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Babylon 5 Firehawk Advanced Cruiser

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Name: Firehawk
Craft: Drazi Freehold Firehawk Advanced Cruiser
Type: Advanced Cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 270 meters (estimated)
Skill: Capital Ship pilot
Crew: 46; Skeleton: 5/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 4D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 3D+1; Capital Ship Piloting: 4D; Communications: 4D; Sensors: 4D
Passengers: none
Cargo Capacity: none
Consumables: 4 weeks
Hyperdrive: x10
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 11
Hull: 3D+2
Sensors

  • Passive: 28 / 0D+2
  • Scan: 56 / 1D+2
  • Search: 112 / 2D+2
  • Focus: 3 / 3D+1

Weapons

  • 2 Twin-Linked Heavy Particle Cannons
Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-5/10/20
Damage: 6D+1
  • 4 Twin Linked Solar Cannons
Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-9/17/34
Damage: 10D

Miscellaneous:

  • Artificial Gravity: no
  • Crew: 46
  • Officers: 2
  • Pilots: 8
  • Sensor Operators: 8
  • Crewmen: 28
  • Average Crew Experience Level: Drazi Line
  • Stealth: 11 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
  • Fusion Engine

Description: Only partially based on the highly accepted and overly varied Sunhawk chassis, the Firehawk is an advanced-science attack cruiser that combines the success of the contained fusion bulb of the Stormfalcon with the speed of the Sunhawk. Packing a surprisingly small number of weapons systems for an ‘advanced’ Drazi vessel, the Firehawk instead relies on ‘quality over quantity’ in the fact that its weapons can fully bisect a ship in seconds. Not quite the same size as the multi-talented Stormfalcon, the advanced cruiser has but one purpose – to bring its weapons to bear on a single target and eliminate it.

By removing any semblance of a hangar system and the secondary weapon systems that most Drazi ships keep as peripheral assets, the Firehawk manages to mount a staggering four solar cannons and a twin-linked particle cannon. When triggered, the weapons of the Firehawk streak forward in a bedazzling display. Early versions had signifi cant issues with engine blackout after a full-battery weapons test, but the addition of the covered fusion bulb capacitors used on the larger Stormfalcon to recycle lost energy solved the problem for the newer models coming off the line.

Source:

  • Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 111-112)
  • thedemonapostle
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