STATISTICS
| Mass: 3,500 tons | Structure Type: Stacked Linear Spheroid |
| Power Plant: TME 17.5K Fusion Drive | Armor Type: TME 3000 Standard |
| Comm Systems: TME Megaphone | Cruising Accel/Airspeed: 2.5G, 900 kph |
| Targeting/Tracking Systems:
TME 3051 Relatracker |
Maximum Accel/Airspeed: 4G, 1440 kph |
| Spaceframe: TME OreHauler 78J/a | |
| Armament: 6 TME/BTSTS-GR:3049 "Relativistic Slugger" Gauss Rifles 6 TME/BTSTS-ALRM:3000 "Gale Force" LRM 20-Racks 9 TME/BTSTS-PLL:3049 "Bren Laser" Large Pulse Lasers 18 TME/BTSTS-LL:3000 "BigZappa" Large Lasers |
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OVERVIEW
The TME-87 Arbitrator fills a void in DropShip technology. Rather than being a cargo carrier, a troop transport, or a troop transport escort, the Arbitrator is a long-duration patrol craft. It has enough weapons to readily defeat brigands and privateers and enoguh marines to assist in capturing a rogue vessel.
CAPABILITIES
With its foreward-heavy armament of Gauss rifles and long range missile racks, above-average maneuverabilty, and heavy armor, the Arbitrator is a great civilian-based scrapper at long range. Its well-rounded energy weapon arsenal of both standard and pulse large lasers protect all quarters while its complement six platoons of zero-gee marines with thruster packs make it effective at boarding actions even without docking first.
DEPLOYMENT
Insystem patrol is a niche that needed to be filled, and the Arbitrator is being accepted well.
TME-87 Arbitrator Patrol DropShip |
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| 3,500 tons | Aerodyne Dropship | Safe MP: 5 (2.5G) | Max MP: 8 (4G) |
| Engine mass: 1137t | Control Mass: 26.3t | Integrity: 16 (8G) | Structure Mass: 112t |
| Armor Mass: 57.6t | Armor Points: 922 | Fuel: 122 t (3360 pts) | Fuel/Burn Day (1g): 1.84 |
| Fuel Pump Mass: 2t | Crew: 2 off, 4 enlist | 12 passengers | No lifeboats |
| 126 Jump Marines | 2 small craft | Gunners: 7 | Cargo Mass: 50.5 t |
ARMOR (Capital Scale in Parenthesis) |
EQUIPMENT |
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| Front: | 331 (33) |
2 Gauss Rifles w/ 32 shots | Nose |
| Left/Right Side: | 246 (25) / 246 (25) |
2 LRM-20 w/ 24 shots | Nose |
| Rear: | 163 (16) |
2 Large Pulse Lasers | Nose |
| Heat Sinks: 137 (274) Double Sinks | 4 Large Lasers | Nose | |
| 2 Gauss Rifles w/ 32 shots | Front Left | ||
| 2 LRM-20 w/ 24 shots | Front Left | ||
| 2 Large Pulse Lasers | Front Left | ||
| 4 Large Lasers | Front Left | ||
| 2 Gauss Rifles w/ 32 shots | Front Right | ||
| 2 LRM-20 w/ 24 shots | Front Right | ||
| 2 Large Pulse Lasers | Front Right | ||
| 4 Large Lasers | Front Right | ||
| Large Pulse Laser | Aft Left | ||
| 2 Large Lasers | Aft Left | ||
| Large Pulse Laser | Aft Right | ||
| 2 Large Lasers | Aft Right | ||
| Large Pulse Laser | Aft | ||
| 2 Large Lasers | Aft | ||