The Rebel Faction

BHG - Xion class command cruiser

Name: Xion class command cruiser

Designation: XCC

Mission Profile: multi-role deep space combat starship

Dimensions:
Length: 1,088 meters

Crew: 500

Consumables: 2 years

Cargo Capacity: 100,000 metric tonnes

Armament:
30 Heavy Turbolaser Batteries
10 Heavy Ion Cannons
20 Quad Laser Cannons
25 Quadrupule Proton Torpedo Launchers
10 Tractor Beam Projectors

Hangar Capacity:
16xSquadrons (192) of Vulture-X Droid Fighters
50xsupport craft (shuttles, troop transports)

Troop/Passenger Capacity:
5,000

Protection:
Reinforced Durasteel Armour
Military grade shields
Shield Rating: 5,000 SBD
Hull Rating: 2,500 RU

Propulsion:
4 Nubian Creveld-10 radial ion drives
military-grade hyperdrive motivator
Sublight Speed: 15 MGLT
Hyperdrive Rating: 1.5 Past Lightspeed
Atmospheric Speed: 1,000 km/h

Description:

When the clone wars ended, it was thought that all the droids had shut down and ceased to function. The fact is thought, only those droids that were directly associated with the confederacy were shut down. There was an incident that took place during the war, when a small droid detachment, under the command of a Neimodian, disappeared. It was thought that the droid detachment had suffered a computer virus and had self-destructed, however that was not the case. The Neimodian in charge, not wanting to place his faith in general grevious or the other seperatists leaders, broke off to form his own seperate command, including the purging of the droids programming and replacing it with his own.

The small force, consisting of a providence carrier and two banking guilds communications frigates, fell into the hands of a Neimodian sect after the clone wars ended, and were hidden away, occasionally modified, and passed down through the generations, until finally, some twenty years after the battle of Endor, it was decided to use them again. The Providence class destroyer was modified and brought up to modern standards, thus creating the Xion.

The Xion, upon emerging into this new world, was completley rebuilt at a secret shipyard facility, and now is more powerful than ever. The main differences between this new cruiser and the older types is that besides the basic upgrades and modernizations, the weapons have been compacted to take up less space, and a lot of the hangar and troop carrying capacity has been eliminated in order to allow for more cargo space aboard. The Xion is designed to be a command carrier/destroyer, but can also serve as a adequate cargo transport, billing the needs of the Starstriker Corporation perfectly.