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SVS-LSD2
Mark 2 Liberty-Class Star Destroyer
7,200 (optimal), 1,320 (minimal)
PASSENGER CAPACITY
2,000
CARGO CAPACITY
18,000 metric tons
CONSUMABLES
1 Standard Year
SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
50 MGLT, Class 1 Hyperdrive, Class 15 Backup
MANUFACTURER
Sluis Van Shipyards,
Dark Jedi of the Bogan,
Galactic RebellionMODEL
SVS-LSD2/
Mark 2 Liberty-class Star Destroyer
COST
99,000,000 Credits
CLASS
Star Destroyer
COMPOSITION
Durasteel,
Neutronium-impregnated Alusteel,
Ceraglass
DIMENSIONS
1,185m x 515m x 185m
COMPLEMENT
- 144 TRIE Mark 2 Starfighters (2 wings, 12 squadrons, various loadouts available), or
- 72 Starfighters (of any other design) (1 wing, 6 squadrons)
- 24 Gunships, private shuttles or assault craft (2 squadrons)
- 12 Light Freighters/Transports (1 squadron)
ARMAMENT
- x2 Anti-supercapital dual turbolaser cannons
- x20 Ultra-heavy dual turbolaser turrets
- x40 Heavy dual turbolaser turrets
- x30 Assault concussion missile tubes (6 Hailstorm missiles per tube)
- x10 Tractor beam projectors
- x24 Laser cannon/point defence turrets
EQUIPMENT
- Long Range Military Grade Sensor Array
- Military Grade Targeting Suite & Fire Coordination System
- Military Grade Navicomputers
- Holo/Hyperwave Communications Array
- Military Grade Shield Generators (dual redundant system)
- Life Support System (standard pressurized bulkheads and localized emergency backup systems)
- Emergency Power Generators (3)
- Advanced Internal Security System (auto-blaster turrets, ray shielding, non-lethal gas deployment, motion & thermal scanning, airright bulkheads and blast doors, localized ventable atmosphere, security checkpoints.)
- Armed Lifepods
- Ventral docking bay with extendable docking port (Maximum storable ship size: 155m)
- Forward starfighter hangar and launch deck (two decks, stacked vertically)
- Armored bay doors for all hangars
- TRIE Racks (16)
DESCRIPTION
As Sluis Van Shipyards steadily increased in prominence through the Outer Rim, so too did the assets of the shipyards become increasingly more valuable - and looked upon enviably by competitors. With galactic tensions mounting and war inevitable, the shipyards concerns moved to defence against hardened military forces. The shipyards had orbital defences and a considerable starfighter garrison, but again the great vessels of the Sith Imperium and their notoriously expansionist policies, privateer warships would be a necessary investment.
Named after a famous Mon Calamari MC80 Cruiser of the Rebel Alliance of old, the Liberty-class Star Destroyer followed in the footsteps of the preceding Justice-class - in fact, the Liberty-class was technically a subclass of the Justice, built on the same keel and using an almost identical structure, at least in terms of outward appearance. However, appearances could be decieving - though the Liberty shared many similarities with the Justice, it was in an entirely different league.
Firstly, the auxiliary docking bays on either side of the vessel were removed and filled in, and the already considerably large reactor was improved upon. A pair of great wings were added to the superstructure, almost doubling the total width of the vessel. These great wings were filled with row upon row of heatsinks, and enormous power conduits ran directly from the reactor to two massive new structures on either wing. Several turbolaser turrets were relocated in order to most effectively protect these new structures, which housed the Liberty-class' true party piece.
Two enormous twin-barrel beam cannons made up almost the entirety of these additional superstructures. With a blast yield capable of slicing through larger capital ships, these enormous weapons were designed specifically to take on far larger opponents - for example, the Star Dreadnoughts and assorted supercapital ships of the Sith Imperium.
Though the capacitors took a significant amount of time to recharge between blasts, a flotilla of Liberty-class warships could still make short work of larger enemy vessels in the opening volleys of combat with a coordinated opening salvo. Between these shots, the Liberty was still a heavily armed warship capable of holding the line, though she was more often utilized in artillery and long range bombardment capacities, as well as using her significant carrier capacity to field a considerable number of strikecraft to the field of battle to support mainline battleships.
