Babylon 5 Raider Carrier Trav Stats

[RichardP]

Just got the model of the raider carrier, and I might stat it. Does anyone know if it was in the Warships of Bab 5 book, and what its general stats were (save me having to work something out)



Cheers
Richard

 

[rust]

It is not in the Warships supplement.

 

[Da Boss]

It is in the B5 RPG Suplement - let me know if you want any specific info

for instance its crew complement is 2 officers, 10 pilots, 8 sensor operators, 25 crewmen and upto 10 passangers

It carries 8 light shuttles and 24 fighters

lot of the other stuff can probably be worked out form the ACTA stats

 

[RichardP]

Any info on the ship or its fighters would be brilliant. Is it armed or armoured at all?



Cheers
Richard

 

[Da Boss]

its got armour 22 - which is pretty good for a ship (but then the whole armour stat is pretty screwed up in the rpg) it has weak armour in ACTA which feels more likely.

It has its own jump engine

Front arc: 4 Medium pulse cannons and 3 particle beams
Port and Starboard arcs: 1 Twinlinked Medium pulse cannon and 3 particle beams
Aft arc: 3 particle beams

Can carry 24 Delta-V or Double V or Delta V2 fighters

the ACTA stats are:

Strike Carrier Skirmish
Much like the Battlewagon, the Strike Carrier is a converted ship used by the Raiders to fulfil a specific function. Typically built upon the hull of space liners, the Strike Carrier has extensive weapon upgrades and is ringed by a set of rails designed to hold Delta-V fighters. This allows the four flights commonly carried to be launched and recovered very quickly, vital when commerce raiding.
Speed: 6
Turn: 1/45o
Hull: 4
Damage: 32/7
Crew: 54/12
Troops: 3
Craft: 4 Delta-V flights
Special Rules: Anti-Fighter 2, Carrier 4, Fleet Carrier, Jump Engine, Lumbering
In Service: 2247+

Weapon Range Arc AD Special
Medium Pulse Cannon 10 F 8 —
Medium Pulse Cannon 10 P 4 —
Medium Pulse Cannon 10 S 4 —

 

[RichardP]

Thanks for the info. Now to convert it to traveller. The mini size is about the same as an RC clipper, so I will guess the size as about 2ktns (which seems to match the 20 gun turrets it is carrying)

Cheers
Richard

 

[rust]

According to the not very precise data of the Babylon 5 RPG
the carrier should have a length between 1,000 and 3,000 ft.

 

[RichardP]

Rust

I am comparing minis. It seems to be a bit less volume that my clipper mini which is about 2.5ktns) and would be a good TNE opponent. I will stat it up at about 2ktns and see what I get.

Most designs based on TV series or films have very large ships that don't really fit into the traveller starship design system.

Cheers
Richard

 

[locarno24]

Just got the model of the raider carrier, and I might stat it. Does anyone know if it was in the Warships of Bab 5 book, and what its general stats were (save me having to work something out)

No. The Delta-V was though, so Delta-V fighters held in docking clamps should be something you can work on.

 

[LimeyDragon]

Did the stats for the Raider Carrier ever get finished for B5 Traveller...