GTSR201A Varanus Flavescens Heavy Cruiser

Grand Terran Sovereign Republic (GTSR)

      The Varanus Flavescens has a notably different hull to the Griseus. While the Griseus is divided three roughly equal structures, the Flavescens instead has the same front structure but its middle module twice the length of it rearmost one. The missile structure mounts a number of missile racks in paddle-like mounts, giving the vessel a profile faintly reminiscent of a four-flippered marine reptile. (This resemblance is also shown to an extent in the Gerrhonotus and even the Pterodactylus and is unlikely to be entirely accidental.) It is estimated that the Flavescens carries 192 missiles. These are thought to most likely to be either BSE ASM-256 Starlance missiles or Soviet Remnant K-5512 Liúxīng (Meteor) missiles, both of which have comparable 200TXq yields and engagement envelopes of 600 000km, as both BSE and Soviet Remnant vessels use these munitions in large numbers and would be the most logical to use from stockpiles.

      The Flavescens retains the same secondary particle beams and rear heavy lazer cannons as on the Griseus, but the point-defence blisters are different again, a mix of four particle beam blisters (with a net output of 640TXq) and six lazer cannon blisters (with an net output of 944TXq). Notably, the lazer blisters are the older LZ-2200 batteries and not the more modern (and expensive) mounts on the Gerrhonotus Rhombifer.