Kilrathi Empire "Sivar" Dreadnought


Name: Sivar-class Dreadnought
Craft: Empire of Kilrah Sivar-class Dreadnought
Type: Dreadnought
Scale: walker
Length: 550 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 2,760; skeleton: 276/+10
Passengers: 80 & 230 prisoners
Cargo Capacity: 6,400 metric tons
Consumables: 43 weeks
Jump Drive: x1
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 4
Atmosphere: 280; 800 km/h
Hull: 4D+1
Shields: 1D+2
Sensors
- Passive: 30 / 0D+2
- Scan: 60 / 1D+1
- Search: 120 / 2D+1
- Focus: 3 / 3D
Weapons
- 17 Anti-Matter Guns
- Fire Arc: Gun Hardpoint x2 (Forward Narrow), Triple Gun Sponson x3 (Forward x1, Portside x1, Starboard x1), Triple Gun Barbette x2 (Portside Wide x1, Starboard Wide x1)
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Space Range: 1-20/40/80
Atmosphere Range: 100-2,000/4,000/8,000m
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 4D
- 40 Civilian Grade Laser Cannons
- Fire Arc: Gun Sponson x2 (Starboard Ahead x1, Portside Ahead x1), Dual Gun Sponson x10 (Portside Ahead x2, Starboard Ahead x2, Portside Aft x1, Starboard Aft x1, Forward x1, Portside x1, Aft x1, Starboard x1), Dual Gun Barbette x7 (Starboard Ahead Wide x1, Portside Ahead Wide x1, Portside Wide x1, Starboard Wide x1, Starboard Aft Wide x1, Portside Aft Wide x1, Portside Aft Narrow/Starboard Aft Narrow x1), Dual Gun Turret x2 (Portside Aft OTS x1, Starboard Aft OTS x1)
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 100-1,300/2,500/5,000m
Rate of fire: 5
Damage: 2D+2
- Shield-Burster Torpedo Bay
- Fire Arc: Dual Heavy Ordnance Turret (Forward Narrow)
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-10/20/80
Atmosphere Range: 100-1,000/2,000/8,000m
Rate of fire: 4
Ammo: 100
Damage: 6D
- Electronic Counter Measure Module
- Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 1-25/50/100km
Effects: Enemy Sensors and Fire Control -3D
Gear:
- Matter/Antimatter Reactor
- Akwende Drive
- External Docking Port x2
- Apprehension Module x2: The ship may hold up to 230 prisoners for maximum security transport.
- Hospital Module x4: Fully Stocked hospital with 184 beds.
- Repair Bay Module: Allows the ship to repair buildings, other ships and vehicles that are as large as or smaller than itself.
- Ramscoop
- Escape Pod x42
- Quarter Hangar Bay Module x1: total hangar capacity is 90,000 m3
- Carrier Systems x2: The ship may deploy and/or recover one child vehicle while it is actively moving per Carrier System.
Ship Complement:
- KF-227 Salthi Light Fighters: 4
- Dralthi Medium Fighters: 4
- KF-402 Krant Medium Fighters: 4
- Jalthi Heavy Fighters: 4
- Gratha Heavy Fighter/Bombers: 4
Description: The first Sivar-class Dreadnoughts entered service before the beginning of the Terran-Kilrathi War. The Sivar-class dreadnought was a fast battleship that could deliver a large amount of Kilrathi troops and munitions into battle quickly. For that reason, Sivars served as the centerpiece of nearly every Kilrathi task force through the end of the Vega Campaign. Over seven hundred of these dreadnoughts were produced and put into service into the Kilrathi fleet. The Terran Confederation managed to capture several original Sivar-class ships, including an unarmed example in drydock during the Epsilon Initiative. Every Kilrathi clan creates and mans these vessels.
A secret version of the Sivar-class Dreadnought was produced and tested by the Kilrathi. This dreadnought was dubbed the KIS Sivar, and was the only Sivar-class Dreadnought of its type ever produced by the Kilrathi Empire. The Sivar was produced in the year 2654, and it carried a crew of 300. Its classified weapon mounted on the dreadnought deemed the ship very dangerous. The KIS Sivar was equipped with an experimental Proton Accelerator Gun, then known as the Gravitron Weapon. The facilities which produced the KIS Sivar's deadly weapon were supposedly destroyed by a group of Bengal class carriers. However, Confed Intelligence may have hints that the Kilrathi had another facility that produced the weapon. However, the Kilrathi had the facility destroyed to cover their own tracks so no one would be able to obtain the information on the Gravitron Weapon. In Wing Commander I, the KIS Sivar used its weapon to annihilate the Goddard Colony, leaving a quarter million colonists dead. The ship then fled back to friendly airspace. However, it was destroyed in early 2655 by pilots from the T.C.S. Tiger's Claw, and the Kilrathi lost all information relating to the dreadnought and its classified weapon.
A new class of the Sivar was introduced later on, serving mainly as a small carrier.
Source:
- Wing Commander Encyclopedia: Sivar-class Dreadnought
- Wing Commander Information Center: Sivar-class Dreadnought
- The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (page 393)
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