Kilrathi Empire "Dorkir" Transport

Name: Kilrathi Empire Dorkir Transport
Craft: Kilrathi Empire Dorkir Class Transport
Type: medium frigate
Scale: starfighter
Length: 104 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 24
Skeleton Crew: 3/+15
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 2,863 metric tons
Consumables: 32 months
Cost: 201,777 credits
Jump Drive: x1
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 1
Atmosphere: 210; 600 kmh
Hull: 3D
Shields: 0D+2
Sensors

Passive: 10/0D
Scan: 20/0D+1
Search: 30/0D+2
Focus: 10/1D

Weapons

10 Civilian Grade Laser Cannon

Fire Arc: 5 dual turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 100-1,300/2,500/5,000m
Rate of fire: 5
Damage: 5D; 0D vs starfighter scale

Mk 1 Porcupine Mine Tube

Fire Arc: aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Space Range: 0
Atmosphere Range: 0
Ammo: 3
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 2D+2

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:

Matter/Anti-Matter Reactor
Akwende Drive
External Docking Port: 2
Ramscoop
Escape Pods: 5

Description: The Dorkir was a Kilrathi transport. It was included in Joan's Fighting Spacecraft Vega Sector Supplement for 2654.092.

Like its Terran counterpart, the Drayman-class, the Dorkir is a jack-of-all-trades which uses multiple configurations. Among those encountered to date:

Freighter/Tanker: The two most common layouts for any class of transport.
Command Staff: Equipped with an additional communications and sensor suite, this version of the transport is used by high ranking officers to coordinate system-wide military efforts. The Confederation invasion of the Kurosawa System was bolstered by an early strike against a Dorkir-class command staff ship, the loss of which sent Kilrathi resistance into disarray. The design has also been used in the dedicated Thrakhra-class Command and Control vessel.
Troop Transport: A single Dorkir may be outfitted to carry a unit of one thousand warriors - ten times the number of Terran marines carried on-board a similarly sized transport.

Though a vital part of any war effort, tactical treatment of the Dorkir is evidence their cultural disdain for support staff. Two examples: In an attempt to relieve the garrison at the Brimstone System during a Confederation blockade, the Empire deployed dozens of lightly escorted Dorkir at once - hoping that a few might make it through to the planet. During anti-piracy efforts in the M421A System, Thrakhath's forces sacrificed an entire Dorkir as bait to lure out the enemy.

The Terran Confederation Space Forces Academy maintains a captured Dorkir on which students train for ship to ship boarding scenarios.

The Dorkir was used alongside the Lumbari variant.

Source: thedemonapostle; The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (page 392)