Post by Gamov on Jan 1, 2010 17:58:42 GMT -5
Name: Revenant-class Battlecruiser
Appearance:
Revenant
Historical Information:
Originally introduced to the Republic Navy in its original concept form as a dedicated Battle Carrier, the Revenant-class began as an upgraded design of the Lysander-class Deep Space Carrier with the first functioning prototype, Vigilance. The original vessel, when compared to other ships in the Republic Navy at the time, was substantially less powerful than other, more common ships of the line. It would not be until the new Imperial regime had established itself in the galaxy that the Revenant-class would begin to take shape and make a name for itself. Working off of the existing prototype design, Imperial engineers re-designed the ship from the ground up and adapted it to not only be more in line with Imperial fleet doctrine, but to be a larger class of mainline battleship that could serve as the predecessor to the existing Imperial II-class Star Destroyers.
Imperial reverse engineering from Republic schematics ultimately resulted in a ship that was more of a battlecruiser than a carrier. Later iterations of the class were far larger and slower than their initial Liberator-class design, fielded more guns, stronger shields and were more expensive to produce, maintain and crew. The motivation behind making such an over sized ship came about for two key reasons, the first of which was the obvious intimidation factor and psychological impact such a vessel was bound to have on any opposing force brought to bear against it. The second defensible reason behind this was to create a ship that was fully capable of acting as a feasible “mid ground” of sorts between the Executor-class Star Dreadnaughts and the Imperial-class Destroyers.
Early on in its development of the Super Star Destroyer line of ships, the Empire realized the many short comings of fielding such colossal warships. They were tremendously expensive and complex, requiring an immense supply of men and resources to build and maintain, as well as possessing construction schedules that were to be completed on the order of years rather than months. In the interim, it was initially believed that the Imperial-class ships could bear the full burden of defending the Empire until more Super Star Destroyers could be delivered to alleviate the strain placed on the Imperial Navy by the actions of the Rebellion.
This turned out to be foolish optimism at best, and a severe military oversight at worst. Even in the years following the success at the Battle of Hoth, Rebel forces continued to evade Imperial efforts, striking quickly and effectively with guerrilla tactics against even heavily defended Imperial locations. The response to such attacks was, more often than not, to task more men and ships with guarding against future raids. And when further aggression was not met with regards to Imperial counter measures, it became apparent that the Empire needed a way to secure their territory to such extreme degrees long before the Rebellion could provoke them to do so. The inevitable answer was the Revenant-class Battlecruiser.
Despite the expensive alterations to the Liberator-class design however, the first operational ships of this class, beginning with the flagship Shadow Hammer, began to appear in service shortly before the Battle of Endor, where they proved highly effective at quelling planetary revolts, often times acting independently from other Imperial naval assets. Supporting enough in the way of firepower, men and material to subjugate a small star system, they became ideal vanguards in protecting Imperial interests and holdings against Rebel insurrections. During the final years of the Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine's rule, these battlecruisers would become instrumental in the implementation of the Tarkin Doctrine, utilizing their intimidating size and generous fighter/trooper components to curb the threat of Rebel incursions across the galaxy.
Though eventually lacking the same kind of iconic longevity and logistical superiority of the Imperial-class Destroyer line, the Revenant-class had never the less amassed a fearsome reputation of its own and would remain in service for a significant length of time following the collapse of the Empire. These warships were considered highly advanced, or simply extremely powerful, and would come to be the premier warship in the following years, in many cases replacing the Imperial-class Star Destroyers as command vessels for fleets and task forces.
Characteristics:
Aside from sharing a similar, albeit sleeker hull design with the Lysander-class, the Revenant-class has little in common with either the Lysander or the initial prototype vessel, Vigilance. Imperial re-design culminated in a ship that eclipsed both the Lysander and the Vigilance in a number of ways:
Dimensions:
First and foremost were the new dimensional figures. Whereas a standard Imperial II-class Star Destroyer came in at 1,600 meters in length and a Lysander at 1,700 meters, the Revenant-class eclipsed both of these craft, measuring in at 3,000 meters overall from the bow to the stern. Its greater size lead to a direct increase in available hangar space as well, with each individual hangar (both port and starboard) able to house and deploy an entire wing of TIE series fighters. Some later variants would make use of specially re-designed sections in the bow of the ship to allow for an additional wing of fighters that could be launched via the ventral located hangar bay. Such modifications greatly improved the Revenant's ability to carry extra fighters, bringing the total to 216.
