameer tactical display
• Watchtower collision avoidance system

[*]Defenses:

• Deflector shields
• Tensor field generator
• 
  Anti-Concussion field generator
  
• 
  Missile deactivation transmitter (can cause premature detonation of hostile missiles)
  
• 
  Tier 3 Hexheim ERA armor (helps defend against projectile attacks)
  

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Griet-II self-sealing hypermatter tanks (allows to avoid leaks of hypermatter even when the tank itself sustained damage)
• Kirishima cap drains (allows to take ion/EMP fire to recharge the ship's shields)

Strengths:

• Omnidirectional firepower: due to the mostly-pancake hull and missile firepower, all of the firepower can be fired in any direction
• Can resist ion/EMP fire
• Flexible ordnance

Weaknesses:

• Limited ammunition: once the ammunition magazines are depleted, the ship's firepower is significantly reduced
• Hammerhead: the prow is where the missile launchers are, and a lucky shot at the prow can cripple the ship's firepower, and maybe even the ship overall
• Slow and ponderous
• Tensor field generator failures must be repaired in orbit
• ERA only makes the resulting explosion worse, increasing the blast radius, indiscriminately threatening objects within point-defense range of it when the ship is destroyed, and the threat diminishes the further away one is from the ship's explosion

Description: After the collapse of the Alliance, several old Scythe units found themselves decommissioned, but lack of resources prevented interested parties from doing much with the old Scythe units, regardless of their allegiance. In addition, with the original schematics being corrupted when the Alliance fell by traitors, it was difficult to obtain the engineering data necessary to put any improvements on subsequent units that are now in ORC service. It also marked the first use of the Slybex electromagnetic plasma cannon in both its long-range and standard-range versions, allowing it to temporarily and locally disrupt the shields at a target's point of impact.

Fighter support capability was added, allowing it to carry two squadrons of fighters in the lower decks of the prow. In addition, the hypermatter tanks were refitted with a new self-sealing variety, while new cap drains were added, with the ability to help recharge shields after taking ion fire, albeit with a less-than-perfect efficiency. Additional point-defense emplacements were added to alleviate the threats from fighters, while a missile deactivation transmitter is installed to help cause premature detonations to incoming enemy missiles. And also, to help carry the fighters and missile launchers, sacrfices had to be made, and engines took a downsizing. It also required the removal of a large number of conventional hardpoints.

Finally, while the experience of ERA-equipped ships on Skor proved that killing an ERA-equipped ship with ordnance onboard could, in fact, create a massive explosion, thanks to the explosives lining the hull detonating upon the ship's death, its ability to help defend against projectile-borne attacks was, in fact, welcomed.

 

[Vora Kaar]

Good to see more hammerhead style ships showing up. However, there is one point of contention that I see.

Limited ammunition: once the ammunition magazines are depleted, the ship is vulnerable

Some of the weapons on here, are energy based. Which means they pull from the energy of the ship itself. Namely the usage of your Slybex Cannons. However, you have a number of weapons that require actual ammo, and not just energy pulled from the ship. I'd like for you to reword this to be more in line with that idea. Otherwise, this ship seems good to go.

[member="Cathul Thuku"],

 

[Cathul Thuku]

[member="Vigil Rostu"] Now that it means that the ship's firepower is significantly reduced, rather than making the ship vulnerable outright...

 

[Vora Kaar]

Approved.