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ZzaphodD
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Ah, the ship with the galaxys largest windscreen... 
(just start from the 350m length and do the math, its a football field)
Btw, its minimum crew is 500 according to Starship Stats which I hold more correct than wookie.
However, the main problem is that its solidly an Imperial ship. One of the points was to have a ship with several affiliation to not stand out as an imperial agent. |
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Praxian
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Iron Hand replacement.. |
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Now, I'm looking for a larger ship for him, as he will need a larger, yet still mobile, base of operations. It must be large enough to accommodate at least one light freighter* and probably some support/assault craft as well (I really like gamma shuttles). Some troops are needed as well, but the focus will be on a smaller number of elite troops with some support vehicles.
The ship will be one that is used by several forces to better 'blend in', or at least not stand out like a Star Destroyer for example. So far the best idea I have is an updated and modified Dreadnought. As its an old ship it will not raise much attention (well, as little as a 600m ship can). It has one squadron of fighters and 9000 metrics of cargo which could be rebuilt into hangars. 3000 troops is more than enough. The only problem is its very large crew, but thats based on an old ship design. An updated version could have less crew.
So, what you think? Do you have any other suggestions for a good ship?
* Or similarily sized craft. Valin Draco is working under Slosin and hes flying the Scimitar (Darth Mauls ship) which I found out by chance and of course kept the idea. |
Pirates and Privateers have some good ships around pages 70'ish.
My first choice from what it sounds like you need would be a Modified Container Ship.
Still a "Starship" scale (not capital scale), crew of 100, skeleton crew of 50 / +10, and 25 Million Metric Tons of cargo space (which part of which could be made into a hangar bay). It has no weapons or shields, and a poor space move, but with upgrades it can be made better and you'd have something with a hangar bay if you do it correctly.
My next suggestion, would be a Marauder Corvette (p.78 of Pirates and Privateers). Crew of 129 + 48 Gunners (177 Total Personnel, skeleton of 52 / +10), additional room for up to 40 "Passengers" (or troops), 300 metric tons of cargo space, an alright space move (5), 8 Double Turbo-laser Cannons (3D fire control and 5D damage), 3 Tractor beam emplacements, and a 12 ship starfighter compliment.
http://www.colonialchrome.co.uk/Ships/Generic/G_SFS_Marauder.htm
The latter sounds more along the lines of what you're looking for (and that's just some of the things un-modified). On a capital ship you're looking at least around 150 - 200 personnel minimum (more than that if you get into the really big ships). |
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remo moxey
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ZzaphodD wrote: |
Ah, the ship with the galaxys largest windscreen...
(just start from the 350m length and do the math, its a football field)
Btw, its minimum crew is 500 according to Starship Stats which I hold more correct than wookie.
However, the main problem is that its solidly an Imperial ship. One of the points was to have a ship with several affiliation to not stand out as an imperial agent. |
Ahh, didn't catch the un-affiliated. Yeah, 2 seemed very low to me too. |
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ZzaphodD
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Hand replacement.. |
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| Praxian wrote: | | ZzaphodD wrote: |
Now, I'm looking for a larger ship for him, as he will need a larger, yet still mobile, base of operations. It must be large enough to accommodate at least one light freighter* and probably some support/assault craft as well (I really like gamma shuttles). Some troops are needed as well, but the focus will be on a smaller number of elite troops with some support vehicles.
The ship will be one that is used by several forces to better 'blend in', or at least not stand out like a Star Destroyer for example. So far the best idea I have is an updated and modified Dreadnought. As its an old ship it will not raise much attention (well, as little as a 600m ship can). It has one squadron of fighters and 9000 metrics of cargo which could be rebuilt into hangars. 3000 troops is more than enough. The only problem is its very large crew, but thats based on an old ship design. An updated version could have less crew.
So, what you think? Do you have any other suggestions for a good ship?
* Or similarily sized craft. Valin Draco is working under Slosin and hes flying the Scimitar (Darth Mauls ship) which I found out by chance and of course kept the idea. |
Pirates and Privateers have some good ships around pages 70'ish.
My first choice from what it sounds like you need would be a Modified Container Ship.
Still a "Starship" scale (not capital scale), crew of 100, skeleton crew of 50 / +10, and 25 Million Metric Tons of cargo space (which part of which could be made into a hangar bay). It has no weapons or shields, and a poor space move, but with upgrades it can be made better and you'd have something with a hangar bay if you do it correctly.
My next suggestion, would be a Marauder Corvette (p.78 of Pirates and Privateers). Crew of 129 + 48 Gunners (177 Total Personnel, skeleton of 52 / +10), additional room for up to 40 "Passengers" (or troops), 300 metric tons of cargo space, an alright space move (5), 8 Double Turbo-laser Cannons (3D fire control and 5D damage), 3 Tractor beam emplacements, and a 12 ship starfighter compliment.
http://www.colonialchrome.co.uk/Ships/Generic/G_SFS_Marauder.htm
The latter sounds more along the lines of what you're looking for (and that's just some of the things un-modified). On a capital ship you're looking at least around 150 - 200 personnel minimum (more than that if you get into the really big ships). |
The Bulkfreighter as a 'fighter bay' idea is in use, but will used for another adventure. For this guys main ship I will need a warship. I looked at the marauder corvette, and unfortunately its to small. It has 12 starfighters which is enough, but as allready mentioned only 40 troops. My deckplans shows 2 assault shuttles of some kind in the front part of the ship, but I cant see what kind. Also, I cant figure out if one of those bays would fit a light transport. With 300 metrics of cargo it cant handle any vehicles. However, its a perfect 'secondary ship'. |
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