Mon Calamari MC401 Blue Diver Battle Carrier

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Class Name: MC401 Blue Diver-class Battle Carrier; extant ships of the class include the Blue Diver, the Firaxa, the Krakana, and the Aquilaris.
Manufacturer: Mon Calamari Shipyards
Production Line: Battle Cruiser
Technical Designation: MC401
Affiliation: Galactic Alliance Navy
Composition: Quadanium hull, titanium-reinforced alusteel structure and secondary hulls, nightshadow anti-sensor coating.

Classification: Capital (Battle Cruiser)
Role: Fleet carrier, command ship
Height: 701 meters
Width: 1,500 meters
Length: 3,350 meters

Power Core Generator/Reactor: Hypermatter reactors, solar power cells, emergency backup batteries
Hyperdrive Rating: Class 1, backup class 4
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: 60 MGLT, 950 km/h atmosphere, 125 knots underwater; moderate maneuverability and decent acceleration.

Crew: 3,100-27,803
Passenger Capacity: 10,750
Cargo Capacity: 36,000 metric tons
Consumables: 6 years

Armament:

[/b] 200, fire-linked in groups of 4. The mainstay of the Blue Diver's direct-fire arsenal, these turrets are able to effectively and reliably engage anything from a snubfighter to another Star Dreadnought. They are split among the ship's facings, able to engage in pretty much any direction (though it is vulnerable when attacked from behind, as it has fewer turrets covering the stern than other facings).
[li]Heavy turbolaser cannon turrets: 200, fire-linked in groups of 4. These turrets, unlike the smaller turbolasers, are too slow to effectively target and engage fast starfighters. They serve as heavy anti-capital weapons, mounted on the dorsal hull in proton-shielded armored cowls; none of them face aft. Several monitor stations are tied in to each turret, with firing control on top, the targeting level in the middle, and modulation and power feed controls located in floors underneath. Each turret has its own dedicated reactor, enabling the ship to support many more than it normally could.
[/li][li]Composite-beam proton beam cannon turrets: 8 of these, colloquially (though inaccurately) known as "superlasers" line the ship's hull with four to each side. They are able to engage targets with a 270-degree fire arc, dedicated anti-capital weapons designed both for punching through enemy warships' defenses and for assaulting planetary fortifications. They have a slow rate of fire, about one shot every six seconds, and like the heavy turbolasers have dedicated reactors to power them.
[/li][li]Assault concussion missile tubes: 44, payload 16 missiles each. These are arrayed on the ship's bow, angled to engage in the forward arc and to the sides. They are most effective against capital ships and fortified installations, as the missiles aren't quite as maneuverable as proton torpedoes and have intensely powerful warheads.
[/li][li]Ion cannon turrets: 30, fire-linked in groups of 2. The ion counterparts to the turbolaser turrets, these are mounted to cover all of the ship's facings. They are able to track and engage targets as small as starfighters, making them highly effective for apprehending targets the Fleet wants alive.
[/li][li]Phylon Transport Q7 tractor beam projectors: 10. These tractor beam projectors are mostly intended for handling allied ships and cargo, including netting in escape pods for rescue. They are also quite useful for capturing enemy ships, though generally only under certain circumstances.
[/li][li]Point-defense laser cannons: 400. Though the tracking and targeting computers on the turbolaser turrets are capable of engaging starfighters, the ship's point-defense turrets protect her from incoming fighters, gunboats, projectiles, missiles, torpedoes, and debris.[/li][/ul]
Defensive Systems:

• Serridge SEAL shielding system: A regenerative system of deflector and ray shields whose ancestry traces back to Home One, the Viscount, and other Mon Calamari designs, the Blue Diver-class is protected by hundreds of networked, overlapping shield generators with multiple backup redundancy rather than a small group of larger shield generators.
  
• 220-SIG Sensor Jamming Devices: A powerful one-ton jamming system, this is useful as a form of electronic warfare. It severely hinders enemy sensors and targeting computers, as well as blocking enemy communications in the given area. The ship carries several of these devices, most effective against fighters and small craft; they are barely useful against capital ships, if at all. Unlike most jammers, the 220-SIG does not interfere with the sensors, targeting computers, and communications of the ship it is installed on.
  
