Cathul Thuku
Admiral, Therapy Command
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a 5.1 refit to an old carrier design.
- Image Source: Tony Cardona
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Sionoma-II-class star destroyer
- Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
- Affiliation: Open Market
- Model: Sionoma-III-class star destroyer
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel hull, Hexheim ERA
- Classification: Star Destroyer
- Length: 2000 meters
- Width: 943 meters
- Height: 573 meters
- Armament: Extreme (1500/20/200)
- 147 Slybex electromagnetic plasma cannons (49 triple turrets: 3 fore, 8 ventral, 8 aft, 6 dorsal, 12 port, 12 starboard; 588 turbolaser equivalents)
- 1 Eri heavy long-range tractor beam (20 turbolaser equivalents)
- 8 Kintan adjustable-yield heavy long-range hypervelocity cannons (in 4 double turrets; 2 dorsal, 2 ventral; 200 turbolaser equivalents)
- 15 heavy long-range solar ionization cannons (in 5 triple turrets: 1 ventral, 2 port, 2 starboard; 120 turbolaser equivalents)
- 18 Slybex alpha long-range electromagnetic plasma cannons (in 6 dorsal triple mounts; 324 turbolaser equivalents)
- 14 Kami 88mm hypervelocity cannons (4 port, 4 starboard, 3 fore, 3 aft; 140 turbolaser equivalents)
- 20 heavy flex-tubes
- 200 Ventooine electromagnetic plasma heavy machineguns (40 port, 40 starboard, 30 fore, 30 aft, 30 dorsal, 30 ventral)
- Defenses: Very High
- Hangar Space: Average (11)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 9 Squadrons
- Support Craft: 2 Squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
- Speed Rating: Very Low
- Hyperdrive Class: Average | 2.0
- Non-combative attachments:
- Inertial compensator
- Tensor field generator
- Marcia repulsorlift generator
- 60 Jessica variable-geometry landing gears
- 10 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
- Ship-wide neural net
- Roto-Rooter autochefs
- Tabord molecular toilets
- Navigation:
- Defenses:
- Redundant deflector shield generators
- Tensor field generator
- Anti-concussion field generator
- Missile deactivation transmitter
- Griet-II self-sealing hypermatter tanks
- Tier-3 Hexheim ERA armor
- Kirishima cap drains
- Electronic warfare suite (ECM and ECCM)
- Heavy long-range firepower
- Heavy defenses
- Can land on planets: it can thus land a sizeable invasion force for ground assaults
- Slow, unmaneuverable
- Exposed command tower
- Exposed ventral hangar
- Exposed shield generators atop the command tower
- Exposed aft tailfin: if the tailfin explodes, it triggers a chain reaction that may take the reactors down with it, and also disables the hyperdrive as well as its ability to land on planets
- Repulsorlift generator failures must be repaired in orbit
The Sionoma-III's primary changes over its predecessors are the replacement of the old rapid-fire turrets that were too short-ranged to effectively engage smaller targets between half standard turbolaser range and standard turbolaser range, the addition of more squadrons, from 3 to 9, the addition of two squadrons of support craft and the replacement of the old HVCs, deemed too exposed, for a larger number of smaller hardpoints. To make way for all of these components, cargo space needed to be sacrificed.
Using the same hull chassis as its predecessors made it so that the same problems occurred: exposed command tower, exposed ventral hangar, exposed shield generators atop the command tower and so on, so forth, which are, in fact, intrinsic to dagger designs. Even then, it still retained its ability to land on planetary surfaces and hence to support planetary campaigns, thanks to its large number of variable-geometry landing gears enabling it to land on a variety of uneven terrain. The ability is still coming to the same basic costs as it was on its predecessors: repulsorlift generator failures must be repaired in orbit.
Consumables: 2 years
Cargo capacity: 2 million tons
Passenger capacity: 25,000
Minimal crew: 4,200
Optimal Crew: 12,000
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