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Babylon 5 Raider Strike Carrier

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Name: Raider Strike Carrier
Craft: Modified Mediator Belt Alliance Carrier
Type: Carrier
Scale: Capital
Length: 118 meters (estimated)
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 45; Skeleton: 5/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 4D; Capital Ship Piloting: 4D; Communications: 4D; Sensors: 4D; Starship Gunnery: 3D
Passengers: 10/Passengers/Prisoners
Cargo Capacity: 1,000 metric tons
Consumables: 6 months
Hyperdrive: x17
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 1D+2
Space: 3
Hull: 4D+2
Sensors

  • Passive: 16 / 0D+1
  • Scan: 32 / 1D
  • Search: 48 / 1D+1
  • Focus: 2 / 2D

Weapons

  • 6 Medium Pulse Cannons
Fire Arc: 4 forward, 1 port, 1 starboard
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-3/7/13
Damage: 7D+1
  • 12 Particle Beams
Fire Arc: 3 forward. 3 port, 3 starboard, 3 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-2/4/8
Damage: 3D

Miscellaneous:

  • Artificial Gravity: no
  • Crew: 45
  • Officers: 2
  • Pilots: 10
  • Sensor Operators: 8
  • Crewmen: 25
  • Average Crew Experience Level: Raider Line
  • Stealth: 5 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
  • External Docking Ring
  • Fusion Engine

Complement:

Description: Like the Battlewagon, the ‘Strike Carrier’ is a converted ship used by raiders to fulfill a specific function – to launch fighter craft in a hurry. Typically built upon the chunks of space liners and old Mediator Belt Alliance carriers, the strike carrier has extensive weapon upgrades. A set of rails designed to hold Delta-V fighters allows the four flights commonly carried by the ship to be launched and recovered very quickly, a vital necessity when attacking commercial lanes or military targets. The cannibalized hull also grants other benefits to the raider cell, such as relatively pristine quarters and artificial gravity for longer deployments. However, as a frontline warship, the strike carrier is lacking.

A boon to the entire ‘Delta family’ of fighters, the strike carrier can easily be altered to accept breaching pods or assault shuttles in just a few hours of dry dock. This is not the most common arrangement, but can be quite a shock to targets expecting a fighter swarm instead. The weapon layout of the carrier is not as impressive as a battlewagon or military warship, but when combined with several waves of friendly fighters, it may just be what is necessary to make a target surrender.

Source:

  • Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 152-153)
  • thedemonapostle
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