“Forget the guns! RAMMING SPEED!!!” - Lord Kril ordering his helmsman to ram GunStar One with the Command Ship.
| Kodan Command Ship | |
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Ship Data |
Kodan Command Ship |
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Race |
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Type |
Military |
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Crew |
Kodan Troops |
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Role |
Battleship / Carrier |
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Weapons |
Laser turrets, Meteor gun, Missiles, Kodan Deck Fighters |
Kodan Command Ship crashing into the Rylan moon Galan.
The bridge of the Kodan Command Ship.
A Kodan Command Ship is a large warship of the Kodan Armada. One such vessel served under the command of Xur and later Lord Kril was used in the attempted invasion of Rylos.
Role[]
The Kodan Command Ships usually served as both battleships, carriers, and even on occasions, as command flagships within the Kodan Empire’s own vast interstellar Kodan Armada.
Interior[]
The Kodan Command Ship is known to have large corridors, narrow hallways, and even a hanger bay as well for their fightercraft.
However, the most impressive feature of the Kodan Command Ship would be the main bridge which has a very spacious layout. This serves as the vessel’s primary command centre which allows the bridge crew to freely roam and tend to the many duties aboard these massive ships. The noteworthy aspects of a Kodan Command Ship’s bridge are the numerous control systems and communications systems and weapons consoles.
Specifications, Armament, & Technology[]
Kodan Command Ship's are utterly massive and impressive vessels that, appear to be several hundred meters long and broad in size while manned by hundreds of Kodan crewmen and passengers. A Kodan Command Ship contains a communication turret underneath that helps organize the Kodan Armada's attack formation. The Command Ship, serves as a combination of an aircraft carrier and warship, as it is quite capable of carrying dozens of Deck Fighters into combat. The Kodan Command Ship’s vast array of offensive armament equips it with missiles, numerous defensive laser turrets, and it’s most destructive weapon in it’s arsenal being a Meteor gun, an extremely powerful weapon that is capable of firing meteors at enemy strongholds, as the Kodan Command Ship itself is also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet. The fearsome Meteor gun is primarily used as an effective weapon and tool of intimidation by the Kodan Empire.
Embankment Craft[]
As for embankment craft, the Kodan Command Ship can carry a large squadron of Deck Fighters (possibly no more than 40 to 50 fighters in total), which is the typical complement of a Kodan Command Ship.
The only known form of escape craft that Kodan Command Ships usually carry in the event of an emergency are Escape pods, which quite capable of surprisingly long distances in the event a Kodan Command Ship is either crippled or destroyed.
It also remains completely unknown if these massive warships can carry shuttles, if any, at all, remains unclear.
History[]
Kodan Command Ships were already in development sometime before and during the Star League-Kodan Empire War conflict.
Prior to the invasion of Rylos, the Kodan Emperor himself offered Xur the command of a single Kodan Command Ship, while also allowing his most trusted general and fleet admiral Lord Kril to keep an eye on Xur. Xur’s Kodan Command Ship soon arrived at The Frontier where it began the process of slicing holes in the shield while secretly sending scouts to collect information on the enemy bases weaknesses and it’s own defense’s.
During the Attack on the Rylan Starfighter Command Base, the Kodan Command Ship waited until the right moment and under Xur’s order, the warship fired several meteors that were sent straight through the small opening towards Rylos. The attack was successful due to one of Xur’s followers secretly planting and explosive devise that critically disabled the weaponry defenses surrounding the base. This led to the base being utterly devastated in the attack that ultimately proved to be a victory for the Kodan Empire, but also a crippling blow to the Star League, as a great many of the base’s star fighters were destroyed, all except for the prototype Gunstar One stored in a maintenance section away from the main hangar. Grig was working on the prototype at the time, sparing him and the prototype from a similar fate.
During a confrontation with the Kodan Command Ship during the Battle of Rylos, Xur recklessly and arrogantly ordered the invasion fleet to invade Rylos, much to Lord Kril’s concerns that there might be a trap waiting for them. While hiding in a nearby asteroid field, Alex Rogan and Grig aboard the Gunstar One had allowed the gigantic vessel and it’s fleet to pass on overhead, while waiting for the right moment to strike and disable the communications turret. The two had managed to successfully destroy the communication turret with Gunstar One before attacking the main Kodan fleet. When the fleet was destroyed, Lord Kril order the now severely damaged Kodan Command Ship attempted to ram Gunstar One, which was disabled following the Death Blossom volley during the battle with the Kodan Fleet. The Gunstar One narrowly escaped the menacing Kodan warship, when Navigator Grig was able to reroute power at the last moment. Both Alex Rogan and Grig together further crippled the Kodan Command Ship by taking out it’s guidance and auxiliary steering systems in order to ensure they do not get away much to Lord Kril’s anger and frustration. The Kodan Command Ship in question was quickly caught in the moon's gravitational pull and crashed, totally destroying the Command Ship and killing both Lord Kril and his first officer in the process, putting an end to the invasion, while Gunstar One returned to Rylos in celebration.
Shortly before the Command Ship was destroyed, Lord Kril mutinied against Xur and placed him in custody. Xur attacked the guards and quickly left the Command Ship in an Escape pod before the ship crashed.
Notable Vessels of the Class[]
- Xur’s Kodan Command Ship (Status: Destroyed)
Gallery[]
Behind the Scenes[]
- The Kodan Command Ship’s main bridge layout was actually a reused set of the Enterprise’s bridge from Star Trek.
Trivia[]
- The Kodan Command Ship was loosely based off of the iconic Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars, most likely due to the similar roles both fictional vessels played in their respective franchises as both battleships, carriers, and most importantly command ships in the fleet as well, even if both ships are different in both shape and design wise.