Banshee Frigate: Hiigaran Intelligence Ship
Posted: 2005-05-02 02:40pm
OK, here's a small ship I designed. It's the "Banshee" frigate, operated by Fleet Intelligence for covert operations behind Imperialist Taiidan lines. Obviously, it's a Homeworld-verse ship. The Banshee makes an appearance in my fanfic, thus the reason I invented it in the first place.
Specs
Crew: 27, including civilian operatives with the Hiigaran Intelligence Bureau.
Top speed: in excess of .23 x c (exact speed classified)
Armament: 2 light kinetic burst turrets
Special equipment: "Mimic" holographic projector grid, Cloaking device, Advanced sensors
The Banshee frigate is a highly classified vessel in use by Fleet Intelligence. Equipped with the most advanced passive-running and engine field-masking technologies, as well as a highly advanced hull geometry that incorporates sensor-absorbing materials, the Banshee is designed to move undetected behind enemy lines, even through proximity nets that can detect active cloaking fields.
Even her cloaking device is the most advanced in the Hiigaran Navy, designed with classified field modulators to fool proximity detectors. When active sensors involved can defeat both her stealth coating and cloak, the Banshee is equipped with holographic projectors to disguise herself as another ship or even space debris if need be. A technology pioneered by the Turanic Raiders and perfected by Kiith Somtaaw around 15 AL, mimics were eventually rendered ineffective, and thus abandoned. The Hiigaran Intelligence Bureau has recently revived the technology, making it once again a viable means of infiltrating enemy lines.
Designed to avoid combat if at all possible, the Banshee's goal is simply to gather intelligence, and follow up on ELINT and HUMINT operations Fleet Intelligence has conducted. Accordingly, the Banshee is armed defensively, using improved versions of the Flak Frigate's weaponry.
In black operations, Banshees have been known to insert and extract operatives and Marine special forces, slipping in and out before anyone realizes they are there. And by the time the Imperials do detect a Banshee, it is already too late...
Specs
Crew: 27, including civilian operatives with the Hiigaran Intelligence Bureau.
Top speed: in excess of .23 x c (exact speed classified)
Armament: 2 light kinetic burst turrets
Special equipment: "Mimic" holographic projector grid, Cloaking device, Advanced sensors
The Banshee frigate is a highly classified vessel in use by Fleet Intelligence. Equipped with the most advanced passive-running and engine field-masking technologies, as well as a highly advanced hull geometry that incorporates sensor-absorbing materials, the Banshee is designed to move undetected behind enemy lines, even through proximity nets that can detect active cloaking fields.
Even her cloaking device is the most advanced in the Hiigaran Navy, designed with classified field modulators to fool proximity detectors. When active sensors involved can defeat both her stealth coating and cloak, the Banshee is equipped with holographic projectors to disguise herself as another ship or even space debris if need be. A technology pioneered by the Turanic Raiders and perfected by Kiith Somtaaw around 15 AL, mimics were eventually rendered ineffective, and thus abandoned. The Hiigaran Intelligence Bureau has recently revived the technology, making it once again a viable means of infiltrating enemy lines.
Designed to avoid combat if at all possible, the Banshee's goal is simply to gather intelligence, and follow up on ELINT and HUMINT operations Fleet Intelligence has conducted. Accordingly, the Banshee is armed defensively, using improved versions of the Flak Frigate's weaponry.
In black operations, Banshees have been known to insert and extract operatives and Marine special forces, slipping in and out before anyone realizes they are there. And by the time the Imperials do detect a Banshee, it is already too late...