LHD Wasp class
Craft: Salamander Starships Wasp
Type: Assault Ship
Scale: Capital Period: New Order
Length: 614 Meters Picture:
Skill: Capital Ship Piloting: Wasp
Crew: 1580; Gunners: 20 Skeleton Crew: 595/+10
Crew Skill: Capital Ship Piloting 4D+2, Capital Ship Shields 4D+1,
Starship Gunnery 4D
Passengers: 6500 (Troops)
Cargo Capacity: 10000 Tons (plus vehicles)
Consumables: 2 Years
Hyperdrive Multiplier: X2 Hyperdrive Backup: X12
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 0D
Space: 4
Hull: 5D Shields: 2D
Sensors: Passive: 20 / 0D Search: 60 / 2D
Scan: 40 / 1D Focus: 4 / 3D
Fighters: 24 Starfighters (12 TIE/gt or TIE Bomber, 4 TIE/fc, 8 TIE/ln)
Shuttles: 8 Light Freighters/Shuttles , 1 Assault Shuttle
Drop Ships: 4 Medium Drop Ships, 8 Light Drop Ships, 2 Cargo Barges
Weapons: 20 Quad Laser Cannons (Fire Separately)
Fire Arc: 5 Front, 5 Left, 5 Right, 5 Rear
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire Control: 4D
Space/Atmosphere Range: 1-3/12/25, 0.1-0.3/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 5D (Starfighter)
Capsule: The LHD (Landing Heavy Dock) Wasp class is built by Salamander
Starships as an assult ship able to handle all sides of a surface assault.
It's able to carry a full MEB(SOC) with vehicles, the brigade is a standard
Marine Expenditory Brigade with three special forces companies and one space
assault platoon making it Special Operations Capable. It uses dropships to
land the troops and starfighters as fire support. There is a 500 bed hospital
onboard with 50 doctors,200 medics and 100 medical droids.
Cost: not for sale to civilians.
Copyright 1996 by Arne Lindström