Metalocalypse

[Neo Shark]

Affiliation:
N/A


Ownership:
Phèdre nó Delaunay


Intent:
This ship is intended for personal use only. This ship will give Phèdre a home and a way for her to travel around the universe. Although armed, it's not really intended for ship combat.


Model:
Prototype Heavy Freighter


Name:
Metalocalypse


Dimensions:
32 Length
14 Width
10 Height


Class:
Freighter


Crew:
Metalocalypse can be flown by just one person, but has room enough for one or two passengers.


Complement:
N/A


Armament: (Place holder till I can speak to Jiang about appropriate ship weapons.)
20MM M104 VQF/LAC, 2x Large Single Gun, 1x Medium Dual Gun, Turreted
Two turreted single gun to either side of the ship. Due to the placement and construction of the ship, there is a fairly large blind spot behind the ship. This blind spot is mostly covered by the Single dual gun turret on the back of the ship. The rear turret is much smaller than its two larger brothers.

A 'Very Quick-Firing' Linear Gun, the M104 flings tungsten-alloy 20MM projectiles at 2.5km/s. The gun's rate of fire is 2,500 rounds per minute, and utilizes a forced liquid cooling system to dissipate the heat generated by firing. The ammunition used is a two-to-one ratio of armor-piercing steel shot to pre-stressed 'frangible' rounds that violently dissipate into a small, dense cloud of sharp metal fragments after impact. While the frangible rounds have very little armor penetration value, they are lethal against soft targets such as transports and starfighters. The M104 guns are used as defense against missile and torpedo threats, and as a supplement to the more powerful M90 flak guns. Four guns are located on the bow, four on the stern, and four to each 'wing'.


Equipment:
In addition to the normal military grade systems a ship of this size would have, numerous additions and alterations have been made. The biggest change to the ship, was the addition of living areas. The original design included a small armory, large sleeping quarters for soldiers, and room for a small vehicle. All that was removed and in its place is now an entertainment area in the back, a small bedroom, and a kitchenette. The med station was retained, but all the space for weapons and soldiers was removed for more comfortable areas.

The ships systems have been completely gutted and replaced with something of Phèdre's own design. Each of the core systems has had custom built parts, chosen by her, installed with individual AI's. Each major ship system has its own personality. Life support (Aphrodite) has a motherly personality, weapons (Ares) is quick to violence, sensors is a know it all, and control (Hermes) doesn't like to be in one place for too long. A command hierarchy is in place so that certain actions can not be taken without authorization by herself, such as firing the weapons. Anything low on the list can be performed by the AI's without her having to tell them.

The final AI, and ship system worth mentioning, goes by Shade. Sort of her alter ego, he helps her monitor the other AI's and controls the custom built Oracle system. The Oracle system is her pride and joy. Oracle is a system that allows her virtually free reign in any nearby network. Any non military network can usually be easily penetrated with Oracle on its own. Military networks, especially ship and station networks, requires a more hands on approach, but is usually doable. The most secured networks, such as capitol ships and military instillation, are difficult for even her, and success is not guaranteed. Once a network is compromised, she has virtually unlimited access to anything connected to it.


Speed:
90 MGLT


Hyperdrive Rating:
Class 2


Maneuverability:
Metalocalypse was designed to fit the largest guns on as small a platform as possible, while still being able to fit in a Class 2 Hyperdrive. Designed more for Point A to Point B speed, the turning rate is extremely low, both in atmosphere and space. Phèdre is fond of referring to her ship as "her fat whale of a ship."


Description:
Lightly armored and with weak shields, Metalocalypse is your stereotypical glass cannon ship. One prototype was built, and the project scrapped before any test flights could be done. Its fate seemed to be heading towards the breakers, but due to an unforeseen computer glitch, it was instead put up for sale and bought by an anonymous buyer. There was some initial resistance to selling such a heavily armed ship to an unknown buyer, but the required forms were provided promptly, and there was nothing they could do to prevent the sale.

