IR-3F Patrol Ship
Name/Model# : | IR-3F Patrol Ship
Designer/Manufacturer : | Sienar Fleet Systems
Combat Designation : | Inter-System Patrol/Customs Craft
Scale : | Capital
Length : | 110 Metres
Skill : | Capital ship piloting: IR-3F
Crew Skill : | Astrogation 4D+2, capital ship gunnery 4D+1, capital ship piloting 4D, capital ship shields 4D and sensors 3D+2
Crew : | 11 Crew 3 + Gunners 8
Skeleton Crew : | 1 (+5 DIFFICULTY)
Troop Capacity : | 10 Troops
Cost of Craft : | Not available for sale
Nav Computer : | None
Sublight Speed : | 7 Space Units
Hyperdrive Rating : | None
Hyperdrive Backup : | None
Atmospheric Speed : | 1,000 kph (WEG=350)
Manoeuvrability : | 2D
Cargo Capacity : | 180 Metric Tons
Consumables : | 3 Months
Weapons : | 4 Turreted Turbolaser Cannons (Fire Separately) Crew: 2 Gunners per cannon Fire Control: 2D Space Range: 3-15/35/75 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 300 metres-1.5 km/3.5 km/7.5 km Damage: 4D
Sensors : | Passive : 40 Space Units/1D Scan : 80 Space Units/1D+1 Search : 130 Space Units/2D Focus : 4 Space Units/2D+2
Shields/Hull Rating : | Shields 2D+2. Hull 3D
The IR-3F Patrol Ship is the predecessor to the more well-known IPV-1 System Patrol Craft. Similar to the IPV-1, the well-designed IR-3F is tied to a single system due to its lack of hyperdrives. This impressive design, which is fast for its size, primarily relies on brute strength and velocity to disable or eliminate craft before they can escape into hyperspace. For its size, it features a high power output. One dominant weakness plagues the IR-3F; its small crew, which have the tendancy of tiring out far earlier than mission perameters call for, due to inadequate rotations. IR-3Fs are primarily employed by single system governments, although these ships still see limited service by the Galactic Empire some time around the Battle of Yavin. Like the IPV-1, the IR-3F is a common patrol ship in the Ringali Shell. Due to the nature of these ships, they are conventionally assigned to star systems where blockades are ongoing or to large numbers of support ships.
Sources: PP***Pg 74 / TABSB***Pg 119 / TFOP***Pg 5, 70, 83, 84
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