Battlestar Carrier
Craft: Colonial Battlestar Class Carrier
Type: Escort/Fleet Combat Carrier
Scale: Capital
Length: 600m
Skill: Capital Ship Piloting: Battlestar
Crew: 3500, gunners:97, skeleton:1500/+10
Crew Skill: Capital Ship Piloting 5D, Capital Ship Gunnery 5D,
-----------Starship Gunnery 5D, Capital Ship Shields 4D,
-----------Astrogation 4D
Passengers: 1000 (troops)
Cargo: 750 tons
Consumables: 1 year
Cost: n/a
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x1
Hyperdrive Backup: x12
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 2D+2
Space: 7
Hull: 6D+2
Shield: 2D+2
Sensors: Passive 40/1D
----------Scan 80/1D+2
----------Search 120/2D+1
----------Focus 5/3D+2
Weapons
Type: Turbolaser Battery x15
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 3
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 3-15/35/75
Damage: 7D
Type: Quad Laser x20
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Damage: 5D
Type: Concussion missile Launcher x10
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 2-12/20/60
Damage: 8D
Type: Tractor Beam x4
Fire Arc: 2 Front. 2 Rear
Crew: 3
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 3-5/15/30
Damage: 4D
Other
Imperial Models Carry:
72 Tie (36 Tie/ln, 12 Tie Interceptors, 12 Tie Bombers, 6 Tie/rc,
----------6 Tie/fg)
6 Lambda Class Shuttles
6 Gamma Class Assault Shuttles
4 Skipray Blastboats
2 Sentinel Class Troop Transports
Non-Imperial Models Carry:
36 Starfighters (This lower number is due to the use of
specialized Tie Fighter racks on all Imperial Ships)
18 Misc. Craft
Capsule: After the introduction of KDYs Escort Carrier into the Imperial Navy, it was found that if attacked, even by a minor capital ship assault, the ship could not effectively defend itself without a capital ship escort of its own. To rectify this problem, the Empire sent out a contract for a fleet carrier to replace KDYs Escort Carrier and for use in smaller taskforces that lacked Star Destroyer support. Surprisingly a small company called Colonial won the contract to produce their Battlestar class Fleet and Escort Carrier. The design was so well liked that several governments also ordered Battlestars along with the two new starfighters that Colonial had recently began producing. With 15 turbolasers and 10 Concussion Missile Launchers, the Battlestar could defend itself from all but the largest capital ships. Also, with 20 Quad Laser turrets, the Battlestar could defend itself from concentrated starfighter attacks as well. The Imperial Battlestar can carry a full Tie wing (72 fighters) making it the equal to both KDYs Escort Carrier and Imperial Star Destroyer for Fighter capabilities, while also able to carry 18 additional craft. Non-Imperial Models can carry a full wing standard starfighters (36) making the equal to any pre-Empire designed capital ship. Unfortunately for Colonial though, many people in the organization were not pro-Imperial and after an incident, in which two complete Battlestars (loaded with full complements of Colonials Viper and Asp starfighters) were stolen by the Rebel Alliance, the Empire took control of Colonial and handed the designs of all three ships (Asp, Battlestar, and Viper) to KDY. Colonial had built 21 Battlestars (12 for the Empire, 7 for local governments, 2 stolen by the Rebel Alliance) and KDY has already built 17 exclusively for the Empire. Continued production of this vessel will definitely cause trouble for rebel raids on Imperial shipping convoys.
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