Interstellar Alliance Shurani Anla'shok Class Carrier

(Built from spare Minbari Morshin Carrier Hulls)

Name: Shurani Anla'shok
Craft: Interstellar Alliance Shurani Anla'shok Class Carrier
Type: carrier
Scale: capital
Length: 1,200 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 71; Skeleton: 8/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 5D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 3D+2; Capital Ship Piloting: 5D; Communications: 5D; Sensors: 5D
Passengers: 750
Cargo Capacity: 1,500 metric tons
Consumables: 8 weeks
Hyperdrive: x13
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 8
Hull: 4D+2
Sensors

• Passive: 24 / 0D+2
• Scan: 48 / 1D+1
• Search: 72 / 2D+1
• Focus: 2 / 3D

Weapons

• 4 Fusion Cannons

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 2 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+2
Space Range: 1-3/8/15
Damage: 4D

• 4 Electro-Pulse Guns

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 2 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+2
Space Range: 1/3/6
Damage: Ionizes 1D worth of control systems. This effect is 2D worth on starfighter or lesser scale vessels.

• Minbari Jamming Suite

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Effect: Enemy Fire Control and Sensors -4D+1

Miscellaneous:

• Artificial Gravity: Yes
• Crew: 71

• Officers: 2
• Pilots: 18
• Sensor Operators: 11
• Crewmen: 40

• Average Crew Experience Level: Anla’shok Line
• Stealth: 21 (Base Difficulty to Detect Ship)
• Gravitic Engine
• Jump Point Generator
• Minbari Flight Computer
• Minbari Jamming Suite

Ship Complement:

• Fan'ir Class Ranger Flyer: 2
• Shial Class Heavy Fighter: 60

or

• Fan'ir Class Ranger Flyer: 2
• Shial Class Heavy Fighter: 36
• WSC-L Class Space Superiority Fighter: 6

Description: Built from donated Morshin carriers from the Minbari, the Shurani is the primary delivery unit for scores of Ranger fighters. Literally pouring dozens of fighters from its spiraling hangar access tubes in seconds, it can fill an entire quadrant of space with deadly Anla’shok pilots in no time. The ship itself is well-armed and armored, serving as a mobile base of operations and a fleet command coordinator as the swarms of fighters whirl around it. While not quite as offensive as the ship it was based on, the Shurani still packs quite a punch compared to the carriers of most other races.

There are two hangar configurations that the Shurani can adopt, with both being very specific in what sort of fighters they bring to the engagement. After 2263, and the advent of the remarkable WSC-L ‘Light White Star’ super heavy fighter, many Shurani had several of their hangar tubes ripped out and refitted to accommodate a number of these lethal vessels. Still accompanied by fusion cannon fire and swarms of Shial heavy fighters, the newer configuration can protect its compliment very well while the WSC-Ls finish off their targets. Either configuration does quite well in most circumstances, but remains to be a rare sight nonetheless.

Source:

• Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 75-76)
• thedemonapostle