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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION- Intent: Provide The Black Fleet with a new flagship
- Image Source: Here
- Canon Link: N\A
- Permissions: Breshig War Forge Consolidated \ NAKAIOMA
- Primary Source: Imperial Star Destroyer
- Manufacturer:
- The Black Fleet - Refit
- Sith Remnants - Construction
- Affiliation: The Black Fleet
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Unknown Venator-derivative
- Production: Unique
- Material:
- Solarium Glasteel Viewports
- Impervium Armored Plating
- Duraplast Outer Hull
- Durasteel Inner Hull
- Classification: Battlecruiser
- Length: 5,000m
- Width: 2,000m
- Height: 950m
- Armament: Very High
- BOW
- TOP
- (x30) BH-NAV1 Sniper-Naval Cannon(s)
- (x2) Gehenna-class Interstellar Strategic Missile(ISSM) Silo(s)
- (x20) Mk-002 Long Range Naval Cannon(s)
- (x10) Flak Gun(s)
- BOTTOM
- (x10) Mk-001 Long Range Naval Cannon(s)
- (x20) Flak Gun(s)
- Defenses: Very High
- Solar Ray Shielding
- w\Double front toggle
- Cap drain(s)
- Laser reflective sloped Impervium-Duraplast Armor
- Solar Ray Shielding
- Hangar Space: Average: 11
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: x8 squadrons
- Support Craft: x3 squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: High
- Hyperdrive:
- Class 1 Primary
- Class 3 Secondary
STANDARD FEATURES
- POWER
- HAPU Hybrid Antimatter Power Unit
- Redundant Energy cycler(s)
- SENSORS
- COMMUNICATIONS
- COMPLIMENT
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- ELECTRONIC WARFARE
- AUTOMATION
- BH-OS-Series Overseer Droid Secondary Commander
- "Manda" Tactical Battlenet
- Automated Munitions Handling Systems
- Linked to Automated Cargo Management Systems
- Automated Modular Medical Bay
- w\EBS-50 Medical fluid synthesizer(s)
- Emergency Chisai Mobile Bacta Tank(s)
- Haniyama Breach Repair Module
- Droid Assisted Mess Hall
- PROPULSION
- (x4)Executor-50.x engine(s)
STRENGTHS
- Extreme Range - Outfitted almost exclusively with extreme ranged weapons designed to strike from outside the engagement range of typical naval battles.
- Solar Ray Shielding - Features a set of strong Solar Ray Shield generators capable of defending the vessel from solar ionization weapons and sustained energy weapons fire.
- Sloped Armor - Refit with heavy Impervium armored plating over a duraplast hull with a sloped design meant to "bounce" ballastic and energy based projectiles at a safe angle.
- Broadside - Designed with forward facing weaponry, the vessel can use the majority of it's weapons when engaged from the front, but only half when engaged from the side or rear.
- Point Defense - Defended primarily by flak guns, the vessel can be found lacking in point defense by boarding vessels once they reach.
- Shield Overload - Despite it's strength, the shields can be overloaded by sustained damage, and take longer than average to recharge once depowered.
With the rise of The Protectors beginning in 902 ABY and Mandalore once again in need of a strong navy on the frontlines, The Black Fleet found itself shifting it's doctrine towards head on conflict between capital ships, as opposed to the guerilla tactics they had become accustomed to in the aftermath of The Shadow Crusade. This would come to benefit the fleet greatly in wake of the Caldera Crisis, where the fleet was immediately deployed to the frontlines above Krownest to ambush the Sith fleet and burn their undead in tow.
Before that it's arrival on the battlefields of the Tingel Arm however, the fleet's newest flagship had been in imperial hands.
It was constructed in the Sith shipyards of Shukut, originally a prototype design bound for war against the New Imperial Order during their civil war with the Sith Empire. In the end, it outlived both factions, finished just as the war came to a close. It fell into the hands of a Sith Imperial warlord who used it to great effect around the Shukut system, driving off pirates, other remnants, rebels and even The Black Fleet, earning it's place as a capital killer.
They nicknamed it "The Beast of Shukut".
But fate works in mysterious ways. In exchange for their support against the undead, a Jedi master by the name of Valery Noble assisted the Mandalorian privateers in Boarding the Beast while it sat in the imperial shipyards. The joint Mandalorian-Jedi task force led by Aloy Vizsla slipped into the system via a modified Stealth-corvette called "The Recluse" and boarded the enemy ship, targeting the bridge directly. They would battle the crew while a Mandalorian fleet led by a massive battle cruiser called "The Golden Dragon" left hyperspace to divert the enemy vessels attempting to re-board the beast.
Though lives were lost, the joint task force escaped with the prize, aided by Black Fleet Marines who boarded once the beast had arrived in friendly space, slaughtering the remaining imperials aboard. It was then modified extensively by The Black Fleet according to it's doctrine, given weapons designed to engage the enemy long before they entered the foe's range, and cover the advance of more maneuverable vessels.
For it's effectiveness, it was decided that it would remain "The Beast of Shukut".