Light Transport Boat (DYRL)

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By AARON SKETCHLEY (aaronsketch@HOTdelete_thisMAIL.com)

Ver 2.0 2017.04.17

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Light Transport Boat

1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 MDC BY LOCATION
1.2 SPEEDS
2.0 STATISTICAL DATA
3.1 DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS
3.2 OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS
3.3 OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (FOLD BOOSTERS & HARDPOINTS)
4.0 SENSOR SYSTEMS
4.1 OTHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT
5.0 COMBAT BONUSES

BACKGROUND

A non-combat small transport boat specialized in transporting personnel and materials. It is used to transport between the military vessels that the Zentrādi Forces use, such as the Fleet Flagship and the Assault Landing Ship. It has a large hangar/materials storehouse, and in addition to being able to transport a maximum of 25 fully equipped Zentrādi, it can also transport large combat weapons.

Operational Record (DYRL version): the Light Transport Boat was used to take prisoner 5 Earthlings, including Lynn Minmei, and became the chance for the Zentrādi to be aware of Earth's culture.

The Light Transport Boat's combat capabilities are equivalent to nonexistent.

The ship can be used for reconnaissance, light assault, and support duty.

Modified Ships In The Unified Forces

The Light Transport Boat has been readily adopted by those who need a small ship for transport. After the introduction of the External Fold Booster for Variable Fighters, the boosters were quickly adapted to be mounted on the Light Transport Boat - greatly expanding its utility, and range. The Light Transport Boat quickly became the choice vessel for traders and couriers, as well as pirates and other rogues, who need a small ship without the expensive maintenance and overhead of the larger Zentrādi vessels or surplus human ships.

Although its light armaments are a drawback, the boats are commonly modified with hardpoints to mount Variable Fighter weapons, such as anti-ship and anti-fighter missiles.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: Transport Ship
Class: Light Transport Boat
Crew: 2 [giant-size] Zentrādi in Light Armour, maximum 25 fully equipped Zentrādi
Manufacturer: Zentrādi Forces
Production: under investigation
Government: Zentrādi Forces
Customer: Zentrādi Forces

Design Features: curved, organic forms. Vast rear transport hangar space. The hangar's rear hatch has two layers, and it is constructed so that after the hatchback-style exterior opens, the inner cover opens.

Variants:

(Standard) Light Transport Boat
Modified Light Transport Boat

MDC BY LOCATION:

Location	MDC	Location	MDC
Main Body ¹ Bridge ² Main Engines ³ (6) Secondary Guidance Thrusters ³ (8) Access Hatch, interior	4,000 ¹ 400 ² 100 ³ 45 each ³ 200	Access Hatch, exterior Anti-Air Beam Turrets (2) Main Antennae ⁴ (2) Secondary Antennae ⁴ (6) Optional: Radome	100 100 each 35 each ⁴ 20 each ⁴ 80

NOTES:

¹ Depleting the MDC will put the ship out of commission. All internal systems will shut down, including the life support and internal gravity. The ship itself will be an unsalvageable floating wreck.
² Depleting the MDC will put the bridge out of commission. Communications, weapons, and flight control will be severely limited.
³ Depleting the MDC of the main engines will force the ship to rely on its auxiliary engine, and will render the Gravity Control System useless due to loss of power. Depleting the MDC of the main engines AND auxiliary engines will leave the ship adrift in space. If in an atmosphere, the ship will crash.
⁴ Depleting the MDC of the main antennae will disable all long-range communications. Depleting the MDC of the secondary antennae will disable all short range communications.

SPEEDS:

Sub-light: 0.16 speed of light
Auxiliary Drive: Mach 1.65; Mach 5 in space.
Space Fold Range: N/A unless using a External Fold Booster

Planet bound: uninhibited
Maximum Range: estimated 20 year life span, which can be extended with regular maintenance and overhauls.

