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Broadsword-class Siege Monitor

Name: Broadsword – class Monitor

Designation – Heavy Monitor

Type – Siege Platform

Dimensions-
: Keel – 1180 meters
: Beam – 200 meters
: Mast – 300 meters

Layout -
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Armament –
- 4 Quad-turbolaser Batteries (1 gun, dorsal and ventral surfaces, port sponson – 2 total; same starboard sponson – 4 totale’ grande)
- 80 Heavy Turbolaser Cannon (30: dispersed, port sponson; 30: dispersed, starboard sponson; 20: dispersed, central spar)
- 60 Heavy Proton Warhead Launchers (30: dispersed, port sponson; 30: dispersed, starboard sponson)
- 15 Quad Laser Batteries (dispersed throughout)

Defenses –
- 4 Novaldex CG-18 Deflector Generators (2 Tower dome mounted; 2 ventral hull – sunken)
- 40 Light Flechette Launchers (Dispered throughout)
- Heavy Armor Plating

Engines – TDR (Tamylian Drive Yards – Thyferra) GLG20. Internal Workings Classified. Output module – four aft-mounted conical units.
- Reactor – TDY GLG18 Primary Source Reactor. Internal Workings Classified.

Speed – Slow; plodding (4 MGLT)

Hyperdrive - x2 Rating - very slow. NOT INTENDED FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT

Armor – Thick. Designed to absorb great damage without aid of shields (20000 RU)

Shields – Destroyer-grade (10000 SBD)

Launch Bay: Located ventral hull. Interior chambers house maintenance facilities/repair/storage. Size – 50 meters

Vessel Compliment –
x2 D-9 Assault Shuttles
x4 Skipray Blastboats
x1 Lambda-class Shuttle
x3 Sentinel-class Shuttles

x2 Squadrons TIE Defender Mk IIs (24 craft)

Vehicle Compliment –
x4 AT-ST Walkers for rescue purposes

Crew Compliment –
(Numbers include Flight Operations Personnel)
Officers: 1450
Crew: 13005
Droids: 5883

Description

Orders were given to the Imperial Department of Military Research (IDMR) to design a heavy support vessel whose dedicated role was elimination of planet-based fortifications and defenses. High numbers of anti-aerial artillery had prevented Victory-class Destroyers and other atmosphere-capable bombardment platforms from descending. Barrage support from orbiting battleships had proven adequate but not successful. The great range at which the Imperial III- and IV- class Destroyers had to discharge their medium weapons prevented efficiency and any measure of accuracy; concentrating available Destroyers for Army support was considered by Command a waste of fuel. Heavy weapons were lacking in concentration to eliminate fortified positions, fortress belts, and bunker systems.

The Broadsword mounts nearly all large bore weapons, and concentrates them in battery clusters to provide EOT and FOF (Energy on Target and Field of Fire, respectively). Their range equals those of the Fleet’s ships of the line, the monitor merely concentrates them to provide a tremendous deal of support to surface operations.

The ship, however, has been designed with siege conditions or assault stages in mind: the presence of enemy fighter craft and small capital ships is not considered. In the occasion the ship is forced to engage, gunships and two fighter squadrons have been attached to keep fighters away. Large caliber weapons cannot rotate quickly enough to fire at faster ships. In addition, a small number of close in defenses, such as the quad lasers, have been added, though their presence is for an illusion of crew safety than its practice.

As well, the Broadsword is not intended for deployment alone or as a main-stay warship. Her speed at both sublight and hyperspace is much slower than that of primary-action cruisers, Destroyers, and battleships. Another factor in her deployment must be considered fuel availability. The ship carries in excess of –oh-point-one million tonnes, but this reserve is for the drive system: due to the drain on the reactor from the heavy weapons, more fuel must be consumed to operate the reactor; the vessel is extremely blunt and heavy, increasing again consumption for the drive system. The ship is highly expensive to operate.

The Broadsword is a bombardment platform, and in this respect, be used in an assault role: her weapon compliment has proven more than sufficient to disable even the newly-released Golan X Defense Platform. However, small supporting craft and fighters must be kept at a distance by escorts. The hull armor, though thick, will not tolerate any more than three consecutive torpedo volleys (considered 24 warheads) at any one point after shield collapse.

Estimated Production Cost – 155.000.000.00 Imperial Credits
Imported System Cost – 34.000.000.00
Stores/Fuel Cost – 87.000.000.00

Total Cost Estimated – 276.000.000.00 at launch