....if you thought the Shenandoah was scary, then you aint seen nothing yet....
It. Has arrived.
The first of its class.
The first Superwarcruiser.
That's Super. War. Cruiser.
It's called the Elucidator.
And it'll not just blow your ship to pieces.
It'll clean up after you.
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Eegad! Only a few hours or so after I posted that teaser for this upcoming "Supercruiser to rule them all" have I actually unveiled the whole thing! And unlike the Shendandoah, which I believed to be massive, this one isn't massive....
IT'S MAGNITUDITALLY MASSIVE!!!!!!!
All those big black thingies are Quantum Hyperphaser Batteries. And if that isn't enough to scare you, then I don't know what is. Maybe the combined firepower of EVERYTHING on this thingy?
Including, all those Transphasic Phaser Strips and Torpedo Launchers?
And those Anti-Starfighter Batteries and Phaser Banks adorning the top AND bottom of this thingy?
And the firepower of every single starfighter, bomber, and escort within those two humungous hangers?
And its orbital bombardment bomb bays?
CAN ANYTHING STOP THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Short answer:
Nope.
Long answer:
Well, considering the fact it has those superpowered shields that the Shenandoah has (powered by six massive power generators within the ship), and they extend into transphasic frequencies, this Superwarcruiser is pretty much unbeatable in the terms of weapons fire hitting its shields.
If somehow its shields are bypassed, its ablative Gigawanium-fused-with-Neutronium armor will stand in the way of those deadly energy and projectile weapons. That armor and the entire structural integrity of this starship are both very rigid and durable thanks to basic construction techniques, lessening the effects of say shockwaves from a supernova. Also in the armor department is a 'new' technology called "Regenerative Armor", first used by Not-The-Borg during the Crystalien Conflict and being used once again, albeit refined, tested, and made much better. Essentially, it rebuilds a layer of armor over the hull of the starship that will protect the actual hull from most effects of weapons fire. The armor can only regenerate when the ship is in repair mode.
The Elucidator Class is also equipped with a high frequency jammer, that when turned on can block all and any transmissions to the starship. These can be transmissions containing surrender messages, or even viruses. And if any viruses find their way onto the starship, they not only have to bypass a complex firewall, but also deal with the latest in Star Fleet antivirus software. Information collected from infected starships' black boxes at the point of infection has allowed Alliance engineers and technicians to piece together a virus definition for the ABC (Minotaur Space Imperium virus software) to last until at least the 6.0 series. I wont say much more on this, except that we have our contacts.
So that's it for defenses and weapons power. Scared yet? No? I'm surprised.
Some background information on the Elucidator. Blueprints of massive, diamond shaped machines of war have always been on the desks of our engineers. The first of these from even before the Alliance was formed is the PCS St. George, the largest starship EVER. I would compare this latest machine with it, but I fear for my graphics card.
In Star Fleet, the Ticonderoga Class, Confederation Class, La Nina Class, etc. All examples of this design. But this latest one, I think it dwarfs them all.
It's the dream I had hoped the Shenandoah would become.
To make a Federation Supercruiser.
And there is now a starship within the Federation that truly isn't just a Battleship. It's a Supercruiser built for war.
A Superwarcruiser.
- Talmid the Conqueror
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| The USS Elucidator with its Shenandoah escort battleships |
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