Nephilim "Barracuda" Corvette

Name: Barracuda
Craft: Nephilim Barracuda Corvette
Type: Corvette
Scale: capital
Length: 130 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 150; skeleton: 15/+10
Passengers: 37 & 85 prisoners
Cargo Capacity: 100 metric tons
Consumables: 27 weeks
Jump Drive: x1
Jump Drive Backup: x10
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 3
Atmosphere: 260; 750 km/h
Hull: 3D
Shields: 3D+2
Sensors
- Passive: 40/1D
- Scan: 80/2D
- Search: 120/3D
- Focus: 4/4D
Weapons
- 4 Standard Masers
- Fire Arc: Gun Barbette x4 (Starboard Ahead Wide x2, Portside Ahead Wide x2)
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-10/20/40
Atmosphere Range: 100-1,000/2,000/4,000m
Rate of fire: ¼
Damage: 8D
- Electronic Counter Measure Module
- Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 1-25/50/100km
Effects: Enemy Sensors and Fire Control -1D
Gear:
- Akwende Drive
- External Docking Port x2
- Apprehension Module: The ship may hold up to 85 prisoners for maximum security transport.
- Hospital Module: The ship may treat up to 34 injured characters simultaneously.
- Ramscoop
- Morvan Drive
- Backup Sensor Array x1
- Backup Communications Array x1
- Escape Pod x1
Description: Four Maser turrets make this small cap ship worth watching. The corvette is small and light, suitable for attacking targets requiring more firepower than would be available from fighter squads. However, they are slower and less maneuverable than fighters and they aren't shielded or armored anywhere close to the extent of the larger cap ships in the Alien fleet. Because of this, they are by no means out of the running as potential targets for adventurous young fighter pilots.
Fighters are typically not a priority target for the Barracuda, but as with any ship they will return fire at anything that antagonizes them. Note that a Barracuda's turrets are too small to be targeted -- the only way to take them out is to destroy the corvette itself.
Source:
- Wing Commander Encyclopedia: Barracuda-class corvette
- The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (page 412)
- thedemonapostle