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Keldabe-Class Battleship
AFFILIATION
Open Market
MANUFACTURER
Mandal Hypernautics
CLASS
Cruiser
ROLE
Capital Ship
COMPOSITION
Durasteel, Titanium, and Transparasteel
DIMENSIONS
Length - 1,000 meters
CREW
6,000
PASSENGER CAPACITY
1,000
CARGO CAPACITY
20 Kilotons
HANGAR CAPACITY
- x36 Starfighters
- x2 Shuttles
- x2 Light freighters
CONSUMABLES
2 Standard Years
SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
This Keldabe-Class Battleship has a top speed of 45 MGLT and has sluggish maneuvering characteristics.
ARMAMENT
- x25 Quad Heavy Turbolaser turrets
- x15 Duel Heavy Ion cannons turrets
- x2 Forward-mounted Mass driver cannons
- x5 Tractor beam projectors
EQUIPMENT
- 2x hyperdrives, 1x class 2 main, 1x class 10 backup
- 1x heavy shield screen generator
- 1x navicomputer
- 3x docking ring with hull cutting tools.
- Many escape pods
DESCRIPTION
The Keldabe-Class Battleship was developed by Mandal Hypernautics at the beginning of the Galactic Civil War era. It was named after the capital of Mandalore at the time and intended to be a battleship that was sold to both the Mandalorian government and clans. Though it's initial reception would be less welcoming than expected. Many of the Mandalorian clans couldn't afford a ship of such size at the time, and the government was dealing with too many political issues to justify the purchase. This opened up an entirely new market for the Battleship, criminal enterprises.Various pirate crews would soon become the primary market, keeping the product selling for some time. For several years, the blueprints for the battleship would remain in the hands of Mandal Hypernautics, though their number of sales would begin to dwindle. Eventually, the company would find itself approached by the criminal Tyber Zann. He and the Zann Consortium of old would strike a deal to acquire a copy of these plans for his criminal empire. Soon thereafter, the Zann Consortium would become the main users of these battleships, though they were still quite costly to produce, at a 200 Million credit price tag.
After the Galactic Civil War, the Ships construction was drastically reduced for a number of reasons. Primarily, Mandal Hypernautics ceased production of them due to the empire's raid on their planet, which caused huge losses to their company. Meanwhile, while the Zann Consortium had access to the ship's plans, their organization had been steadily loosing credits and influence after the death of Tyber Zann. the ship simply became too costly to manufacture and crew.
In the modern era, Keldabe-Class Battleships can occasionally be seen under the control of powerful pirate forces or in the possession of small planetary governments. They are an uncommon sight, though there is hope, as in more recent years Mandal Hypernautics has started reproduction of them upon comission.
LEGALITY
Restricted. Keldabe-Class Battleships are classified as capital ships under Galactic law, and possess heavy weapons. As such, civilian owners will require extra licensing to operate one legally, and will receive increased scrutiny by authorities.INTENT
To bring a ship from Legends into the site's fannon. It has historical ties to both the Mandalorians and Zann Consortium, it also appeared in the FFG Star Wars table top game.RESTRICTIONS
Keldabe-Class Battleships are large capital ships, therefore these that cannot be owned or operated by individual characters. A faction would be required to obtain and crew a ship of this size.
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