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 Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:08 pm Post subject: Mon Calamari type Home One star cruiser |
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I am not sure how I came about this, but for some reason I always thought that Home One was a variation of the MC80 and there was more than just the one that Ackbar got to tour around the galaxy in. When I researched this there is nothing in canon that says there was indeed only one, though we only see and hear about one. This does not mean they do not exist though. In my game the Alliance had only four of these which were commissioned in BBY 1. One was lost at the Battle of Endor and another at the failed attempt to liberate Kashyyyk at the Second Battle of Kashyyyk. Leaving only two in the fleet around ~4 ABY. Below in my first attempt to stat this as a ship series and not a singular ship design. Thoughts and suggestions appreciated (that means you crmcneill and garhkal).
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MC80 Home One type Star Cruiser
Craft: Mon Calamari MC80 Home One type Star Cruiser
Type: Cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,300 meters
Era: Rebellion (1 BBY), New Republic
Affiliation: Rebel Alliance
Source:
Skill: Capital ship piloting: Mon Calamari cruiser
Crew: 5,402, gunners 266, skeleton: 1,230/+10
Crew Skill: Capital ship piloting 5D+2, capital ship shields 5D, sensors 3D+1, astrogation 4D, capital ship gunnery 5D
Passengers: 1,200 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 20,000 metric tons
Consumables: 2 years
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x1
Hyperdrive Backup: x9
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 6
Hull: 6D
Shields: 3D (6D backup)
Sensors:
--Passive: 40/1D
--Scan: 60/2D
--Search: 120/3D
--Focus: 5/4D
Weapons:
36 Turbolaser Batteries
--Fire Arc: 9 front, 9 left, 9 right, 9 back
--Crew: 1 (12), 2 (10), 3 (14)
--Skill: Capital ship gunnery
--Fire Control: 2D
--Space Range: 3-15/35/75
--Atmosphere Range: 6-30/70/150 km
--Damage: 4D
36 Ion Cannons
--Fire Arc: 8 front, 9 left, 9 right, 9 back
--Crew: 1 (16), 4 (12), 12 (8.)
--Skill: Capital ship gunnery
--Fire Control: 3D
--Space Range: 1-10/25/50
--Atmosphere Range: 2-20/50/100 km
--Damage: 3D
6 Tractor Beam Projectors
--Fire Arc: 4 front, 1 left, 1 right
--Crew: 1 (2), 5 (2), 10 (2)
--Skill: Capital ship gunnery
--Fire Control: 2D+2
--Space Range: 1-5/15/30
--Atmosphere Range: 2-10/30/60 km
--Damage: 4D
Hangar Bays: 20 (2 can accommodate larger vessels)
Starship Complement: 120 starfighters (mix of A-Wings, B-Wing, X-Wings and Y-Wings)
Support Complement: 8 shuttles
Ground Assault complement: None
Game Notes:
--Mon Cal star cruisers have 6D of back-up shields. When a die of shields is lost, if the shield operators can make an Easy capital ship shields total, one of the backup die codes of shields can be brought up to increase the shield back to 3D.
Capsule: Home One type cruiser, also known as a Headquarters Frigate, is a variation of the MC80 Star Cruiser in the Alliance to Restore the Republic's fleet, famous as one of Admiral Gial Ackbar's flagships. It was the namesake of the Home One type subclass and is noted as being the largest and most advanced of the Rebel Star Cruisers.
Characteristics
Home One type cruiser belongs to the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser line of warships, and like most Mon Cal ships, it had a long cylindrical hull. Blue-gray in color, it had a tapered nose, and a bulbous stern, and it lacked the flared wings seen on the MC80 Liberty type.
In her original form, the Home One type cruiser was an unarmed civilian vessel, designed for deep-space exploration, and her hull strewn with a number of large observation viewports that would have been vulnerable in a military role. However, it is possible that, viewport bubbles notwithstanding, she was protected from the outset by the heavy hull plating and triple-redundant deflector shields that she would later carry in Rebel Alliance service.
During the Galactic Civil War, the Home One type cruiser was rebuilt to serve as a command ship, carrier and battleship. Her vast viewports were plated over, and she was outfitted with a heavy offensive armament.
The hull contained twenty hangars, two of which were capable of handling larger vessels, these presumably being the large bay on the starboard side of the hull,] and the main hangar on the ship's underbelly. Two smaller bays were visible on the port side of the hull, approximately opposite the large starboard bay. The interior corridors, bridges and bulkheads of the Home One were pristine white.
The Home One was modified by Calamari technicians to be capable of splitting apart in three sections. The topmost section containing the main bridge and a forward section above the bow could separate from the main superstructure and function as additional warships or escape vehicles.
The ship was powered by four M8.0-StarDrive engines and six M4.5-StarDrive maneuvering engines, a drive system also used on the Liberty type, although the thrusters of the two designs were arranged in different configurations: where the Home One had four large and six small nozzles, the Liberty had nine of varying sizes.
Home One had a standard crew of 5,402, in addition to 78 gunner crews. It could carry 1,200 troops and 20,000 metric tons of cargo. The minimum operating crew for the vessel was 1,230. As with all early Mon Calamari cruisers, most ship bridge controls could not be modified for use by Human hands, so the command crews were almost exclusively Mon Calamari, but the rest of the crew were a mix of all Rebel species: for example, Plourr Ilo served as a technician during the Battle of Endor.
