Approved Starship Telepath-II stealth blockade runner

[Cathul Thuku]

The blockade runner on its maiden flight, with its S-foils extended

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a more common version of the original Telepath
• Image Source: Task and Purpose
• Canon Link: N/A
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source: Telepath stealth blockade runner

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
• Model: Telepath-II stealth blockade runner
• Affiliation: Closed-market
• Production: Limited
• Material: Alusteel frame

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Blockade runner
• Length: 44.5 meters
• Width: 24.0 meters (S-foils retracted) 42.0 meters (S-foils extended)
• Height: 10.4 meters
• Armament: Average
  2 Anoat repeater electromagnetic cannons (count for 4 laser cannons total)
• 1 Guernica ordnance launcher (counts for 2 bomb bays)

[*]Defenses: Average
[*]Squadron Count: None: 1
[*]Maneuverability Rating: High (Moderate with SLAM activated, Moderate with stealth suite activated)
[*]Speed Rating: High (Very High with SLAM activated, Moderate with stealth suite activated)
[*]Hyperdrive Class: High: 0.5
STANDARD FEATURES

• Defenses
  Tensor field generator
• Inertial compensator
• 
  Anti-Concussion field generator
  

[*]EWAR

• ECM/ECCM Suite (sensor jamming)
• Tractor Beam Shrouds

[*]Powerplant/Propulsion

• Solar ionization reactor
• 7 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
• 4 ion engines
• SLAM

[*]
Avionics

• 
  Navigation
  
  Long Range Sensor Suite
  
• 
  Electro-Optic Distributed Aperature System (High Resolution Digital Cameras)
  
• Watchtower collision avoidance system

[*]
Communications

• 
  Long Range Comm Suite
  
• 
  Comm Desrcambler
  
• 
  Biocomm
  
• 
  Hydra Mesh Network System (See Above)
  
• 
  Signal Interceptor
  
• 
  ​Socketguards
  

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Non-stealth:
  Quantum Radar
• Griet-II self-sealing hypermatter tank
• 
  Otherpilot navicomputer
  
• 
  HIMS
  
• Kirishima cap drains
• S-foils

[*]Stealth:

• 
  Sensor Masks/Bafflers
  
• 
  Electromagnetic Shield
  
• 
  Thrust Trace Dampeners
  
• 
  Thermal Dissipator
  

Strengths:

• Ability to resist conner nets and EMPs
• Ability to penetrate interdiction fields
• Fast, maneuverable
• Stealth suite
• Slim flank profile
• High hyperspace speed

Weaknesses:

• Takes up a large amount of hangar resources: it takes up the amount of resources of an entire squadron of attack craft in a hangar bay
• Exposed cockpit
• Exposed vertical stabilizer: if the vertical stabilizer is destroyed, the sensors and EWAR suite are gone as well
• Limited ordnance
• Mobility is reduced when the stealth suite is active
• Maneuverability is reduced when the SLAM is active
• SLAM cannot be activated when the S-foils are extended

Description: As with the Telepath-I, the Telepath-II's tailfin is used to house sensors, EWAR equipment and the stealth suite. The stealth suite allows the ship itself needs to be rendered invisible, at a cost of mobility. When entanglements force a stealth blockade runner to fight, two nose-mounted heavy repeating electromagnetic plasma cannons and an ordnance bay allow it to fight, even though the ordnance bay has a limited capacity. Also, since the GAM has been removed, as well as the nykkalt, mass-detectors could detect the ship. Even though, compared to the Telepath-I, the changes may seem minor, the Telepath-II pays the price is another area: hyperdrive. Lowered from its original 0.3 hyperdrive, the 0.5 hyperdrive is still rather fast, just a little slower than the original.

When stealth is not that important, but sublight speed is essential, a SLAM device allows it to give a boost of speed at the expense of maneuverability. However, it cannot be activated when the S-foils are extended; the S-foils are designed to help land the ship in atmosphere. Finally, the resources needed for the upkeep of such a diminutive stealth platform are staggering: it takes up the resources of an entire squadron of starfighters if the pilot decides to have the craft hangared onboard a larger ship, most often out of necessity, such as rearming the ship or emergency repairs.

Cargo hold: 150 tons
Passengers: 15
Consumables: 3 months
Crew: 6
Skeleton crew: 1

 

[Gir Quee]

Under Review.

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Cathul Thuku"], this looks like it's one rating too high.

The amount of stealth technology in here is also getting high enough where I feel this this would be closer to semi-unique production because in actual effect, all of these devices combined together are very close to the practical effect of having a cloaking device. There's two ways we can go about this:

1) Remove some stealth systems
2) Fully detail out the overall culmination of this ship's stealthiness, detailing the extent of the stealth ability of specific technologies and/or detailing ways this ship could be detected.

 

[Cathul Thuku]

[member="Gir Quee"] Here, removed the reflec, and also removed the GAM.

 

[Gir Quee]

This is still one rating too high.

Gir Quee Here, removed the reflec, and also removed the GAM.

This will work if the optical shield is also removed.

EWAR ECM/ECCM Suite (Subspace, Realspace, Sub-Hyperspace, Hyperspace)

What are the specifics of these systems, especially those that aren't in realspace?

 

[Cathul Thuku]

[member="Gir Quee"] Removed the optical shield, removed one speed point, and also removed any specific mention of non-realspace EWAR equipment, while confining the actual ECM/ECCM systems to the realm of sensor jamming.

 

[Gir Quee]

Approved.