The Virsunelehoniv-class warship (Murese Sith compound word derived from virsune meaning "pride" and lehoniv meaning "of Lehon"[2]) was a multi-purpose warship that served as the mainstay of the Murese navy. This vessel was based upon the ancient Rakatan ship, an early class of warship constructed by the Rakata Infinite Empire during its last days.[3]
The ship's manufacturers, the Murese, introduced a number of modifications to the original design necessitated by the unique conditions of their home system, the Five Deaths. As Mure sat above the galaxy in the Intergalactic Void, the ship's armor plating was significantly thicker than that of ordinary warships to more efficiently resist extragalactic cosmic radiation.[4] Furthermore, its outer hull was constructed of a unique hydrogenated boron nitride nanocomposite capable of resisting the gamma radiation bubble that ballooned up from the Deep Core and encompassed the Five Deaths.[5]
The ship was primarily designed to aid in early Murese expeditions probing the galaxy-encompassing Celestial hyperspace cage for gaps into the galactic plane. As detailed investigations could not be readily conducted at lightspeed, the vessel's starboard and port side prongs contained retractable solar sails powered by electrically charged plasma, the output of solar wind emanating out from the stars of the Deep Core. These sails were used in conjunction with the ship's sublight engines to allow the vessel to cruise above the galaxy at speeds conducive to study.
Sources[]
- Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 1
- Dawn of the Jedi: Force War 1
- "Do extragalactic cosmic rays induce cycles in fossil diversity?" from University of Kansas
- "Giant Magnetized Outflows from the Centre of the Milky Way" from Cornell University Library
- Rakatan ship on Wookieepedia
- Sith (language) on Starsider wiki (Unavailable as of 7/5/18)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Rakatan ship on Wookieepedia
- ↑ Sith (language) on Starsider wiki (Unavailable as of 7/5/18)
- ↑ Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 1
- ↑ "Do extragalactic cosmic rays induce cycles in fossil diversity?" from University of Kansas
- ↑ "Giant Magnetized Outflows from the Centre of the Milky Way" from Cornell University Library