defy the tyrannous stars
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To design a small series of mobile Jedi Temples for the NJO, as well as provide the Galactic Alliance with a more unique battlecruiser design.
- Image Source: Starcraft 2, Protoss Mothership by Glenn Rane, Mothership Bridge Concept by Peter Lee
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- Manufacturer: Galactic Alliance | Aurora Industries | SoroSuub Corporation
- Model: Pulsar-class Jedi Mothership
- Affiliation: New Jedi Order (Galactic Alliance)
Production: Semi-Unique
- Material: Durasteel, Quadanium Steel, Solarium Glasteel, Turadium, Electrum, Chromium
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Command Ship/Mobile Temple
- Length: 4000 meters
- Width: 4000 meters
- Height: 1000 meters
- Armament: Extreme
- Defenses: Very High
- Hangar: Very Low: 7 Squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Low
- Hyperdrive Class: 1
- Advanced Sensor Array
- Advanced Targeting Systems
- Encryption Network
- Escape Pods
- Heavy Deflector Shield Generator
- Holonet Transciever
- Long-range Communications Array
- Reinforced Hull Plating
- Expanded Detention Cells
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Tractor Beams (x96)
- Proton Beam Cannon: A symbol of the New Jedi Order's grim resolve in their war against the Sith, while nowhere near powerful enough to destroy an entire planet, the mothership's primary weapon utilizes a miniaturized form of the same technology that powered the Death Star.
- Crystal Gravfield Trap: Each Temple boasts sensors with synthetic crystal grids capable of detecting cloaked vessels in the nearby vicinity, presuming there are no nearby natural gravity fields.
- AIAS Shield Array: Unlike the powerful array housed on HIGHCOM Station capable of projecting a massive bubble, the Star Temple uses a miniaturized version which can power an extremely durable domed deflector field with a radius of approximately three kilometers. Not only does this dome protect the Temple, but it also shields any smaller ships within the field from hostile fire.
- Gravastar+ Reactor Network: Provided by Aurora Industries, Star Temples are powered by a network of gravastar reactors fueld through their proprietary siaber crystal technology.
- Temple Grounds: At the center of each Pulsar-class is a fully functioning, operational Jedi Temple. The longer a mothership operates, the more distinct they begin to feel, as prolonged exposure to mass Force adepts effects each in its own way.
Strengths:
- Wall of Light: While not powered by the Force, but the mothership's proton beam cannon, the Star Temple's primary weapon is more than capable of simulating the same destructive results. Reflective of the NJO's martial philosophy, each Jedi battlecruiser also bristles with turbolaser and ion cannon batteries as well as point defense emplacements and quad laser turrets.
- Last Bastion: Each Pulsar-class contains a state of the art AIAS shield array system, capable of projecting an extremely durable deflector shield bubble approximately three kilometers in a half sphere over the mothership, at the cost of reducing its overall armament rating to Average. It is also capable of detecting incoming cloaked vessels through the use of its CGT.
- Sacred Ground: More than just a military battlecruiser, the Pulsar-class is effectively a Jedi Temple with a warship built around it. Designed as secure auxiliary sites for the New Jedi Order leadership, each Star Temple is crewed by significantly more Force User NPCs than the average capital ship and contains a series of meditation chambers for the purpose of battle meditation.
- (Un)limited Power: Although it boasts massive energy potential through its gravastar reactor network, both the proton beam cannon and AIAS shield array cannot be activated simultaneously. If one is online, it must be completely powered down before the other can be activated.
- Shield Drain: In addition to taking time to charge up, the mothership's proton beam can only be sustained for brief periods. An extended beam is technically possible in an emergency, but at the cost of rapidly draining the battlecruiser's shields.
In the aftermath of the Shard incursion upon the New Jedi Order's Sullust Temple, there was a brief period of uncertainty and turmoil before the Marshals agreed on Coruscant as their new home. The Pulsar-class Jedi Mothership, more commonly known as a Star Temple, is a realization of an idea born out of that sense of desperation. Initially rejected by Grand Marshal Omai Rhen as too extreme, after Rhen's death during the Byss campaign many projects deemed overzealous have been reexamined by more sympathetic eyes.
Ultimately, the Star Temple is a life boat. While in a crisis it is fully capable of serving alongside Alliance star defenders in combat, its true purpose is as an emergency fallback destination in case the New Jedi Order should come under attack. The motherships often spend most of their time in hyperspace, only traceable through use of devices such as cloaked binary beacons.
Designed in partnership with Aurora Industries and SoroSuub Corporation, the Order pressured their Defense Force contacts to prioritize the manufacture of a prototype model. Now two have been produced so far, with an additional three under construction. It is a time consuming process, each Pulsar-class is built more as a unique labor of creative expression than a uniformly designed warship. Not to mention their truly massive scale.
