Approved Starship The Black Dagger

[Jorus Merrill]

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Affiliation: The Underground/The Kathol Outback, built by [member="Aerin Kath"] and [member="John Shepherd"]
Manufacturer: The Underground/The Kathol Outback
Model: N/A ('ugly')
Modularity: No
Production: Unique
Material: Durasteel and alusteel hull, transparisteel viewports, heterogeneous components
Classification: Scout Ship
Length: 25m
Height: 8m
Width: 11m

Armament: 0
Defenses: 14

• Tough hull
• Military-grade deflector shield generator

Squadron Count: N/A (the ship is unique)
Special Features:

• .357 Calrissian hyperdrive
• Silk Holdings QQ-4U85 tractor shroud dispenser
• Highly advanced sensor package, including manually targeted Dedicated Energy Receptor arrays
• 
  Hyperwave transceiverhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperwave_transceiver (long-range communication/SIGINT)
  
• 
  Subspace transceiverhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Subspace_transceiver (short- and medium-range communication/SIGINT, maximum range 100ly)
  
• 
  Blackout lightshttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Blackout_light
  
• 
  Ion-scramblershttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ion-scrambler
  

Maneuverability Rating: 5
Speed Rating: 1
Hyperdrive Class: .375 main, 10 backup

Strengths:

• Quick at both sublight and hyperspeed
• Respectable shielding
• Extremely powerful active and passive sensors

Weaknesses:

• No weapons whatsoever
• Straight-line racer: not quick to turn
• Short-range hyperdrive: needs a carrier or a lot of gas stations to go more than fifteen thousand light-years

Description: The Black Dagger is a dedicated scout ship pieced together by Aerin Kath and John Shepherd, two Underground operatives. It was designed for high-powered scanning incursions on Qektoth Confederation and First Order territory. A straight-line racer in overall design, the Black Dagger can accelerate like an elite interceptor, but has difficulty cornering. The Dagger is outfitted with one of the Underground's special .357 'Calrissian' hyperdrives, a short-range sprint drive. Most of its narrow frame is taken up by powerful engines, comprehensive sensors, and a bulky shroud dispenser for escaping tractor beams.

The Dagger seats two: one pilot and one sensor operator. It also mounts an astromech housing. The overall spaceframe is secondhand Incom in origin, mated with four overclocked, ultra-reliable Koensayr engines.

The vessel's name references its ability to shut down and 'go dark,' rendering it undetectable or inert to virtually all sensors. In such a state, the vessel cannot move or raise shields. This mode would be used for long-term ballistic infiltration, coasting in from outsystem toward a given target. The Dagger can reactivate from this state in less than a minute if necessary.

Development Thread: Shop Talk
Intent: A unique scout ship for scouting missions, like poking the First Order.
Who Can Use This: [member="Aerin Kath"], [member="John Shepherd"], and any member of the Underground/TKO who has faction admin permission.
Primary Source: None

 

[Gir Quee]

RESEARCH REVIEW
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Star Wars Canon:
Pending initial review
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Starwars Chaos:
Pending initial review
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WITHOUT DEV THREADS
Pending initial review
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WITH DEV THREADS
Pending Initial review
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SUGGESTIONS
Pending Inital review

 

[Gir Quee]

I think that no weapons combined with unique production gives this submission a fair amount of leeway with its other features.

 

[Gir Quee]

Awesome. Pending Admin Approval. Thanks! [member="Spencer Varanin"]

 

[Ellie Mors]

Approved.