Kayle Skolaris
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Orlean Star Explorer: The Star Cab
This ship is ANCIENT. The fluff text description in Galaxy Guide 8: Scouts says it dates from a time before hyperdrives were completely reliable, making it thousands of years old. It's also described as 'easily the oldest class still in service today. Now the CSA uses 3,000 year old dreadnoughts in their fleets and there's at least one example of a 10,000 year old battleship that's been converted into a space-going casino.
So anyway, here's the 64 billion credit question: If you gathered a group of design engineers together, handed them the complete schematics for the Star Cab, and gave them the directive to 'make sure it still looks like a Star Cab on visual inspection, but update it to cutting edge post-Swarm War military-grade technology', what would the result look like in D6 stats terms?
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5/17/2006, 12:56 pm
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Re: Orlean Star Explorer: The Star Cab
Sensors would pick it out of a line-up easily. I suppose it could be done, but why make such a compromise, a new purpose built ship would be cheaper.
Last edited by Grtak, 5/17/2006, 5:28 pm
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5/17/2006, 5:27 pm
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Kayle Skolaris
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Re: Orlean Star Explorer: The Star Cab
If you have the money to custom-build a ship, it doesn;t much matter what it looks like, now does it? Some people simply like the look of certain ships.
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5/18/2006, 5:22 pm
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Re: Orlean Star Explorer: The Star Cab
If it was just upgraded (not having the stats available at this time): for a quick upgrade, multiply everything by 3 or increase everything by 3 steps.
More indepth:
Half the crew
Hyperdrive Multiplier x2 or x3 backup x10 or x12 (maybe even having a secondary Hyperdrive)
Shields of 3d (with possibly even some Mon Cal style backups)
Space Speed of 4 to 6
I would also stick on 4 TIE fighters attached to the hull of the ship, as an escort.
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5/19/2006, 7:28 am
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Re: Orlean Star Explorer: The Star Cab
How does this grab you folks?
Craft: Orlean Star Traveler
Type: Exploration Vessel
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 70 meters
Skill: Space Transports
Crew: I Human, 3 Droid
Passengers: 12
Cargo Capacity: 200 metric tons; 80 cubic meters
Consumables: 5 years
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x1
Hyperdrive Backup: x4
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 10
Atmosphere: 415; 1,200kmh
Hull: 8D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:
Passive: 125/ 2D
Scan: 250/ 3D
Search: 500/ 4D
Focus: 60/ 5D
Weapous:
Four Medium Needle Lasers (May Be Fire-Linked In Pairs)
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: 2 Front, 2 Rear
Crew: Pilot or Droids
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 2-10/20/40
Atmosphere Range: 200m-1km /2 km /4 km
Damage: 6D (7D if Fire-Linked)
Note: Needle Lasers are extremely intense, and thus very damaging, but are also very difficult to properly target. Increase all difficulties to hit by one level.
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5/20/2006, 5:10 pm
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