Babylon 5 Sky Serpent Heavy Assault Fighter
Name: Sky Serpent
Craft: Drazi Freehold Sky Serpent Heavy Assault Fighter
Type: Heavy Assault Fighter
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 30 meters
Skill: Starfighter Pilot
Crew: 2 ;Skeleton: 1/+5
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 4D; Communications: 4D; Sensors: 4D; Starship Gunnery: 3D+1; Starfighter Pilot: 4D
Passengers: none
Cargo Capacity: 150 kg
Consumables: 15 days
Maneuverability: 4D
Space: 6
Hull: 4D
Sensors
- Passive: 16 / 0D+1
- Scan: 32 / 1D
- Search: 48 / 1D+1
- Focus: 2 / 2D
Weapons
- 2 Twin-Linked Particle Blasters
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-2/5/10
Damage: 5D
- 2 Fighter Missile Racks
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-7/17/34
Damage: 5D
Miscellaneous:
- Artificial Gravity: no
- Crew: 2 Pilots
- Average Crew Experience Level: Drazi Line
- Stealth: 7 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
- Fusion Engine
- Pivotal Thrusters
Description: The heaviest fighter in the galaxy, this vessel only qualifies as a fighter by the slightest margin. It is not far in size from the hull of the deadly Stareagle, but uses a far more responsive set of controls akin to those found in the Star Snakes and older versions of Drazi fighters no longer used. The Sky Serpent is a massive dogfighter armed with enough firepower to damage even capital ships if it manages to survive long enough to reach weapons fire range.
Like the Wareagle leads flight groups of Stareagles, the Fanged Serpent leads groups of Sky Serpents. Using an advanced communications hub and sensor package, this command variant of the fighter can keep track of the forward auxiliary craft launched even from larger warships. It trades in the ammunition-hungry missile racks of its brother for a powerful particle blaster, giving it a proper ‘bite’ fitting of its name.
Source:
- Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 118-119)
- thedemonapostle