Ssi-ruuvi Picket Ship

Craft: Ssi-ruuvi Fw’Sen-class Picket Ship
Type: Picket Ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 45 meters
Skill: Space transport: Fw’Sen
Crew: 3 (P’w’ecks), gunners: 10, skeleton: 2/+10
Crew Skill: Space transports: Fw’Sen 4D+2, starship gunnery 4D, starship shields 3D+2
Consumables: 3 Months
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Nav Computer: Limited to 4 jumps
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 5
Atmosphere: 295; 850 km/h
Hull: 2D+2
Shields: 3D+1
Sensors:

Passive: 40/1D
Scan: 80/1D+2
Search: 130/2D
Focus: 4/3D

Weapons:

6 Ion Cannons (may be fire-linked)

Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-5/10/15
Atmosphere Range: 100-500/1/1.5 km
Damage: 4D (if fire-linked in groups of 2-3, 5D damage; if fire-linked in groups of 4-5, 6D damage; if all six cannons are fire-linked, 7D damage)

2 Laser Cannons (fire linked)

Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-5/10/15
Atmosphere Range: 100-500/1/1.5 km
Damage: 4D

2 Turbolasers

Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Scale: Capitol
Skill: Capitol ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-5/10/15
Atmosphere Range: 100-500/1/1.5 km
Damage: 2D+1

Capsule: Each Fw’sen-class picket ship was crewed by thirteen P'w'ecks and six enteched servant droids, although the ships could be remotely piloted by Ssi-ruuk cruisers. This remote piloting option, combined with the design choice to forgo thick hull plating for shield generators, demonstrated a Ssi-ruuvi intention to sacrifice the picket ships where tactically necessary.

The Fw’sen-class took the ovoid overlapping shell shape of other Ssi-Ruuvi starships, although it featured a set of four small wings for stabilization during atmospheric flight.

During the Bakura Incident, and subsequent Battle of Bakura, the Ssi-Ruuk fielded twenty Fw’sen-class picket ships. The Imperial defenses destroyed five of the ships during the preliminary battle, while the rest were destroyed or captured by the Rebel Alliance relief force that arrived to rescue Bakura. Years later, Fw’sen-class picket ships were used during a second invasion of Bakura.