Incom Y-4 Transport (Scouting Model)

[Falcon79]

Here is a ship I made for my home campain, based on the Y-4 "Raptor" transport in Cracken's Threat Dossier. Please feel free to offer constructive criticism.

Craft: Incom Y-4-SCT (SCT stands for scout)
Type: Scoutship/Light Freighter
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 28 Meters
Skill: Space Transports: Incom Y-4 Transport
Crew: 1 to 3
Crew Skill: Varies
Passengers: 11
Cargo Capacity: 300 Metric Tons
Consumables: 1 Year
Cost: 196,000 (New), 49,000 (Used)
Hyperdrive; x2
Hyperdrive Backup: x10
Nav Computer: Yes, Astromech Droid Adds +1D to Astrogation Roll
Manuverability: 1D+1
Space: 6
Hull: 5D+2
Shields: 1D+2
Sensors:
Passive: 30/0D+2
Scan: 70/1D
Search: 90/1D+1
Focus: 4/2D+2
Weapons:
2 Double Laser Cannons
Fire Arc: 1 front, 1 turret
Crew: 1 or Pilot
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+1
Space Range: 1-8/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 4D+1


Capsule: A design dating form 20 years before the Cone Wars Incom's Y-4-SCT Long Range Scout Ship, in addition to being a subperb scouting vessel, is also a study of the inefficiency of the later Old Republic's legal system, as well corporate competition, and the results of industrial espionage and Patent Law Gone wrong. Designed by either the Incom or Kuat Drive Yards Corporations (Incom claims Kuat Drive Dards stole the design from them, and vice versa: the records are unclear as to the veracity of either claim, though it was likely Incom who first developed the design) this is a superb design that, due to corporate sabotage and espionage, the design specs for which fell into both parties hands, begining a 15 year legal battle between both corporations, during which niether side could sucessfully serve an injunction to stop the other from producing the design and as a result, hundreds of thousand were produced by both Kuat Drive Yards and Incom over those 15 years. Ironically the court battle did not work out as either side wanted: As both parties were unable to prove who had developed the design to the ship to the Republic High court, which declared the vessel design "open-source" (I.E. Public domain). What this meant was that anyone could produce the design without repercussions or paying to license the design from either party. Ironically 65% of all Y-4-SCT Scoutships were made by everyone BUT Incom or Kuat Drive Yards as the basic design lent itself to being produced using locally sourced componants....... still Incom made a considerable amount of credits supplying componants for the vessels made by other, independant, manufacturers...... Incom Would later redesign the Y-4 (enough to be consided a new design, while still sharing the same basic spaceframe and engines though lacking the ease of repair and modification of the previous incarnation) into a military troop transport know as the Y-4-MTT for the Old Republic during the Clone Wars, able to carry 40 Clonetroopers plus smaller walker, ground, and repulsorlift vehicles into battle.

The Y-4-SCT was designed to fill the booming market for scouting vessels of that era, and is a sturdy, easily repaired and modified vessel type (+5 to Repair and Modifiction rolls) designed with extreme modularity and easy access to it's systems for any kinds of repairs in even remote, backward locations in the galaxy, with space for a large cargo and a vehicle complement for surveying far afield on newly discovered planets. The vessels also were equipped with large, spacious cabins for the crew and passengers (Neccessary for a vehicle designed to be deployed for the periods this ship was suposed be), a top of the line Anomid-Designed auto-chef system, a fairly sophisticated (but small capacity) med-bay, a full service, but compact machine shop/technical bay and a small laboratory for analysis. As an incentive to Scoutship purchasers to buy their vessels from Kuat Drive Yards, KDY provided a number of specially designed and/or commisioned in house manufactured droids and vehicles in the package with the ship to assist buyers in their scouting duy, as a result the KDY models were fairly popular. As well all Y-4-SCT Models (Different manufactures use different names for the ship) feature Solid fuel Converters (see Galaxy guide Tramp Freighters for these) as standard equipment. Additionally to being popular with scouts, the ships are very popular with Free Traders and smugglers due to their large cargo capacity and their ease of repair and modification..
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[hanker]

Hello!

I've never understood why a scout should have such a big cargo capacity (I think the SFS "Lone Scout" has, too). But maybe that's just me.

I don't know the original stats and the era the ship was built, but I always thought that scouts had to travel far using hyperspace. Considering this, a x1 hyperdrive would be a better (but perhaps illegal or very expensive) choice.


René
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[jmanski]

Looking at Cracken's:
Cost should be 250k for civilian version, and it should have no weapons.

Now to criticise... it seems a too powerful, IMHO. I mean, it has basically the same hull and shields as the Millenium Falcon, is only 2 Space slower, and has 3 times the cargo.

Just my 2 centicreds....
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[Falcon79]

[jmanski]

I'm happier with the downgrade. I still don't like the high maneuverability- 5d+2 hull and 300 ton cargo shouldn't turn that quick.

Better. I can breathe better now.....
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[Falcon79]

[Doomhead]

Looks good to me, especially when compared to the Raptor Transport...
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[Falcon79]

[Doomhead]

No problem Falcon... I might even borrow it for a current campaign I'm planning!
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[Falcon79]

[Doomhead]

I'm hopefully going to run it with some guys at work and I haven't decided what type of campaign its going to be. I have some ideas, but nothing definite.
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