Eternal Father
- Intent: Create a new shuttle for the Emperor
- Image Source: Click - Ihor Pasternak
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source:
- Manufacturer:
- Unidentified Sith Manufacturer [Original]
- Sith-Imperial Corps of Engineers [Retrofit]
- Affiliation: Darth Carnifex
- Model: Hssiss-class Stealth Shuttle, the Crestfallen
- Production: Unique
- Material:
- Duranium-Trimantium Hull and Armour Plating (Ablative)
- Hardened Titanium Secondary Armour Plating
- Alusteel Skeletal Frame
- Lightweight Plasteel (High-Quality)
- Reinforced Duraplast Hull Liner with Anti-Ionic Mesh (Faraday Cage)
- Dallorian Alloy and Agrinium Panels (Where Appropriate)
- Galven Coiling (Energy Weapon Interior)
- Various Starship Components.
- Classification: Shuttle
- Length: 91m
- Width: 73m
- Height: 24m
- Armament: Average
- [2] Dual Laser Cannons (Bow)
- [1] Retractable Dual Laser Cannon (Stern)
- [2] Variable-Ordnance Warhead Launcher
- Defenses: Very High
- Reinforced [Corvette-Class, Military-Grade] Armour and Hull Plating
- Redundant [Corvette-Class, Military-Grade] Deflector Shields (Overlaid Ray and Particle Screens)
- Advanced [Corvette-Class, Military-Grade] EWAR, Electronic Countermeasures, Chaff and, Flare Launchers
- Standard [Corvette-Class, Military-Grade] Emergency Thrusters (Chemical Propellent)
- Hangar Space: Base: 0
- Hangar Allocations: None
- Maneuverability Rating: Very High
- Speed Rating: Very High
- MGLT: 125 MGLT
- Maximum Atmospheric Speed: 1,450 kph
- Hyperdrive Class: Very Fast: 0.5
- Engine Unit(s): Corvette-Class Ion Engines - Four Maneuverable Drive Units.
- Primary Power Plant: Compact Fusion Reactor.
- Secondary Power Plant: Solar Ionization Conversion Module(s) with Retractable Agrinium Collection Arrays.
- Passengers: 20 Passengers
- Crew Complement (Optimal): One Pilot, One Co-Pilot
- Crew Complement (Skeletal): One Pilot
- Escape Craft: One-Man Escape Pod
- Cargo Capacity: 80 Metric Tons.
- Consumables: Five Months.
- Advanced [Military-Grade] Sensor and Targeting Systems
- Advanced [Military-Grade] Navigation and Avionics Systems
- Advanced [Military-Grade] Communications Suite. (Encrypted with Planetary Military Keys)
- Advanced [Military-Grade] Atmospheric Seals and Perfunctory Oxygen Scrubbers. (Life Support Capable Flight Suit Required)
- Advanced [Military-Grade] Subspace and HoloNet Transceiver(s)
- Advanced [Military-Grade] Inertial Compensators
- Advanced [Military-Grade] VTOL Repulsorlift Antigravity System
- Advanced [Military-Grade] High-G Shock and Ejector Seat, with Crash Webbing
- Advanced [Military-Grade] Homing Beacon. (Encrypted with Planetary Military Keys)
- State Rooms [2]
- Passenger Barracks [2]
- Conference Room [1]
- Kitchen [1]
- Holo-Conference Chamber [1]
- Refreshers [4]
- Cockpit [1]
- Extended and Maneuverable Nacelles
- Stutter-Fire Capable Laser Cannons (Weaker Beams and Faster Rates of Fire) [When Activated]
- Isotope-5 Power Generator
- Stygium Crystal Cloaking Device
- Advanced Sensor & Communication Jammer
- Thrust Trace Damper
- Stealth: The Crestfallen is outfitted with an advanced state-of-the-art Stygium Crystal cloaking device, which disrupted the electronic signature its various systems and sensors normally emitted. This rendered the shuttle completely invisible to nearly all forms of detection, even sight.
- Fast Engines: The Crestfallen’s engines were some of the most sophisticated in the Empire, capable of outpacing ships even smaller than it. Coupled with an incredibly powerful hyperdrive, the Emperor’s shuttle could take him anywhere in the galaxy far quicker than any warship in the Empire.
- Non-Combat: Though possessing laser cannons and warhead launchers, these weapons are mostly rudimentary and are in no way designed for sustained combat. The Crestfallen uses speed and maneuverability to outpace and escape danger, with its complement of weapons only used sparingly.
- No Shields While In Stealth: While the Crestfallen’s Stygium Crystal cloaking device is activated, the shuttle cannot raise its powerful shields to protect itself. This leaves the craft vulnerable to both enemy fire and photons from nearby energy sources bouncing off of the hull. Over time, the number of photons will cause the shuttle’s hull to heat up, revealing the shuttle on thermal scanners over time.
Though originally designed by the engineers of the Resurgent Empire, the Hssiss-class Stealth Shuttles would fall into disuse following the Empire’s collapse and annexation into the Sith Empire. Though most of the shuttles were lost or squirreled away by surviving Resurgent Sith, one such vessel managed to find its way into the clutches of the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith; Darth Carnifex. Admiring the vessel for its design and symbolism, the Dark Lord had commanded his own engineers to retrofit the vessel to his specifications and upgrade it with all of the advanced technology his Empire had developed.
The lesser stealth systems were removed and replaced with a full Stygium Crystal cloaking device, the engines gutted and completely redone, and a new hyperdrive installed that was faster than most in the Empire. The weapon systems were retained, though the defensive technology was improved. Most of the interior remained the same as well, with everything being upscaled to fit the Emperor’s Epicanthix physique.
When it was at last completed, the Emperor discarded his old shuttle and christened this remodeled Hssiss the Crestfallen.
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