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Babylon 5 Kestral Patrol Boat

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Name: Kestral
Craft: Drazi Freehold Kestral Patrol Boat
Type: Patrol Boat
Scale: Capital
Length: 120 meters (estimated)
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 5; Skeleton: 1/+5
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 4D; Capital Ship Piloting: 4D; Communications: 4D; Sensors: 4D; Starship Gunnery: 3D+1
Passengers: 10
Cargo Capacity: 20 metric tons
Consumables: 19 days
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 8
Atmosphere: 365; 1,050 km/h
Hull: 2D
Sensors

  • Passive: 12 / 0D+1
  • Scan: 24 / 0D+2
  • Search: 36 / 1D
  • Focus: 1 / 1D+1

Weapons

  • 2 Particle Blasters
Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+2
Space Range: 1-2/5/10
Atmosphere Range: 10-200/500/1,000m
Damage: 4D
  • Particle Repeater
Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+2
Space Range: 1/3/6
Atmosphere Range: 10-100/300/600m
Damage: 5D+1

Miscellaneous:

  • Artificial Gravity: no
  • Crew: 5
  • Officers: 1
  • Pilots: 1
  • Sensor Operators: 1
  • Crewmen: 2
  • Average Crew Experience Level: Drazi Line
  • Stealth: 10 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
  • Atmospheric Capable
  • Fusion Engine

Complement:

  • Light Shuttle: 1

Description: The Kestral was the Drazi’s first successful attempt at a small and fast attack frigate, which was quickly replaced by the widely accepted Stareagle. It rose from the ashes of the Dilgar War to fill a much-needed defense slot around the Freehold, having several thousand built within a few weeks of the end of the war. Originally armed with old Dilgar technology and outfitted later with far more reliable Drazi-made particle systems, the Kestral rarely made any military appearances after the birth of its descendant.

To make some form of profit on the vessels, many were sold to mercenary organizations and even to raider cells in order to pay for their expensive design and creation. Since then there have been dozens of different variants and civilian modifications of the old Kestral, with a few dozen still appearing in the occasional Freehold-sponsored corporate action or mercenary group. A high number of them have been sighted in the ranks of the dreaded Choshaka, the Drazi raider organization, but Freehold representatives claim to know nothing of this.

Source:

  • Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (page 139)
  • thedemonapostle
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