Earth Alliance Cotten Class Fleet Tender
Name: Cotten Tender
Craft: Earth Alliance Cotten Tender Class
Type: fleet tender
Scale: capital
Length: 1,000 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 33; Skeleton: 5/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 5D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 3D+1; Capital Ship Piloting: 5D; Communications: 5D; Sensors: 5D; Starship Gunnery: 3D+1
Passengers: 150
Cargo Capacity: 300 metric tons
Consumables: 5 months
Hyperdrive: x17
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 3
Hull: 2D+2
Sensors
- Passive: 8 / 0D+1
- Scan: 16 / 0D+1
- Search: 24 / 0D+2
- Focus: 1 / 1D
Weapons
- 2 Twin-Linked Medium Pulse Cannons
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+2
Space Range: 1-3/7/13
Damage: 8D+1
- 4 Particle Beams
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 port, 1 starboard, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+2
Space Range: 1-2/4/8
Damage: 3D
- 2 Mark I Interceptors
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+2
Space Range: 1-2/4/8
Damage:- Offensive: 0D+2
- Intercept: 2D
Miscellaneous:
- Artificial Gravity: No
- Crew: 33
- Officers: 2
- Pilots: 4
- Sensor Operators: 5
- Crewmen: 22
- Average Crew Experience Level: EarthForce Line
- Stealth: 4 (Base Difficulty to Detect Ship)
- Fusion engines
- Jump Point Generator
Ship Complement:
Description: First and foremost, although it may not be a very attractive or glorious vessel, the Cotten Tender is the main reason why the Earth Force fleet functions as well as they do. Responsible for resupplying ships, field repairs, personnel transfers, cargo hauling and the occasional remote delivery of fleet assets far out of common resource lines. Often non-combatant and used for menial yet necessary tasks, the Cotten Tender is a multipurpose vessel that is a foundational part of nearly every fleet assignment the EA undertakes.
Designed to be able to quickly replenish fighters or shuttle large amounts of supplies extremely quickly – as they never want to be caught in an escalating firefight – the Tender has a very large set of multiple hangar accesses and numerous auxiliary craft available to them. Even though there are always a number of locked-down replacement Starfuries, the Tender’s crew does not allow for any dedicated pilots for them; they are replacements only.
Source:
- Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (page 7)
- thedemonapostle