Maximum rate of ascent: 400 m per minute using the anti-gravity propulsion system.
Maximum instantaneous acceleration during combat: 1.4 G+

STATISTICAL DATA:

Height: under investigation
Width: under investigation
Length: 250 m

Operational Interial Mass: under investigation
Empty Mass: under investigation

Power System: under investigation
Gravity Control System: under investigation
Super-Dimensional Navigation System: under investigation
Jet Propulsion System: Main Thruster: under investigation, Vernier Thruster: under investigation

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS

Note: Refer to the Ship Defensive Systems for stats unless otherwise noted herein:

1. Heat And Radiations Shields
2. Energy Conversation Armour
3. Self-destruct

OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS

1. Small-Bore Anti-Aircraft Laser Gun Turrets (2)

The gun turrets are for defence. Positioned on the left and right, near the front, for forward protection and punching a route through enemy forces to get into, or out of a defended area.

RANGE: 1,100 m
DAMAGE: DAMAGE: 1D8 per round. 1D4X10 MD per 10 round burst. Refer to the Gun Pods and Beam Machine Gun Burst and Spray Rules for alternatives.
RATE OF FIRE: equal to the controller's number of hand-to-hand attacks. If set on automatic, each gun turret can fire up to 4 shots per round.
PAYLOAD: 40 rounds per melee. The guns are limited to bursts of 10 or 20 rounds per attack.
NOTE: the gun turrets can be set on automatic during combat, during which time they have a +2 to strike due to their advanced tracking systems. The gun turrets' tracking systems will target incoming missiles first and attacking Mobile Weapons second.

2. SHIP-BORNE CRAFT

The ship carries a maximum 25 fully equipped Zentrīdi.
The soldiers and Mobile Weapons are primarily used for both defence and tactical missions.

NOTE: due to space limitations, there is a bit of either/or with the number of Mobile Weapons that the ship is able to effectively maintain and sortie. E.g. carrying 25 Rīgado and 0 soldiers, or 10 Rīgado and 15 Soldiers is possible, but carrying 25 Rīgado and 25 soldiers is not.

Standard:

Standard
20 Rīgado [Regult] Battle Pods (centered on reconnaissance)
1 Gurāji [Glaug] Battle Pod
2 Nūjaderu-Gaa [Nousjadeul-Ger] Battle Suits
2 Armoured Soldiers (hatch gunners & support)
Heavy Combat
10 Rīgado [Regult] Battle Pods
1 Gurāji [Glaug] Battle Pod
4 Nūjaderu-Gaa [Nousjadeul-Ger] Battle Suits
1 Armoured Personnel Carrier and troops

Unified Space Forces (mixed - giant and human sized):

Zentrādi Equipment
10~20 Rīgado [Regult] Battle Pods
0~4 Nūjaderu-Gaa [Nousjadeul-Ger] Battle Suits
Unified Forces Equipment
1~5 Armour Pack Equipped VF
4~10 Destroids (Cheyenne II, S-Defender or similar)

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (FOLD BOOSTERS & HARDPOINTS)

Hardpoints for Valkyrie equipment have been retrofitted onto some Light Transport Boats by non-Zentrādi and humanized-Zentrādi users, to increase its operability.

Up to twelve (12) hardpoints can be added to the Light Transport Boat. However, the optional Fold Boosters or Radomes take up two (2) hardpoints, each. E.g.: a boat with two Fold Boosters and one radome, has only six remaining hardpoints available.

PrototypeBooster (15K)

1. FOLD BOOSTERS (2~4)

Due to the size of the boat compared to the boosters, two (2) Fold Boosters must be used to enable the boat to fold. When used, the range of the Fold Boosters is halved. If four (4) Fold Boostes are used, they can operate at normal ranges.

a pair of FBF-1000A External Fold Boosters
a pair of Experimental External Super Fold Boosters (rarely available)

2. Missile Hard Points (6~12)

Up to 12 hardpoints can be added to the Light Transport Boat. Refer to the Hardpoint and Missile Details.

Note: due to the ad hoc nature of the hardpoints and the user of the Boat, the munitions are generally from the previous generation. E.g. a boat operated in 2059, would be using muinitions from Missiles FCS 40's.

