From: <genghis12@a...>
Date: Thu Apr 27, 2000 7:48pm
Subject: Re: SW Episode I RPG - 10: Sith Infiltrator
Well, part ten in the on-going conversion series for the Episode I RPG stats.
Enjoy, like always.
--Genghis12
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"A team will be sent to strip your ship for any vital information."
--Bartokk Assassin
"You will know the fury of the Dark Side..."
--Darth Maul
"After leaving Darth Sidious's lair, Darth Maul went directly to the dimly
lit hangar where he kept his starship. Twenty-six-and-a-half meters long,
the shovel-nosed, knife-edged ship had originated as a Star Courier
manufactured by Sienar Design Systems. The entire vessel had been
extensively customized in a secret laboratory to become the perfect vehicle
for Maul's covert missions. It was called the Sith Infiltrator." (The Fury
of Darth Maul, p. 17)
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Sith Infiltrator
"The Infiltrator had six low-profile
laser cannons, sophisticated sensor
and tracking systems, and a class 3.0
hyperdrive. For sublight travel, it was
equipped with an experimental high-
temperature ion engine that required
large, retractable radiator panels
that folded in during landings. On the
port side, a cargo drop panel contained
Sith 'dark eye' probe droids, numerous
weapons, and Maul's speeder bike."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 17)
Craft: modified Sienar Design Systems Star Courier
Type: modified courier
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 26.5 m (88 ft.)
Skill: Space Transports: Sith Infiltrator
Crew: 1 (1 can coordinate all)
Passengers: 6
Cargo Capacity: 5 metric tons available
Consumables: 2 months
Cost: not available for sale
Hyperdrive:
Model: Sienar SSDS 11-A
Class: x3
Maneuverability: 3D+2
"He piloted the cloaked Infiltrator
low over a broad mesa, and then
plunged into a deep ravine.
Maintaining a high speed, he steered
through the narrow gap between the
stark mountain walls, then leveled
off ten meters above the gorge."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 31)
Space: 9
"Maul poured on the speed, dodging
the Bartokk tailgunner's random
assult."
(The FUry of Darth Maul, p. 82)
Atmosphere: 400, 1125 kmh
Hull: 4D+2
Shields: None
Sensors:
"As soon as Darth Maul entered the orbit
of Esseles, he activated his ship's powerful
scan-mode sensors. The sensors sent out
pulses in all directions, gathering
information from the entire Darpa Sector.
Maul adjusted the scanner, tuning it to
search for and track any objects that moved
in a trajectory away from Esseles. He
narrowed his search further by transmitting
a request for identification profiles from
every outgoing starship within range.
Maul viewed a monitor that displayed the
collected information: a list of fifty-eight
starships, their respective sublight speeds
and their distances from Esseles. Maul did
not expect any vessel to declare itself as a
freighter filled with insectoid assassins and
stolen Trade Federation property, so he was not
surprised when only fifty-seven ships
automatically responded with their ID profiles.
One ship had withheld its identification.
Maul checked the coordinates of the unknown ship.
According to the Infiltrator's nav computer, the
ship was still in the Darpa Sector, travelling
through the Ralltiir system on a direct bearing
for the planet Corulag."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 27)
Passive 80/1D
"Suddenly, the Infiltrator's hyperwave
warning light began to pulsate. Twenty-six
starfighters were about to exit hyperspace
in Maul's proximity."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 77)
Scan 100/2D
"Maul conducted a quick sensor scan of the Corulag
system. There was no sign of the Bartokk or droid
starfighters."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 76)
Search 120/2D
"Maul consulted his sensor screens for the
coordinates of the unidentified vessel's last
noted location. From that point in space, an
invisible trail of charged particles led off
toward the planet Ralltiir."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 29)
Focus 3/3D
"The trail of charged particles led to a
mountinous region of Ralltiir, thirty-eight
kilometers northwest of the city Grallia.