Propulsion System and Hyperdrive:
Having been conceived and constructed as an effective medium between the Executor-class ships and their smaller Imperial-class counter parts, engineers spared no expense in affording the Revenant-class the best possible propulsion system available for a ship this size. Fitted with 8 scaled down variants of specially designed Executor-50.x engines, the Revenant was fairly maneuverable and had a greater acceleration than one might believe upon first sighting the ship. All ships in this class came equipped with a class 2.0 main hyperdrive, supplemented by a class 10 backup.
Shielding and Hull
The shielding and hull protecting the Revenant-class were considered some of the best among ship designs in the galaxy. Its shields, utilizing slightly larger variants of the existing ISD-72x deflector shield domes, were internalized and housed in a heavily armored section of the ship beneath the command deck and comms array tower, thus making these two vital locations much harder to knock out due to the intense power of the shielding produced around them by their proximity to the generators. This feature provided additional benefits in that it made the possibility of the shields being permanently disabled all but impossible due to the fact that in order to do so, an enemy ship(s), upon breaching the shields, would then need to blast through several feet of reinforced alusteel hull plating to reach the generators themselves. The Revenant's shields, when operating at full capacity, had a maximum power output greater than 7,73×1026 W, making them among some of the strongest shields ever applied to a capitol ship.
In the event that the shields were breached, the Revenant was then forced to rely on its heavily reinforced alusteel hull. Similar in composition to the hulls found on ships of the Executor-class line, the hull on a Revenant-class Battlecruiser was capable of taking significant damage before failing. Utilizing a relatively new strategy in Imperial ship construction, the hull was designed to act as thermal superconducting armor. This allowed the ship to absorb a portion of energy from hostile energy weapons fire and disperse the resulting heat over a wider area, thus leading to less hull fatigue when faced with repeated hits to the same area of the hull. This, in direct correlation to a hull that was roughly twice as thick as a standard Imperial-class Star Destroyer's hull, lent the Revenant-class an amazing level of resilience in combat, making them extremely tough to knock out in combat without concentrated fire from multiple capitol ships.
Weapons Systems and Payload:
Perhaps this aspect, more than any other, is what truly allowed for the Revenant to accumulate such an infamous reputation. Each ship in the class was armed with 312 various weapons systems that included medium turbo lasers, ion cannons, medium quad point defense lasers as well as concussion missile launchers and proton torpedo tubes. Though these weapons could prove effective and deadly in their own right, it was the Revenant's main armament of 12 long range turbo laser emplacements that gave these ships both the range and power to engage other capitol ships long before the enemy vessel could respond. Working with an upgraded version of the LeGrange targeting systems that were common place on board Imperial-class Destroyers, the Revenant-class fielded weapons that were considered almost second to none in the Imperial Navy. The only obvious exception to this being the Executor-class ships which housed more armaments than any other variant of Imperial ship.
The full weapon layout on any given Revenant-class Battlecruiser included:
12 Long-range turbo laser emplacements
Technical Notes:
Mounted in double barreled settings that are capable of rotating 360 degrees and traversing 180 degrees in either direction, these are the most powerful guns on the Revenant-class. Capable of engaging enemy ships at a range greater than even that of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, the number of guns, coupled with the firing arcs they are afforded due to their mountings, means that a Revenant-class can deliver a devastating volley of fire in almost any conceivable direction. Depending on the angle of approach, an attacking ship can expect to receive powerful, long range fire from at least four of these guns should the attack course follow directly behind the stern of the ship or directly in front of the bow. Any approach vector made on the ship that originates from either the ventral or dorsal structure puts attackers in a direct line of sight of at least six of these heavy guns.
