Originally by: Evelgrivion

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Premise: Jump-Drive Equipped Station-Ship

The Behemoth has been conceived as a new form of end-game vessel; a multi-billion ISK monstrosity of a construction, double or more the cost of a station, intended to provide the ultimate logistics platform of any organization: A transportable station.

This ship, which would cost approximately 75 billion ISK to build (plus blueprints), would provide 5 to 10 factory slots as well as a 35% efficiency refinery. To maintain a degree of balance, these vessels would have a limited hangar capacity of approximately 87,500,000 meters for docked ships. Additionally, each docked person would only be able to hold, perhaps, 10,000 meters of material.

These massive vessels would be nigh on twice the volume of even a titan class vessel; as such, standard drives would be completely unreasonable for such a ship. However, the Behemoth would come with a jump drive, allowing it to be jumped into whatever star-system was within range. Concord would not allow these ships to leave 0.0 space due to their immense gravitational fields (this has the added benefit of helping prevent the abuse of trade routes). It may only be capable of jumping once every twelve hours if so desired. Relocation fuel costs would represent an investment of several hundred million ISK, and would require either a cynosural field, a new class of cynosural field, or perhaps even a Jump Portal to reach its destination.

These vessels, representing a tremendous financial investment, would be destroyable by players. The Behemoths are not designed to self-defend, and would be thoroughly dependent on their owners providing protection. Should the vessel be caught and destroyed, it would provide very little insurance payout - however, unlike every other ship in EVE, the Behemoth is simply too massive to be permanently destroyed. The derelict hulks left after their destruction will forever float in space - until their creators, or another party, make the investment to rebuild them.

After a length of time, perhaps half as long, or maybe even longer than the original construction time of the ship, and a financial investment of half to two thirds of the original construction cost, the vessel could be restored to operational status, with all materials inside available to the new owners.

The Behemoth would be the last word in 0.0 logistics, capable of constructing battleship class and smaller vessels at its leisure, with the refinery on-board to make the needed materials accessible, and the health to make it durable enough for operations in deep null-sec space - but not enough to make the ship invincible.

Comments? Criticisms?

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