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Earth Alliance Ministry Class Frigate

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Name: Ministry
Craft: Earth Alliance Ministry Class Escort
Type: escort frigate
Scale: capital
Length: 327.5 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 62
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 5D; Capital Ship Pilot: 5D; Communications: 5D; Sensors: 5D; Starship Gunnery: 3D+1; Planetary Systems: 5D; Tactics: 5D; Command: 5D
Passengers: 40
Cargo Capacity: 25 metric tons
Consumables: 10 months
Hyperdrive: x2
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 0D+2
Space: 8
Hull: 3D+1
Sensors

  • Passive: 40/1D+1
  • Scan: 80/2D+1
  • Search: 120/3D+1
  • Focus: 4/4D+1

Craft Carried: 2 light shuttles, 6 starfuries
Weapons

  • 4 Light Pulse Cannons
Fire Arc: 1 fore, 1 port, 1 starboard, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: close
Damage:
  • Single: 1D+2
  • Partial Burst: 2D+1 (Fire Control 1D)
  • Full Burst: 3D (Fire Control 0D)
  • 4 Mark II Interceptors
Fire Arc: 1 fore, 1 port, 1 starboard, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1/3/7
Damage:
  • Intercept: 1D
  • Offense: 5D
  • Grapple
Fire Arc: turret
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship pilot
Fire Control: 2D
Range: 250 meters
Strength: 3D
  • Standard Missile System
Fire Arc: turret
Crew: 2
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 2-12/30/60
Damage: 8D+1

Description: When the Earth Alliance needed to make sure a diplomatic or trade craft reached its destination unmolested, but did not want to dedicate any traditional fleet assets to its protection, they sent a Ministry-class Escort. Designed originally to be a trade route manager, the Ministry has been a great success in EA mercantile circuits. Relatively well armed for its role and equipped with a compliment of anti-raider heavy fighters, it is a good deterrent for most that might harass an important shipment or transport.

Having sold dozens of the vessels to outside sources in order to make sure that the ship’s signature would not automatically trigger bandits to come calling, the Ministry has seen several revisions outside of the Earth Alliance shops. Unlike so many of their own vessels, Earth Force has really only ever updated the Ministry’s weapon payload once to incorporate newer pulse cannons and missile systems when the old standby particle beams became out of date. Its new standard armament is more than enough to handle small raider groups and many a Cotton Tender has been saved an early grave by it.

Source: Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (page 13); thedemonapostle

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