Requiem Class Gunboat


Craft: Yaeger Yards LC-7 Mark I "Requiem" Very Light Cruiser
Type: Very light combat cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 31 meters
Skill: Capital ship piloting; Requiem
Cost: 435,000 credits
Crew: 5
Passengers: 2
Cargo Capacity: 15 metric tons
Consumables: 3 months
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyper Backup: None
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 4D+1
Space: 8
Atmosphere: 422; 1220 kph
Hull: 2D
Shields: 1D
Sensors:
Passive: 40/1D
Scan: 80/2D+1
Search: 110/3D+2
Focus: 5/5D
Weapons:
2 Heavy Plasma Cannons (fire linked)
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-5/15/30
Atmosphere Range: 100-500m/1.5km/3.0km
Damage: 6D+2
3 Double Laser Turrets
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300m/1.2km/2.5km
Damage: 5D
1 Quad Laser Turret
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300m/1.2km/2.5km
Damage: 5D
1 Zephyr-5 Charge Missile Launcher
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: Front
Missile Loadout: 3
Crew: 1
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-7/12/20
Atmosphere Range: 100-700m/1.2km/2.0km
Damage: 5D
1 Concussion Missile Launcher
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Front
Missile Loadout: 20
Crew: 1 (same as Zephyr-5)
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/5/12
Atmosphere Range: 100-300m/500m/1.2km
Damage: 6D

Built by the Yaeger after the capture of several Skipray Blastboats, the Requiem Gunboat is designed to serve in those situations where a heavier cruiser would be unnecessary, and where a starfighter could not adequately serve. Requiem craft often make anti-starfighter sweeps, and serve to provide fire support for starfighter wings. Fitting in to the roles between heavy fighters and multi-role cruisers, the Requiem has functioned admirably, and Yaeger Yards is speeding up the rate of production of the Requiem craft, due to the great demand.

As a capital scale craft, the Requiem will occasionally find itself fighting other capital craft. While the gunboat is not really designed for that role, the Zephyr Charge Missiles are mounted to allow it a chance to score a disabling hit early on in combat, before its relatively light hull and shields are taken apart by the more combat ready attack cruisers. Equipped with a powerful drive, a massive launching system, and a discarding sabot, the Zephyr is capable of striking from quite a distance. If the Zephyr strikes fail to achieve the desired result, the Requiem has to rely on speed and support craft to avoid attack craft, as its other weapon systems are quite incapable of inflicting serious harm on large scale opponents.

A starfighter scale gunboat, the Catamount, is on Yaeger Yards' production schedule, and military planners are already considering strategic integration of both the Capital and Starfighter craft. Later versions of the Requiem ships may be more specialized, ceding some of its mission profiles to the Catamount class craft.

Note: The cost listed is in a theoretical situation, where the Yaeger ships are available without restriction. In most scenarios, they should not be available at all, or at incredibly inflated prices.
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