Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 15:13:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Patrick Rollens <rollens@YOUR-NET.COM>
Subject: [SW-RPG] STATS: Alternate Skipray Blastboat model
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Skipray Blastboat
Craft:  Sienar Fleet Systems' GAT-12j
Type:  Patrol Blastboat / Armed Transport
Scale:  Capital
Length:  25 meters
Skill:  Starfighter piloting:  Skipray Blastboat
Crew: 2; gunners: 2
Cost:  290,000 new  155,000 used
Passengers:  2
Cargo Capacity:  10 metric tons
Consumables:  1 month
Hyperdrive Multiplier:  x2
Hyperdrive Backup:  x15
Nav Computer:  Limited to four jumps
Maneuverability:  1D+2 (2D+2 in atmosphere)
Space:  8
Atmosphere:  415; 1,200 km/h
Hull:  2D+1
Shields:  2D
Sensors:
        Passive:  35/1D
        Scan:  60/1D+2
        Search:  100/2D
        Focus:  3/2D+2
Weapons:
        Proton Torpedo Launcher
        Fire Arc:  Front
        Crew: 1 (gunner #`1)
        Skill:  Starship Gunnery
        Scale:  Starfighter
        Fire Control:  2D
        Space Range:  1/3/7
        Atmosphere Range:  50-100/300/700
        Damage:  9D

        Two Laser Cannons
        Fire Arc:  Turret
        Crew: 1 (gunner #2)
        Skill:  Starship Gunnery
        Scale:  Starfighter
        Fire Control:  1D
        Space Range:  1-3/12/25
        Atmosphere Range:  100-300m/1.2km/2.5km
        Damage:  5D

        Concussion Missile Launcher
        Fire Arc:  Turret
        Crew:  1 (gunner #1)
        Skill:  Starship Gunnery
        Scale:  Starfighter
        Fire Control:  1D
        Space Range:  1-/3/7
        Atmosphere Range:  1-50m/100/250
        Damage:  6D

Capsule:  Sienar's original GAT-12h Skipray blastboat was
an excellent vessel save one detail: the Skipray had no room
for boarding troopers, and hence could not be used as a
practical system patrol craft.  The GAT-12j, modified to allow
for two passengers, was released in the weeks prior to "the
Rebellion's first major victory against the Empire."  After the
Empire rejected Sienar's offer of several thousand GAT-12j
blastboats, the company offered its ships to the private
market.
        Pirates and privateers alike pounced on the
GAT-12j, buying up Sienar's entire 4,000 ship stock in less
than a month.  Soon the GAT-12j was preying regularly on
freighters and luxury liners.  Since the GAT-12j had no ion
cannons with which to disable a ship, death tolls began to
mount as ruthless pirates pumped torpedoes and missiles
into captured liners, destroying all evidence.
        A popular tactic was to use the GAT-12j as a
boarding vessel.  After sending in starfighters equipped with
ion cannons to disable the engine systems, the Skiprays
could then nestle up against the hull and slice through.  The
two boarding troopers on board could easily neutralize any
threat, and if necessary, the Skipray's gunners could follow
up on the shipboard assault.
        Although the GAT-12j lacks the three ion cannons
that were prominent on the GAT-12h, its small passenger
space more than makes up for this lack of firepower, and it
also adds an element of diversity never before seen in the
Skipray line.  No longer confined to mere system patrol duty,
the Skipray GAT-12j is now seen as an armed escort ship for
transporting dignitaries and officers.  Truly the GAT-12j is a
welcome expansion to the Skipray line.