Processor

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Processor
Ship Information
Classification	Non-Combat Ship
Purpose	Resource Drop-Off
Ship Type	Utility Support Vessel/Ore Processor
Technical Information
Mass	89000 tons
Length	296.3 metres
Acceleration	75 m/s2
Speed	250 m/s
Hyperdrive	Short Jump
Armaments	4 Mass Drivers 4 Energy Cannons (upgrade) 4 Repair Beams
Usage
Eras	Cataclysm Era
Affiliation	Kiith Somtaaw

The Chieftain Mk3 Processor was the Kiith Somtaaw Resource Controller during the Beast War. It was armed with 4 medium strength guns (1 each on top, bottom, and sides) and with the proper upgrade, automatic repair beams (two on each side).

Background

The Processor, as the designation implies, is basically a mobile ore refinery and processing unit. Though almost as large as a carrier, it has no production capabilities, being filled instead with storage bays and processing lines. They were initially unarmed, but Turanic raider attacks forced Somtaaw to add mass driver turrets to the unit, and then AI-controlled repair beams. The mass drivers were eventually upgraded into energy cannons over the course of the Beast War.

As an aside, Processor staff are unique in that Somtaaw specifically designates miners to crew it. No Processor is crewed by soldiers or other combat officers, only miners.

Role

The Processor serves as a vital resource dropoff point for Workers for mining operations further away from the main fleet as it can move almost as fast as a Worker, and it is able to unload resources from up to four Workers simultaneously. It also has one Crystal Processing Beam in the front. Its four smaller weapons won't do much, but they can still help against enemy strike craft.

Its automatic four repair beams are its real strength. These can be critical for supporting the rest of the fleet in heavy combat. Unlike most repair beams, these can repair strike craft within their range.

The Beast stole and adopted the design for this ship from Kiith Somtaaw for its own forces. The Beast variant appears to be a pound-for-pound match to the Somtaaw one.

Trivia

• In the Homeworld: Cataclysm manual, it is referred to as a Chieftain Mk. 3-class Ore Processor. The Mk3 version simply comes from the repair beams and guns added, with no significant changes from the original model.

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