Mandalorian Tech Restricted Ship Buurenaar-Class Heavy Carrier

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Buurenaar-Class "Stormbringer" Heavy Carrier​

AFFILIATION
Mandalorian

MANUFACTURER
MandalHypernautics

CLASS
Heavy Carrier

ROLE
Heavy Carrier

COMPOSITION
Durasteel and Transparisteel

DIMENSIONS
1.4 km length, 2.5 km width

CREW
500-2500

PASSENGER CAPACITY
15,000

CARGO CAPACITY
100 Kilotons

HANGAR CAPACITY
1000x Fighters
75x Gunships/Transport Shuttles

CONSUMABLES
1 standard year

SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
The Buurenaar-Class Heavy Carrier has a top speed of 10 MGLT and has very sluggish maneuvering characteristics.

ARMAMENT

• x30 Point Defence Dual Laser Cannons
• x28 Quad Laser Cannons
• 4x Tractor Beam Projectors

EQUIPMENT

• 1x Class 2 Hyperdrive (Class 10 backup Hyperdrive
• 1x Navicomputer
• 1x medium deflector screen generator
• 1x long-range communication suite
• 6x docking ring with integrated docking tube.
• 70x 10 Being escape pods
• Thick armor

DESCRIPTION​

When a Mandalorian invasion force arrives in the space surrounding their target planet, the first thing that is required is local space dominance to allow the Mandalorian crusaders to perform their preferred orbital insertion method of attack. Typically this has been achieved in the past due to the defenders being surprised and the Mandalorians being able to dedicate most of a fleet to the duty. These tactics were becoming less effective as more and more world woke to the renewed threat of Mandalorian invasion and began to counter these tactics, requiring the majority of any Mandalorian fleet to focus on tying up defense fleet ships, thinning the number of crusaders who could be inserted orbitally right at the beginning of combat.

The Buurenaar-Class Heavy Carrier was the answer proposed by shipbuilders from Sullust during a collaborative design meeting with MandalHypernautics. After taking inspiration from the sheer size of the Lucrehulks from the Clone Wars and from its renewed use by the ISC, the design process focused on making a carrier similarly massive but that could be used by primarily organics rather than droids. As a result, the heavy carrier is quite massive indeed but even with its size, it cannot house as many ships as the old Lucrehulks could simply because organic pilots cannot take off from a carrier while being stacked atop of each other as droid starfighters can.

As a result of its sheer size and dedicated task as a massive carrier, most of the crew of the ship is dedicated to space traffic control and manning the sparse defensive weaponry made available to the heavy carrier. An ominous sight hovering over an enemy world, launching squadron after squadron of starfighters and gunships, the Buurenaar-Class Heavy Carrier has been uncharitably called a mobile space station due to its very slow speed and maneuverability. This is why the Buurenaar-Class Heavy Carrier requires heavy support from other capital ships if used in engagements against other fleets.

LEGALITY​

Restricted. Buurenaar-Class Heavy Carriers are recognized as capital ships despite their lack of armament for their size due to their typically heavily armed complement of fighters, bombers, and gunships.

INTENT​

To provide the Mandalorian faction with a super-heavy carrier in the same kind of class as the Lucrehulk without being able to stack quite so many ships due to not using droids.

RESTRICTIONS​

Yes. Buurenaar-Class Heavy Carriers are massive capital ships, therefore these cannot be owned or operated by individual characters. A faction would be required to obtain and crew a ship of this size. Currently exclusive for the Mandalorian faction.


Huge thank you @Nefieslab for helping make this ship!

 

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