BSA Zimwalt

The **BSA Zimwalt** is an Admiral class ship in the service of the Baszler Imperial Navy. A wedge-shaped capital ship, it bristled with weapons emplacements, assault troops, boarding craft, and TIE line starfighters. In the era of The Culling, its command bridge was staffed by the *finest* crewmen in the navy.

## Design

### Dimensions

With a length of 1,600 meters, the wedge-shaped Admiral-class Zimwalt was 445 meters longer than its immediate predecessor, the BSA Venator, which had been developed for the same faction during the Great Galactic War.

### Overview

At first, Zimwalt admiral ships were deployed to sectors and systems caught in the aftermath of the Great Galactic War, where they would crush any signs of sedition. During the Galactic Civil War the Destroyer's role changed to hunting down high value Republic targets and bases, but right now they are designed to slaughter Rebellion ships and ground forces in various planets.

BSA Admiral-class Zimwalt ships typically had over 37,000 crew on board— 9,235 officers and 27,850 enlisted personnel. The complement of 9,700 stormtroopers added to a total of 46,785 crew and passengers. With the bridge being located in the upper half of the ship, the officer's quarters were located right below it. To complement its impressive crew size, every Imperial-class vessel carried consumables for 2 years, with its liquid stores and holds for raw materials being located near its bow. Amidships, crew barracks, gunnery crew quarters, meeting rooms, training areas, and cell blocks were located in the vessels second 'step,' with four gradually up sloping smaller 'steps' eventually leading to the ships 'neck' which connected it to its upper bridge section, deflector shield generators, and communications array. On the "side" of the ship existed the port lateral umbilical restocking vestibule.

Like other ships of varying class sizes, a single *Orbiter* officer was stationed aboard the ship to scan the crew for signs of disloyalty and sedition, as well as interrogate any captured prisoners. As most ships in the Navy, *Numalki M9* series repair droids were employed to serve as messenger, repair and custodial assistants

### Weaponry

The Zimwalt bristled with weapons emplacements. 60x C&H XX-9 heavy turbolaser batteries, 60 Borith LK-7 ion cannons, and 10 Nylon Q7 tractor beam projectors dotted its metallic grey hull. At the very front of the ship existed the forward pursuit tractor beam array. The ship also featured six dual heavy turbo laser turrets, two quad heavy plasma cannons, three triple medium turbolasers, and two medium ballistic cannons. The Zimwalt also featured two dual heavy ion cannon turrets that lined the dorsal superstructure flanking the command tower. The turbolaser turrets were hooked to large arrays of auxiliary power cells. At both "ends" of the Zimwalt existed an aft starboard point defence railgun cannon.

### Engine and Propulsion

Powering the Admiral-class ship were seven main engine units, including Sigma spaceworks Gemon-9 ion engines, and could accelerate to speeds of up to 975 kph. The ship however was not suited towards planetary atmospheres, in which full power was required to stay aloft. Any interruption in the power supply in atmosphere could be catastrophic to the vessel, despite all vital equipment being shielded. The primary power generator on board the ship was large enough relative to the rest of the craft to protrude with a ventral bulb.

To travel at light-speed level, it is equipped with a Class 2A Hyperdrive engine to maximise speed and precision.

## Trivia

### General

* Nicknamed the "Dorito" ships due to the distinct triangular shape.
* The bridge is extremely exposed to attack despite the heavy armour on the protruding bridge's structure.
* Costs 2 Billion credits to build, which is actually not a nightmare for the Coalition of Independent Planetary Bodies.
* Since it is capable of opening it's lower half to board star fighters, corvettes and drop ships; It is an exploitable weakness in space naval warfare, as one squad of enemy star fighters can enter the underside docking access and kill their hangar capability.