Warden of the Sky
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Intent: To provide a home for Chloe Blake
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: CEC / Silk Holdings / AEL
Model: YZ-1200
Modularity: Extensive
Production: Unique
Material: Durasteel
Description:
After an incident grounded the original Aurora permanently, a YT-2000, Chloe spent the small fortune she had collected throughout various jobs to procure the Aurora Hawk, utilizing freelancer jobs with the Protectorate to maintain, upgrade, and transform the Aurora Hawk into her home. However, the subject of hubris for the Warden is in a retrofitted cabin that she utilizes as the archive of her collection of ancient star maps. Here, she also maintains the various knick-knacks that she has collected throughout her many years living a bohemian lifestyle.
While the Aurora Hawk does maintain several small modifications, her most recent upgrade, without question, transpired during Chloe's and Jorus's time with Omega Pyre and the ODF. The Protectorate had been decommissioning old armament designs, one of which was a high-concept but unsuccessful battle walker called the Wolverine. Its land speed was exceptionally low, and the design was otherwise unimpressive, but a certain number of Wolverines boasted a double-blind hibridium cloaking device. When Jorus sought and received permission from his superiors to upgrade the Gypsymoth from Omega Pyre's decommissioning yards, Chloe aided Jorus with the venture by providing the Wolverine's official schematics, and tearing apart and gutting several of the Wolverine battle walkers of their cloaking devices. Through much trial and error, Jorus and Chloe were finally able to make a cloaking device work while mated with the Gypsymoth's systems.
Chloe took the remaining salvaged cloaking devices she'd personally gutted and also managed to duplicate the device to work while mated to the Auroa Hawk's systems. There are still various numerous technical challenges; the power sacrificed during operation is partially covered by the removal of two of the original four assault concussion missile launchers, but significant power redistribution is still required in order to operate the cloaking device. As the walker in question was considerably smaller than the Gypsymoth and even more notably than the Aurora Hawk, Chloe managed full inclusion within the cloaking field by linking eight of the small cloaking generators together so as to slightly overlap their effect radii. However, the cloaking devices require a great deal of maintenance. When one fails, which is fairly often, a portion of the ship becomes detectable, often reading as a partially-powered derelict or simply a smaller vessel.
Recent upgrades of the Aurora Hawk using Silk Holdings Shipyards have allowed the Warden of the Sky to deal with pirates and the like when patrolling. A Force Cylinder during her time in the Vagrant Fleet allowed the young Warden the ability to attach to any shipframe and allow access to it, thereby coming to the aide of any freighters in distress. Since Chloe normally travels by herself, the installation of slave circuits via access to a wrist comm has allowed her a measure of independence when needing the Aurora Hawk for situations requiring a quick getaway.
Investment in secondhand or display models at a reduce cost of Silk Holdings QQ Modular Add-Ons and Components have greatly secured the Aurora in a number of methods. The first being the QQ-C15 Silkworm Hypertransit Package, providing a new class 0.5 hyperdrive, advanced hyperspace sensors, the best hyperspace navigation system in the business.
Other upgrades of the QQ line included: QQ-C1R-C3 "Crybaby" Defensive Decoy Module, great for luring away pirates or the wrong patrol. The QQ-543N/53R Cap Drain Module, providing limited protection against stray ion fire, and significant protection against EMPs and Connor Nets. The QQ-45H/310T Countermeasures Module, an innovative, non-volatile chaff-flare projector. And finally the QQ-4U85 Tractor Shroud, the best defense against tractor beams.
The entirety of these replacements and additions have reduced her cargo capacity by 55 metric tons.
Her latest and greatest modification has been bringing it up to snuff with upgrades with energy-absorbant leather from Leviathons of Corbos, Terentaktek hides, (traded with ATC for items found on Esk), and Taozin Skin Nodules.