• Dedicated Energy Receptor Projector: The DERP works by absorbing and blocking incoming long-range sensor pings and transmissions broadcast by enemy ships, rendering the Blue Diver invisible to most enemy scanners, targeting computers, and incoming missiles.
  Of course, given the sheer size of the thing, visual scanning and manual aim is generally more than sufficient to hit it once the enemy has closed in to closer engagement ranges.
  
• Missile Deactivation Transmitter: These transmitters, as their name suggests, are able to detect the guiding frequencies used by enemy missiles and warheads. They are capable of autonomously sending a signal to deactivate the projectiles before damaging the Blue Diver-class.

Carried Craft:

• Space Superiority Starfighters: 288 (4 wings).
  
• Interceptor Starfighters: 144 (2 wings).
  
• Bombers: 144 (2 wings).
  
• Scouts: 24 (2 squadrons).
  
• Transport Shuttles: several
  
• Assault Shuttles: several
  
• Dropships: dozens
  
• Prefabricated Garrison Base: 1.
  
• Other: The Blue Diver-class can carry several corvettes and gunships in its primary hangar bays, much like the larger Traquia-class SSD. They typically remain deployed out in escort formations, leaving the Blue Diver's ship berthings open to receive them for repairs and rescue operations.
  The Blue Diver has room for two corvettes in each of its main bays, though it can support several more.

Other Systems:

• Ship-Mind: Much of the ship's operations can be taken over by its AI computer core, though the standard protocol is to have them be crewed. The AI only takes over in case of emergencies, but it also runs the networked repair and defense drones and serves as part of the ship's administrative bureaucracy. It is incapable of operating the weapon systems directly, and can only control the drive systems in emergency situations.
  
• Sensor suite: The Blue Diver-class ship's sensors are adequate, though not spectacular. It has a multi-spectrum sensor suite capable of long-range detection and target resolution, with magnetic and gravimetric sensors being the most remarkable part. The ship also features several multi-spectrum telescopes useful in astronomy as well as long-range target identification.
  
• Repair drones: Thousands of these little droids, all networked to the ship-mind, run about the ship. They not only conduct basic maintenance alongside the organic crew, but also serve as automated damage control teams and rescue workers.
  
• Defense drones: Not yet implemented (will be a separate tech profile entry).
  
• HoloNet transceiver: Like many capital ships, the Blue Diver-class is equipped with HoloNet transceivers capable of extremely high-density data transmission across the galaxy in seconds rather than years.
  
• Medical bays: The medical bays aboard ships of this class are more akin to full-fledged hospitals, able to receive and treat hundreds of casualties. They are fully outfitted with batch tanks, medical droids, and treatment wards. It is standard procedure for a Blue Diver-class on patrol to admit civilian patients from less-developed worlds as humanitarian aid.
  
• HIMS: The Hyperwave Inertial Momentum Sustainer technology enables the Blue Diver-class to counteract an interdiction field. A gravitic anomaly sensor in the system provides the ship's hyperdrive the ability to shut off, preventing damage from sudden realspace reversion upon encountering a gravity well. At the same time, the HIMS can produce a static hyperspace "bubble", sustaining the ship's presence in hyperspace while accumulated forward momentum propelled it along. While the HIMS can only keep the Blue Diver in hyperspace briefly, it is sufficient to pass through most any interdiction fields.

Description: A squat vessel in the same vein as the larger Traquia-class Super Star Defender, this Battle Carrier is a heavily-defended warship that is designed to survive running through a blistering offense to deliver the fighters into a hot combat zone. It is designed more after the Imperial Star Destroyers of old than the Mon Calamari design staff might wish to admit, though in truth it draws just as heavily from the Venator and MC80 lineage. The Blue Diver-class has three primary hangar bays - one to each side, and one beneath the bow head. The primary bays are suited for accepting anything up to a small corvette in size. It carries a smaller secondary bay on the dorsal pod, suitable only for fighters. The Blue Diver is heavily-armed with an arsenal of turbolasers, ion cannons, concussion missiles and proton beam cannons, making it a lethal warship in its own right.