Forums of the Megaverse®

In addition to standard anti-ship and fighter mines Sentinel Defense Werks manufactures a large variety of automated defensive satellites ranging from the simple Watchdog sensor platform to the mighty Cerberus Attack Drone. All Sentinel satellites are controlled by an onboard artificial intelligence, of varying capability. For example the AI of watch dog platforms are no more intelligent than your average dog and simply ‘barks’ when it detects an intruder, While a Cerberus posses the intellect of a teenage human, and is fully capable of autonomous decision making.

Watchdog class Sensor Satellite
The Watchdog is far and away Sentinels biggest selling defensive satellite with billions in service. Essentially a military reconnaissance probe with the drive system removed. Watchdogs are powered by a combination solar/fission power supply coupled with a low powered ion drive. This power source and a small contingent of nannites capable of basic maintenance and repair allow the watchdog to remain on station for decades at a time with little to no upkeep. With its rock bottom price and maintenance free operation the watchdog has proven itself invaluable to frontier colonies where a meager network of six satellites can alert otherwise defenseless colonists to approaching danger and provide them opportunity to flee or dig in. The satellite posses a rudimentary A.I. (equal to about an I.Q. of 5) that is programmed with the sensor profiles of over a hundred thousand types of spacecraft and monsters further additional craft can be added by the owner. The A.I. can further be programmed to ignore specific space craft/creatures, and to filter routine traffic only sounding the alert when a potential threat is detected.

Model Type: US-03F
Class: Sensor Satellite
Crew: None
MDC by Location
*Main Body – 200
Sensor Array – 50
Communications Array - 50
* Depleting the M.D.C. of the main body destroys the satellite.

SPEED
Flying in space: 300 mph (480 kph) maximum. The satellite’satelite's Ion drive is intended for station keeping and repositioning not long range flight.
Atmospheric Flight: Not possible.
Driving on the Ground: Not possible.

Statistical Data:
Height: 4 ft
Width: 6 ft
Length: 20 ft
Weight: 3 tons
Power System: Combination fission 20 year life and solar indeffenate life.
Market Cost: 4 million credits

Weapons
1. Point defense laser (2): The watch dog posses’ two small point defense lasers to protect it against meteorite impacts.
Purpose: Defense
Mega-Damage: 2D6 per blast
Rate of Fire: 1 blast per melee
Range: 10,000 ft half in an atmosphere
Payload: Unlimited

2. Sensor Suite: The watchdog posses’ sensor capacity equal to a modern capital ship meaning it can detect most non stealth targets at ranges of 400,000 miles, and stealthed targets up to 20,000 miles away.

More coming soon enjoy!

Here's another

Steel Rain Ground Attack Satellite
The Steel Rain Class of attack satellites is most unusual in that its weaponry is aimed at the planet it is intended to protect. The satellite is heavily stealthed and normally lies completely dormant making it almost impossible to detect, only upon receiving a predetermined signal or detecting the tell tale energy spikes of military weapons fire does the satellite become active. When activated the satellite actively seeks out hostile ground forces with heavy armor having the highest priority, followed by IFVs and infantry. The satellite can also be controlled manually from the ground. This allows ground forces on invaded worlds to maintain some modicum of orbital fire support even when there are no warships available.
The Steel Rain’s designers new that any kind of high energy discharge would instantly give its position away to orbiting spacecraft as would any kind of missile launch, and a detected defense satellite is simply an extremely expensive gunnery target. The solution was so simple it was a wonder it hadn’t been done already. The bulk of the satellite is merely a large calliope type array of gun barrels and complex targeting systems; within each barrel is an explosive charge and a four foot rod of depleted uranium in a ceramic sabot. When fired from high orbit into a planetary gravity well these rods impact at tremendous velocities and are more than capable of skewering most robots. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on one point of view) they aren’t terribly accurate and are easily avoided. On the other hand the only warning the target usually has is when a depleted uranium spear tears through his tank.

Model: US-085GA
Class: Ground Attack Satellite
Crew: None
MDC by Location
Communications array-50
*Main Body-500
Spear calliope-200
*Depleting the MDC of the main body destroys the satellite.

Speed:
Flying in space: mach 4 maximum
Atmospheric flight: not possible
Range: Effectively unlimited

Statistical Data:
Height: 12ft
Width: 15ft
Length: 35ft
Weight: 100 tons
Power system: combination fission 20 year life, and solar indefinate life
Market Cost: 12million credits

Weapons

1. Spear Calliope (1): This awesome weapon is not without its flaws. The First shot is effectively a surprise attack with +6 to strike. Subsequent attacks however gain no bonuses and are in fact made at -6 to strike if the target is attempting to evade/moving erratically. The only exception is stationary or immobilized targets i.e. buildings, stuck vehicles etc against which the Steel Rain retains its strike bonus.
Purpose: Assault
Secondary Purpose: Bombardment
Mega Damage: 2D4x100 per round
Rate of Fire: One per melee
Range: Effectively unlimited (line of sight)
Payload: 50 rounds reloading requires trained personnel special equipment and takes several hours

what about the "Cerberus Attack Drone" you mentioned in your first post?

