Obsidian-Class Dreadnought

GH-Class (Obsidian-Class) Dreadnought

Manufacturer: Obsidian Company

Line: Obsidian Series

Model: GH-Class Heavy Bulk Dreadnought

Class: Dreadnought

Cost: 1,00,000 Credits

Length: 4,500 Meters

Width: 14,000 Meters

Height/Depth: 2,000 Meters

Maximum Acceleration: 150 g

Maximum Atmospheric Speed: 250 km/h

Engines: 8

Hyperdrive System: None

Armament:

Point Defense Quad Laser Batteries (1,100)

Heavy Ion Cannons (100)

Turbolasers (800)

Tractor Beam Projectors: 80

Gravity Well Projectors: 8

Complement:

Starfighters (4,000)

Crew: 500,000

Passengers: 120,000

Cargo Capacity: 7 million tons

Consumables: 4 years

Roles:

Carrier (Primary)

Command Ship

Heavy Transport

Description:

The Obsidian-Class Dreadnought is huge in size with heavy weapons and a huge amount of cargo and hangar space, but gives up its speed and maneuverability for it. Designed to be a carrier and expert blockade ship, the Obsidian-Class Dreadnought does not come equipped with a hyperdrive because of its immense weight. A hyperdrive would either give out or send the ship to lightspeed for only a fraction of a millisecond, traversing barely any space.

Usage:

The Obsidian-Class Dreadnought is the perfect blockade ship with layers of comms jammers as well as long range turbolasers, proficient in destroying enemy ships of almost any size before they can get anywhere near the planet. The ship is also equipped with 8 gravity well projectors that can pull an enemy or friendly ship out of lightspeed with pinpoint accuracy, releasing a barrage of fighters and unloading turbolaser fire.

Armament:

The Obsidian-Class Dreadnought, unlike most ships, is equipped only with long-range turbolasers, giving up the more short-range and less potent laser cannons. Still needing some protection against close range brawlers, however, the Obsidian-Class is equipped with 100 powerful ion cannons, ready to disable anything that comes into range of them, and a huge amount of point defense to obliterate enemy starfighters. All turbolasers and ion cannons can pivot 360 degrees.

Strengths & Weaknesses:

The Obsidian-Class has very strong forwards-facing shielding, as well as for its top and sides. These shields, called blast shields and only known about by the OC, are nearly impenetrable to large barrages of turbolaser and blaster cannon/ion cannon fire, but weaker against torpedoes and missiles, and relies on its long-range firepower to destroy anything before it can get close enough to use them. Scattered smaller blasts will also slowly wear down the shields, making corvettes and frigates oftentimes more effective than Star Destroyers and Dreadnoughts. The rear and bottom of the Obsidian-Class have much more vulnerable shields.

Shielding:

Blast Shielding is one of the Obsidian Company’s strongest inventions. The shields are designed to absorb massive barrages of firepower from larger ships, which, once absorbed, are used to power the shields, leaving the shields undamaged and at full power. Blast shielding’s weakness is primarily missiles and torpedoes, as it is incapable of stopping any material objects. Dispersed, scattered fire will also slowly whittle down the shields. Blast shielding also can only be installed on ships without a hyperdrive, since the shields have to be raised nonstop. (Only the OC knows about the strengths and weaknesses of blast shielding, and it is impossible to be replicated. The blueprints for the shielding is in a secure location, and only very few people know how to make it. If a generator is ever tampered with, it will explode.)

All in all, the Obsidian-Class Dreadnought is a terror of a ship, with nearly impenetrable shields, a strong hull, huge assortment of weapons, and a humongous hangar for starfighters.