The Rebel Faction

Vendetta class Battlecruiser

Vendetta-class Battlecruiser

Developer:
Black Sun

Manufacturer:
Various

Designation:
Front-Line Combat/Smuggling

Length:
1,150 Meters

Crew:
9,500 (Enlisted) 950 (Officers) plus pilots for fighter compliment

Hyperdrive (Primary) :
x1.25

Hyperdrive (Backup):
x7.5

Speed:
15 MGLT

Hull:
3,000 RU

Shields:
3,750 SBD

Hangar Capacity:
4 Squadrons of fighters (48)
25 Shuttles

Weapons:

6 Heavy Turbolasers
58 Medium Turbolasers
20 Proton Torpedo Launchers
20 Medium Ion Cannons
42 Heavy Lasers
8 Tractor Beams


Additional Features:

Visual Inspection and Ghost Operation System (VIGO System)
Tightbeam Rentenna
Deceiver Shield Masker

VIGO System:
The weaponry mounted on the Vendetta is military grade and often illicit in certain sectors of space. The VIGO system was designed to allow Vendetta's to operate in Imperial, Coalition and other government space without attracting undue attention. A majority of the Vendetta's weaponry (all but 20 of the heavy lasers, and the tractor beams) are retracted into the ship's hull or concealed with extraneous extensions of the hull. The idea is present the profile of a massive freighter (of an obvious generic quality). No two Vendettas have exactly the same camouflage system, in much the same way that no two Mon-Calimari vessels are exactly the same.

The VIGO system also attempts to shield sensor probes. When the system is activated, the ship runs off a small, non-military reactor, and various efforts are made to cloud the ships energy readings. When used in conjunction with the Deceiver Shield Masker, the Vendetta gives off the energy readings of a large freighter.

When the system is deactivated, the extraneous hull pieces fall off the ship and retracted weapons deploy. A separate, military grade reactor core takes over powering the ship.

Deceiver Shield Masker:
A Belgardi technology given to Black Sun via the Union and employed on the newest generation of Vendettas, it was originally created with the intention of confusing advanced targeting computers, though its primary purpose on the Vendetta is to hide the vessel's military grade shields. The Deceiver generates a thin, uniform layer of energy over the ship's primary shields. This layer is thin enough that standard weapons fire passes unaffected through it- however, sensor emissions bounce off the masker, giving the Vendetta a standard shield profile even if sections of the shield have been knocked out or reinforced with extra power.

Tightbeam Rentenna:
Another Belgardi technology, the rentenna uses a tiny, fixed, short-range transmitter, which can communicate with other tighbeam rentennas. Designed to punch through even the most powerful jamming it is heavily encrypted, and can send sensitive messages without fear of being intercepted. Not designed for long range communications, and non compatible with other forms of communication, the rentenna is primarily used for ship to ship communication between vessels in heavy jamming, but can also be used for covert communiqués, as the transmissions are nearly impossible to detect an intercept by conventional means.


Description:

Part of Prince Gorma's plan for the resurgence of Black Sun was the commission of a unique vessel to compliment Black Sun's trademark use of the deadly Star Viper starfighters. The Vendetta was that vessel. Powerful enough to fight the mainline warships of pirates and some major governments, Vendetta's are also versatile, able to act as cargo haulers and mobile command ships.

Very generic in their appearance, the Vendetta is designed to operate below the radar by disguising itself as massive freighter, and employs a long thin, cigar shaped body. Depending on the individual Vendetta, it may employ a set of wing-like extensions out from the center of its hull.

Build by standard shipworks through a series of shady, under the table deals, or more recently at the Union's shipworks at the Forge, Vendetta's are becoming more plentiful as Black Sun increases its income via criminal activities and with Union financial assistance. Still, the Vendetta is an expensive ship, and in its current state Black Sun cannot afford to maintain a large fleet of these vessels.