Those are some cool satellites! Please keep them coming! We want more!

Cerberus attack Drone

Strictly Speaking the Cerberus is not a satelite but a robot attack ship. Built from the ground up around a cruiser grade X-ray laser, with a pair of Long Range missile luanchers thrown in for good measure. A pack of Cerberus drones is a lethal threat too anything smaller than a battleship.
Usually deployed in packs of 4-12 the Cerberus is intended to augment existing static defenses; where they can be mantained in a dormant state until needed. Some customers have chosen to maintain 'hunter' packs of perpetually active drones. This practice has resulted in a few unfortunate incidents, and given rise to rumors of the AI's being unstable. Sentinel discourages this practice and has publicly stated that the Cerberus is strictly an attack drone with all the charm and personality of a rabid Kreeghor Bloodhound. Despite the negative publicity; or perhaps because of it the Cerberus remains a hot commodity and is one of Sentinels best selling products.

Model: SAD-0027
Class: Automated Attack Craft
Crew: none; the onboard Ai possess an effective IQ of 10 and is highly aggressive, rumor has it that Sentinel modeled the AI's personality on those of violent psycopaths.

MDC By Location
*Main Body - 1200
Long range Missile Luanchers (2) -350 each
Point defense Turrets (4) - 150 each
Engines (2) - 300 each
Variable forse field -300 perside 1800 total
* Depleating the MDC of the Main body destroys the Drone

Speed:
Flying in space: Mach 6 maximum
FTL: not Possible

Statistical data:
Height: 20'
Width: 30'
Length: 100'
Wieght: 200 tons
Cargo: None
Power system: Antimatter with a 20 year life
Market cost: 300 million credits

Weapons:

1. X ray Laser (1) this cruiser grade weapon fills the majority of the cerberus hull and is its primary offensive armament.
Purpose: anti-ship
Secoundary purpose: assualt
Mega-damage: 1d6x1000
rate of fire: twice per melee
range: 100 miles
payload: unlimited

2. Long range missile Luanchers (2): a pair of long range missile luanchers adds additional long range punch and anti-fighter capability.
Purpose: anti-ship
secoundary purpose: anti-fighter
mega damage: 4D4x100 per missile
rate of fire: 1 at a time or in vollies of 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 missiles
range: 1800 miles double in space
payload: 20 per luancher

3. Point Defense Lasers (4): A quartet of small laser turrets are scattered across the Cerberus's hull for close in defense.
purpose: anti missile
secoundary purpose: anti-fighter
Mega-Damage: 3D6x10 per blast
rate of fire: each turret can fire 5 times per melee.
range: 10 miles double in space
payload: unlimited

looks good and long overdue...

yeah I know but between work, school, kids, and selling a house I dont get as much time to write as I'd like

Ignatius wrote:yeah I know but between work, school, kids, and selling a house I dont get as much time to write as I'd like

(musical notes)"That's lifffeee...."(musical notes)

Very nice addition! Please keep them coming when you can! We can be patient.

These do look good. What would be nice is some info on "Sentinel Defense Werks".

Agreed...the more companies out there in the 3g, the better for us hardware-mongers...

They could make a mint in the Three Galaxies. They produce enough products for a market niche out there.

Arbalest Orbital Missile Platform
The Arbalest is simplicity its self essentially a Long range missile launcher with on board targeting and a limited AI similar to that of the watch dog. Cheap and easy to maintain shoals of Arbalest platforms can be purchased for the price of a single frigate. Arbalests are programmed to hold their fire till the last possible moment and are very hard sensor targets, and while they may be single shot weapons there low price allows even the poorest colony to potentially field hundreds of satellites and very few targets can withstand having hundreds or even thousands of Long Range Missiles suddenly erupt at point blank range.

Model: AS-057B
Class: Automated Weapon Platform
MDC By Location
Main Body-300
Ion Drive -50
Point Defense Lasers (2) - 10 each

SPEED
Flying 200 mph maximum the Arbalest's Ion drive is intended for station keeping and repositioning not deep space flight.

Statistical Data
Height: 3m/10ft
Width: 7m/24ft
Length: 5m/15ft
Weight: 5 tons
Power System: Solar indefinite life
Cost: 500,000 Credits

Weapons:

Long Range Missile Launcher (1) Most of the satellite is composed of this single box long range missile launcher
Damage: varies with missile type typically 4D4x100 anti matter multi war head or 6D6x10 Heavy armor piercing
Rate of Fire: one volley of 20 missiles
Range: Varies with missile type typically 3600 or 2400 miles
Payload: 20 missiles

Point Defense Laser (2): a pair of small lasers are built in to protect the Arbalest from meteorite impacts.
Damage: 2D6 per blast
Rate of Fire: each can fire three times per melee
Range:1km/4,000 ft
Payload: limited to 20 blasts per hour

Good to see you're still in business!
The THree Galaxies is going to need all the firepower they can get with the Minion Wars coming to the neighborhood.

love it but art work

I hope that you will produce some more of these soon. And I agree that we can use more companies in the Three Galaxies to produce more ships and satelites.