Shieldship

Shieldship
Craft: Republic Engineering Corporation Heat-Resistant Escort Vehicle
Affiliation: General
Era: New Republic
Source: The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook (page 239), Heir to the Empire Sourcebook (pages 138-139), The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (pages 138-139)
Type: Shieldship
Scale: Capital
Length: 800 meters wide (dish), 400 meters long (tug pylon)
Skill: Capital ship piloting: shieldship
Crew: 1
Cargo Capacity: 25 kilograms
Consumables: 1 month
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyperdrive Backup: x20
Nav Computer: Yes
Space: 4
Hull: 4D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:

Passive: 10/0D
Scan: 25/1D
Search: 40/2D
Focus: 2/3D

Weapons:

Turbolaser

Fire Arc: Turret
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-5/10/17
Damage: 4D

Capsule: The Shieldships resembled giant umbrellas and were designed to repel the dangerous sun rays of the system's sun. They had large tubes and fins designed to vent the heat generated by the sun. However, the cooling gear onboard a Shieldship needed to be replaced after every visit to Nkllon.

Any ship that traveled to and from Nkllon had to trail behind a Shieldship for protection from the sun's rays or its systems and hull plating would be melted by the sun. The Shieldship had an advanced slave circuit system for taking control of the ships behind it, making a quick 1 hour hyperspace jump to Nkllon. Without a slaving system, then the trip to Nkllon would have to be made at sublight speeds which would take up to 10 hours.