Oy now! Let's not discard the Fanship listing just yet!
Here's my submission.
Solarian Siba Numtar [
Perpetrator-Class Assault Picket Ship]
The Solarians are one of the greater mysteries of the universe. An ancient race whose relics and derelicts can be almost everywhere. No one has so far encountered a live solarian, although their bodies have been discovered.
The average Solarian resembled two discs floating side by side connected by a complex web of tiny neural strands. They seemed to have originally developed in the upper levels of gas giants, where atmosphere is thin and the coldness of vacuum ever-present. Although capable of living in vacuum and whitstanding several thousand degrees of pressure, they seemed to be very fragile beings. Their discs' surfaces are thin paper-like materials, allowing for free passage of gas between the outside world and the disc's interior.
Terran's first contact with the Solarians came in the Sirius Alpha system, just before the founding of the first colonies there. Two explorer ships and a destroyer came across the ruins of a Si'rtha Numtar vessel in near-perfect condition. The vessel was floating through the system with a thirteen degree deviance from the galactic core median, and at an average speed of just 450 feet per second. The vessel's external parts were observed glowing with an odd semi-passive-hertz pattern. The first explorer vessel that approached was fired upon and immediately destroyed. The second explorer vessel stayed out of the observed radius of gunfire while the destroyer opened fire on the drifting ship. Most shots impacted with the glowing surfaces of the ship and dissipated, but one eventually found its mark, slamming into an unprotected hull plate and tearing the ship to pieces. In a near-comic manner, the entire ship slowly fell apart and began drifting off in various directions. With all weapons powered down, the explorer vessel was able to approach and gather some preliminary data on the vessel. The findings are presented below in Standard Fleet Identification Format (SFIF).
Race: Solarian [Ancient, upper galactic swirl, gas giant, mid-dwarf, Sirius Alpha+]
Name: Siba [Perpetrator]
Class: Numtar [Assault Picket Ship Class]
Hull Integrity: 120 [Estimated, as low as 75 has been observed in other vessels]
Hull Configuration: Forward-flow side-dissipating energy emission
Power Core: 30 Unknown-class Solar Sail Collectors
Engines: 30 Unknown-class Solar Sails
Engine Performance:
Speed: 10 [estimated]
Acceleration: 2 [estimated]
Turn Rate: Unknown, extremely fast
Crew: Unknown [Estimates range between 7 and 8]
Shield Technology: 30 Permanent Shields [Aegis Deflector-class], 8 Replenishable Shields [Deflector-class]
Weapons Technology:
2x Unknown-class Railgun Devices:
Range: 4000 N/m
Firepower: 2000 MnU/s
Reload: 5000 [cca. 125 seconds]
Angle of Fire: 20 degrees forward
Description: A single-shot railgun-like device that fires what appears to be a molecular substance similar to brass, but with a much less stable chemical and nuclear balance.
4x Unknown-class Beam Devices:
Range: 1000 N/m
Firepower: 50 MnU/s
Reload: 100 [cca. 2.5 seconds]
Angle of Fire: 90 degrees from turret facing
Description: A cohesive rapid-fire beam with decent range
1x Unknown-class Point Defence System
Range: 500 N/m
Firepower: Unknown
Reload: Impossible to measure, near instantaneous
Angle of Fire: 360 [estimated]
Description: A point-beam defence system capable of intercepting nearly any projectile fired at the ship.
Description:
Although incredibly formidable in speed, shielding, and offensive power, the Siba suffers from the same problem as all other Solarian ships. Its hull is weak, its energy distribution grid awful. The energy that is channeled from the solar collectors is often used to keep the ship together, as the structural ties are not strong enough to do so on their own. The ship seems to be built for prolonged engagements, but is poorly built to do so. Its weaponry is stand-offish in nature, and does not cover 360 degrees of the ship, leaving its rear extremely unprotected. Although deadly against projectiles and fighters, the Siba's only defence against beam and laser weapons is the shields incorporated in its hull. Unfortunately, only some of those shields, namely those protecting the solar collectors, are supplied with enough energy to stay online all the time - the others, positioned too far away from the source of energy, are prone to overloading due to the bad energy management network. Furthermore, reliance on single-hull armour design leaves the ship structurally weak. Several well-placed shots on unprotected areas of the ship do not only spell disaster, but spell ultimate doom.
In terms of technological exploitation, the ships have posed an engineering nightmare. Most of the substances and materials that the ships are made out of cannot be found in the local galaxy plane, and seem to originate from somewhere else within the universe. The solar sails in particular, though incredibly efficient, cannot be grafted onto any of our ships. The weapons, likewise, tend to melt the hulls of the ships they are grafted onto. Any type of reverse engineering is impossible since the items cannot be taken apart - they instantly vaporize the moment they are opened. No one understands whether this is a product of intent, or just pure luck on the Solarians' behalf.
As such, the value of the ships is merely of a curious nature. No Terran captain should risk any fleet assets in pursuing these ships. They are highly dangerous and unpredictable, and no two conflicts with their automated defenses have so far produced the same results.
Approach with caution, or better yet, avoid altogether.
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), storyline too. But it's taking some time and I aint got much due to my uni diploma paper that needs finishing ... too.
) was created to help defend the colonies against the masses of aliens that have been preying on (formerly 
) defenseless locals. The ships dispatched to assist are chosen based on the priority of the request for help, which allows minor disturbances to be dealt with without leaving any areas vulnerable. The ships themselves are designed for practicality, without much regard for aesthetics. However, several of the ships have a form of subtle beauty hidden in their industrial design.
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I'm increasing the close date until Halloween, so if there are no more Fleets or Fan-Ships by then, then both those Categories are going to be discarded.
