Cohen-Class "The Verada Nashta"

[Ghostie]

Official Name: Cohen-Class Gunboat “The Verada Nashta”
Faction/Affiliation: Independent
Classification: Gunboat

Stock/Custom: Semi-Stock (Stealth System and Paint Job are Custom)

Dimensions-
Height: 21 meters
Width: 40 meters
Length: 63 meters

Manufacturer: MandalMotors

Energy Source: (1) Phoenix Mass Ion Drive Core

Hyper drive rating: 5

Crew Necessity: 10 Skeleton, 20 Full

Armament: One Medium Ion Cannon (Chin), Two Dual Heavy Laser Cannon Turrets (One Port, One Starboard), One Quad Laser Turret (Top)

Passenger Capacity: N/A
Cargo Capacity: 340 Metric Tons
Consumables: 1 Year
Hanger Facilities/Starfighter Capacity: Hangar Bay, holds one Shuttle or Fighter
Other: Long-Range Comm., Stealth Construction, Sick-Bay, Recreation Room, Ground Vehicle Bay, Escape Pods

Statistics-
Speed: 4
Maneuverability: 4
Effectiveness vs. Starfighters: 3
Effectiveness vs. Capital Ships: 5
Armor: 7
Shielding: 6
Sensors: 5
Reliability: 5

Description/role:

The Cohen-Class Guboat was designed by MandalMotors as a way to transport cargo and protect it at the same time. MandalMotors thought they could make a large profit selling a ship that could guarantee protection and transportation, while cutting the ships needed by such thins in half if they marketed to the Outer Rim. Many merchant guilds bought up the first line of Cohen-Class frigates, but this didn't deter pirates or other raiders any. Soon, The Cohen-Class could be seen fighting other Cohen-Classes in the Outer Rim, supply convoys verses pirates. Although, both sides agree that the Cohen-Class gets the job done.

Ethan Moreill bought this particular Cohen-Class frigate, looking to hire a crew along with it. He had a stealth modification done to the ship, as well as repainting it blue instead of the stock grey. The stealth modification does not cloak the ship like normal. Instead, is hides the ship's emissions in heat sinks hidden deep in the hull and scattered all about. This ensures the ship cannot be detected on sensors, but someone would still be able to see it. The stealth system can only be used for a couple of hours before overheating. Ethan christened the ship The Verada Nashta after a mandalorian story his mother used to tell him of a monster that walked in the shadows

Deck 1: Hangar, hangar storage
Deck 2: Hangar, vehicle bay, armory Aft- Turret, shield generator
Deck 3: Bridge, central corridor, Aft- escape pods, main engineering
Deck 4: Sickbay Aft- turret, cargo bay
Deck 5: Crew quarters Aft- cargo bay
Deck 6: Crew quarters
Deck 7: Chin turret



The custom blue paint of The Verada Nashta

[Vipervertical]

Since SOMEONE is slacking off. I'm here to pick up his pieces.

Mar 24, 2012 22:33:08 GMT -5 Ghostie said:

Official Name: Cohen-Class Frigate “The Verada Nashta”
Faction/Affiliation: Independent
Classification: Frigate

Stock/Custom: Stock (Custom Paint)

Dimensions-
Height: 21 meters
Width: 40 meters
Length: 63 meters

Manufacturer: MandalMotors

Energy Source: (1) Phoenix Mass Ion Drive Core

Hyper drive rating: 5

Crew Necessity: 5 Skeleton, 15 Full Seems a little large for that small of a crew. But plausible.

Armament: One Medium Ion Cannon (Chin), Two Light Turbolasers (One Port, One Starboard), One Quad Laser Turret (Top)

Passenger Capacity: N/A
Cargo Capacity: 340 Metric Tons
Consumables: 1 Year
Hanger Facilities/Starfighter Capacity: Hangar Bay, holds one Shuttle or Fighter
Other: Long-Range Comm., Stealth Construction You're going to need to elaborate. What does this mean?, Sick-Bay, Recreation Room, Ground Vehicle Bay, Escape Pods

Statistics-
Speed: 4
Maneuverability: 4
Effectiveness vs. Starfighters: 4
Effectiveness vs. Capital Ships: 5
Armor: 7
Shielding: 6
Sensors: 5
Reliability: 5

Description/role:

The Cohen-Class Frigate was designed by MandalMotors as a way to transport cargo and protect it at the same time. MandalMotors thought they could make a large profit selling a ship that could guarantee protection and transportation, while cutting the ships needed by such thins in half if they marketed to the Outer Rim. Many merchant guilds bought up the first line of Cohen-Class frigates, but this didn't deter pirates or other raiders any. Soon, The Cohen-Class could be seen fighting other Cohen-Classes in the Outer Rim, supply convoys verses pirates. Although, both sides agree that the Cohen-Class gets the job done.

