Yaddith class Courier
Brian Bell
Tech: Human (FB)
Govt: NSL
Mass: 10
Cost: 31
Clas: Courier (SC)
Hull: 1 (Merchant)
Strm: None
FTL: Std
MD: 10
Armr: 2
Damg: 1; 1
Crew: 1
Sens: Std
Systems:
1 x PDS
Notes:
Courier ships have been required since the first interstellar navy was
commissioned 2120. The need arises from the fact that FTL communication
requires such an enormise power requirements and the radiation by-product
makes FTL radio comunication practible only from large asteroids. Also,
because pin-point accuracy is required, contacting a moving ship on
maneuvers is a practical impossiblility.
Cygnus Yaddith class Courier is in use by almost all governments.
It features a very fast engine with good protection for this size of ship.
CE chose to mount an armor factor of 2 on a fragile frame over an average frame
to increase survivibility from a stray shot. While the ship could be crewed by
3 officers and 7 ratings, the normal crew is 3 officers and 5 ratings. This
leaves room for 2 passingers if required to act as an FTL shuttle. The original
design Y153 featured a thrust rating of 12, but was completely unarmed. This
design sold only 10 ships, much below the projected sales. CE also produces an
'A' version that only have a armor factor of 1, but changes the PDS for the
more flexible Class-1 beam and a fire control.
[Data note: Added "(Merchant)" to the Hull line - this record had no Military/Merchant type suffix at all. Recovered from weapon loadout and the ship's own Notes text (see commit history for the specific reasoning).]