Tion Dragon Corvette (BDE)
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<b>Tion Dragon Corvette</b>
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<b>Manufacturer:</b> Tion Engineering Corporation(TEC)
<b>Name:</b> Tion Dragon Corvette(BDC)
<b>Designation:</b> Freighter/Cargo/Transport/Blockade Runner
<b>Length:</b> 150 meters
<b>Crew:</b> 30-170 (Depending on configuration)
<b>Consumables:</b> 6 months
<b>Troop Capacity/Passengers:</b> Up to 600 (Depending on configuration)
<b>Weapons:</b>
8 HD-7 Advanced Rotating Turbolaser Batteries(4 top; 4 bottom)
6 Wyvern Cannons(3 Fore; 3 Aft)
2 Tion SW-4 Ion Cannons
1 Screamer
<B>Cargo Capacity:</b> 3,000 Metric Tons
<B>Profile:</B>
The Tion Cluster's answer to the Corellian Corvette. Built by the Tion Engineering Corporation on Argai, the Tion Dragon Corvette(TDC) is a mid-sized vessel which can function as troop carrier, light escort vessel, cargo transport, or passenger liner. The interior of the ship is modularly designed, so it is easy to reconfigure a Corvette from one of these duties to another, thus greatly increasing its usefulness and resale value.
Tion Cluster pilots like their ships fast in sublight speed and able to make hyperspace jumps quickly; officers and passengers of the BDE also enjoy roomy interiors and plenty of creature comforts, not to mention large cargo space, passenger room, and the finest weapons systems. The Tion Dragon Corvette goes a long way toward providing for all of these.
In its military configuration, a TDC has little cargo space and few amenities; instead, that space is taken up by bigger sublight engines and shield generators, fire control and defensive computers, fuel containers, weapons systems, and troop berths. A military TDC requires a crew of about 165 men to operate effectively.
Passenger liner, privateer, and cargo running Corvettes are similarly equipped, though such vessels are typically undergunned than their military counterparts.
As a transport vessel, the Tion Dragon Corvette can be configured to haul a wide variety of cargo under a wide variety of conditions. It can be modified to carry bulk merchandise, such as water, grain or oxygen; it can be compartmentalized to carry many different kinds of cargo, maintaining each in the appropriate atmospheric and gravitational conditions; it can be made into a serviceable passenger vessel and outfitted with anything from steerage-class berths to luxurious first-class suites. (Because of this, many planetary Governors and Regents of the BDE utilize TDC's as diplomatic couriers).
Tion Corvettes are hoped to serve well in the Imperium and provide commercial and military uses to its users. It hopes to corner the starship market the Corellians have been made famous for.
The Tion Corvette also includes the first integration of known technologies from across the Imperium. The weapons and shielding are from Tion/Farfalen technology, which are then added to the sheer strength from the Dameun, with the mechanical expertise of the Tion Cluster, to produce this engineered wonder of technology:
<I>All technologies are linked to the BDE R&D approved list when indicated</i>. All others are considered new.
1. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic"><b>Wyvern Cannon</b></a>
2. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic"><b>Bounce Back sensors</b></a>
3. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic"><b>Five-Axis Jump system</b></a>
4. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic"><b>Web Sensor System</b></a>
5. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic"><b>E3 targeting computers</b></a>
6. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm20.showMessage?topicID=1.topic"><b>Gravimetric Engine</b></a>
7. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm20.showMessage?topicID=1.topic"><b>Screamer</b></a>
8. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm20.showMessage?topicID=1.topic"><b>Intelligence Web Node</b></a>
9. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm20.showMessage?topicID=1.topic"><b>Daemun Hyperdrive</b></a>
10. <a href="http://p221.ezboard.com/fbde39785frm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic"><b>HD-7 Advanced Turbolaser Battery</b></a>
11. <B>Electro-pulse Shields</B> - with the hull lined with thousands of tiny emitters that release an ionic pulse extending just past the regular shields. These pulses generally detonate any projectiles before they hit.
12. <B>Bi-Polar Shields</b> - A combined shield of positive and negatively charged shield energy. While the positive absorbs the common weapons, the negative energy can absorb the more exotic weapons I.E: ion cannons.
13. <b>Anti-Intruder System</b> - Checkpoints every twenty-five meters throughout the ship has been implemented, with blast doors at each checkpoint. Also at every checkpoint are force locks (strong force fields) that will automatically engage to block a person who does not have the proper clearance to that portion of the ship. At every checkpoint (which are manned by a security Mystery) are clearance checks - which are done by molecular recognition. Access to the bridge is extremely limited, and only officers are allowed entry. Persons wishing to enter the bridge must undergo a molecular scan - those who do not have clearance are barred from entry by force locks and blast doors. Also lining the checkpoints are the mark four guardian grids. These grinds are outfitted with laser cannons that track known hostiles and eliminate them. The grids only come online when someone tries to gain access through the checkpoint without clearance.
14. <b>Auxiliary Command</b> - This could not be more truthful. In recent events it has been observed that the need for a secondary ship control has become apparent. The auxiliary command is much different than bridge control, but it has all the necessary components that it’s original companion carries. The auxiliary command is activated in two ways: One, in the event of total systems failure on the main bridge, the command is automaticaly activated. Two, if the first bridge is destroyed somehow, the command comes online. Auxiliary Command consists of armored information relay points located internaly within the ships hull. These data relays are imbued with inactive mysteri, which in case of shipwide emergancy will take control of the ship, evaluate the situation, and take appropriate action based on what it detects.
15. <b>Metabolic Anti-Theft System</b> - This system, when activated, will begin a proccess of disassemblers that will turn the ship itself into its base atomic structure within an hour. Docked vessels, as well as anything else attached to it, suffer a an increasing risk of subcoming to the effects of the metabolic breakdown if the disassemblers reach the connection between ships.
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