GAT-12j Skipray Blastboat
Name/Model# : | GAT-12j Skipray Blastboat
Designer/Manufacturer : | Sienar Fleet Systems
Combat Designation : | Defence/Patrol Blastboat
Scale : | Capital (Due to power output)
Length : | 25 Metres
Width : | FLIGHT CONFIGURATION 9.2 Metres LANDING CONFIGURATION 14.3 Metres
Height : | FLIGHT CONFIGURATION 14.3 Metres LANDING CONFIGURATION 7.2 Metres (Includes deployed Landing Gear)
Skill : | Starfighter piloting: Skipray Blastboat
Crew Skill : | Astrogation 4D, capital ship gunnery 5D, starfighter piloting 5D, starship gunnery 5D+1 and starship shields 4D+2
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 : | Sarylcorp ViX Multi-flux Reactor
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 : | 1 Doral Mounted Senko Systems 5000x2 "Tru-Lok" Twin Laser Cannon Turret (Fire-Linked) Crew: 1 Gunner 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 Mendarn Arms Dar-2 Ion Cannons (Fire-Linked) [1 Nose Mounted, 2 Wing-Tip Mounted] Crew: 1 Gunner 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 (12 Torpedoes carried) [Starboard to the Nose Ion Cannon] Crew: 1 Gunner (Same Gunner for Ion Cannons) 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 (18 Missiles carried) [Port to the Nose Ion Cannon] Crew: 1 Gunner (Same Gunner for Ion Cannons) Scale: Starfighter Fire Control: 1D Space Range: 1/3/7 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 1-50/100/250 Metres Damage: 6D
Sensor Systems : | Siep-Irol "Omni-Vu" Sensor Pylons (P/S) [Located on the forward fins]
Sensors : |
Passive : 35 Space Units/1D Scan : 60 Space Units/1D+2 Search : 100 Space Units/2D Focus : 3 Space Units/2D+2
OR
Passive : 40 Space Units/1D Scan : 80 Space Units/2D Search : 100 Space Units/3D Focus : 6 Space Units/4D
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 : | EGVV states the GAT-12j was released only weeks after the Battle of Endor, however TFOP places its existence at least a few weeks after the Battle of Yavin, as it was already serving the Imperial Navy. Only PC and PGV3 give stats for the extended sensor ranges. 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-12j Skipray Blastboat like others in the GAT series is a combination of a fast starfighter and a heavily armed capital ship. This craft was in the Empire's service at least a few weeks after the debacle at the Battle of Yavin and featured weapons that are capable of taking on smaller capital ships. The power boosted, combat-orientated GAT-12j is slight modification over the original GAT-12h. Its most significant additions were larger ammunition bays which increased the warhead capacity for its concussion missile and proton torpedo launchers. When comparing the GAT-12h and GAT-12j the difference lies in the duty distribution. Unlike the GAT-12h which places all the secondary duties on the forward gunner, the GAT-12j splits the duties more evenly. Due to its lack of manoeuvrability in the cold, hard death of space, the GAT-12j relies on its speed and surprise to deliver a devastating first strike to survive. These craft usually operate in recon lines of two to four ships. To take advantage of the Skipray's powerful heavy armaments, they were deployed in areas where combat was likely. The GAT series was the Empire's standard gunship for demanding point missions and patrol assignments. They were routinely employed to patrol entire sectors, patrol the far reaches of a solar system, or performing fleet point duties with or without starfighter support. They were usually planet or space station bound and were swift enough to overtake most system intruders. However, it must be noted that the Skipray never became popular in the Imperial Navy, although it does employ a small number of them. As a result SFS dumped the excess ships on the open market, and many can be found in the employ of local militias, smuggler groups, pirates (via theft), and other small military and paramilitary forces. Pirates find the GAT-12j's weapons ideal for subduing light freighters and plies well against larger ships. Its cockpit only seats one. Directly behind the cockpit is the weapons/tech compartment where the other three crew members are located, as well as the ship's main hatch. This craft features three landing gear one in front, two in the aft. It comes equipped with two stabilizer fins (which are affixed to the ship's main body via rotating sleeve around the sublight engine), one located dorsally and one ventrally. When switching configuration, the Skipray rotates its wings from landing configuration (parallel to the ground) to flight configuration (perpendicular to the ground) for combat and flight operations. The Skipray design is aerodynamic, and thus performs exceptionally well in an atmosphere and is easily capable of conducting manoeuvres that are normally only possible with high-performance airspeeders. *After Endor* Five years after the disaster at the Battle of Endor the GAT-12j was the most popular model of the GAT series in use.
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Sources: EGVV***Pg 142 / FBS***Pg 34, 35 / HTTESB***Pg 139-142 / PC***Pg 97, 104 / PGV3***Pg 4, 14 / TFOP***Pg 5, 70 / TTSB***Pg 239-242 / XA (Tech Library)
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