Minbari Federation Hel'zah Class Prototype Fighter
Name: Hel'zah
Craft: Minbari Federation Hel'zah Class Prototype Fighter
Type: prototype fighter
Scale: walker
Length: 23 meters
Skill: starfighter pilot
Crew: 1
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 5D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 3D+2; Communications: 5D; Sensors: 5D; Starfighter Pilot: 5D
Passengers: none
Cargo Capacity: 40 kg
Consumables: 1 week
Maneuverability: 3D+2
Space: 8
Hull: 3D+2
Sensors
- Passive: 20 / 0D+2
- Scan: 40 / 1D+1
- Search: 60 / 1D+2
- Focus: 2 / 2D+1
Weapons
- Electromagnetic Burst
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-3/8/15
Damage: 4D Physical & 4D Ionization
- EM Shield (See Notes)
- Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Effect: Enemy Fire Control and Sensors -3D+2
Miscellaneous:
- Artificial Gravity: Yes
- Crew: 1 Pilot
- Average Crew Experience Level: Minbari Warrior Caste Line
- Stealth: 12 (Base Difficulty to Detect Ship)
- Gravitic Engine
- Self-Repairing
- Minbari Flight Computer
Notes:
- EM Shield: All craft attempting to detect and/or fire upon a ship with this device active suffers a penalty of -3D+2 to Fire Control and Sensors. In addition, the user of this device suffers a -2D+1 penalty to their own Sensors and Fire Control attempts.
Description: The first attempts at combining Vorlon and Minbari technologies, the process that later created the White Star, first resulted in the distinct-looking Hel’zah. Based on the Nial, the weapon layout and defensive measures on the Hel’zah are closer to that of the Vorlon fighter – but lacking the ability to continually keep a charge to the weapons system. Able to launch bursts of electromagnetic energy over very short distances, the fighter was never able to fully keep up with the Nial and was therefore abandoned.
Some still exist here and there, often in the holds of the rare older vessels that never removed them. They are not used in any real capacity other than for flights into hazardous territory or galactic debris, as their healing hulls and electromagnetic shielding keep them safe from small threats. When conflict rises, however, they are often recalled and replaced with deadly Nials in short order. If they have to, they can defend themselves admirably but not as well as other Minbari fighters.
Source:
- The Babylon 5 Project: Prototype Hybrid Fighter
- Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 41-42)
- thedemonapostle