Darkness had already fallen over the region,
but the blanket of night hid little from
the Sith Infiltrator's sensors. Darth Maul
used the tracking sensors to follow the
particle trail over a high, jagged rock
formation."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 30)
Weapons:
4 Low-Profile Laser Cannons (fire-linked)
Fire Arc: Front
Skill: SS gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 2-12/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/3.0 km
Damage: 5D (4D fired separately)
1 Low-Profile Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Top; Rear
Skill: SS gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+2
Space Range: 1-6/20/30
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/3.0 km
Damage: 4D
1 Low-Profile Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Bottom; Rear
Skill: SS gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+2
Space Range: 2-12/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/3.0 km
Damage: 4D
Special Notes:
Cloaking Device
"Then there was the cloaking device.
While most scientists considered
invisibility fields to be theoretical,
the SIth had already developed a powerful
cloak field generator for the Infiltrator.
Contained within the ship's distinctive
long prow, the generator enabled the
entire vessel and its contents to
vanish or rematerialize with the ease
of a shadow."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 17)
In lieu of a deflector shield generator, Maul has utilized Sith technology to
the fullest. He has has the Infiltrator outfitted with a fully operational
cloaking device. Choosing to use the Infiltrator as a scalpal rather than a
broadsword, Maul uses the cloaking field generator to avoid direct
confrontation at all cost. The Sith have relied on powerful crystal
phenomenom.
It has been noted by scholors for many thousands of years that certain
crystals are naturally in tune with the Force and can bestow mysterious
powers on those able to tap such power. The Sith have found such crystals on
the volcanically turbulent planet Aeten II in the Outer Rim - the rare
Stygian Crystals. By inducing power directly into the crystals, the
Infiltrator is able to generate an invisibility field.
"An invisibility field is a terrifying
weapon, since it can defeat most security
systems and make acts of theft, sabotage,
and assassination all but unstoppable."
--Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith
Because of the Stygian crystals, the cloaking field generated by the
Infiltrator has some major advantages over a theoretical technological-based
cloaking field, as well as some drawbacks. The advantage is that Darth Maul
is not "blind" as hypothesized for other cloaking fields. He has available
to him the full range of sensors.
"While the cloaking device prevented
the Infiltrator from being viewed by
outsiders, the cruiser's interior was
visible to Maul and C-3PX. Maul
checked the sensors and saw that the
trail ended at the rim of a wide
canyon."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 31)
Unfortunately, because of the mysterious nature of the Stygian crystals, the
Infiltrator's cloaking field is not completely invisible. Some rare forms of
sensor technology have, in fact, been able to penetrate the cloaking field at
extremely close ranges.
"Since the Infiltrator was in
cloak mode, Maul pulled back
so the Bartokks would not collide
with his starship. Their
starfighter passed so close to the
invisible Infiltrator that Maul
could look through their fighter's
triangular viewports and see the
Bartokk pilot, gunner, and tailgunner
seated back-to-back within.
Suddenly the Bartokks were
illuminated by a bright, flashing
warning light in the cockpit, and
all three assassins turned their
insectoid heads to peer out
viewports in Maul's direction.
Maul had been so confident in the
Infiltrator's cloaking device, he
had forgotten about the Bartokks'
sophisticated sensors.
Now they knew where he was."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 78)
Jamming Array
The Infiltrator contains a powerful sensor jamming array capable of jamming
most sensor technology. In fact, the Infiltrator's onboard computer can
actually adapt to new sensor technology, once contact has been made.
"Maul quickly took the data
card he'd retrieved from the
Bartokk freighter and inserted
it into a computer port. The
Infiltrator's computer analyzed
the Bartokk's sensor information,
and immediately transmitted a
jamming signal to knock out
the Bartokk starfighter's crystal
gravitational trap sensor. Before
the droid starfighters could fire
a single shot, the Infiltrator had
vanished from the Bartokk starfighter
sensors."
(The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 81)
Difficulty "Sensor" roll:
Life Pods - Very Easy
Stock Starfighters - Easy
Starfighters - Moderate
Stock Freighters - Hard
Freighters - Very Hard
Stock Capital Ships - Difficult
Capital Ships Very - Heroic
Range Modifiers: The above are for targets at close
range. For each range beyond close, add +1 level
of difficulty.
Effect: A successful roll causes the target to lose the ability to track the
Infiltrator via sensor technology. This poweful jamming tool, along with the
invisibility field renders the Infiltrator undetectable to both the naked eye
and technology.
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