General Fleet Upgrade IV
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The General Fleet Upgrade IV was originally developed by Borderland Protectorate Scientists under the governance of Kach Thorton early in his term but offered to the remainder of the Imperial fleet as an optional upgrade package. The General Fleet Upgrade IV since then has become almost universal across the Imperial Fleet.
Laser Communications Module
Under heavy jamming, fleet communication and therefore cohesion can be completely lost, resulting in an almost certain defeat to better organized foes. Even allied jamming, which ruins enemy as well as friendly jamming, can be disastrous, as it reduces fleet engagements to nothing but uncoordinated brawls, leaving victory to nothing but luck and incurring heavy losses in the process.
To ensure the communication of Imperial forces even within the thickest jamming the Imperial Laser Communications Module (ILCM) was developed. A basic application of laser technology, the ILCM uses Infrared Lasers to provide reliable line-of sight communication between ships.
Due to this item's basic simplicity it can be massed produced on any planet with basic optical manufacturing facilities. Therefore it is expected that the fleet will be fully equipped with these items in a matter of weeks.
Two Layer particle shields
Once installed, it allows commanders to have the option of deploying their shields in a manner that is resistant to missile strikes. For two-layer particle shields the shield projectors project two layers of shielding. The first layer of particle shields is granted only 1/5th their usual power allotment. The second layer of particle shields, which receives 3/5ths the usual allotment of power (leaving dual-layer particle shields 20% weaker overall than single layer), is the layer of shields that enemy missiles will detonate against, believing they’ve hit the hull. Ray shields are projected millimeters beneath the lower particle shields.
Due to the large costs of equipping this to every ship in the Imperial fleet, high command has decided that this modification will only be placed on ships in the class of Heavy Cruiser or larger.
Strategic Sensor Suite
To support her in her mission of engaging and defeating all manners and sorts of enemy ships and weapons, Imperial ships will be upgraded with the new Strategic Sensor Suite, an upgraded version of the Tactical Sensor Suite pioneered on the Tiburon CPE-F and Cayman CPE-C vessels. This expanded package gives the ship far greater capabilities when it comes to detection and engagement of enemies, including stealthed vessels, which have become far more common across that galaxy in recent times.
The core of the package is a trio of sensors originally designed for the mapping and exploration of dangerous galactic phenomena including asteroid fields, black hole clusters, electrically charged Nebulas, and Supernova. Used to detect, measure and map forms of energy usually ignored by standard sensor packages, in a military use, however, the system makes a potent stealth detection system. Designed to detect anomalies in the interaction of the Zero Point, Magnetic and Ion fields and matter, the core of the strategic sensor suite can detect and point out these anomalies, identifying stealthed threats and giving ships ample time to react to their unexpected company.
Due to the large costs of equipping this to every ship in the Imperial fleet, high command has decided that this modification will only be placed on ships in the class of Heavy Cruiser or larger.
(see thread for further details on this item, particularly at the bottom)
Datalink
Another software upgrade. To provide gunnery crews with the best sensory and targeting information available Imperial ships will be upgraded with a that transfers sensor data between all capital ships and fighters in the immediate vicinity. Due to the highly sensitive nature of these transmissions, they are encoded in a cipher within a code based on the sums of 200 digit prime numbers, an encryption so complex Imperial Intelligence confidently claims no existing computer can solve it before the big crunch and the end of the universe. By spreading the data collected by an entire fleet in this manner, gun crews have better targeting data, fighter pilots have the advantage of data from more powerful capital ship sensors, and commanders have a better idea of the situation on the battlefield.
Tech Thread: http://therebelfaction.com/forums/showthread.php?p=166528#post166528
Laser Communications Module
Under heavy jamming, fleet communication and therefore cohesion can be completely lost, resulting in an almost certain defeat to better organized foes. Even allied jamming, which ruins enemy as well as friendly jamming, can be disastrous, as it reduces fleet engagements to nothing but uncoordinated brawls, leaving victory to nothing but luck and incurring heavy losses in the process.
To ensure the communication of Imperial forces even within the thickest jamming the Imperial Laser Communications Module (ILCM) was developed. A basic application of laser technology, the ILCM uses Infrared Lasers to provide reliable line-of sight communication between ships.
Due to this item's basic simplicity it can be massed produced on any planet with basic optical manufacturing facilities. Therefore it is expected that the fleet will be fully equipped with these items in a matter of weeks.
Two Layer particle shields
Once installed, it allows commanders to have the option of deploying their shields in a manner that is resistant to missile strikes. For two-layer particle shields the shield projectors project two layers of shielding. The first layer of particle shields is granted only 1/5th their usual power allotment. The second layer of particle shields, which receives 3/5ths the usual allotment of power (leaving dual-layer particle shields 20% weaker overall than single layer), is the layer of shields that enemy missiles will detonate against, believing they’ve hit the hull. Ray shields are projected millimeters beneath the lower particle shields.
Due to the large costs of equipping this to every ship in the Imperial fleet, high command has decided that this modification will only be placed on ships in the class of Heavy Cruiser or larger.
Strategic Sensor Suite
To support her in her mission of engaging and defeating all manners and sorts of enemy ships and weapons, Imperial ships will be upgraded with the new Strategic Sensor Suite, an upgraded version of the Tactical Sensor Suite pioneered on the Tiburon CPE-F and Cayman CPE-C vessels. This expanded package gives the ship far greater capabilities when it comes to detection and engagement of enemies, including stealthed vessels, which have become far more common across that galaxy in recent times.
The core of the package is a trio of sensors originally designed for the mapping and exploration of dangerous galactic phenomena including asteroid fields, black hole clusters, electrically charged Nebulas, and Supernova. Used to detect, measure and map forms of energy usually ignored by standard sensor packages, in a military use, however, the system makes a potent stealth detection system. Designed to detect anomalies in the interaction of the Zero Point, Magnetic and Ion fields and matter, the core of the strategic sensor suite can detect and point out these anomalies, identifying stealthed threats and giving ships ample time to react to their unexpected company.
Due to the large costs of equipping this to every ship in the Imperial fleet, high command has decided that this modification will only be placed on ships in the class of Heavy Cruiser or larger.
(see thread for further details on this item, particularly at the bottom)
Datalink
Another software upgrade. To provide gunnery crews with the best sensory and targeting information available Imperial ships will be upgraded with a that transfers sensor data between all capital ships and fighters in the immediate vicinity. Due to the highly sensitive nature of these transmissions, they are encoded in a cipher within a code based on the sums of 200 digit prime numbers, an encryption so complex Imperial Intelligence confidently claims no existing computer can solve it before the big crunch and the end of the universe. By spreading the data collected by an entire fleet in this manner, gun crews have better targeting data, fighter pilots have the advantage of data from more powerful capital ship sensors, and commanders have a better idea of the situation on the battlefield.
Tech Thread: http://therebelfaction.com/forums/showthread.php?p=166528#post166528