In Umbris Potestas Est
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a Battlecruiser specifically designed for fighting Star Dreadnoughts and other Battlecruisers.
- Image Source: https://www.firefoxccmods.com/enciclopedia/img/ssd/sovereign.png
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Defiance Consolidated Multipurpose Manufacturing
- Model: N/A
- Affiliation: Sith Empire(Sith R&D)
- Production: Limited
- Material: Duranium(frame), Molecularly Bonded Armor(hull)
- Classification: Battlecruiser
- Length: 5000m
- Width: 1700m
- Height: 1250m
- Armament: Extreme
10x LBeam Heavy Beam Cannons(5 on each side)
SBeam Light Beam Cannons
Seeker Baradium Missile Tubes
Long Range Heavy Mass Driver Batteries
Composite Beam Lasers
Antimissile Octets
- Defenses: Very High
Reinforced Hull
Diatium Capacitance Array
Cap Drain
Deionizer
Socketguard
Warhead Countermeasures
- Hangar: Low(10 squadrons)
- Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
- Speed Rating: Very Low
- Hyperdrive Class: Class 1
- Communication Systems:Communication Wave De-scrambler
- Encryption Module
- Frequency Jammer
- Holonet Transceiver
- Hyperwave Transceiver
- Ranger Transceiver
- Subspace Transceiver
- Artificial Gravity
- Brig
- Distress Beacon
- Infantry Drop Pods
- Vehicle Drop Pods
- Escape Pods
- Environmental Converter
- Inertial Damper
- Infantry Barracks
- Life SupportBackup Life Support
[*]Navigation System
[*]Ray Shields
[*]Propulsion Systems:[*]Ion Drives
[*]Maneuvering Jets
[*]Sensor and Targeting Systems:
- Anti-ion Emission Tracer
- Aural Sensor
- Com-scan
- Comm laser
- Hyperwave Signal Interceptor
- Life Form Indicator
- Long-range Sensor
- Sensor Dampener
- Targeting Laser
- Targeting Sensor
- Tri-Tracker
- Wide-range Sensor
- The Sovereign is designed to bloody the nose of enemy warships up to and including Dreadnought size. It is extremely well armed and possesses an exceptional amount of anti-warship and anti-fighter firepower.
- The Sovereign is heavily armored to allow it to defend itself effectively against bombers and warships of all sizes up to and including Dreadnought size.
- The Sovereign features an armament frequency modulator, allowing it to modulate its energy weapons to the frequency of any deflector shield and allow for shield penetration.
- Designed to carry as many weapons as could reasonably be fitted onto it, the Sovereign lacks in speed and maneuverability.
- The Sovereign has a smaller hangar bay than the standard battlecruiser.
- The armament frequency modulator will result in the disabling of all energy weapons on board the ship during modulation.
- The energy weapon-focused armament of the Sovereign can be almost effectively neutered by an enemy ship with molecular shielding. As well, the armament frequency modulator does not allow the Sovereign to penetrate molecular shielding.
Development of the Sovereign came into being after the Battle of Corellia, where multiple smaller warships were able to bloody the nose of one of the Silver Jedi Order's Dreadnought-scale warships. Lacking access to a vessel that could take on a Dreadnought and reasonably expect to survive or win, even in a group of two or three, Sith Lord Vanessa Vantai began the creation of the battlecruiser design at the Nathema orbital complex.
The Sovereign is a slow, hulking beast of a battlecruiser. Using the most powerful 1:1 ratio antimatter reactors developed by DCMM, the ship fits a beam weapon of a scale greater than any other previously fitted to a non-unique Sith vessel. This weapon was designed specifically for the Sovereign and other potential battlecruiser designs to give them an edge against both dreadnought and battlecruiser-scale warships. Multiple heavy beam cannons are on each side, allowing for serious damage to be done to large-scale capital ships even without the ultra-heavy beam cannon facing them. Dozens of light beam cannons span the hull, intended for engagement with cruisers and other smaller ships. All energy weapons on board a Sovereign are connected to an armament frequency modulator, allowing them to be modulated to the frequency of an enemy ship's shields so they can penetrate through and cause direct damage to the hull itself.
Given that molecular shielding proved effective against the AFM technology at Corellia, the Sovereign was designed to also carry physically damaging weapons as well. Seeker baradium missile launchers were taken in small numbers from the successful Voracitos-class Bombardment Sphere design and integrated into the Sovereign, allowing it to bombard enemy targets at range and harm the hulls of molecularly-shielded enemy targets. Long range heavy mass driver batteries serve as a secondary damage source against such uniquely shielded ships. Composite beam lasers serve as standard anti-fighter thoroughfare.
The obvious downsides of the Sovereign are few, at least at first glance. It lacks in hangar capacity compared to other Sith battlecruiser designs, even those smaller than it. The Sovereign is also very slow to maneuver, complicating its ability to shield compromised hull sections and subsystems. The result is a vessel that can be easily outrun should the enemy choose to retreat in the face of its massive firepower.
Sovereigns are very slow to come off the production line, and the few currently built are being held in reserve for future fleet engagements where their overwhelming firepower could potentially turn the tide against an enemy force.