Once Phèdre got her paws on it she immediately sent it to a private ship construction company. She had no intention of using her new ship to carry around soldiers or weapons. She wanted a home. A kick ass space ship with big ass guns was just the sort of home for the spunky girl. When the ship was finally to her liking, she gave it the most badass name she could think of. Fixed to her specifications, and given a new name, she proceeded to install her own custom systems and decorate with lots of punkish paraphernalia.​

 

[Neo Shark]

This is my very first attempt at a ship write-up, or any sort of tech write-up. I'm not really into writing out every single minute detail in how what system works, nor would I be able to. My knowledge of Star Wars tech is very limited, as is my knowledge of tech in general. This is a work in progress. The weapons especially, because they're just a rip off of the weapons from his ship. Any advice, or criticism, is welcome.

~and I think I put this in the wrong place. /facedesk

 

[Grim]

Two things I can see is you might want to nerf the intrusion systems and the rate of fire on the gun. For that size the fastest liquid cooling guns are usually around 850 - 1000 you get more by having more barrels. As I understand it each gun only has a single barrel so that rate of fire is way too high.

Almost forgot, how did she program the AI's, where did she get the parts and the money. I mean Industrial Automaton has really large groups to program the AI for their droids so how did one person make all of these AI's mentioned.

 

[Dmitri]

Where's Dethklok?

 

[Gamov]

This should have been named Mordhaus.

 

[Neo Shark]

Two things I can see is you might want to nerf the intrusion systems and the rate of fire on the gun. For that size the fastest liquid cooling guns are usually around 850 - 1000 you get more by having more barrels. As I understand it each gun only has a single barrel so that rate of fire is way too high.

Phedre is an exceptional hacker and a genius. Her computer skills are pretty much her only strength. Also, the ship has to be in close proximity to an access point, hence, "Oracle is a system that allows her virtually free reign in any nearby network." If the system she's hacking into doesn't have a dedicated anti-hacking system, she'll be able to defeat the automatic defenses. If you read the description, I basically outline 3 levels of difficulty. Level 3, the highest, is unlikely for her to be able to hack successfully. Even if she does, there's a chance they'll detect her, then pop.

If you read the lines in the parenthesis you'd realize that the weapon was just a place holder until I could speak to Jiang. I ripped that off his capitol ship write-up, since both these ships are kushari in origin.

 

[Andrewza]

Problem. The source pic may be used by a jedi shuttel.

http://www.thestarwarsrp.com/forum/showthread.php?58588-GABA-Needs-You/page2

http://www.thestarwarsrp.com/forum/showthread.php?56382-Lrtt-100jm&highlight=

 

[GABA]

Problem. The source pic may be used by a jedi shuttel.

http://www.thestarwarsrp.com/forum/showthread.php?58588-GABA-Needs-You/page2

http://www.thestarwarsrp.com/forum/showthread.php?56382-Lrtt-100jm&highlight=

Corrected: May not use it due to no validation of permission for reuse.

Otherwise I don't care if they are the same pic.

 

[Neo Shark]

Well, since it's archived I don't think there's an issue with using the same image.

~"Corrected: May not use it due to no validation of permission for reuse." I'm not entirely sure what that meant, but the second sentence makes perfect sense to me. Yay!

 

[Grim]

Phedre is an exceptional hacker and a genius. Her computer skills are pretty much her only strength. Also, the ship has to be in close proximity to an access point, hence, "Oracle is a system that allows her virtually free reign in any nearby network." If the system she's hacking into doesn't have a dedicated anti-hacking system, she'll be able to defeat the automatic defenses. If you read the description, I basically outline 3 levels of difficulty. Level 3, the highest, is unlikely for her to be able to hack successfully. Even if she does, there's a chance they'll detect her, then pop.

If you read the lines in the parenthesis you'd realize that the weapon was just a place holder until I could speak to Jiang. I ripped that off his capitol ship write-up, since both these ships are kushari in origin.

You should still think about it. Almost all data in the world now tends to be encrypted. I imagine in the SW universe you will have all the data encrypted. I am not too worried though I imagine Jaing will ask how close is "nearby" in this case. The problem is the Virtually free reign part of the description. You are basically saying that if your ship is close enough you automatically have control of it unless it is a Star Destroyer then, in that case, you might get detected. The way it is I find it unlikely that Jaing will let that go as it is. The idea is unique but it needs refinement.

Then how did she make such an advanced AI? I mean Industrial Automation had teams and teams working on the AI for R series droid units, so how did one person as young as her make them? I mean those are really advanced droid brains you have written up.

