Sienar Fleet Systems' Tempest-class Assault Gunboat
CRAFT: FAS-2R Tempest
MANUFACTURER: Sienar Fleet Systems
TYPE: Assault Gunboat
SCALE: Starfighter
LENGTH: 13m
CREW: 2
CARGO: 500kg
CONSUMABLES: 1 week
NAV COMPUTER: Yes
HYPERSPACE MULTIPLIER: x1
SPACE: 8
ATMOSPHERE: 365; 1050km/h
MANEUVERABILITY: 2D (+1D in atmosphere)
HULL: 3D+1
SHIELDS: 1D+2
WEAPONS:
2 Laser Cannons (fire linked)
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmo Range: 100-300/1200/2500m
Damage: 4D+2
2 Heavy Ion Cannons (fire linked)
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1 (pilot or gunner)
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-5/10/40
Atmo Range: 100-500/1000/4000m
Damage: 5D+2
Double Laser Cannon
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Turret (can't fire forward)
Crew: 1 (gunner)
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmo Range: 100-300/1200/2500m
Damage: 4D
2 Launch Tubes (single and dual fire mode)
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1 (pilot or gunner)
Other stats depending on payload...
12 Concussion Missiles
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Control: 4D
Space Range: 1-3/10/20
Atmo Range: 300-1000/5000/7500m
Damage: 7D
8 Proton Torpedoes
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1/3/7
Atmo Range: 100-300/750/1500m
Damage: 9D
4 Heavy Rockets
Scale: Capital Ship
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-2/5/50
Atmo Range: 100-500/1000/2000
Damage: 5D
Description: The Tempest is a new addition to the Imperial Navy. It's
a sleek 2-man gunboat with a cockpit resembling the one in the Lambda-class
shuttle, and long downward-bending wings. It's bow houses two linked laser
cannons, two linked heavy ion cannons are located in the wingtips and both
wings house a launch tube for missiles/torpedoes/rockets. There is also
a double laser cannon turret in the cockpit section, facing backwards.
The Tempest was already completed at the time of the Batlle of Endor, but
it wasn't deployed to fleets until over a year had passed. It's purpose
is to allow assault operations deep into enemy territories, without having
to deploy capital ships. Also, Tempest gunships armed with heavy rockets
are deployed to some capital ships to enhance their ability to fight enemy
capital ships and battle stations, and to allow complicated tactics incorporating
multiple attack waves from several directions etc. The Empire has already
deployed several elite units into enemy territories, in order to harass
supply traffic and strike at production facilities. These fleets usually
consist of a small capital ship, several non-combat supply ships and a
squadron of Tempest gunboats.