100 medium quad laser defense turrets.
Technical Notes:
The largest concentration of these weapons were found towards the stern of the ship, with roughly 40 such guns being relegated to defending the comms array/operations tower and the main command deck. These weapons were not only capable of shooting down enemy fighters, but tracking and destroying some anti-capitol ship grade munitions such as concussion missiles and proton torpedoes. The remaining 60 guns were dispersed along the length of the ship to provide as much overall cover as possible with 30 spread along the ventral surface and 30 across the dorsal structure. Together, these guns provided an effective umbrella of fire support.
100 medium turbo lasers linked in groups of 5 for a total of 20 groups dispersed along both the ventral and dorsal structure of the ship.
Technical Notes:
As with the point defense systems, the heaviest concentration of these guns are found on the stern of the ship, with at least 12 located near the command deck and comms array/operations tower. Their main purpose is to work in support of the long range turbo lasers for added close to medium range firepower.
50 ion cannons
Technical Notes:
Most of these were found spread out along the bow of the ship on both the dorsal and ventral structure, and usually mounted near the quad laser defense turrets to provide an additional level of anti-fighter support to the batteries. 10 were mounted on the dorsal structure while 10 more defended the length of the ventral structure. The remaining 30 ion batteries were located near the comms array/operations tower and command deck to provide additional support for the point defenses located there.
20 concussion missile tubes.
Technical Notes:
Arranged in two separate banks of five tubes a piece on both the starboard and port sides of the bow, these weapons were fed by an internal magazine and were meant to work in consort with the proton torpedo tubes to add extra fire power in a medium to close range broad side exchange. Unlike other concussion missile variants though, the missiles employed by a Revenant-class were typically dumb fire in nature, having had their guidance systems stripped to allow for a thicker casing and more explosives. Though it was possible to equally equip these stations with standard grade concussion missiles as well.
20 proton torpedo tubes.
Technical Notes:
As with the concussion missile tubes, the proton torpedoes were arranged in the same manner and designed to bring additional fire power to bear on an enemy capitol ship in a medium to long range broadside exchange.
10 Phylon Q7 tractor beam projectors.
Technical Notes:
Each of the three individual hangars on board the Revenant came equipped with tractor beams for use in a various number of tasks, though their primary use was for aiding in guiding returning fighters into dock. Typically these were nothing more than the standard grade tractor beam projectors one might find on an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, which was the case for the three projectors located in both the starboard and port hangars. The ventral hangar located in the bow, however, fielded four slightly more powerful and precise tractor beam projectors that had been specifically designed to aid in the capture and docking of enemy corvettes.
Compliment
In direct relation to the ship's excessive size, not only were its crew requirements increased, but it could host double the men and material of an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. The following numbers were common on board any given Revenant-class Battlecruiser:
Crew:
18,470 officers
55,700 enlisted crew
20,000 infantry divided into two Legions totaling 10,000 troops a piece.
550 gunners
Complimentary Forces:
Fighters: 144 TIE series fighters, divided into two full wings of 72 a piece. However, the tarmac space in the hangar bays on a Revenant-class were large enough to allow for nearly the same number of various other types of fighters as well. If a ship of this class were to have made use of the X-Wing series fighters, each individual bay was capable of housing and maintaining 60 such fighters permanently, but was capable of pushing the limit to 70 using modified TIE racks should the need arise.
Theta-class AT-AT barges and Sentinel-class landing craft: 24 of each type for deployment of ground troops and other Imperial Army assets
Delta-class Stomrtrooper transports: 30
Lambda-class shuttles: 16
AT-AT walkers: 20
AT-ST walkers: 40
Prefabricated garrison base(s): 1, though the Revenant-class could be outfitted to sacrifice a portion of its ground forces to accommodate for a second prefabricated garrison base.
Communications: HoloNet transceiver
Cargo Capacity: 76,000 metric tons
Consumables: A single Revenant-class Battlecruiser can carry enough supplies to sustain its crew for roughly 10 years
Role(s): The Revenant-class were most commonly used as mainline Battlecruisers, Carriers and Command Ships.