 

[Andrewza]

Well, since it's archived I don't think there's an issue with using the same image.

~"Corrected: May not use it due to no validation of permission for reuse." I'm not entirely sure what that meant, but the second sentence makes perfect sense to me. Yay!

I was hopeing to get them unarchived. And submited them for use by the NJO (hence 2 links).

But if GABA has no isusses with 2 ships sharing one image I don't either.

 

[Neo Shark]

Of course everything is encrypted. That doesn't mean normal encryption is any good against someone used to cracking such mass produced protection. I'm not entirely sure how long the range is. For example, she can't hack into another ship in space when it's several klicks away. She might be able to send a virus, but she won't be able to compromise the systems from so far away.

As to how she created the AI's, Phedre is a genius in this small area of technology. She's horrendously uneducated in almost all other aspects, including social interaction. I've still got some work to do on her profile, but she's not exactly stable.

~This is hardly a finished product, and why I asked for advice and criticism. If the Oracle system and the AI's go, there's no reason for this to ship to even exist.

 

[Grim]

Of course everything is encrypted. That doesn't mean normal encryption is any good against someone used to cracking such mass produced protection. I'm not entirely sure how long the range is. For example, she can't hack into another ship in space when it's several klicks away. She might be able to send a virus, but she won't be able to compromise the systems from so far away.

As to how she created the AI's, Phedre is a genius in this small area of technology. She's horrendously uneducated in almost all other aspects, including social interaction. I've still got some work to do on her profile, but she's not exactly stable.

~This is hardly a finished product, and why I asked for advice and criticism. If the Oracle system and the AI's go, there's no reason for this to ship to even exist.

I am not saying they need to go, they need refinement and explination. I get that she is a genious, but how did she make them. IA is one of the biggest droid manufactures in the SW universe, they have all sorts of money to get the best programmers an supplies for their stuff. So it would make sense that they could make an AI from scratch. She is young and from what I seen not rich so you need to explain where the AI come from. Seems like someone in her place would have to take an existing droid brain and then modified it. This in turn would allow you to refine the way they work.

Think about it for a second from another players perspective. You fly along, they start shooting at you, so you hack them because they are in a stock freighter. Since you have full control you pop open the airlocks and everybody dies inside. That is way simplified but as it is written now that is the power you have given yourself with this ship. Again don't get rid of them just make them so they aren't all powerful like they are now. Maybe have it effective against older ships, or that it can only give you access to basic no essential systems like disrupting the targeting computer so it takes longer for it to get an accurate shot.

 

[Andrewza]

I don't have a problem with the AI's since they not that advance. Any case ankhine built C3P0 and he was a slave

But the orcal is kind of pointless. Why do I say that. Well the controls and sytems are mostlikly runing through wires or lasers or some other direct unhackbill closed off sytem like they are in real life. You could maybe hack the SW verstion of a data link. You could there for see certain sytems, control Drons, listien in on comuncastion extra extra. All this can all ready be done (Iran claimed they hacked a US drone for example). But getting in to the sytems of any ship remoutly simply can not be done. No warship and probaly no ship would be built with wirless controls. Due to the risk of this kind of attack. There is a resoane that aircraft and ships use wires today and not wirless sytems.


One think I find stupid in moves is how some hacker hakes some secuer site like NORAD or what ever from there home. In order to pull that of you need direct access of some kind or plug somthing in to a computor in the net work that allowes remout access (normaly hidden in a USB memoury stick). And if the guys you hacking are good they will no what PC is the source of the breach as soon as there is a breach.

 

[Andrewza]

All so is this not meant to be in the unaprooved seceastion.

 

[Neo Shark]

Somebody has been playing too much watchdogs. Any reasonable ship design is going to include measure that would prevent the airlocks from opening at the same time, venting the ship into space. Sure, there are ways to get around that, usually manual ways. So, let's say that's what she intends to do, vent everyone into space. That's not going to happen instantly. Bypassing the safeguards designed to keep people from breathing vacuum is going to take time. Time in which someone she is fighting can destroy her ship. Remember? Glass cannon. Put a few shots into her and she'll pop.

To address your point about money and resources. She was recruited by the Kushari military, because of her hacking and programming skills. So she actually does have the resources to create AI. She may be young, but again, genius. Think idiot savant. She lives and breathes programming.

