Babylon 5 Psi Corps Fighter Carrier

Name: Fighter Carrier
Craft: Psi Corps Fighter Carrier
Type: Carrier
Scale: Capital
Length: 152 meters (estimated)
Skill: Capital Ship pilot
Crew: 20; Skeleton: 2/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 5D; Capital Ship Piloting: 5D; Communications: 5D; Sensors: 5D; Starship Gunnery: 3D+1
Passengers: none
Cargo Capacity: 240 kg
Consumables: 24 days
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 6
Hull: 2D+2
Sensors

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

Weapons

• 2 Light Pulse Cannons

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1/3/6
Damage: 4D+2

• 2 Particle Beams

Fire Arc: turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-2/4/8
Damage: 3D

Miscellaneous:

• Artificial Gravity: no
• Crew: 20

• Officers: 3
• Pilots: 12
• Sensor Operators: 1
• Crewmen: 4

• Average Crew Experience Level: Psi Corps Line
• Stealth: 10 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
• External Docking Ring
• Fusion Engine

Complement:

• Light Shuttle: 2
• SA-23E Aurora Starfury Class Heavy Fighter: 12

Description: Modified freighters designed to ferry Psi Corps Starfuries across larger areas of non-hyperspace distance without having to use up the fighters’ fuel or life support, these carriers are the six most deployed ships in the Corps’ fleet. Mounting a dozen Starfuries to the undercarriage of a common freight transport means that the fighters are almost always crewed before leaving the larger mothership, making only shorter trips safe for the telepathic pilots. It keeps advanced squadrons like the Black Omegas safe from outsiders until the point of deployment.

The ‘carrier’ supports a few scattered anti-fighter weapons to ward away any would-be raiders or harassing aliens, but are far more reliant on the telepathic abilities of the fighter pilots to project the proper illusionary cover and the like. Being a Psi Corps ship, they are fully crewed by ‘teeps’ of varying levels – but rarely are ship crews allotted anything higher than a P3 as common crew. The commanding officer could maybe be a high P8, but rarely anyone stronger is used in fleet deployments – except the Black Omegas, who are all P12 Psi Cops and as ruthless as the name implies.

Source:

• Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (page 145)
• thedemonapostle