The Rebel Faction

Sieg-class Medium Cruiser

Name - Sieg-class Protected Cruiser

Designation – Protected Cruiser

Type – Pursuit and Engagement Vessel, 2nd Rank

Dimensions-
: Keel – 410 meters
: Beam – 110 meters
: Mast – 94 meters

Layout -
- View Attached Dossier

Armament –
- 3 Heavy Turbolaser Turrets (3 Turrets, dorsal superstructure)
- 10 Light Turbolaser Cannon (5 Port; 5 Starboard - casemates along flanks)
- 2 Ion Cannon (1 Port; 1 Starboard - either flank of conning tower)
- 3 Proton Torpedo Launchers (2 Bow tubes; 1 aft tube)
- 6 Laser Gatlings, Anti-fighter/projectile (Various)

Defenses –
- 4 Novaldex CG-20 Deflector Generators (2 Tower dome mounted; 2 ventral hull – sunken)
- 10 Light Flechette Launchers (Dispered throughout)
- Double-layered Armor belt

Engines – CEC (Corellian Engineering Corporation - Corellia) Tyle XII Drive Cluster, 3 drive units, all rear-mounted.

Power - Micro Solar Ionization Reactor

Speed – Average; comprable to a Strike II-class Medium Cruiser

Hyperdrive - x1 Rating

Shields – Particle and Energy Shields encompass entire ship

Launch Bay: single launch bay with launch doors on either side of the hull, aft of the command section

Vessel Compliment –
x1 TIE Shuttle
x4 TIE Defenders, MK IV

Vehicle Compliment –
x2 Light Assault Vehicles for recovery purposes

Crew Compliment –
(Numbers include Flight Operations Personnel)
Officers: 63
Crew: 940
Droids: 229


Description
History
The Sieg series of cruisers entered service shortly after the Strike Cruisers produced by Loronar as a counter to that company's monoply of cruiser development for the Imperial Navy. Early models delivered proved to be effective but lacked sufficient armor protection for a ship of its size.

As a stop gap measure, Rear Admiral Rovii, then adjutant Sector Fleet commander at Corellia ordered an additional two deflector generators installed on every new Sieg off the line. Sadly, while this added protection to the under-armored ship, it lead to a great power drain on the ionization reactor which reduced the ship's operational life between overhauls to unaccpetable levels. Slowly, the Sieg-class were replaced in priority sectors and written off as the problem children of the Fleet's mobile units.

Following the Wrath Virus, most of the galaxy's navies - including the Empire - were dangerously short of effective front-line craft of all designations, giving many older craft and designs new leases on life. Many Sieg Cruisers had been mothballed or relegated to border commands; a plan was brought forth by Dr. Kyanmin of the Bilbringi Yards development team to re-use the now 20 year old design. The problematic deflector generators would be replaced with more modern ones and reduced in number, with more traditional armor installed in a typical double-hull pattern. Weapons would be upgraded and an aft-firing torpedo tube added for rear-ward defense. This lead to the ship being redesignated a Protected Cruiser as its pursuit speed had been slowed with the new armor, though new engines kept that speed relative, comparabale to current vessels such as the Hammer-class Light Cruiser.

Present
The Sieg-class Cruisers of the current Fleet look like modern warships; those newly manufactured are far cries from the prototypes of two decades before. Operationally, the vessels are excellent patrol craft when paired together or with a frigate to deliver the killer blow when pursuit is complete. Their weaknesses is apparent in the design - only two of the turrets can be fired ahead as precedence has bene given to broadside capabilities. A Sieg can engage a ship of a relative enemy and come off with victory provided she is handled properly.

The ship was best described by the first Captain of the protoype, Sieg," She certainly will not win any races, but she can fight whatever gets in the way of her honorable mention trophy."



OOC Notes
The Sieg is just another ship in the Imperial registry, not a ground breaking design. One of the nameless ships I've used before and just am now putting concrete behind. They are average cruisers with a few extra guns and slower speed. The fighters are used for reconnaissance and escorting the shuttle.