Kurgarin-class dreadnought

undefined The KZA-41 Kurgarin class dreadnought is the Reborn True Sith Empire' premiere class of heavy warship. Based on a heavily modified Bothan assault cruiser design, enlarged to surpass 2km in length, and equipped with the most advanced technologies the RTSE has to offer at the moment, the KZA-41 is as devastating in battle as its menacing appearance would suggest. With a highly compartmentalized hull structure, heavily reinforced internal bulkheads, and shelled in a Twinlayer Energized Reactive Armour across 90% of its outer hull, these ships have gained a reputation of being nearly indestructible during the RTSE's conquest of the Prime Galaxy, with almost 6 times the hull rating of the competing Mon Cal cruisers and Imperial Star Destroyers, and an 85% increase in firepower, pioneering the devastating Pulse-charge turbolaser technology, as well as hull-crushing Polaron Gauss Cannons, and shield-bypassing Power-flechette Graviton Torpedoes. In accord with typical RTSE design philosophy, the vessel emphasizes ultra heavy armour and resilient hull, and a concentration of devastating assault-oriented firepower, at the expense of speed, maneuverability, weapon coverage and shielding. Designed primarily as a direct-assault warship, the KZA-41 supports only 3 squadrons of Sith Fighters. All of this means that these ships can deliver (and absorb) massive amounts of direct damage in battle, but their lack of adaptability to changing combat conditions necessitates support from other classes of units specialized in a different area of combat. In short, they function best as a part of diverse fleet. During the massive battle of the Akates System, both their strenghts, and their weaknesses became apparent. In direct battle, supported by Munja class for close point-defence and Karas class for fighter/bomber support, the Kurgarins were a force to contend with, laying down their imposing barrage of devastatng weapons fire at the NEF and TEC warships, destroying dozens with marginal losses to their own numbers. However, exposed without their point-defence support vessels, many fell prey to the stand-off missile tactic of the NEF forces, or were simply outmaneuvered by enemy warships at close range, unable to bring their heavy weapons to bear, and then picked apart piecemeal. However, the exceptional durability of these ships allowed many of the vessels previously thought destroyed by the enemy to be salvaged and towed back to RTSE space for repairs in drydock, their hulls, though blasted and burned, keeping the sensitive technology within mostly intact, while the crews perished in the battle. The RTSE Zatornik, Fleet Admiral Rajko's flagship, is of the Kurgarin class.

Appearances

 * Dawnbreaker EP2: Shattered Worlds