Lady Rowan Vale
Duch'a of Terephon
The Bane of Lorell (Rowan Vale's personal Battle Dragon)
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a Hapan Battle Dragon representative of the refit being conducted by the Terephon Duchal Forces.
- Image Source: Here - Modified by me.
- Canon Link: Hapan Battle Dragon
- Permissions: Retrofit Deal with Obsidian Star Technologies and Obsidian Star Aerospace (located under major contracts)
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Olanji/Charubah (originally), refit being conducted by the Royal Terephon Engineers with aid from Obsidian Star Technologies and their subsidiary: Obsidian Star Aerospace
- Affiliation: Lady Rowan Vale, Terephon, Hapes Consortium, Silver Jedi Concord
- Model: HBD-R-01
- Production: Unique
- Material: Durasteel, starship components
- Classification: Heavy Cruiser
- Length: 500 meters
- Width: 350 meters
- Height: 350 meters
- Armament: Very High
- 10 x OS-135 Rotating Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
- 20 x OS-136 Rotating Rotary Point Defense Laser Cannons
- 25 x OS-137 Tri-Barrelled Rotary Turbolaser Turrets
- 3 x OS-138 Superheavy Mass Acceleration Cannons
- 10 x Ion Cannons
- 10 x Proton Torpedo Launchers
- 1 x Tractor Beam Emitter
- 5 x Pulsemass Generator Tubes
- Defenses: High
- Heavy Shield Emitter
- 10 x Chaff Launchers
- Point defense system (detailed above)
- Hangar Space: High (4)
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 3 x squadrons
- Support Craft: 1 x squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Yes
- Hyperdrive Class: Class 2.0
- Standard Life Support System
- Standard Hyperdrive
- Standard Crew Quarters for approximately 1200 crew members and officers
- Standard Infirmary
- Standard Sensor Suite
- Standard Communications Array
- Standard Ion Propulsion Drive
STRENGTHS
- Omni-directional fire: The vast majority of the weaponry on this ship has been mounted on rotating turrets which allows the ship to send outgoing fire in virtually all directions. This is in keeping with the tradition of having Hapan Turbolasers on rotating rails and is a hallmark of the Battle Dragon design.
- Old Bones: While this Battle Dragon's weapons systems have been updated, the hull, frame and power distribution systems remain relatively antiquated. Power distribution problems, such as short-outs that disable primary systems, remain a significant problem and make these ships somewhat unreliable at times. Obsidian Star contractors have stated that the only way to completely route out these problems would be to design a completely new Battle Dragon from the ground up which is an undertaking that seems unlikely given the current political climate of the Consortium.
As Lady Rowan Vale, Commodore in the Hapan Royal Navy and Duch'a of the planet Terephon, began to study the growing war between the Silver Concord and the Bryn'adul, she became concerned. After a long period of peace for her star system, her world's defense fleet had lagged far behind the galactic standard in terms of technology. The fleet's four main Battle Dragons were old, many using the same technology that was prevalent in the Consortium during the Galactic Civil War, centuries earlier. Her fear was that if the Bryn'adul somehow were able to strike as far into the Concord as the Hapes Consortium, her world would fall without much of a fight.
To combat this possibility, under her own authority as Duch'a, Rowan nationalized a large portion of Terephon's GNP, taking a bulk of the profits from the world's business year and funneling them into a military refit contract with Obsidian Star Aerospace and its parent corporation Obsidian Star Technologies. This money was used to purchase updated turbolaser batteries, laser cannons, fighters and numerous other weaponry in order to refit her fleet. While the bulk of the grunt work would be done by Terephon's own Royal Terephon Engineers company, Obsidian Star would send a group of consultants to oversee the work. In addition, a few key ships would be sent to Obsidian Star's shipyard over Danuta for immediate refit.
This move caused rumbles of uncertainty throughout the Consortium as rival noble houses accused Lady Vale of upgrading her forces as a prelude to an armed coup against the current Royal House and Queen Mother. While she has staunchly denied these allegations, opportunistic parties within the Consortium have continued to fan these rumors for their own purposes. While the other battle dragons within the fleet underwent a similar refit, the fleet's Flagship the Bane of Lorell had an additional hangar installed to carry another squadron of starfighters.