Appearance:
Revenant
Historical Information:
Originally introduced to the Republic Navy in its original concept form as a dedicated Battle Carrier, the Revenant-class began as an upgraded design of the Lysander-class Deep Space Carrier with the first functioning prototype, Vigilance. The original vessel, when compared to other ships in the Republic Navy at the time, was substantially less powerful than other, more common ships of the line. It would not be until the new Imperial regime had established itself in the galaxy that the Revenant-class would begin to take shape and make a name for itself. Working off of the existing prototype design, Imperial engineers re-designed the ship from the ground up and adapted it to not only be more in line with Imperial fleet doctrine, but to be a larger class of mainline battleship that could serve as the predecessor to the existing Imperial II-class Star Destroyers.
Imperial reverse engineering from Republic schematics ultimately resulted in a ship that was more of a battlecruiser than a carrier. Later iterations of the class were far larger and slower than their initial Liberator-class design, fielded more guns, stronger shields and were more expensive to produce, maintain and crew. The motivation behind making such an over sized ship came about for two key reasons, the first of which was the obvious intimidation factor and psychological impact such a vessel was bound to have on any opposing force brought to bear against it. The second defensible reason behind this was to create a ship that was fully capable of acting as a feasible “mid ground” of sorts between the Executor-class Star Dreadnaughts and the Imperial-class Destroyers.
Early on in its development of the Super Star Destroyer line of ships, the Empire realized the many short comings of fielding such colossal warships. They were tremendously expensive and complex, requiring an immense supply of men and resources to build and maintain, as well as possessing construction schedules that were to be completed on the order of years rather than months. In the interim, it was initially believed that the Imperial-class ships could bear the full burden of defending the Empire until more Super Star Destroyers could be delivered to alleviate the strain placed on the Imperial Navy by the actions of the Rebellion.
This turned out to be foolish optimism at best, and a severe military oversight at worst. Even in the years following the success at the Battle of Hoth, Rebel forces continued to evade Imperial efforts, striking quickly and effectively with guerrilla tactics against even heavily defended Imperial locations. The response to such attacks was, more often than not, to task more men and ships with guarding against future raids. And when further aggression was not met with regards to Imperial counter measures, it became apparent that the Empire needed a way to secure their territory to such extreme degrees long before the Rebellion could provoke them to do so. The inevitable answer was the Revenant-class Battlecruiser.
Despite the expensive alterations to the Liberator-class design however, the first operational ships of this class, beginning with the flagship Shadow Hammer, began to appear in service shortly before the Battle of Endor, where they proved highly effective at quelling planetary revolts, often times acting independently from other Imperial naval assets. Supporting enough in the way of firepower, men and material to subjugate a small star system, they became ideal vanguards in protecting Imperial interests and holdings against Rebel insurrections. During the final years of the Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine's rule, these battlecruisers would become instrumental in the implementation of the Tarkin Doctrine, utilizing their intimidating size and generous fighter/trooper components to curb the threat of Rebel incursions across the galaxy.
Though eventually lacking the same kind of iconic longevity and logistical superiority of the Imperial-class Destroyer line, the Revenant-class had never the less amassed a fearsome reputation of its own and would remain in service for a significant length of time following the collapse of the Empire. These warships were considered highly advanced, or simply extremely powerful, and would come to be the premier warship in the following years, in many cases replacing the Imperial-class Star Destroyers as command vessels for fleets and task forces.
Characteristics:
Aside from sharing a similar, albeit sleeker hull design with the Lysander-class, the Revenant-class has little in common with either the Lysander or the initial prototype vessel, Vigilance. Imperial re-design culminated in a ship that eclipsed both the Lysander and the Vigilance in a number of ways:
Dimensions:
First and foremost were the new dimensional figures. Whereas a standard Imperial II-class Star Destroyer came in at 1,600 meters in length and a Lysander at 1,700 meters, the Revenant-class eclipsed both of these craft, measuring in at 3,000 meters overall from the bow to the stern. Its greater size lead to a direct increase in available hangar space as well, with each individual hangar (both port and starboard) able to house and deploy an entire wing of TIE series fighters. Some later variants would make use of specially re-designed sections in the bow of the ship to allow for an additional wing of fighters that could be launched via the ventral located hangar bay. Such modifications greatly improved the Revenant's ability to carry extra fighters, bringing the total to 216.
