Doublet Corvette


Craft: Operion CRV-85 Doublet Class Corvette
Type: Multi-purpose mid sized vessel
Scale: Capital
Length: 185 meters
Skill: Capital Ship Piloting; Doublet
Cost: 7.8 million credits
Crew: 148
Passengers: Up to 2,000 troops
Cargo Capacity: Up to 13,000 metric tons
Consumables: 1 year
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyper Backup: x14
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 330; 950 KPH
Hull: 4D
Shields: 3D
Sensors:
Passive: 40/1D
Scan: 80/2D
Search: 100/3D
Focus: 5/4D
Weapons:
16 Medium Plasma Cannons
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 4 Each
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 3-10/30/65
Atmosphere Range: 6-20/60/130km
Damage: 5D+1
16 Quad-Laser Cannons
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: 4 Each
Crew: 2
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
8 Light Blaster Emplacements
Scale: Speeder
Fire Arc: 2 Each
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1/2/5
Atmosphere Range: 30-100m/2.0km/5.0km
Damage: 8D+1

Originally designed as a dedicated medium fighter carrier, the Doublet Corvette has seen service in a number of different configurations. Generally used as a fighter carrier, a troop transport, or a dropship, the corvette is also capable of serving as a freighter or an exploration craft.

The most unique aspect of the ship is it's form: essentially a pair of trapezoidal structures held together by thick pylons. The top section holds the bridge, crew quarters, and the main cargo hold, and the wider bottom section holds the engines, powerplants, shield generators, computers, and other engineering sections. The plasma cannons are mounted on the upper surface of the upper section and the lower surface of the lower section, and all the other weapons are mounted around the central cavity. The reason for this configuration was to allow the fighters a few seconds of heavy cover right after they leave the fighter bay (which opens into the central cavity), and allows them to avoid any opposing craft which would be able to pick them off, had they been emerging from a more conventional fighter bay.

When starfighter scale hyperdrives became the standard, Operion's sales of the corvette dropped off sharply. In order to revitalize the line, they made a few improvements, including the installation of atmospheric thrusters. Once the ship was capable of atmospheric flight, a whole new mission profile applied, and the Operion Corvette pushed the then standard Duese Pound Dropship clear out of the ground assault market. Ground assault vehicles benefitted tremendously from the early cover that the internal space granted them, and the ground level medium plasma cannons could lay down a field of fire that would discourage enemy infantry units from coming within range of the assault craft. The only problem with the ship as a dropship was that infantry units couldn't get to the ground very easily, but a few Fastdrop APCs solved that problem quite well.

The Doublet corvette remains the standard dropship of the Yaeger Nation, although it's primacy is being challenged by such craft as the Quicksilver and the Groundbreaker, new dedicated dropships that build on the Doublet's advantages while making use of other, more sophisticated innovations.
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