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Original RPG stats by Edwin LaCourse, Edited by Daniel Henwood By AARON SKETCHLEY (aaronsketch@HOTdelete_thisMAIL.com)

Ver 1.2 2015.09.21

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Picket Ship

BACKGROUND

When the Meltrandi expect an armed conflict to arise, they often deployed the Scout Ship in teams, or with a Gunship to act as escort. These ships can also function as close-in defense units in a fleet formation, protecting the larger ships from concentrated missile fire from opposing fleets. Their small size means that many of them can be positioned around a larger warship, such as a flagship.

RPG STATS

(1) Forward 1/3 of Ship (Heavy Particle Cannon, Command Center)   6,000
(2) Middle 1/3 of Ship (Crew Quarters, Landing Bays)              7,000
(2) Rear 1/3 of Ship (Main Engines, Engineering)                  7,000
    Sensor Array                                                  1,000
(3) Main Thruster                                                 6,000
(3) Auxiliary Engine                                              2,000
    Heavy Laser Cannons (3)                                         700 each
    Retractable Laser Turrets (20)                                  150 each
    Retractable Missile Turrets (40)                                100 each
    Airlocks/Access Hatches (100)                                   200 each
    Armored outer hull (per 40ft area)                              300
    Interior walls (per 20ft area)                                   20

1. The Command Center is located here and destroying it will likely kill the command staff (90% Chance) and will force the ship to use the Sensor Array for all forms of long range communications, radar and targeting. The ship can still operate, but is at -1 on initiative, -1 to strike, and the number of attacks per melee of the weapon systems are reduced by one fourth. Destroying the main sensory array will have the same effect, but the command staff will not be killed instantly. Destroying both will deprive the ship of all forms of long range communications, radar and targeting. The ship can still operate, but is at -3 on initiative, -3 to strike, and the number of attacks per melee of the weapon systems are reduced by one half.
2. Depleting the MDC of the middle 1/3 or the rear 1/3 of the ship will destroy the battlecruiser. All power systems, thrusters, weapon systems, and life support will fail, and (2D4x10)% of the crew will be killed instantly by explosions, debris, and loss of atmosphere. There is a 70% chance the ship will violently explode. That's an explosion inflicting 1D4x1,000 MD to any object within 4 miles. If the ship does not explode, then the ship will be a salvageable wreck (though the space wreck may still be valuable because of the technology contained within the remains).
3. Depleting the MDC of the main thrusters will force the ship to rely on its secondary thrusters. Depleting the MDC of the main AND secondary thrusters will leave the ship adrift in space. In an atmosphere, the battlecruiser will still be able to land and achieve orbit using antigravity generators. The maneuvering thrusters will propel the ship at 10kph in any direction.

SPEEDS:

STATISTICAL DATA:

Fold System: Quitolera Fold System Cluster
Sublight Drive: Quitolera Impulse Drive Cluster
Gravity Control System: Internal
Auxiliary Engine: Quitolera Rocket Motor Cluster
Sensor System: Quitolera Standard Tracking Cluster

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

1. HEAVY LASER CANNON:

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Warship
• RANGE: 100,000 miles in an atmosphere. Double in space.
• DAMAGE: 1D6x100 M.D.
• RATE OF FIRE: Twice per round.
• PAYLOAD: Unlimited.

2. RETRACTABLE LASER TURRETS (3):

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Warship/Anti-Planet
• RANGE: 160,000 km in an atmosphere. Double in space.
• DAMAGE: 1D4x100 M.D. per turret
• RATE OF FIRE: Twice per melee
• PAYLOAD: Unlimited.

3. RETRACTABLE MISSLE TURRETS (8):

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Anti-Aircraft
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Defense
• RANGE: Varies with warhead used.
• DAMAGE: Varies with warhead used.
• RATE OF FIRE: Each turret can fire once per melee, and can be combined in any volley combination of at least 10 or more, up to 30 missiles. Volleys can be directed at different targets.
• PAYLOAD: Effectively Unlimited.

SYSTEMS OF NOTE:

• ANTIGRAVITY PROPULSION SYSTEM: The Scout Ship was equipped with an anti-gravity propulsion system used for planetary landings and liftoffs. The system is good for vertical ascent/descent only and can lift the ship at speeds of up to 400 m per minute. The system will function so long as the main energy system (in the rear 1/3 of the ship) can supply energy to it.
• LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS: The Scout Ship had sufficient life support to provide breathable air and comfortable temperatures for up to 3,000 people for up to 20 years (air was recycled). In an emergency the life support system could support up to 5,000 people at one time. The ship contained enough food and water onboard to support the crew for up to 5 years (with recycling).
• LONG-RANGE TRACKING SENSORS: The Scout Ship Command Center was equipped with a complex sensor system that could track and identify up to 1,500 craft simultaneously. The system had a 3,200 km range.
• SPACE FOLD SYSTEM: For FTL propulsion, the Scout Ship was equipped with a fold system capable of propelling the ship through hyperspace at speeds up to 3.28x10^10 mps (5.25x10^10 kmps), or 1 light year per 6 minutes. The range of the fold drive is theoretically unlimited except by the life expectancy of the spacecraft (which is unknown).
• SUBLIGHT ENGINES: As a backup to the Fold System, the Scout Ship was equipped with impulse engines that could propel the craft at speeds up to 0.29 speed of light in space. Note that these engines were mainly intended for rapid movement inside a planetary system and are not suited for long voyages between star systems. In a planetary atmosphere the ship is limited to speeds of Mach 4.0 maximum due to hull stress.
• SUBSPACE MASS SENSORS: As part of the Scout Ship's sensor systems, it was equipped with subspace sensors that could essentially instantly detect mass readings and movement of objects up to 1 AU (93 million miles) distant from the carrier. Readings taken with the subspace sensors are not very detailed (-25% penalty when trying to identify a detected object) and cannot detect objects of less than 60,000 kg (this includes most Meltrandi and UN Spacy mecha).

Ship-borne Vehicles (STANDARD):

• Quaedlunn-Rau: 250
• Theatre Scout Recon Pods: 2
• Recovery Pod: 1
• Reentry Pods: 0
• Liason Craft/Shuttlecraft: 2
• Hover Platforms: 10

REFERENCES

Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules DYRL

Macross DYRL Gold Book Macross Chronicle