Propulsion System and Hyperdrive:
Having been conceived and constructed as an effective medium between the Executor-class ships and their smaller Imperial-class counter parts, engineers spared no expense in affording the Revenant-class the best possible propulsion system available for a ship this size. Fitted with 8 scaled down variants of specially designed Executor-50.x engines, the Revenant was fairly maneuverable and had a greater acceleration than one might believe upon first sighting the ship. All ships in this class came equipped with a class 2.0 main hyperdrive, supplemented by a class 10 backup.
Shielding and Hull
The shielding and hull protecting the Revenant-class were considered some of the best among ship designs in the galaxy. Its shields, utilizing slightly larger variants of the existing ISD-72x deflector shield domes, were internalized and housed in a heavily armored section of the ship beneath the command deck and comms array tower, thus making these two vital locations much harder to knock out due to the intense power of the shielding produced around them by their proximity to the generators. This feature provided additional benefits in that it made the possibility of the shields being permanently disabled all but impossible due to the fact that in order to do so, an enemy ship(s), upon breaching the shields, would then need to blast through several feet of reinforced alusteel hull plating to reach the generators themselves. The Revenant's shields, when operating at full capacity, had a maximum power output greater than 7,73×1026 W, making them among some of the strongest shields ever applied to a capitol ship.
In the event that the shields were breached, the Revenant was then forced to rely on its heavily reinforced alusteel hull. Similar in composition to the hulls found on ships of the Executor-class line, the hull on a Revenant-class Battlecruiser was capable of taking significant damage before failing. Utilizing a relatively new strategy in Imperial ship construction, the hull was designed to act as thermal superconducting armor. This allowed the ship to absorb a portion of energy from hostile energy weapons fire and disperse the resulting heat over a wider area, thus leading to less hull fatigue when faced with repeated hits to the same area of the hull. This, in direct correlation to a hull that was roughly twice as thick as a standard Imperial-class Star Destroyer's hull, lent the Revenant-class an amazing level of resilience in combat, making them extremely tough to knock out in combat without concentrated fire from multiple capitol ships.
Weapons Systems and Payload:
Perhaps this aspect, more than any other, is what truly allowed for the Revenant to accumulate such an infamous reputation. Each ship in the class was armed with 312 various weapons systems that included medium turbo lasers, ion cannons, medium quad point defense lasers as well as concussion missile launchers and proton torpedo tubes. Though these weapons could prove effective and deadly in their own right, it was the Revenant's main armament of 12 long range turbo laser emplacements that gave these ships both the range and power to engage other capitol ships long before the enemy vessel could respond. Working with an upgraded version of the LeGrange targeting systems that were common place on board Imperial-class Destroyers, the Revenant-class fielded weapons that were considered almost second to none in the Imperial Navy. The only obvious exception to this being the Executor-class ships which housed more armaments than any other variant of Imperial ship.
The full weapon layout on any given Revenant-class Battlecruiser included:
12 Long-range turbo laser emplacements
Technical Notes:
Mounted in double barreled settings that are capable of rotating 360 degrees and traversing 180 degrees in either direction, these are the most powerful guns on the Revenant-class. Capable of engaging enemy ships at a range greater than even that of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, the number of guns, coupled with the firing arcs they are afforded due to their mountings, means that a Revenant-class can deliver a devastating volley of fire in almost any conceivable direction. Depending on the angle of approach, an attacking ship can expect to receive powerful, long range fire from at least four of these guns should the attack course follow directly behind the stern of the ship or directly in front of the bow. Any approach vector made on the ship that originates from either the ventral or dorsal structure puts attackers in a direct line of sight of at least six of these heavy guns.
100 medium quad laser defense turrets.