The Liberty-class enjoyed considerable use by Sluis Van Shipyards and their shadowy masters in the Dark Jedi of the Bogan. After being deployed in several theaters with mixed success, it was determined that dividing Sluissi resources between both the Liberty-class and her more lightly armed Justice-class were an expensive and rather ineffective practice. Sluissi engineers - combined with the keen engineers recently recruited from Eriadu Shipyards in a hostile takeover - set themselves to refining the design of the more popular and successful Liberty-class into a more versatile, second generation design.
The Mark 2 Liberty-class Star Destroyer was a significant overhaul of the original Liberty-class design. Slightly shorter than the preceding design (due to a revision of the vessel's engine ports), the profile of the vessel's armor was revised to better protect the reactor dome. This lessened the angle of the armor profile, providing better mitigation of damage against forward facing enemies - the ideal location for an enemy to be for the Liberty-class to fire her main cannons.
The wings themselves were revised - the lengthier fixed structure now replaced by eight smaller wings, lined with heatsinks. While S-foils of this nature were traditionally only used on smaller strikecraft, in this instance it provided a rather useful solution to the problems the Liberty-class's main guns faced when dissipating heat after a salvo. Despite the considerable size of these structures, the amount of heat generated during a full salvo could still cause the exposed panels to glow with heat - such was the yield of the massive main cannons.
The main cannon superstructures were also revised - though larger and bulkier overall, the new superstructures allowed the main cannons more flexibility - rather than being fixed weapons, the main cannons could now rotate several degrees to provide superior coordination and striking efficiency in combat scenarios. This maneuverability caused conflicts with the original beam cannon design, however, and eventually the original weapons were replaced in favor of enormous turbolasers. Best suited for long range bombardment - and especially effective against large capital ships turning to broadside in an engagement, the weapons were comparable in yield to the prow cannons of a Munificent-class Star Frigate.
Discovering a significant problem with the Liberty-class' ideal forward firing arc, the main bombardment cannons - designed to be suited for more conventional fire against capital ships - were moved forward onto new superstructure atop the main prow section of the vessel. These cannons were positioned in such a way that the vessels could fire almost her entire armament forwards, unleashing a withering hail of fire that comparable vessels struggled to cope with, and allowing a Liberty-class to provide a smaller profile against other destroyers who employed less optimized broadside tactics.
The forward fighter deck was revised as well. Replacing the large and slow hangar doors, the main hangar deck was replaced with two decks that were vertically stacked. This increased the fighter complement a Liberty-class could field in battle, overcoming the main drawback the original designed by removing the auxiliary bays that existed on the original Justice-class design from which it was derived.
The main command tower and bridge was upsized as well from the previous and rather cramped design, allowing for more crew stations to coordinate the vessel in operations. In addition, a second battle bridge was installed within the base of the command tower, offering superior protection in combat scenarios. This often meant that commanding officers were a considerable distance from nearby lifepods, however, reinforcing the age-old tradition of captains being the last to leave the vessels they commanded.
Finally, the perimeter trenches were outfitted with a number of TRIE Rack bays. These racks could be retracted into the hull and sealed behind blast doors, but in combat they were commonly used to re-arm and reload TRIE fighters quickly and efficiently. This had the added benefit or requiring less storage space within the hangar decks themselves, allowing the armament rings to be stored tightly together in storage bays. The armament rings themselves were transported on high-speed maglev tracks between the racks, hangar bays and servicing and engineering centers deep within the vessel's bowels, meanign that the flight decks only needed space to store and resupply the tiny, 1.4m pods. However, in the name of versatility, the decks were at least partially equipped with sufficient space to store and supply fighters of other designs as well.
INTENT
Update to the original Liberty-class SD - I figured I'd improve on the specs while introducing an updated image and re-doing the layout, since my old layout got hammered by the change to Xenforo. A lot of the changes also reflect the other tech I've had for use - for example, the TRIE Rack and the TRIE Mark 2's write-ups correspond directly to the massive increase in fighter capacity, for example. This is explained in the description.
I'll also be submitting approval to convert all existing Mark 1 Liberty and Justice-class ships to this design to simplify the fleet, and it'll be available to purchase by the Rebels and their allies, so there's possible faction tech usage there, but for now it's submitted mainly on behalf of the Bogan.
@Clayton
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