Vorlon Empire Light Cruiser Class: Difference between revisions

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Craft: Vorlon Empire Light Cruiser
Type: cruiser
Scale: capital
Length: 393 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: Automated
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 12D+2; Capital Ship Gunnery: 9D+1; Capital Ship Piloting: 12D+2; Communications: 12D+2; Sensors: 12D+2
Passengers: 150
Cargo Capacity: 300 metric tons
Consumables: 30 months
Hyperdrive: x8
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 12
Atmosphere: 450; 1,300 km/h
Hull: 5D
Sensors

Passive: 64 / 2D
Scan: 128 / 4D
Search: 192 / 6D
Focus: 6 / 8D

Weapons

Lightning Cannon

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: death star
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 7D
Space Range: 1-90/225/450
Atmosphere Range: 2-180/450/900km
Damage: 9D+2

EM Shield (See Notes)

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Effect: Enemy Fire Control and Sensors -3D+2

Miscellaneous:

Average Ship Experience Level: Vorlon Elite
Stealth: 16 (Base Difficulty to Detect Ship)
Adaptive Armor
Atmospheric Capable
Biological Engine
Jump Point Generator
Living Ship Matrix

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 gunship of the Vorlon Empire, the light cruiser is a smaller version of the heavy cruiser – an immature specimen that was pulled from the growth chambers early in order to make a faster cruiser. It is slightly more maneuverable and a bit quicker, but had not yet developed its discharge gun array, making it a slight less offensive than its adult form. Even so, the lightning cannon is very potent for its size and can destroy most targets in seconds of directed fire.

Like its brethren, the light cruiser can withstand a great deal of punishment while lining up the next target for its deadly lance of electromagnetic energy, but cannot suffer too much more than a common destroyer. It is only the potential of the lightning cannon, even an immature one, that keeps the Vorlons making these ships at all and deploying them into situations where they may never return. It takes a lot to kill a light cruiser, but it can be done – hopefully not before it has used its mighty weapon to remind the enemy why it is an error to anger a Vorlon.

Source:

Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (page 89)
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-'''Craft''': Vorlon Empire Light Cruiser<br />'''Type''': cruiser<br />'''Scale''': capital<br />'''Length''': 393 meters<br />'''Skill''': capital ship pilot<br />'''Crew''': 0<br />'''Crew Skill''': *<br />'''Passengers''': 150<br />'''Cargo Capacity''': 150 metric tons<br />'''Consumables''': 3 months<br />'''Hyperdrive''': x0.5<br />'''Nav Computer''': yes<br />'''Maneuverability''': 2D+2<br />'''Space''': 6<br />'''Atmosphere''': 330; 950 kmh<br />'''Hull''': 5D<br />'''Sensors'''
+'''Craft''': Vorlon Empire Light Cruiser<br />'''Type''': cruiser<br />'''Scale''': capital<br />'''Length''': 393 meters<br />'''Skill''': capital ship pilot<br />'''Crew''': Automated<br />'''Crew Skill''': Astrogation: 12D+2; Capital Ship Gunnery: 9D+1; Capital Ship Piloting: 12D+2; Communications: 12D+2; Sensors: 12D+2<br />'''Passengers''': 150<br />'''Cargo Capacity''': 300 metric tons<br />'''Consumables''': 30 months<br />'''Hyperdrive''': x8<br />'''Nav Computer''': yes<br />'''Maneuverability''': 2D+1<br />'''Space''': 12<br />'''Atmosphere''': 450; 1,300 km/h<br />'''Hull''': 5D<br />'''Sensors'''
-*Passive: 160/5D+1
+*Passive: 64 / 2D
-*Scan: 320/6D+1
+*Scan: 128 / 4D
-*Search: 480/7D+1
+*Search: 192 / 6D
-*Focus: 16/8D+1
+*Focus: 6 / 8D
 '''Weapons'''
 *'''Lightning Cannon'''
-: Fire Arc: fore<br />Crew: 0<br />Scale: death star<br />Skill: ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 5D<br />Space Range: 1-20/40/100<br />Damage: 10D
+: Fire Arc: forward<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: death star<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 7D<br />Space Range: 1-90/225/450<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-180/450/900km<br />Damage: 9D+2
-*'''EM Shield'''
-: Fire Arc: all<br />Crew: 1<br />Skill: sensors<br />Range: 1-25/50/100<br />Effect: Enemy Fire Control and Sensors -2D+2
+*'''EM Shield '''(See Notes)
+: Fire Arc: all<br />Crew: 1<br />Skill: sensors<br />Effect: Enemy Fire Control and Sensors -3D+2
+'''Miscellaneous''':
+*Average Ship Experience Level: Vorlon Elite
+*Stealth: 16 (Base Difficulty to Detect Ship)
+*[[Babylon 5 Adaptive Armor|Adaptive Armor]]
+*Atmospheric Capable
+*Biological Engine
+*Jump Point Generator
+*[[Babylon 5 Living Ship Matrix|Living Ship Matrix]]
+'''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.
-'''Notes'''
-*'''EM Shield''': Found only on the White Star, this Vorlon device disrupts the ability of enemy vessels to target the ship but disrupts the ship’s own targeting sensors. The EM shield may be fired as part of any defensive action. However, it also suffers a –1D+1 penalty to any attempts to use its own targeting computer to attempt or hold on to a weapons lock on another craft.
-*'''Adaptive Armor''': Found only on the most advanced spacecraft that use bio-technology, adaptive armor is a layer on the hull that can intelligently and automatically react to any incoming fire. By moderating its surface, conductive properties and introducing reflective enhancements within a fraction of a second, the energy of any attack may be dissipated, leaving just the actual force of the blast to strike the hull. Adaptive armor will automatically quarter the Total Offense of any barrage that hits it.
-*'''Living Ship''': The Vorlons and Shadows are masters of bio-technology, to the extent that they are able to construct (or perhaps grow) spacecraft that are actually sentient and aware. It is able to make intelligent decisions for itself. It is able to execute up to five orders per turn. It has a skill rating of 14D+1 for all skills. If this special ship trait is ever neutralized, the craft must have its command functions taken over; else it becomes merely a drifting hulk.
 '''Description''': The gunship of the Vorlon Empire, the light cruiser is a smaller version of the heavy cruiser – an immature specimen that was pulled from the growth chambers early in order to make a faster cruiser. It is slightly more maneuverable and a bit quicker, but had not yet developed its discharge gun array, making it a slight less offensive than its adult form. Even so, the lightning cannon is very potent for its size and can destroy most targets in seconds of directed fire.
 Like its brethren, the light cruiser can withstand a great deal of punishment while lining up the next target for its deadly lance of electromagnetic energy, but cannot suffer too much more than a common destroyer. It is only the potential of the lightning cannon, even an immature one, that keeps the Vorlons making these ships at all and deploying them into situations where they may never return. It takes a lot to kill a light cruiser, but it can be done – hopefully not before it has used its mighty weapon to remind the enemy why it is an error to anger a Vorlon.
-'''Source''': Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (page 89); thedemonapostle
+'''Source''':
+*Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (page 89)
+*thedemonapostle