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Oath
Sworddiver Battlecruiser · Single Hull
Saradook Oath Sworddiver battlecruiser. A 1,200 m crimson blade hull with a central reactor and recessed drive banks. This review prototype inherits the current Talon driveblade weapon, durability, phase drive and point defense; its independent balance and articulated systems are pending.
Saradook
01 · In the line
Against the other battlecruisers
Speed among battlecruisers · km/s
Reach among battlecruisers
At 16 km/s it takes 2.9 s to close its own reach of 46 km.
02 · Weapon
Driveblade
Driveblade
A telegraphed drive-cut down a predicted line, through everything on it.
Fire cycle · one hull over 18.3 s
5,200 an attack every 3.05s: 1,705 a second. Six attacks land 31,200 from one hull.
03 · Available tech
What a commander can fit
Bought mid-battle with supply. Each one gives something and costs something.
Core upgrades · 4
Adds a +50% outer targeting band. Attacks, repairs, and boarding channels operate at 55% output beyond native range, and armed squads hold that safer line.
Converts the squad into a breacher: it closes to 45% range and deals +60% damage there, but deals 15% less outside the breach band.
No single hit can strip more than 30% of maximum hull after shields. Mobile units lose 12% thrust; static emplacements lose 18% maximum integrity. Strong into alpha strikes, weak into rapid fire.
Burns at +65% speed while marching or closing on its chosen standoff, then disengages in combat; turn authority is halved during the burn.