The Rylorz (“Castigator”) Artillery Battlecruiser has a complex history. Originally conceived as much smaller vessel, the Rylorz was intended to provide long-range fire support with railguns to the fleet. The Phystyulon’s standard Phazra triple railgun system was to be mounted in a series of seven turrets, providing a much greater arc of fire than the fixed mounts on vessels like the Sylor Barrage Destroyer.
However, the sheer volume – despite the relatively low mass – of the Phazra systems meant that to physically accommodate the seven turrets, the Rylorz ended up being 67% larger than the original specifications, making it bigger than the Lokutar Battleship. However, one major advantage was discovered during this process. The distinctly larger power core the larger hull required had enough spare power for a previously unexpected benefit. While experimenting with the weapon systems the design engineers discovered that the additional power could be routed into the Phazras, essentially over-charging them but cutting their recharge time in half. The durable Phazra arrays only needed relatively minor modifications in components and stressing for this process to be made reliable enough for standard operation procedure – a testament to the excellent Phazra engineering design. The reloading system – which was already being rebuilt to accommodate for the turret – was further improved to safely handle the increased rate of fire.
The Rylorz does not possess any other capital ships weapons outside of the seven triple-railgun Phazra systems, but has an impressive one hundred and twenty point-defence lazer turrets for self-defence. It also has excellent manoeuvrability for a vessel of its size class, the same as the heavy cruisers half it size.
Despite its actual size being akin to an average dreadnought, the Rylorz is nonetheless still classified as a “battlecruiser.”
The Rylorz turrets have been so successful that low-cost versions of that the design is being copied to ground defences and orbital installations to re-mount older Phazra systems.
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Range: Phystyulons
Race / Species: Elenthnar
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