Much like the Calrissian, approval and work has been done by AEL, AEI, and Silk Holdings to get the Aurora reupholstered. The cockpit seats and other furniture are upholstered in energy-resistant and energy-absorbent leather from Leviathans of Corbos. This reduces some internal damage due to adverse circumstances, such as splash damage, fires, or gunfights. Taozin skin nodules, also contracted to AEL, are present inside each of the cockpit seats, rendering unrecognizable the Force signatures of those seated in the cockpit. The cockpit and all interior compartments have an anti-spalling coating. Several automated anti-decompression blast doors are present throughout the ship.
Further additions are among the airlocks, where much like the Calrissian, the anti-breach countermeasures are as follows. Should someone attempt to cut through a hatch, four wide-angle riot gun stun emitters, each equivalent to a Czerka HeadBanger, will put all concerned into a two-day coma (perhaps six hours if armored).
However, the most important addition is the new turadium vault addition with Nullification Resin Echani Graphite Pill Containers secured throughout it on the second deck, formally the secondary cargohold. During her time with Ember Rekali, Chloe spent sustainable time helping him in the Lost Jedi City to maintain, catalog, and secure some of the nastiest Force artifacts found that were now under Mandalorian care. This is where Chloe became skilled with nulification resin, its production, use, and how to apply it.
Seeing that echani graphite serves just as well as phrik and can be a sturdy substituent for storage during her long excavation travels, she desired to make these containers a bit more sturdy for holding down anything nasty she may come across.
The process served to produce enough pillboxs and barrels she secured herself into the smaller cargo hold of the Aurora she had retrofitted to be a small secured vault, forming a sort of circular storage units for her use. The metal is so exceptionally tough that it renders even lightsabres less effective. The inside of it has been completely covered by nulification resin, so as to null any force artifacts contained therein. Complete with self-contained air recirculators, inertial dampeners, rations and a distress beacon, this 'inner hull'-slash-safe room is designed to preserve life even if the rest of the starship is destroyed. It can also function as a meditation chamber.
Classification: Freighter
Role: Smuggling, Expedition, Personal Ship
Height: 17m
Width: 28m
Length: 52m
Power Core Generator/Reactor: Quadex Power Core
Hyperdrive Rating: Silk Holdings/Eshan Drive Yards Class .5 ( A partially integrated class-10 backup hyperdrive)
Minimum Crew: 1 or 0 ( Via Slave Circuits)
Optimal Crew: 6
Armaments:
- Two Dual Laser Cannon turrets
- Two Forward Ion Cannons
- Two Concussion Missile Launchers
One snub fighter or shuttle (Reduces cargo hold by 75%)
Non-Combative Attachments:
- Communications Array
- Escape Pods (x2)
- Long-Range Sensor Array
- Holonet Transceiver
- Connor net launcher (4 net canisters)
- Medical Bay
- Omega Pyre Cloaking assembly - scavenged along with Jorus Merrill in Gutting All the Wolverines (Chloe - finished)
- Smuggler's Compartments
- Standard Deflector Shield Generator
- Automated anti-decompression blast doors
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigational Systems
- Force Cylinder
- Slave Circuits
- Advanced Navigational Systems - QQ-C15 Silkworm Hypertransit Package - a class 0.5 hyperdrive, advanced hyperspace sensors, the best hyperspace navigation system in the business
- QQ-4U85 Tractor Shroud
- QQ-C1R-C3 "Crybaby" Defensive Decoy Module
- QQ-543N/53R Cap Drain Module
- QQ-45H/310T Countermeasures Module
- ECHO Copycat: Hallucin > An advanced electronics add-on for smaller starcraft, Hallucin transmits a false Friendly ID to all craft in sensory range.
- Thrust Trace Dampers
- False Telesponder Compatibility
- Tractor Beam (Ventral, Stern)
- Encryption Network
- Nullification Resin Echani Graphite Pill Containers
Cargo Capacity: 345 metric tons (100 tons smuggling space)
Primary Source for Upgrades to match that of the Calrissian: http://starwarsrp.ne...lass-freighter/
(Updated 1/2/2015)
Modified October 16 2014
