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Undertow - Patrol Craft
AFFILIATION
Law Enforcement
Military
MANUFACTURER
Dawnward Mobility Technologies
MODEL
AEPC-3
CLASS
Patrol Craft
ROLE
Patrolling and Pursuit
COMPOSITION
Duralloy
Titanium
Chromium
DIMENSIONS
30 meters long
25 meters wide
18 meters tall
HANGAR CAPACITY
N/A
CREW
1 Pilot (required)
1 Gunner
1 Navigator/Co-pilot
PASSENGER CAPACITY
2
CARGO CAPACITY
2 Metric tons
CONSUMABLES
2 Month
SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
65 MLG - Medium Acceleration
Medium maneuverability
3.0 Hyperdrive (10 backup)
ARMAMENT
- 2x Laser cannons
- 2x Twin Blaster cannon turrets or 2x torpedo launchers (4 torpedos ea)
EQUIPMENT
- Advanced sensor array
- MG targeting suite & fire ordination system
- MG medium shield generators
- Advanced navigation system
- Advanced life support
- Emergency generator/reactor
- Escape pod (cockpit)
- Docking ports (1)
- 2x confinement quarters
INTENT
In legacy i read mention of submersable ships. There were ones that could go in and out of water as well as fly interstellar travel. they were few and far between even during the clone wars but i wanted to create a usful craft and maybe bring more attention to aquatic environments and expand settings. plus i think this would be a good addition to those that frequent those sort of locations anyways.DESCRIPTION
While technically a patrol craft the Undertow is almost a gunship and can be used as such though it is more lightly armed than typical assault boats. DMT designed the ship to be able to patrol and defend the areas like Jartra Lake and large bodies of water that are on the various planets of mandalorian space. The ever expanding area of the subsidiary's influence means there is a larger customer base in a diverse range of planets. Also wanting to provide for their people they came up with the designs for the All Environment Patrol Craft.It is primarily used for patrol and pursuit making it ideal for law enforcement, military, and bounty hunting clients. While not the fastest or most heavily armed of gunships or patrol craft it has a more adaptable capability of transitioning from one environment to the next. The ship has been designed to operate in all conditions. While it originally was meant to accommodate just space travel to atmosphere and then marine operations it has been advanced to be more reliable in places like harsh sand storms of Tatooine, the thing and harsh climate of ice worlds like Hoth, and the acid storms of Mordis VI. It is the ship that is used by those that are comfortable running down their opponent rather than out pacing them.
The ship is far from cheap and is a top of the line vessel requiring significant coin to purchase and are only made through contract. The weapons systems work perfectly underwater and the integrity of the ship is reinforced for potential accidental collision making it slightly more durable to kinetic damage than other ship as a bi-product though this is only against large marine animals, potential ocean debris and high velocity water entry a.k.a. diving into the water really hard and fast. It hardly makes a difference against high velocity projectiles. Chromium and other hardened systems were built in to resist environmental radiation. The backup generator is shielded from electromagnetic pulse and ion damage but must be off when the other systems are turned off for it to be used to return to partial operating. When running on backup generator it can only manage to use one of its weapon systems at a time.
There is a small cargo hold that doubles as an air lock allowing a portion of it to be flooded for ease of underwater exiting without risking the rest of the ships airtight status. The cargo hold is fairly small but is used to often carry the personal arms and equipment of the crew of the ship.
Onboard refresher are small and accommodate the needs of the crew of three. There is an additional two small cabins that come standard for confining prisoners but can be customized to be more accommodating to consensual passengers. Similarly the interior of the ship can be modified under the supervision of designated DMT employees and made to order for extra cost. Sometimes the buyer uses droids as crew which require less from the ship and use that extra space to add amenities that would otherwise not come standard though these are small and simply user preference.
The two laser cannons are mounted on either wing and can deliver substantial firepower to any foe. The hull mounted twin blaster turrets do lighter damage but can swivel and track targets much better and with a higher rate of fire. These two turrets can be exchanged for small proton torpedo launchers (4 torpedoes per turret). Both turrets can be manned by the gunner for optimized accuracy while the forward mounted laser cannons can be operated by the pilot or the co-pilot.