~Also, I have literally zero interest in using this ship in a combat role (I think I mentioned that in the write-up). And since the Oracle system is custom built by my character, the only way to get it is to steal it from her.

 

[Neo Shark]

I don't have a problem with the AI's since they not that advance. Any case ankhine built C3P0 and he was a slave

But the orcal is kind of pointless. Why do I say that. Well the controls and sytems are mostlikly runing through wires or lasers or some other direct unhackbill closed off sytem like they are in real life. You could maybe hack the SW verstion of a data link. You could there for see certain sytems, control Drons, listien in on comuncastion extra extra. All this can all ready be done (Iran claimed they hacked a US drone for example). But getting in to the sytems of any ship remoutly simply can not be done. No warship and probaly no ship would be built with wirless controls. Due to the risk of this kind of attack. There is a resoane that aircraft and ships use wires today and not wirless sytems.


One think I find stupid in moves is how some hacker hakes some secuer site like NORAD or what ever from there home. In order to pull that of you need direct access of some kind or plug somthing in to a computor in the net work that allowes remout access (normaly hidden in a USB memoury stick). And if the guys you hacking are good they will no what PC is the source of the breach as soon as there is a breach.

You make a good point. However, this was never meant to be some magical hack all device. If a system is not hooked into the network, she can't touch it. About the ships being hack proof, that's not the case. What do you think happens when you open communications with another ship? You're sending and receiving data. A data stream that can be piggy backed on if you have the right equipment.

 

[Hishamori]

lol. cool ship, and what you have in mind for it is very interesting. :) I wish you luck on it getting properly approved. :)

 

[Neo Shark]

lol. cool ship, and what you have in mind for it is very interesting. :) I wish you luck on it getting properly approved. :)

Thanks.

What do you guys think of the measurement and speed? I kinda just WAG'd it.

 

[Grim]

I don't have a problem with the AI's since they not that advance. Any case ankhine built C3P0 and he was a slave

But the orcal is kind of pointless. Why do I say that. Well the controls and sytems are mostlikly runing through wires or lasers or some other direct unhackbill closed off sytem like they are in real life. You could maybe hack the SW verstion of a data link. You could there for see certain sytems, control Drons, listien in on comuncastion extra extra. All this can all ready be done (Iran claimed they hacked a US drone for example). But getting in to the sytems of any ship remoutly simply can not be done. No warship and probaly no ship would be built with wirless controls. Due to the risk of this kind of attack. There is a resoane that aircraft and ships use wires today and not wirless sytems.


One think I find stupid in moves is how some hacker hakes some secuer site like NORAD or what ever from there home. In order to pull that of you need direct access of some kind or plug somthing in to a computor in the net work that allowes remout access (normaly hidden in a USB memoury stick). And if the guys you hacking are good they will no what PC is the source of the breach as soon as there is a breach.

He rebuilt C-3PO the 3PO line existed for some time.

Somebody has been playing too much watchdogs. Any reasonable ship design is going to include measure that would prevent the airlocks from opening at the same time, venting the ship into space. Sure, there are ways to get around that, usually manual ways. So, let's say that's what she intends to do, vent everyone into space. That's not going to happen instantly. Bypassing the safeguards designed to keep people from breathing vacuum is going to take time. Time in which someone she is fighting can destroy her ship. Remember? Glass cannon. Put a few shots into her and she'll pop.

To address your point about money and resources. She was recruited by the Kushari military, because of her hacking and programming skills. So she actually does have the resources to create AI. She may be young, but again, genius. Think idiot savant. She lives and breathes programming.

~Also, I have literally zero interest in using this ship in a combat role (I think I mentioned that in the write-up). And since the Oracle system is custom built by my character, the only way to get it is to steal it from her.

You make a good point. However, this was never meant to be some magical hack all device. If a system is not hooked into the network, she can't touch it. About the ships being hack proof, that's not the case. What do you think happens when you open communications with another ship? You're sending and receiving data. A data stream that can be piggy backed on if you have the right equipment.

Then say that! All I am trying to get across is that you need to explain it more. As it is written that scenario, the simple one I wrote, is what you have given you self power to do. Expand upon it and explain it in detail what it can do.