Imperial Broadcast Ship

Imperial Broadcast Ship
Craft: ‘Merthyog Communication’ II-xC Maintenance/Broadcast Ship
Affiliation: Empire
Era: Rise of the Empire
Source: The Abduction of Crying Dawn Singer (page 27)
Type: Maintenance and broadcast ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 30 meters
Skill: Space transports: broadcast ship
Crew: 4, skeleton: 2/+10
Crew Skill: Space transports 3D, sensors 4D
Passengers: 10 (normally technicians)
Cargo Capacity: 10 metric tons
Consumables: 2 weeks
Cost: 9,000
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x4
Nav Computer: Limited to 5 jumps
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 4
Atmosphere: 280; 800 kmh
Hull: 2D
Shields: 1D
Sensors:

• Passive: 15/0D
• Scan: 30/1D
• Search: 50/3D
• Focus: 2/4D

Capsule: The II-xC maintenance/broadcast ship was manufactured by Merthyog Communications.

The II-xC's were produced and primarily purchased by and for the Empire. Deployed as independent broadcast centers, an II-xC lacked weapons in favor for powerful broadband receivers and transceivers, and where used to quickly move in and out of a system to either relay messages to a subspace relay stations, or to eavesdrop on enemy communications. The II-xC measured thirty meters in length, and normally had a command crew of four with ten communications technicians. The ship could operate however, on a skeleton crew of two, one for communications and the other for piloting. As the ships were unarmed, Imperial protocol required them to hide within the defenses of subspace relay stations if attacked, so that any imperial frequencies or command codes could not be salvaged.