The Nightswimmer


Craft: Modified Kord Engineering 180S Special Edition Phantom Cargo
Type: Cargo ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 52 meters
Skill: Space transports; Kord Phantom
Cost: Not available for sale
Crew: 2
Passengers: 5
Cargo Capacity: 70 metric tons, 5 tons in scannerproof compartments
Consumables: 4 years
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x.75
Hyper Backup: x10
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 9
Atmosphere: 385; 1100 kph
Hull: 3D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:
Passive: 30/1D
Scan: 50/2D
Search: 110/3D
Focus: 6/3D+2
Weapons:
2 Medium Plasma Cannons (fire linked)
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-5/10/30
Atmosphere Range: 100-500m/1.0km/3.0km
Damage: 5D+1
1 Aether 5.5 Charge Missile Launcher
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Front
Missile Loadout: 5
Crew: Pilot
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-5/10/15
Atmosphere Range: 100-500m/1.0km/1.5km
Damage: 7D+2
2 Heavy Plasma Cannons
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: Co-Pilot
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Space Range: 1-5/15/30
Atmosphere Range: 100-500m/2.5km/3.0km
Damage: 6D

The personal craft of the noted smugglers Darian Stoll, CBR- 4S4, and Kham, the Nightswimmer has been modified into an extraordinarily effective smuggling craft. Capable of outrunning most customs craft, the Nightswimmer is also able to blow many of them out of the sky. The Turreted medium guns are only manned if one of the passengers can use a gun, or if they decide that their mission is of sufficient peril and the profit margins are high enough to justify the hiring of a gunner.

The 5.5 Charge missiles are a dependable model, with low power output, and an even lower energy signatures. The primary problem with the 5.5 was it's low range, which has been solved by CBR. The missiles used on the Nightswimmer are fitted with discarding sabot, which allows a good deal more force to be applied to the projectiles by the launching device. The improvement in range through this innovation is enough to put the Aether 5.5 well above the specifications of other munitions in it's price range.

The Nightswimmer is fitted with a pair of transponders, and can identify itself either as the Aldru registered Nightswimmer or as the Orion Day, an independent freighter flying the Imperial flag. Because the Nightswimmer is equipped with two separate transponder systems, there is no possibility of detection of overlaid codes, though a physical inspection of the ship's wiring may reveal the illegality of that system.
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