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.