Infiltration Pod

CRMcNeill · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:43 am Post subject: Infiltration Pod

Infiltration Pod

Officially known as an Infiltration Pod, the I-Pod was designed by the Alliance as a dedicated vessel capable of infiltrating heavily defended areas (such as Imperial shipyards and naval bases) to deliver special operations teams or commit acts of sabotage. While official documents still call it an Infiltration Pod, it quickly became known as the I-Pod to the pod drivers and the special operations crews who make use of it. Based on a basic escape pod design, the ship is slow, fragile, and almost completely defenseless in a fight. However, the ship is equipped for maximum stealth, including holo-chameleon hull plating, a baffled ion drive and a backup battery system. The designers avoided the installation of any energy weapons (which are notoriously difficult to shield from sensors), and the pod's concussion missile launcher is normally loaded with copycat sensor decoys instead of missiles (missiles are generally only carried if the mission specifically calls for a missile attack).

The pod is not equipped with an airlock, so to deploy any passengers, the entire pod must be depressurized. The pod does not carry any hull penetration systems, so covert entry into a target ship is usually accomplished by EVA saboteurs accessing an airlock. In addition to its crew, the pod is normally equipped with a pair of EVA droids to assist with sabotage work, or to help disable mines or other defensive security systems.

The I-Pod can be deployed in a variety of ways. Because it is based on a standard escape pod design, it can be carried in the escape pod dock of a variety of different starships with no modification. The pod can deploy from its mother ship out of sensor range of its target and slowly sneak in. Alternately, it can use a universal docking clamp to attach to an asteroid (which can then be propelled in the direction the pod needs to go), or even attach to the hull of an enemy vessel that is heading into the target area.

Craft: Modified CEC Escape Pod
Type: Dedicated Infiltration Vessel
Scale: Starship (+6D)
Length: 6 meters
Skill: Space Transports
Crew: 1
Crew Skill:
Gunnery 4D
Piloting 4D
Sensors 4D
Passengers: 4
Cargo Capacity: 200kg
Consumables: 2 weeks
Maneuverability: 0D
Space: 2 (1D)
Atmosphere: 210; 600kph
Hull: 1D
Sensors:
Passive 20/2D
Stealth +4D
Weapons:
Concussion Missile Launcher
Fire Arc: Front
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Range:
--Space: 1-2/8/15
--Atmosphere: 100m-200m/800m/1.5km
Damage: 7D
Ammunition: 4 (normally Copycats instead of missiles. Copycats add 2D to Sensor Difficulty to identify the real ship.)
2 Limpet Charges
Fire Arc: Front
Scale: Capital
Skill: Demolitions
Damage: 6D
Note: These charges are usually deployed against the Hull of ships while they are in space dock, and often don't even have their particle shields up (-2D Hull)

House Rule Notes:

VELOCITY MODIFIER: 0D+2 Flight
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garhkal · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:11 am Post subject:

If its supposed to deliver a spec ops team, shouldn't it have more than a 4 man passenger capacity?
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:41 am Post subject:

Raven Redstar · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:30 pm Post subject:

I like it!

I love doing SpecForce games, so having a multitude of ways of having the team do insertion is always a plus for me.

Multiple pods means more of a chance of the group getting split up as a mission complication. Or, if you want to be nice, just have multiple versions, one that launches from a Corvette type ship with a higher passenger capacity, and another which launches from a freighter with a lower.
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garhkal · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:55 pm Post subject:

CRMcNeill · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:10 pm Post subject:

I based it more on the smaller pods like the one C-3PO and R2 used in ANH. The stats I found for those only allowed 6 passengers and 0 crew.
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garhkal · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:34 pm Post subject:

Ah. IN that case 4 passengers is good if they are fully loaded.
Could it take say 2 passengers instead but with each having his speeder bike?
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:04 pm Post subject:

I would say yes, but I also think this ship is better suited for space based insertions, and that planetary covert landings would be performed by a different type of pod...
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garhkal · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:26 am Post subject:

Fare enough..

As a q. Normally when a ship 'destroyed result' which normally for space combat results in the death of those in the ship, is there anything in this pod that would prevent that from happening to its occupants?
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:29 am Post subject:

Pretty much just not being seen. It sacrifices everything for stealth.
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garhkal · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:30 pm Post subject:

Gotcha..
As a q. What exactly is providing the +4D stealth bonus? Normal paint and other non ECM based stealth counter measures are limited (from what i see in the books) to 2D at most.. So where is the extra 2d coming from?
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:51 pm Post subject:

Baffled ion drive that disperses the exhaust. Plus I decided to err on the high side since the thing is so tiny. Its basically the SW equivalent of a rubber raft with an outboard on the back.
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garhkal · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:17 am Post subject:

How's about halfsplit between most other ships 2d, and your 4d, to put it at 3d..
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CRMcNeill · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:52 pm Post subject:

Considering stealth is the only defense this ship has, I'm hesitant to downgrade it...
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