Kilrathi Empire "Dorkir" Transport

Name: Dorkir Class Transport
Craft: Empire of Kilrah Dorkir Class Transport
Type: Transport
Scale: speeder
Length: 104 meters
Skill: space transports
Crew: 24; skeleton: 2/+10
Passengers: none
Cargo Capacity: 50 metric tons
Consumables: 16 weeks
Jump Drive: x1
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 1
Atmosphere: 210; 600 km/h
Hull: 3D+2
Shields: 5D+1
Sensors: None
Weapons

• 10 Civilian Grade Laser Cannon

Fire Arc: 5 dual turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 100-1,300/2,500/5,000m
Rate of fire: 5
Damage: 2D+2

• Mk 1 Porcupine Mine Tube

Fire Arc: aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Space Range: 0
Atmosphere Range: 0
Ammo: 3
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 2D

• Electronic Counter Measure Module

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 1-25/50/100km
Effects: Enemy Sensors and Fire Control -1D

Gear:

• Matter/Anti-Matter Reactor
• Akwende Drive
• External Docking Port: 2
• Ramscoop
• Escape Pods: 5
• Bulk Cargo Module: provides an additional 2,813 metric tons of cargo space
• Industrial Manipulator Module: The ship may perform any industrial duty.

Description: The Dorkir was a Kilrathi transport. It was included in Joan's Fighting Spacecraft Vega Sector Supplement for 2654.092.

Like its Terran counterpart, the Drayman-class, the Dorkir is a jack-of-all-trades which uses multiple configurations. Among those encountered to date:

• Freighter/Tanker: The two most common layouts for any class of transport.
• Command Staff: Equipped with an additional communications and sensor suite, this version of the transport is used by high ranking officers to coordinate system-wide military efforts. The Confederation invasion of the Kurosawa System was bolstered by an early strike against a Dorkir-class command staff ship, the loss of which sent Kilrathi resistance into disarray. The design has also been used in the dedicated Thrakhra-class Command and Control vessel.
• Troop Transport: A single Dorkir may be outfitted to carry a unit of one thousand warriors - ten times the number of Terran marines carried on-board a similarly sized transport.

Though a vital part of any war effort, tactical treatment of the Dorkir is evidence their cultural disdain for support staff. Two examples: In an attempt to relieve the garrison at the Brimstone System during a Confederation blockade, the Empire deployed dozens of lightly escorted Dorkir at once - hoping that a few might make it through to the planet. During anti-piracy efforts in the M421A System, Thrakhath's forces sacrificed an entire Dorkir as bait to lure out the enemy.

The Terran Confederation Space Forces Academy maintains a captured Dorkir on which students train for ship to ship boarding scenarios.

The Dorkir was used alongside the Lumbari variant.

Source:

• Wing Commander Encyclopedia: Dorkir-class transport
• Wing Commander Information Center: Dorkir-class transport
• The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (page 392)
• thedemonapostle