Technical Notes:
The largest concentration of these weapons were found towards the stern of the ship, with roughly 40 such guns being relegated to defending the comms array/operations tower and the main command deck. These weapons were not only capable of shooting down enemy fighters, but tracking and destroying some anti-capitol ship grade munitions such as concussion missiles and proton torpedoes. The remaining 60 guns were dispersed along the length of the ship to provide as much overall cover as possible with 30 spread along the ventral surface and 30 across the dorsal structure. Together, these guns provided an effective umbrella of fire support.
100 medium turbo lasers linked in groups of 5 for a total of 20 groups dispersed along both the ventral and dorsal structure of the ship.
Technical Notes:
As with the point defense systems, the heaviest concentration of these guns are found on the stern of the ship, with at least 12 located near the command deck and comms array/operations tower. Their main purpose is to work in support of the long range turbo lasers for added close to medium range firepower.
50 ion cannons
Technical Notes:
Most of these were found spread out along the bow of the ship on both the dorsal and ventral structure, and usually mounted near the quad laser defense turrets to provide an additional level of anti-fighter support to the batteries. 10 were mounted on the dorsal structure while 10 more defended the length of the ventral structure. The remaining 30 ion batteries were located near the comms array/operations tower and command deck to provide additional support for the point defenses located there.
20 concussion missile tubes.
Technical Notes:
Arranged in two separate banks of five tubes a piece on both the starboard and port sides of the bow, these weapons were fed by an internal magazine and were meant to work in consort with the proton torpedo tubes to add extra fire power in a medium to close range broad side exchange. Unlike other concussion missile variants though, the missiles employed by a Revenant-class were typically dumb fire in nature, having had their guidance systems stripped to allow for a thicker casing and more explosives. Though it was possible to equally equip these stations with standard grade concussion missiles as well.
20 proton torpedo tubes.
Technical Notes:
As with the concussion missile tubes, the proton torpedoes were arranged in the same manner and designed to bring additional fire power to bear on an enemy capitol ship in a medium to long range broadside exchange.
10 Phylon Q7 tractor beam projectors.
Technical Notes:
Each of the three individual hangars on board the Revenant came equipped with tractor beams for use in a various number of tasks, though their primary use was for aiding in guiding returning fighters into dock. Typically these were nothing more than the standard grade tractor beam projectors one might find on an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, which was the case for the three projectors located in both the starboard and port hangars. The ventral hangar located in the bow, however, fielded four slightly more powerful and precise tractor beam projectors that had been specifically designed to aid in the capture and docking of enemy corvettes.
Compliment
In direct relation to the ship's excessive size, not only were its crew requirements increased, but it could host double the men and material of an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. The following numbers were common on board any given Revenant-class Battlecruiser:
Crew:
18,470 officers
55,700 enlisted crew
20,000 infantry divided into two Legions totaling 10,000 troops a piece.
550 gunners
Complimentary Forces:
Fighters: 144 TIE series fighters, divided into two full wings of 72 a piece. However, the tarmac space in the hangar bays on a Revenant-class were large enough to allow for nearly the same number of various other types of fighters as well. If a ship of this class were to have made use of the X-Wing series fighters, each individual bay was capable of housing and maintaining 60 such fighters permanently, but was capable of pushing the limit to 70 using modified TIE racks should the need arise.
Theta-class AT-AT barges and Sentinel-class landing craft: 24 of each type for deployment of ground troops and other Imperial Army assets
Delta-class Stomrtrooper transports: 30
Lambda-class shuttles: 16
AT-AT walkers: 20
AT-ST walkers: 40
Prefabricated garrison base(s): 1, though the Revenant-class could be outfitted to sacrifice a portion of its ground forces to accommodate for a second prefabricated garrison base.
Communications: HoloNet transceiver
Cargo Capacity: 76,000 metric tons
Consumables: A single Revenant-class Battlecruiser can carry enough supplies to sustain its crew for roughly 10 years
Role(s): The Revenant-class were most commonly used as mainline Battlecruisers, Carriers and Command Ships.
