Babylon 5 Riva Cruiser

Name: Riva
Craft: Brakiri Syndicracy Riva Cruiser
Type: Cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 150 meters (estimated)
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Crew: 20; Skeleton: 2/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 5D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 3D+1; Capital Ship Piloting: 5D; Communications: 5D; Sensors: 5D
Passengers: none
Cargo Capacity: 240 kg
Consumables: 2 months
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 8
Atmosphere: 365; 1,050 km/h
Hull: 2D+1
Sensors

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

Weapons

2 Grav Cannons

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-12/30/60
Atmosphere Range: 2-24/60/120km
Damage: 8D

3 Gravitic Bolts

Fire Arc: 1 aft, 12 turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-5/12/23
Atmosphere Range: 2-10/24/46km
Damage: 6D

Miscellaneous:

Artificial Gravity: Yes
Crew: 20

Officers: 2
Pilots: 3
Sensor Operators: 5
Crewmen: 10

Average Crew Experience Level: Brakiri Line
Stealth: 13 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
Atmospheric Capable
Gravitic Engine

Description: The Brakiri once experimented in superheavy fighter technology. Having created a smaller ship designed solely to fill a much needed hole in the Brakiri fleet, that of the fast attack destroyer, the Riva uses a touch of advanced weaponry to give it the necessary offensive punch it needs to break through an enemy’s lines and pick on softer targets often deployed in the rear of a normal fleet. A single Riva may not be able to break a defensive position, but they are commonly deployed in squadrons of three and backed up by a number of long-ranged support ships to draw fire away from their attack runs.

Using its bow-mounted grav cannons on the approach and its aft-mounted gravitic bolts as they pass by, the Riva can cause significant damage to a lightly armored vessel and hopefully be agile enough to avoid suffering too greatly at the hands of nearby targets. Too small to be fitted with adequate shielding, the Brakiri often use ‘expendable’ crew on the cruiser just in case the investment turns out to be a bad one.

Source:

Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 107-108)
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