Bulwark-Class Mk1 Battlecruiser

*Homebrew Reference Book: Clone Wars Saga Edition Fan Sourcebook - Vehicles and Vessels*

The *Bulwark*-Class Battlecruiser was a Techno Union design fielded at the shipyards of Foerost, which the Republic had blockaded early in the Clone Wars. The yards secretly constructed an entire fleet of the *Bulwark*-Class Mk1 during the first two years of the Clone Wars, and used them to break the Republic blockade a year before the war's conclusion.

Under the command of legendary Admiral Dua Ningo, the powerful ships created havoc in Coruscant's own Sector Zero, forcing the Republic to launch a fleet of *Victory I*-Class Star Destroyers six months early under the dual command of Captains Screed and Dodonna. The *Bulwark* and *Victory* fleets clashed at Ixtlar, Alsakan, Basilisk, and several other planets in The Core before their final showdown above Anaxes. There, Dua Ningo and the bulk of his fleet of *Bulwark*-Class Battlecruisers were destroyed. The TransGalMeg Battlecruiser would later be redesigned and used by The New Republic against The Imperial Remnant.

### Capabilities

The *Bulwark*-Class Battlecruiser is a powerful ship able to take incredible amounts of damage. The *Bulwark's* capabilities were largely unknown to the Republic when the mysterious ships first broke the Foerost Siege. The design is self-sufficient, able to cover its own flanks with a wing of fighters and onboard support craft, and rarely requires escort from other Capital Ships.

Typically, the ship uses its 150 Hangar Points on 4 Colossal Space Transports and 70 Large or Huge Starfighters. Perhaps the most significant difference between the *Bulwark*-Class and other ships is its thickly Reinforced Keel, designed for ramming other ships- specifically to break through blockades.

## *Bulwark*-Class Mk1 Battlecruiser Statistics (CL 19)

Colossal (Cruiser) Capital Ship

**Initiative:** -4; **Senses:** Perception +6

### Defenses

Reflex Defense: 21 (Flat-Footed: 19), Fortitude Defense: 55; +19 Armor, Vehicular Combat

Hit Points: 2,200; Damage Reduction: 20; Shield Rating: 150; Damage Threshold: 255

### Offense

**Speed:** Fly 2 Squares (Starship Scale)

**Ranged:** Medium Turbolaser, Double, Batteries (5) +14\* (See Below)

**Ranged:** Medium Ion Cannon, Point-Defense, Batteries (4) +14 (See Below)

**Ranged:** Tractor Beam, Battery +10\* (See Below)

**Fighting Space:** 2x2 Squares (Starship Scale); **Total Cover**

**Base Attack Bonus:** +2; **Grapple:** +67

**Attack Options:** Focused Fire (2x2 Squares)

**Special Actions:** Tactical Fire (See Below)

*\*Apply a -20 penalty on attacks against targets smaller than Colossal size.*

### Abilities

Strength: 100, Dexterity: 14, Constitution: -, Intelligence: 18

**Skills:** Initiative -4, Mechanics +6, Perception +6, Pilot -4, Use Computer +6

### Ship Statistics

**Crew:** 24,122 (Skilled Crew Quality); **Passengers:** 5,000 (Troops)

**Cargo:** 2,500 Tons; **Consumables:** 2 Years; **Carried Craft:** 4 Space Transports, 70 Starfighters

**Hyperdrive:** Class 2, Navicomputer

**Availability:** Military; **Cost:** 63 million (38 million Used)

**Emplacement Points****:** 0

### Weapon Systems

#### **Medium Turbolaser, Double, Battery (5 Gunners)**

**Attack Bonus:** +14 (-6 against targets smaller than Colossal size), **Damage:** 6d10x5

#### **Medium Ion Cannon****, Point-Defense, Battery (5 Gunners)**

**Attack Bonus:** +14, **Damage:** 5d10x2 (Ion)

#### **Tractor Beam, Battery (6 Gunners)**

**Attack Bonus:** +10 (-10 against targets smaller than Colossal size), **Damage:** - (Grapple +67)

### Tactical Fire

The *Bulwark*-Class Battlecruiser is as effective at causing chaos and confusion as it is dealing damage. As a Standard Action, a *Bulwark*-Class Mk1 Battlecruiser may forgo all attacks to instead provide Tactical Fire to all squares in a 2-square radius around itself. All enemy ships Colossal or smaller in size must make a Dexterity check of DC 14 or take a -4 penalty to their Intelligence score (Meaning -2 to attacks and all Intelligence associated skills).