Class:
Cruiser
Build Cost:
3,700 RUs
Build Time: 420 s
Maneuverability: Very Low
Acceleration: 39 m/s^2
Max Velocity: 250 m/s
Hit Points: 90,000
Repair Rate: 320/5 s
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Firepower:
20,000
Coverage: 30%
Mass: 131,000 tons
Salvage No.: 5
Nav Lights: 7
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Special Abilities:
None
Required Tech:
Super-Capital Ship Drive
Super-Heavy Chassis
Heavy Guns |
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Damage: |
Range: |
Fire
Time: |
| 6(1)
Large Mass Driver Turrets |
100-125 |
4,000
m |
3.7
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| 2(2)
Large Ion Cannon Turrets |
30-33 |
6,000
m |
6.0
s |
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During the dark
days of ancient Kharak, Qwaar-Jet was the ancient God of
Pain and Enslavement on Kharak, and so it was only fitting
that Hiigaran Fleet Intelligence give this code-name to the
most powerful warship currently used by Taiidani forces,
both Republican and Imperial. During the pre-Republican Era,
Qwaar-Jet Cruiser squadrons terrorized entire Star Systems
into submission at the emperor's command. Even in the
aftermath of the Taiidani Civil War, the Qwaar-Jet has lost
none of its fearful reputation, despite having met its match
in the Hiigaran Avatar-class Heavy Cruiser and Kiith
Somtaaw's Archangel-class Dreadnought.
The Qwaar-Jet
packs a lethal punch, with four heavy ion beams firing from
massive turrets, giving them unheard-of coverage. This is
backed up by six Assault-class mass drivers, mounted
over-under fashion along the sides. This arrangement allows
the Heavy Cruiser to direct withering fire against other
slow-moving capital ships, even as it maneuvers at combat
speed. While the Qwaar-Jet, like most capital ships, has
trouble engaging fast-moving strike craft, its incredibly
thick armor allows it to ignore anything less than a massed
Plasma Bomber attack.
Since
the end of the Homeworld War, the Qwaar-Jet has been
upgraded as conditions and technology present themselves,
and Hiigaran commanders facing Imperialist forces can expect
to see Qwaar-Jets that may be equipped with energy cannons
and reinforced reactive armor. In their current undeclared
guerrilla war against Hiigara and the Taiidan Republic, the
Imperial Navy seems to be using its remaining Qwaar-Jet
Cruisers in hunter/killer pairs that use sheer brute force
to punch through picket ships and destroy the Carriers at
the center of any fleet group. It is not known whether this
tactic is simply part of a war of attrition or the prelude
to a deadly phase of new aggression.
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