Vorlon Empire Destroyer Class

Craft: Vorlon Empire Destroyer
Type: destroyer
Scale: capital
Length: 925 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: none
Crew Skill: *
Passengers: 12
Cargo Capacity: 3 metric tons
Consumables: 6 months
Hyperdrive: x0.5
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D+2
Space: 7
Atmosphere: 350; 1,000 kmh
Hull: 4D
Shields: EM Shield
Stealth: 3D
Sensors

• Passive: 180/6D
• Scan: 360/7D
• Search: 540/8D
• Focus: 18/9D

Weapons

• Discharge Gun

Fire Arc: fore
Crew: 0
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 5D
Space Range: 1-15/35/75
Atmosphere Range: 2-30/70/150
Damage: 20D

• EM Shield

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Range: 1-25/50/100
Effect: Enemy Fire Control and Sensors -2D+2

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: Any intruder into the Vorlon Empire’s territory is most likely to encounter one of these sleek and deadly vessels. Slim and fast, the destroyer is a close-ranged assaulter, relying on its adaptive armor, shielding and self-repairing hull to ward off the annoyances that the younger races can bring to target it. After well within an enemy fleet’s battle lines, it will use its biodrive’s maneuvering capabilities and hull endurance to bring its weapon to bear.

Unleashing a powerful stream of electromagnetic arcs, it blasts enemies to scrap metal with its powerful discharge gun. Easily confused at first sight for a Vorlon transport – and grown by the Vorlons to specifically give that impression, few captains can ever make the same mistake twice. The Vorlons are an unforgiving people, and while they do not commit their destroyers to combat often they are merciless when the decision is made.

Source: Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 87-88); thedemonapostle