Bio Ship

Name: Bio-Ship
Craft: Species 8472 Bio-Ship
Type: battleship
Scale: capital
Length: 90 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 1
Passengers: 50
Cargo Capacity: 1,500 metric tons
Consumables: 1 year
Warp Drive: 6 / 9 / 9.8
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 3D+2
Space: 9.8
Atmosphere: 415; 1,200 km/h
Defenses:

• Hull: 3D+1
• Structural Integrity Field: 5D
• Shields: 2D

• Back-up Shields: 1D+1

Sensors

• Passive: 60/1D+1
• Scan: 157/2D
• Search: 210/2D+2
• Focus: 15/3D+1

Weapons

• Bio-Kinetic Lightning Beam

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-15/50/150
Atmosphere Range: 2-30/100/300 km
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 13D+1

• 2 Tractor Beams

Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+2
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Atmosphere Range: 2-6/10/20 km
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 3D

Gear:

• Auto Pilot: Sensors: 4D; Capital Ship Pilot: 3D; Capital Ship Shields: 3D; Communications: 3D; Command: 2D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 5D
• Auxiliary Power: 3 reactors @ 1D+2
• Computer Cores: 1

• Astrogation Bonus: +1D

• Decks: 2
• Maximum Life Support: 500
• Secondary Structural Integrity Field: 2D
• Tertiary Structural Integrity Field: 2D

Notes

• Regeneration: The Bioship regenerates 1D worth of damage per round.
• Bio-Kinetic Lightning Beam: When several Bio-Ships come together, they can combine their Bio-Kinetic Lightning Beam together to destroy a planet. This requires a a minimum of 4 ships. Increase weapon scale to death star; damage is 6D+2; increasing by +1D for each additional ship.

Description: The bioship was an organic vessel that was used by Species 8472 and had a similar genetic makeup to their pilots. The bioships, and Species 8472 themselves, were resistant to assimilation by the Borg and had enough firepower to destroy a Borg ship with only a couple of shots. The bioships contained a series of vein-like conduits which carried electrodynamic fluid, possibly for use as an energy source.

Eight of these ships could collect and combine their firepower, using an energy focusing ship, which enabled them to fire a blast so powerful it could destroy a planet. When the Borg entered fluidic space, they were forced back by this resistance. Defense against these ships was found by the crew of USS Voyager, in the form of modified Borg nanoprobes. (VOY: "Scorpion", "Scorpion, Part II", "Prey")

Source:

• Memory Alpha: Species 8472 bio-ship
• Memory Beta: Species 8472 battleship
• Voyager - Core Game Book - Netbook (pages 36-37)
• thedemonapostle