Suggested Hardpoint Loads (per wing. Double for total load)

Micro-missile Launcher Pods: 1 per hardpoint
Medium Range Missiles: 1~3 per hardpoint¹
Reaction Missiles: 1 per hardpoint²
Large Anti-Ship Missiles: 1 per hardpoint

Attacker/Fighter Bombs: 1~3 per hardpoint¹
Large Bombs: 1 per hardpoint²
ECM & ECCM Pods: 1 per hardpoint
Optional & Gun Pods: 1 per hardpoint³

¹ pending size of missiles/bombs, and availability of multi-launcher racks.
² Reaction Missiles/Bombs are exceedingly rare, unless affiliated with the Unified Forces.
³ mounted to fire either straight ahead, or straight behind the boat. The entire vehicle must be moved to change the angle of fire. Any gun pod can be mounted, but ones with large magazines, or high firepower are preferred. The rare AVPAGC / MEDC30-EX-A Gun Matrix (VF-171EX) and exceedingly rare BGP-01β Beam Gun Pod (VF-27) are particularly prized.

3. RADOME

A single VF-use radar radome can be added to the dorsal surface of the Light Transport Boat. In general, only the VF-11 and VF-17 radomes are compatible with the Light Transport Boat's avionics. The telemetry from the radome can be stored or transmitted to a command ship for further analysis.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SENSOR: detects differences in electromagnetic and magnetic fields. It provides only basic information, such as general location, estimated size and direction of travel. The sensor can also take detailed structural readings of objects with electromagnetic fields, such as detecting power sources, active or hidden weapon ports, transmitters and other valuable statistical data.
- RANGE: 100 km for general detection. Fine readings can only be done at close range. GM's discretion.
- BONUSES: +20% to Intelligence and Detect Ambush/Concealment rolls, provided they make a successful Read Sensory Instruments roll (otherwise they misread/misinterpret the sensor readings).
  Detect Cloaked Ships: 30% chance of detecting a ship protected by passive stealth, 60% chance with active stealth (halve values if the cloaked ships are powered down).
RADAR:
- RANGE: can detect targets as low as 15 m and as high as 30,000 m, over 960 km away
- TRACKING: can detect and track up to 820 targets simultaneously and can record position, speed, and direction of motion for all targets tracked. Can target 50 targets at the same time.

SENSOR SYSTEMS

Note: Refer to the Ship Sensor Systems for stats unless otherwise noted herein:

1. Electromagnetic Wave Sensor
2. Fold Communication (only possible when an External Fold Booster is mounted)
3. Internal Sensors
4. Long Range Laser/Satellite Relay Communications: range: ranges greater than 1/4 AU (approx. 2 minutes) becomes a one-sided transmission.

5. Optics: Hybrid Sensor/TV Camera System
6. Radio Interference Network: range: 80 km; can be increased by linking additional battle cruisers (+80 km per ship).
7. Radar Jamming: range: 16 km area up to 650 km away.
8. Search And Targeting Radar: range: 500 km

OTHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Double Reinforced Hulls and access tunnels line the full length of most deck levels.
Note: Refer to the Ship Other Systems for stats unless otherwise noted herein:

1. Weapon Bays: akin to a Weapon Locker
2. Airlocks: scattered over the hull in the following positions:

Side Outer Hull: 1 Airlocks/Access Hatches each side
Rear Hull: 1 Large Hatch

3. Docking - Hard & Soft

4. Gravity Control
5. IFF Antenna
6. Life Support Systems
7. Sublight Engines
8. Space Fold System (only possible when an External Fold Booster is mounted)
9. Water Supply (limited)

COMBAT BONUSES FOR SPACECRAFT TRAINING

Note: unless modified, the entirety of the ship is macron (Battroid) scale.

None!

REFERENCES

Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules
SDFM: Do You Remember Love? (film & related art books)

Macross Chronicle Revised Ed. 'Zentrādi Military Vessels' article

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