The Kannibal | Roberta
Overview
Section titled “Overview”The Kannibal is built off an old KT700 racing vessel out of the old Mori Motors company. A sleek and aggressive shaped ship capable of powering vast distance under thrust from an overtly oversized reactor for its size that takes up nearly half the ship, or holding itself together under high inerta slingshots across the system. The frame was critisized for being too heavy and robust, leading to a lack of space for cross system races that grounded it to shorter flights, and lead to its eventual discontinuation as polycarbonates and alloys were focused on in order to bring more space to its pilots over shape wirhout sacrificing power. It’s vastly outshone by newer competitive racer units, but it was the musclecar of its time.
Now it’s a ship prepped for the short chase and the ambush. Retrofitted with new body armor that can withstand enough retaliation befitting a bounty hunter, the Kannibal is a ship eater that can overtake slower transport ships and fat merchant vessels. In capable hands it can skirt heavy freighters and gunships, but if it gets tagged by anythingblike a torpedo or railgun slug, it’s done. Speed and defense is the name of the game. The Kannibal loses some of its iconic speed with its preventitive armaments ala 4 short barrel PDCs, and two chaff payloads. On the offense is the small set of chainfed bolter guns, named so by the bolt-shaped rounds they fire. They have a high fire rate, but small caliber - accuracy by volume. These guns work only at extremely close range, and are more a dockside deterrant, or to repel scurrying would-be boarders on its hulls. The main killer is the aggressive looking barrel at the front of the ship. It’s a low caliber railgun. It’ll explode a person if it hits dead on. And while it can pierce and drop a reactor to a meltdown, or punch through armor on most ships, it’s slow fire rate leaves it as a one trick pony. A follow up shot may be impossible, with a recharge of ten seconds. It sounds like nothing, but in battle, a single second can decide the victor and loser.
Interior
Section titled “Interior”Single deck consisting of cramped quarters for a single bunk bedroom more befitting a closet, a second single bunk bedroom, a pilot seat, co pilot, and “kitchen” alcove. The store room is a closet the same size as the bedroom.
History
Section titled “History”Typical Uses/Mission
Section titled “Typical Uses/Mission”As-Built Short duration race flights and orbital slingshotting.
As-Operated Bounty hunting and special operations relying on ambush and speed tactics.
Features
Section titled “Features”Oversized Reactor & Drive
Section titled “Oversized Reactor & Drive”For all intents and purposes The Kannibal is a reactor and drive cone with a seat strapped on top. The ship’s design is the result of asking: ‘what if we took the biggest engine on the assembly line and put steering wheel on it?’ The result is low-weight and high speed.
Rugged Frame & Hull
Section titled “Rugged Frame & Hull”The early KT700s were overengineered. The hull is thicker and heavier than it needs to be thanks to its current owner, while Mori Motors built a frame stronger than a Martian’s sense of duty. The result is that the ship can endure harsher slingshots that would snap lesser vessels in two. Tactically, it will take more of a beating than a typical civilian vessel - but not by much.
Armament
Section titled “Armament”Point Defense Cannons
Section titled “Point Defense Cannons”4 compact PDCs offer anti-missile defenses and some abilities to do light damage to a given target. They’re mounted on each side of the ship and have a full range of motion, providing 360 coverage against any inbound threats.
Chaff & Laser Countermeasures
Section titled “Chaff & Laser Countermeasures”A combination of blasting out debris to scatter radar emissions and blasting a torpedo’s guidance sensors with a high intensity laser to force it to lose lock.
Bolter Guns
Section titled “Bolter Guns”Basically deterrents against boarding parties and the like, these are effectively machine-pistols, only work at close range, and can’t tickle anything bigger than another racing ship.
Rail Gun
Section titled “Rail Gun”This does more than tickle. There’s only one, mounted to the keel and sticking out the nose. It has a low rate of fire (10sec+), but will fuck up whatever it touches. A well-aimed shot can take out a reactor. It’ll reduce a person to a red mist.
Born in rags to chase after riches, Alex was a rebel from the start that broke off on his own to lessen his burden on his family, and narrow down his financial needs to a single person. A man of many vices, Alex is both a pretty loose guy as well as rather flippant.