Bio Ship

Name: Species 8472 Bioship
Craft: Species 8472 Attack Ship
Type: Attack Ship
Class: Battleship
Scale: capital
Length: 160 meters
Decks: 2
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew Skill: varies
Autopilot Skill: sensors: 4D; pilot: 6D; shields: 3D; communications: 3D; command: 3D; gunnery: 5D
Crew: 1
Passengers: 50
Max Life Support: 500
Cargo Capacity: 1,500 metric tons
Consumables: 1 year
Warp Drive

• Cruise: 6.0
• Max Cruise: 9.0
• Max Speed (12 Hours Max): 9.8

Nav Computer: yes

• Astrogation Bonus: 1D

Computer Cores: 3

• Computer Programming Bonus: 5D

Maneuverability: 3D+2
Speed

• Cautious: 5
• Cruising (Maneuverability -1D): 10
• High Speed (Maneuverability -2D): 15
• All Out - Maximum (Maneuverability -3D): 20
• Atmosphere: 365; 1,050kmh

Defenses

• Hull: 4D+1
• Structural Integrity Field: 4D
  • Primary Back-up Structural Integrity Field: 2D
    • Secondary Back-up Structural Integrity Field: 2D
• Shields: 2D per arc
  • Maximum Shield Power: 4D per arc

Sensors

• Passive: 60/1D+1
• Scan: 157/2D
• Search: 210/2D+2
• Focus: 15/3D+1

Navigational Deflector

• Range: 1-2/5/15
• Accuracy: 3D+2

Weapons

• Bio-Kinetic Lightning Energy Beam

Fire Arc: 540 degrees forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-3/10/30
Atmosphere Range: 1-30/100/300km
Ammo: energy based
Rate of fire: 1
Fire Modes: standard
Shield Penetration: 5D
Damage: 13D+1

• 2 Tractor Beams

Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+2
Space Range: 1/2/3
Atmosphere Range: 2/4/6km
Ammo: energy based
Rate of fire: 1 target per emitter per round
Fire Modes: single shot
Shield Penetration: N/A
Damage: 4D

Notes

• Regeneration: The Bioship regenerates at a rate of 1D per round.

Description

The bioship was an organic vessel that was used by Species 8472 and had a similar genetic makeup to their pilots. The bioships, and Species 8472 themselves, were resistant to assimilation by the Borg and had enough firepower to destroy a Borg ship with only a couple of shots. The bioships contained a series of vein-like conduits which carried electrodynamic fluid, possibly for use as an energy source.

Eight of these ships could collect and combine their firepower, using an energy focusing ship, which enabled them to fire a blast so powerful it could destroy a planet. When the Borg entered fluidic space, they were forced back by this resistance. Defense against these ships was found by the crew of USS Voyager, in the form of modified Borg nanoprobes. (VOY: "Scorpion", "Scorpion, Part II", "Prey")

Source: Voyager - Core Game Book - Netbook (page 36); thedemonapostle