Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a modern version of the Tyrvald-class Pulse Turbolaser but produced by Lucerne Labs
- Image Source: "Imperial Turbolaser Turret" by Stephen Zavala, modified by yours truly
- Canon Link: N/A
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- Primary Source: Tyrvald-class Pulse Turbolaser
- Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi, Closed-Market
- Model: Tyrvald II-class Variable Charge Turbolaser
- Modularity: Can be installed into different types of mounts or turrets (double barreled, triple barreled, etc)
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Material: durasteel casing, synthetic agrocite, dallorian alloy barrel, standard turbolaser components
- Classification: Heavy Turbolaser
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Power / gas canister
| Standard | Pulse | Stutter-Fire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition Capacity: | Very Large | Very Large | Very Large |
| Effective Range | Long Range | Average | Average |
| Rate of Fire | Average | Average | Very High |
| Stopping Power | High | Extreme | Average |
| Recoil | Average | High | Average |
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Composite Construction: The Tyrvald II uses some minor materials engineering features to improve its ability to project intense weapons fire, noticeably using synthetic agrocite to improve power output and dallorian alloy to better withstand the heat produced by the weapon's firing.
- Roughly equivalent to 40 turbolasers in terms of power consumption.
- Variable Charge: While the Tyrvald II Is essentially enlarged and supercharged pulse-wave blaster, the Tyrvald II can be set to use several different gas and power consumption levels , allowing it to adapt to fulfill different roles as needed. Standard mode allows it to fulfill a typical, heavy long-range turbolaser role. Pulse Mode allows it to act as oversized pulse-wave blaster, producing pulses of energy that especially dangerous at close ranges with disruptor-like effects. Stutter-fire mode allows it to produce a high-volume of inaccurate, low-powered bolts which are particularly useful as a form of flak fire.
- Versatile: The Tyrvald II is relatively versatile weapon thanks to its different firing modes.
- Extreme Firepower (Pulse Mode): The pulse mode provides the Tyrvald II with exceptional firepower, especially at close ranges, much like its distant predecessor, the pulse-wave blaster. The pulsed nature of this weapon makes it more likely to penetrate shields and armor, but conversely less likely to create as much outright damage.
- Rapid Fire (Stutter-Fire Mode): The Tyrvald can throw up a surprisingly high volume of fire, briefly blanketing areas with turbolaser. This allows the using ship to effectively throw up flak walls and partially counter defensive technologies such as dovin basals.
- Slow Tracking: The large size of this weapon means that is tracking is relatively poor against small and fast targets such as starfighters, subcapital ships, corvettes, and smaller frigates.
- Inconsistent damage (Pulse Mode): The damage incurred by the Tyrvald II in pulse mode is incsonsistent depending on the target's range, with the weapon being extremely effective at close range, and rather inefficient at short range.
- Inaccurate (Stutter-fire Mode): The stutter-fire mode is intentionally inaccurate, which makes its reasonably suited for taking on groups of smaller targets, but it makes it a poor precision weapon. Friendly fire is an entirely possibility when this mode is employed and opposing starships are close together.
When looking to develop a new heavy shipboard weapon, Lucerne Labs started by reviewing a catalogue of known weapons and realized that it had the schematics for the aging Tyrvald-class Pulse Turbolaser thanks to its contract work with the new dissolved Galactic Republic. Lucerne Labs designers consequently collaborated with the weapon designers of Lucerne Personal Defense to make an updated and improved version, using Lucerne Lab's characteristic refinement in materials science and Lucerne Personal Defense's experience with variable charge weaponry. The new and improved version of the Tyrvald subsequently uses the same basic operating mechanisms as the original but adds a few new twists.
At its core, the Tyrvald II is still a supercharged pulse-wave blaster augmented by extensive power banks and cryocircuitry. Several refinements of using synthetic agrocite have improved its power output while a dallorian alloy barrel allows it to better withstand the heat generated from this improved energy output. The weapon has three firing modes:
Standard Mode: This mode is designed to replicate typical long-range, heavy turbolaser weapons, using an abbreviated pulse (for a pulse-wave weapon) to send out a single bolt of supercharged energy at a target.
Pulse Fire Mode: This technically is the weapon's standard firing cycle according to its base design. The Tyrvald II fires a large, energy pulse that is sustained for several seconds at a time. This pulse is exceptionally powerful at close range, producing damaging effects out of proportion to its power draw compared to traditional turbolaser weapons, but gradually loses strength th out the target is. At long-range, it is about as damaging as a dozen turbolasers, making it an inefficient mode of combat long range. These traits often earn it a comparison to personal -scale disruptor weaponry.
Stutter-fire Mode: In this mode, the Tyrvald quickly fires staccato bursts of turbolaser bolts. While each bolt is relatively weaker compared to the weapon's other modes, the volume of fire makes it useful for taking on groups of targets or defenses which use predictive techniques or technologies. It is intentionally engineered to have some spread in bolts to give it a better chance of hitting smaller targets or dodging/overloading defenses like dovin basins. This makes it a poor precision weapon.
This versatility is unusual in weapon for the Tyrvald's size, though some of this versatility is hindered by its slow tracking on account of its large size. Because of these limitations, Lucerne Labs intends the Tyrvald II to be employed in linked batteries on large warships like star destroyers and battlecrusiers, where it can utilized in large numbers, enabling coordinated fire tactics. Tyrvald II seems likely to supplement batteries of existing weapons designs in Lucerne Labs produced warships. A secondary market for this weapon will be in planetary defenses, such as in large fortresses and military installations.
