Babylon 5 Space Liner
Name: Asimov
Craft: Earth Alliance Asimov Space Liner
Type: Space Liner
Scale: Capital
Length: 600 meters
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 38; Skeleton: 4/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 3D+1; Capital Ship Piloting: 3D+1; Communications: 3D+1; Sensors: 3D+1; Starship Gunnery: 2D+1
Passengers: 512
Cargo Capacity: 6,500 metric tons
Consumables: 5 months
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 1
Hull: 6D
Sensors
- Passive: 4 / 0D
- Scan: 8 / 0D+1
- Search: 12 / 0D+1
- Focus: 1 / 0D+1
Weapons
- 4 Particle Beams
- Fire Arc: 1 forward. 1 port, 1 starboard, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+2
Space Range: 1-2/4/8
Damage: 3D
Miscellaneous:
- Artificial Gravity: yes
- Crew: 38
- Officers: 3
- Pilots: 4
- Sensor Operators: 3
- Crewmen: 28
- Average Crew Experience Level: Civilian Line
- Stealth: 3 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
- Fusion Engine,
Complement:
- Shuttles: 4
Description: A ship that is more of a class than a particular hull chassis, the space liner is a large professional passenger transport. The most common version of this is the Earth-made Asimov, a bulbous ship with a huge revolving section to generate gravity for its crew and guests, and can be found all over the galaxy.
Liners used by corporations are incredibly expensive to run but are capable of carrying enough passengers and cargo between transfer points that most civilians can afford to make the occasional trip for business or pleasure. A difference between the need for comfort and the utilitarian approach of military ship designers, the Asimovs were the first Earth Alliance ships to have artificial gravity in any form, seen as a luxury instead of a useful tool. Before then, artificial gravity had only been attempted on larger, immobile space stations. These ships are manufactured to be fairly luxurious, though their running costs ensure that this level of comfort is only maintained by the most prestigious of transport companies. Many become pure workhorses, traveling between different worlds and generating profits for their owners wherever they can manage it.
Source:
- Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 149-150)
- The Babylon 5 Project: Asimov class
- thedemonapostle