Ethan Moreill bought this particular Cohen-Class frigate, looking to hire a crew along with it. He had a stealth modification done to the ship, as well as repainting it blue instead of the stock grey. He christened it The Verada Nashta after a mandalorian story his mother used to tell him of a monster that walked in the shadows

Deck 1: Hangar, hangar storage
Deck 2: Hangar, vehicle bay, armory Aft- Turret, shield generator
Deck 3: Bridge, central corridor, Aft- escape pods, main engineering
Deck 4: Sickbay Aft- turret, cargo bay
Deck 5: Crew quarters Aft- cargo bay
Deck 6: Crew quarters
Deck 7: Chin turret

Stock Photo

Not seeing a lot wrong with this. Then again, I am slightly out of practice. So yeah, change those small things and it sounds good.

[Ghostie]

Okay, I added a description of the stealth systems in the description. Guess it was a bit of a general term.

But I didn't mess with the crew at all. I don't have that many people joining up, and about 5 people for skeleton would be just fine to fly the ship around. If I absolutely, positively need to change it, I will.

[sparrow]

Turbolasers are generally restricted to capital ships, especially so for cargo ships purchasable by civilians. This ship seems like it's trying to be too awesome at everything. Awesome weapons, awesome cargo, awesome stealth system... something's gotta give somewhere.

[Ghostie]

Aren't frigates capital ships? They're Light Turbolasers. It only has two other guns besides the two Light Turbolasers. And these ships aren't necessarily purchasable by civilians. More like merchants guilds who want to protect their cargo. Perhaps I should have been more clear.

And the cargo bay spans two decks, and makes up a good portion of both decks.

[sparrow]

A capital ship is defined as a ship > 100m in length. Calling a smaller ship a frigate does not make it so, especially since you describe it in the description as a non-military cargo-hauler.

[Generalfoley]

Sorry, I don't mean to intrude, but I had to say, love the name. The Verada Nashata. Lol, you Doctor Who fan you.

[Vipervertical]

Sparrow is absolutely right. And now I know I'm out of practice since I missed that the first time.

You're gonna have to take the turbolasers off. Civilian cargo haulers don't need to carry that kind of heavy duty firepower. A single shot would probably shut down your own engines.

[Lemur, The Kool-Aid Guy]

Umm, guys. This isn't civilian. It's an independent military craft that happens to have a cargo hold. It's really more of a commerce raider than anything. If it was civilian it would probably be under a different category.

[A®heim]

Whatever it is, the fact remains that it ain't a frigate. You can call it one, but that doesn't offer the same benefits. Turbolaser weaponry, unless the entire hull was built entirely around it, simply draws too much power to be effective on this design. Ion cannons in this time period take nearly as much energy as its a rather inefficient and unrefined technology.

If you want to pack a heavier punch onto a smaller vessel, missiles are the way to go. Much like in real life; if you want to down a cruiser with a PT boat, you stick torpedoes on it, not a deck gun. However, after reading the intended role of this ship, it isn't meant to take part in any overt combat which means you would want to focus mainly on anti-fighter weaponry and simply out-run larger ships (keeping the ion cannon at most to help run a blockade).

Incidently, I like your description for the stealth system. It's original.

[Ghostie]

My only concern about putting missiles on - Aren't they ineffective against shields?

[A®heim]

Nope! In fact some, like concussion missiles, are very good at taking them down or skipping them entirely! Most missiles mean the end of any ship without particle shields (designed particularly for non-laser weaponry). I wrote a song about this once, you can find it...somewhere...

[Ghostie]

Modified with Heavy Laser Cannons instead of Turbolasers. If more modification is needed for the armament, I'm just going to make them concussion missile launchers.

[A®heim]

Your load-out and statistics are much more similar to a gunboat or a corvette in the pocket-destroyer configuration. You will also need to increase the maximum crew a little to optimize use of your many diverse systems. If you're worried about not having enough people to play the crew members, it's not to worry. Fill out the RP with with NPCs, named or unnamed, and just bark orders at them IC now and again. It's how characters on this sight "single-handedly" crew frigates or larger vessels. Finally, a single anti-starfighter weapon covering only one axis of the ship would make it extremely vulnerable to strafing runs by fighters or missile bombers which would be able to bring their weapons to bear with frightening efficiency on a target this size.

[Ghostie]

Modified. Crew went up to 10 skeleton and 20 full, the ship itself is now a Corvette class like you recommended, lower the effectiveness verses starfighters to 3, and I even got a new picture.

[berserker]

[A®heim]

I actually mean to say patrol ship instead of corvette, but you also need to change the name in the thread title.

For more information on ship classes and their lengths, look here:
swrponline2.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=starships&thread=3531&page=1

[Ghostie]

Duh, forgot to modify the title. Silly me.

Gunboat seemed right here. That's what I modified it to.

On that note, Modified.

[A®heim]

As Uncle would say, "ONE MORE THING!"

I assume by Semi-Stock you mean that this is just a custom paint job and name on an otherwise stock vessel? Or have the systems themselves been modified?

[Ghostie]

The stealth system is not stock. Otherwise everything but the paint job, as you mentioned, is stock. I believe I mentioned the stealth system not being stock.