Narn Regime Thentus Class Frigate

Name: Thentus
Craft: Narn Regime Thentus Class Frigate
Type: frigate
Scale: capital
Length: 527 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 52; Skeleton: 7/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 4D+1; Capital Ship Gunnery: 3D+1; Capital Ship Piloting: 4D+1; Communications: 4D+1; Sensors: 4D+1; Starship Gunnery: 3D+1
Passengers: 20
Cargo Capacity: 18 metric tons
Consumables: 6 weeks
Maneuverability: 2D+2
Space: 8
Hull: 3D+1
Sensors

• Passive: 20 / 0D+2
• Scan: 40 / 1D+1
• Search: 80 / 1D+2
• Focus: 2 / 2D+1

Weapons

• 2 Burst Beams

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-2/4/8
Damage: 2D Physical and Ionizes 1D worth of control systems.

• Medium Laser Cannon

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-7/13/26
Damage: 3D

• 8 Particle Arrays

Fire Arc: 2 forward, 2 port, 2 starboard, 2 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-2/4/8
Damage: 5D+1

Miscellaneous:

• Artificial Gravity: No
• Crew: 52

• Officers: 3
• Pilots: 6
• Sensor Operators: 8
• Crewmen: 35

• Average Crew Experience Level: Narn Line
• Stealth: 7 (Base Difficulty to Detect Ship)
• Fusion Engine

Ship Complement:

• Heavy Shuttles: 2

Description: The Thentus Frigate has been protecting the Regime since the Narn first took their first steps into space on their own. Built to replace the ramshackle ships the Narn had launched, this vessel was the first to use components of Narn technology without simply retrofitting them into a scavenged Centauri hull. It was a vast improvement over the cobbled-together ships it replaced. In the latter half of the 23rd Century, the Thentus has begun to show its age and is rarely used for anything more involved than anti-fighter support or system patrol escort duties.

The Thentus packs an older, less refined version of the burst beam – from an era when the Narn simply wanted to cause damage in any way they could. With this hull-cutting weapon and its sister, a medium laser cannon, partnered with several twin arrays, it holds a role in heavier combat but only as fire support and fighter clearance. It can be surprisingly daring though, and its burst beams have given more than one captain of an advanced warship a nasty surprise when they mistake the smallish vessel for a simple escort.

Source:

• Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 69-70)
• thedemonapostle