History
As with most Alliance-era Mon Calamari warships, the Home One began as a civilian vessel built at the shipyards of Mon Calamari. She was designed as an unarmed exploration vessel, used to investigate deep space and to make contact with alien species.
When the Mon Calamari began to support the Alliance in earnest, the ships were selected for conversion into a warship, one of which became the flagship of the recently freed Ackbar. Home One type cruisers are particularly important after the Alliance's defeat at the Battle of Hoth deprived Alliance High Command of a planetary headquarters, and became the mobile base of operations of the Rebel leadership. As there were only four ever built the vessels were considered one of the most important assets to the Rebellion.
Home One type cruisers were one of the largest ships in the Alliance fleet and were at the Battle of Endor. One of remaning ships went on to serve as Ackbar's flagship for the next five years, serving as the home base of the famed X-wing unit Rogue Squadron and participating in numerous key battles, including the Seizure of Coruscant, the Battle of Bilbringi, and the Battle of Ciutric.
The Home One type cruiseres were constantly in use, and as a result, the vessel needed to be maintained at a constant state of readiness, which was achieved by repair yards in orbit over Coruscant.
Over the years, however, more advanced Mon Calamari starships were developed, such as the MC80B and MC90, and by 10 ABY, were slowly replaced by the new MC90 Star Cruiser but the Home One type cruiser continued to be deployed in front-line roles.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Mon Calamari type Home One star cruiser |
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| shootingwomprats wrote: | | Thoughts and suggestions appreciated (that means you crmcneill and garhkal). |
On it. For the sake of comparison, here is the version I did a while back.
| Quote: | | Length: 1,300 meters |
I'm not sure where this length originated, but film evidence disproves it. The Star Wars Technical Commentaries did an analysis of Home One's size and generated a length of 3,800 meters
| Quote: | | 36 Turbolaser Batteries |
Why does a larger version of the MC80 have fewer turbolaser cannon? Especially if it is supposed to be larger and more powerful than standard MC80 cruisers.
Everything else seems consistent with a cruiser of that size.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Mon Calamari type Home One star cruiser |
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| crmcneill wrote: | | I'm not sure where this length originated, but film evidence disproves it. The Star Wars Technical Commentaries did an analysis of Home One's size and generated a length of 3,800 meters |
I toyed around with this. I read a few articles about it. So I can be convinced easily that its 3,800 meters in length.
| crmcneill wrote: | | Why does a larger version of the MC80 have fewer turbolaser cannon? Especially if it is supposed to be larger and more powerful than standard MC80 cruisers. |
Well going by the information I had ...
MC80 Liberty
1,200 meters long
36 starfighters
5 shuttles
2 freighters
--various ground support vehicles.
--Number of hangars is not listed but could easily be 8 (2 larger allowing for the freighters, which are probably for moving either troops or equipment to a planetary surface).
48 dual heavy turbolaser batteries
20 dual ion cannon batteries
6 tractor beam projectors.
Home One type
1,300 meters
120 starfighters
5-8 shuttles
Ancillary support craft
20 hangar bays
36 dual heavy turbolaser batteries
36 dual ion cannon batteries
6 tractor beam projectors.
If the ships were this close in size I would say it makes sense. Keep in mind that the Home One was listed as being more powerful, but "... was noted as being the largest and most advanced of the Rebel Star Cruisers."
Keep in mind that though this ship may be 3,800 meters it is retrofitted from a civilian deep space exploration vessel and not a true war vessel which could also explain away its light gun complement. At most I would consider doubling the amount of turbolaser (96) and ion cannon (40) batteries with half as many starfighter scale laser cannon (68.).
Yes I know an ISD1 would be slightly less powerful than the Home One type and 1,600 meters as opposed to the massive 3,800 meters but I feel confident explaining this discrepancy away by stating the ISD is a warship from beginning to end and arguably one of the most awesome warships every built. Whereas the Home One was a civilian ship retrofitted for wartime.
Again thoughts anyone =)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: Mon Calamari type Home One star cruiser |
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| shootingwomprats wrote: | | Well going by the information I had ... |
Unfortunately, this highlights the problems with taking role-playing game stats as a reliable source. These are the same people who are largely responsible for the myth of the 8,000 meter Super Star Destroyer (when film evidence puts it closer to 18,000). According to A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, the Home One has 29 turbolasers and 36 ion cannon, but the SWTC authors commented on what an odd and oddly small number that was. They speculated that the numbers might have been transposed (92 turbolasers).
The route I took incorporated that number (29 turbolasers), but made them heavy turbolasers instead, then upped the damage and split them as evenly as possible between the front and side fire arcs. This added weapons strength would give the Home One the punch it would need if it were going to go toe-to-toe with a Super Star Destroyer at point blank range (Endor). To give it more numerous, lighter weaponry, I gave it 36 ion cannon and 108 standard turbolaser cannon (using the same stats as the weapons on the MC80). I picked 108 because it was 3x the number of ion cannon...
The result is something like a space-going battleship, with a relatively small number of big guns and a lot of smaller guns. Yes, it is converted from a civilian craft, but it was still tough enough to get in close with a SSD.
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This reminds me, I'd been meaning to ask... has anyone at the pit ever statted out the Braha'tok-class gunship? Go for the 'Complete Endor Action Pack?' 
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Cool! Thanks!
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