GTSR201D Varanus Komodoensis Heavy Cruiser

Grand Terran Sovereign Republic (GTSR)

Scale: Fleet (very nominally 1:10000th)

Size (Bounding Box): 80.30mm x 26.13mm x 13.35mm

Physical Print: Two starships supplied.

Digital Files:

Supports: Not available at this time, sorry.

Mounting: 3.4mm diameter flight stand hole located at base; flight stand provided.

Scaling Notes: Yellow. Parts potentially affected by scaling: Flight stand hole, wall thickness, thin parts.

Entirely Optional Lore PDF included.

Photo of FDM print. (Prusa I3 Mk3)

For Resin/SLS Printing: Use file 1solidS (plus stand)

For FDM Printing: Use files 1solidtop, 1solidbottom, 1solidfin (plus stand)

The Varanus Komodoensis is named for the Komodo Dragon. The moniker is appropriate, and the Komodoensis is appreciably more massive than the first four configurations. It appears to be most closely modelled on the Griseus, likely at least in part because of the fundamentally similar all-energy weapon loadout. Indeed, only the addition of four point-defence blisters on the forward module hardpoints differentiate the front two-thirds of the vessel from its smaller counterpart. The differences are readily apparent in the rear third, starting with the engines.

The Komodoensis replaces the smaller Safran SF-M2340 engines with another two Derwent FD12000 engines. The raises the cruiser’s speed and manoeuvrability, despite the increase in mass. Acceleration is improved to 15.5mc and manoeuvrability rating to 176 MEUs, with a corresponding increase in evasion and thus survivability despite having no stronger shields or armour.

Two additional point-defence blister occupy two of the hardpoints. This gives the Komodoensis a total of sixteen smaller blisters in addition to the four LZ-3300 blisters. In the Komodoensis, all these blisters appear to be outfitted with particle beams, producing a net output of 2560TXq.

The Komodoensis only carries two other weapons systems; two massive turrets containing three equally massive particle beam cannons, each with its own dedicated full firecontrol suite. These weapon systems are of Soviet manufacture, and were previously seen only on their superdreadnoughts. Each turret is capable of outputting 626TXq of firepower over a staggering 600 000km accuracy envelope. This gives the Komodoensis almost unprecedented long-range firepower, without the requirement for missiles or torpedoes.

This firepower comes as significant cost – it is estimated it must be almost 70% more expensive to produce in raw materials alone than the Varanus Griseus.