Babylon 5 Noloshan Trade Frigate
Name: Noloshan
Craft: Minbari Federation Noloshan Trade Frigate
Type: Trade Frigate
Scale: Capital
Length: 695 meters (estimated)
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 12; Skeleton: 1/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 5D+2; Capital Ship Piloting: 5D+2; Communications: 5D+2; Sensors: 5D+2; Starship Gunnery: 3D
Passengers: 1,500
Cargo Capacity: 3,000 metric tons
Consumables: 3 month
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 9
Hull: 4D+1
Sensors
- Passive: 16 / 0D+1
- Scan: 32 / 1D
- Search: 48 / 1D+1
- Focus: 2 / 2D
Weapons
- 3 Tri-Linked Light Fusion Cannons
- Fire Arc: 2 forward, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-3/7/13
Damage: 7D+1
- Minbari Jamming Suite
- Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Effect: Enemy Fire Control and Sensors -4D+1
Miscellaneous:
- Artificial Gravity: yes
- Crew: 12
- Pilots / Officers: 5
- Sensor Operators: 1
- Crewmen: 6
- Average Crew Experience Level: Minbari Worker Caste Line
- Stealth: 18 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
- Gravitic Engine
- Minbari Flight Computer
Complement:
Description: The space travel pack horses of the worker caste, the Minbari created the Noloshan from streamlined Tinashi hulls that were no longer combat-serviceable yet still very much spaceworthy. It is a common sight in the areas of the Federation where trade is acceptable, and is used heavily to ferry materials and workers from colony to colony to keep the work forces fresh and supplied. Although the worker caste rarely receives the attention it deserves, the Noloshan is one perk of being a member.
Being placed to work on a Noloshan crew is a high honor for Worker Caste members. A worker who finds himself a captain of the lightly armed frigate can expect to be listened to in political and social circles all over Minbari space, and may be known enough to be assigned specific routes or projects by the Grey Council itself.
Source:
- Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 142-143)
- thedemonapostle