The Dominion
Craft: Modified Damoria Manufacturing's Carrack-class light
cruiser
Type: Modified light cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 350 meters
Skill: Capital ship piloting: Carrack
Crew: 1,007, gunners: , skeleton: 500
Passengers: 142 (pilots and troops)
Cargo Capacity: 2,000 tons
Consumables: 1.5 years
Hyperdrive: X1
Backup: X8
Nav Comp: yes
Manueverability: 2D+2
Space: 8
Hull: 5D
Shields: 2D+2
Sensors: 40/1D; 70/2D; 150/3D; 4/3D+2
Weapons:
10 Heavy Turbolasers
Fire arc: 2f, 3r, 3l, 2a
Crew: 3
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire control: 1D
Space range: 3-15/35/75
Atmosphere range: 3-15/35/75km
Damage: 7D
8 Medium Ion Cannons
Fire arc: 2f, 2l, 2r, 2a
Crew: 6
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire control: 3D
Space range: 1-10/25/50
Atmosphere range: 1-10/25/50km
Damage: 6D+1
2 Concussion Missile Tubes
Fire arc: front
Crew: 2
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire control: 2D
Space range: 2-12/30/60
Atmosphere range: 4-24/60/120km
Damage: 9D
1 Point Defense System
Fire arc: all (multiple low-powered cannons)
Crew: none (automated)
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire control: 6D
Fire rate: 2
Space range: 1-2/8/15
Damage: 4D
Capsule: The Dominion is Moff Lesbeat's
personal Carrack-class cruiser. This vessel is crewed by only the most
loyal personnel. These crewmembers are loyal to Moff Lesbeat personnally,
and they are often used for covert operations. When the Dominion isn't
being used on a covert mission, it serves as Lesbeat's personal transport
throughout the sector. The Dominion is a common sight in orbit around Conheav
Prime, or Draxin's Star when Lesbeat makes
one of his many visits to the Lucky Despot Casino.
Since the crew of the Dominion was chosen
for loyalty rather than skill, they aren't as elite as one might think,
although they recieve the best training, and see more action than most
crews, so they do have a slight edge over most cruiser crews in terms of
skill and experience. The crew of the Dominion are absolutely fanatical
in their support of Lesbeat, and none more so than captain Glesshin, who
has been a supporter of Lesbeat ever since he first served under him when
Lesbeat was first transferred to Conheav sector. Glesshin was very impressed
with Lesbeat's skillfull manipulation of the public opinion, and with the
results that he achieved. Glesshin came from the Dimmler system in the
Gnis sector, a notoriously badly managed area of space, with a long history
of inneffective leaders who were unable to keep the sector at the same
level as the rest of the galaxy in terms of standard of living, economy,
and virtually everything else. This made Glesshin, who grew up in poverty
because of this inept government, all the more appreciative of Lesbeat.
There is not a member of the crew who wouldn't gladly die for the moff.
Once a crew member accidently let slip a slightly compromising piece of
information to an officer on another naval vessel. Nothing was done with
the information, and it was not leaked intentionaly, but the rest of the
crew of the Dominion literally tore the crewman apart before a court-martial
could be convened. To say that the crew of the dominion is fanatically
loyal is actually quite an understatement.
The Dominion itself has been modified with
the best equipment available, and performs significantly above the baseline
set by a standard Carrack-class cruiser. It should be noted that, while
the Dominion is constantly modified with cutting-edge technology, it never
has experimental technology installed, as such always has a few bugs to
be worked out, and Lesbeat cannot afford to lose some of this best supporters,
not to mention his most expensive ship to a malfunction. The Dominion has
been fitted with high-powered ion cannons custom built by Lobic Arms, a
very expensive automated point defense system primarily for use against
enemy starfighters, and 8 extra starfighter docking clamps on the outer
hull, allowing a full squadron of fighters to be carried. Lesbeat keeps
many different types of starfighters available for the squadron of pilots
that is stationed aboard the Dominion, but the fighters most often carried
are TIE interceptors. In addition to this, the Dominion has been fitted
with all of the best stealth and countermeasures technology that Lesbeat
could aquire for her. This includes treating the vessel with sensor baffling
material (adds 2D to the difficulty to detect), installing an expensive
sensor mask (when turned on adds 3D to difficulty to detect and identify),
a baffled drive (when used has a space speed of 2, allows movement running
silent), comm jammers, and sensor jammers (for more info on all of these
devices see Pirates and Privateers pp38-40).
The Dominion and her crew could easily become
major antagonists for a group of characters operating in Conheav sector.