Shadow Hurricane Battlecrab Cruiser

One of the oldest races at the third age of man. What do you want? Scaled for Star Wars Armada. Use a medium base for gameplay for this unit

And now for some fluff.
As far as starships of war are concerned, this ships only equals are the corresponding Vorlon warships and other First Ones ships. While there was at least one race that older than the first one (A being know as Lorien is the only remaining representative of that race) the Shadows are the oldest race of the group of races know as the First Ones. In many ways, the Shadows are the most technologically advanced of the First Ones. They are certainly the first race from the First Ones to experiment with FTL drives and Hyperspace. Their racial age is at least 100 million years, but they may be more than a billion years old!

The Shadow warship comes in three different sub sizes. The first size is 800 meters long, the second size is 1500 meters long, and the largest are 3000 meters long. All ships have similar ability but the larger one have increased armor. This description describes the 800 meter long design but can be used to represent all three designs by increasing the M.D.C. of various hit locations (Increase hit locations by a factor of 2 for 1.5 km versions and by a factor of 4 for the 3 km versions) and increase the number of fighters (70 for the 1.5 km versions and 100 for the 3 km versions). The shadow warships look very organic and have been described as Spiders or Crabs because of their appearance.

The Shadow Warship is armed with a Shadow type Quantum Gravitic Discharge Cannon for its only normal weapon. The only real difference with the Vorlon weapon of the same type is that the frequency of the Gravity waves it fires is different, which gives the beam a slightly different appearance. This weapon gives the Ship a unexpectedly large fire power. This weapon is so powerful that the Ship can attack a half a dozen warships of any of the younger races and devastate them. The ship is also armed with a special weapon that can actually collapse a Jump Point. This weapon can easily destroy any size ship and it is simply how close to the effect and the luck of the ships crew for the ships to survive.

The entire ship is alive, a single large living organism without any mechanical features. The skin of this creature is a strong adapting armor, not unlike its Vorlon counterpart. Backing up this armor are shields consisting of interwoven energy fields and layers of gravitational distortion. These shields are capable of absorbing large amounts of energy, be it directed energy or kinetic in nature.

The ships sublight propulsion consists of a powerful gravity drive system that is used for maneuvering and main thrust. this gives the Warship superb maneuverability and acceleration. This drive can also be used as a tractor beam. Because of their long experience with FTL physics they have a hyperdrive system that allows them to move in and out of hyperspace at will, at whatever position they wish to appear at. This gives them a great advantage in ambushes etc. they can also use the to pass into being between hyperspace and real space and be virtually invulnerable there.

Since the ship is alive it has an intelligence similar to that of a sentient AI and so can perform difficult maneuvers on its own. It needs a crew, although its more apt to call that single unfortunate individual a computer core. Take note that the smaller and medium sized Warships are usually drones and will normally have no Shadows are onboard (they always have the unfortunate victim or they are inert). On sensor readings the ship will read as built out of organic materials rather than the metal alloys that most starships are built out of. When its ECM is engaged it is almost impossibly hard to detect.

A special trait of these ships is the way they launch their fighters: Unlike the Vorlons, who transfer their fighters through the hull of their ships, the shadow Warship actually splits off a spiked ball of organic matter which is hurled at the enemy at a immense acceleration (3% of light per melee). Once this mass is close to the enemy it "explodes" scattering the Warships fighters in all directions. One minute you`re safe, the next you`ve got 40 fighters buzzing around your ship. This is attack is also very disconcerting and the captain of the ship being attack must make a saving throw against horror factor of 15 or panic.

As the Shadows are agents of chaos, meeting a Shadow Warship is often perilous: they`re liable to shoot on sight and forget about the questions, although if you`re lucky and retreat before the ship decides what to do with you, you may survive.