GAT-12h Skipray Blastboat
Name/Model# : | GAT-12h Skipray Blastboat
Designer/Manufacturer : | Sienar Fleet Systems
Combat Designation : | Defence and Patrol Blastboat
Scale : | Capital (Due to power output)
Length : | 25 Metres
Skill : | Starfighter piloting: Skipray Blastboat
Crew Skill : | Astrogation 4D, capital ship gunnery 5D, starfighter piloting 4D, starship gunnery 5D+1 and starship shields 4D+1
Crew : | 4 Crew 2 (Pilot, Co-Pilot/Sensor Officer) + Gunners 2 [Note that 1 crew member can coordinate]
Skeleton Crew : | 1 (+5 DIFFICULTY)
Troop Capacity : | None
Cost of Craft : | NEW 285,000 Credits USED 150,000 Credits
Power Source : | Multiflux Reactor Core
Nav Computer : | Limited to 4 Hyperspace Jumps
Acceleration : | 16 MGLT per second
Sublight Speed : | 91 MGLT (WEG=8 Space Units)
Hyperdrive Rating : | Class 2
Hyperdrive Backup : | None
Atmospheric Speed : | 1,200 kph (WEG=415)
Manoeuvrability : | 64 DPF [WEG=1D+2 in space (2D+2 in atmosphere)]
Cargo Capacity : | 20 Metric Tons
Consumables : | 1 Month
Weapons : | 2 Dorsal Mounted Turreted Laser Cannons (Fire-Linked) Crew: 1 Gunner (Gunner 2) Scale: Starfighter Fire Control: 1D Space Range: 1-3/12/25 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 100 metres-300 metres/1.2 km/2.5 km Damage: 5D 3 Forward Ion Cannons (Fire-Linked) [1 Nose Mounted, 2 Wing-Tip Mounted] Crew: 1 Gunner (Gunner 1) Scale: Capital Fire Control: 3D Space Range: 1-3/12/25 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 100 metres-300 metres/1.2 km/2.5 km Damage: 4D 1 Forward Proton Torpedo Launcher [Starboard to the Nose Ion Cannon] Crew: 1 Gunner (Gunner 1) Scale: Starfighter Fire Control: 2D Space Range: 1/3/7 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 50-100/300/700 Metres Damage: 9D 1 Forward Concussion Missile Launcher (24 Missiles carried) [Port to the Nose Ion Cannon] Crew: 1 Gunner (Gunner 1) Scale: Starfighter Fire Control: 1D Space Range: 1/3/7 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 1-50/100/250 Metres Damage: 6D
Sensors : | Passive : 35 Space Units/1D Scan : 60 Space Units/1D+2 Search : 100 Space Units/2D Focus : 3 Space Units/2D+2
Shields/Hull Rating : | Shields 102 SBD. Hull 61 RU (WEG=Shields 2D. Hull 2D+1)
Hatches : | Main hatch is located on the port side (above the forward fins). The emergency hatch is located behind the laser cannons.
Note : | According to TFOP, GAT-12h has 24 concussion missiles, however EGVV indicates that the GAT-12j carries a greater warhead load out. It is unknown if RU, SBD, MGLT and Acceleration stats from XA apply to GAT-12h or GAT-12j or perhaps another GAT model.
The GAT-12h Skipray Blastboat like others in the GAT series is hyperdrive capable which allows it to operate independently from larger base vessels. This model in the GAT series was introduced shortly before the debacle at the Battle of Yavin. Its ventral and dorsal stabilizer wings assist the craft's atmospheric flight. When the Skipray switches its wings from landing configuration (parallel to the ground) to flight configuration (perpendicular to the ground), its wings rotate counter-clockwise. Skipray Blastboats are extraordinarily durable for craft their size. Its hull plating is so heavy that most starfighter lasers would have trouble penetrating it, thus making the Skipray impervious to all but the most powerful starfighter armaments. While the Skipray is larger and more powerful than a starfighter, it is small enough to be carried onboard a capital ship. Its incredible weapons array includes capital scale ion cannons which give this assault gunship a reasonable prospect of disabling larger combat vessels. When deploying Skiprays, Imperial commanders know that they can send them into the middle of a battle and expect them to return. Skiprays' are employed for point defence, fire support for larger capital ships, system and sector patrols, escort and skirmish line duty, reconnaissance, planetary engagement and bombardment, and light combat. Occasionally, Skiprays' have been employed for courier duty. They are normally deployed in pairs so that they can cover each other. Critics of Imperial starfighter policy have suggested that the Imperial Navy phase out the effective TIE series and replace them with Skipray Blastboats, stating that they would pay dividends, especially since they already come equipped with a limited hyperdrive. However, the Imperial Navy has never really accepted the capital-starfighter hybrid and thus is unlikely to remove the TIE series from service. Sienar Fleet Systems marketed this craft with the slogan "Ready. Willing. Able. Skipray." In its advertisement it boasted that the GAT-12h featured boosted power and reconfigured weapon systems, thus making the craft faster, tougher, and more capable. It also mentioned that the GAT-12h was ideally suited for multiple mission profiles including: system patrol, point defence, planetary defence and interdiction; adding that its hyperdrive capability enhanced its versatility. SFS began to sell these craft on the open market after the Empire decided against purchasing the GAT-12h in large quantities. The Skipray is Sienar's second most popular all-around light combat ship that sees use outside of the Imperial Navy. Imperial Customs, Sector Rangers, numerous territorial governments, corporations, mercenaries, pirates and smugglers also make use of this craft.
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Sources: EGVV***Pg 142, 143 / CA-V2***Pg 48 / ISB***Pg 50, 51, 73 / PP***Pg 86 / TFOP***Pg 148, 149 / XA (Tech Library)
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