Endurance Fleet Carrier

Endurance Fleet Carrier
Craft: Republic Engineering Corporation Endurance-class Fleet Carrier
Affiliation: New Republic
Era: New Republic
Source: Cracken’s Threat Dossier (pages 80-81)
Type: Fleet carrier
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,040 meters
Skill: Capital ship piloting: Endurance carrier
Crew: 6,795, gunners: 76, skeleton: 2,265/+10
Crew Skill: Varies
Passengers: 1,600 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 15,000 metric tons
Consumables: 5 months
Cost: Not available for sale
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x1
Hyperdrive Backup: x10
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 7
Atmosphere: 350; 1,000 kmh
Hull: 8D
Shields: 3D
Sensors:

• Passive: 50/1D
• Scan: 100/2D
• Search: 150/3D
• Focus: 5/3D+2

Weapons:

• 12 Turbolaser Cannons

Fire Arc: 4 front, 4 left, 4 right
Crew: 2
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 3-15/35/75
Atmosphere Range: 6-30/70/150 km
Damage: 7D

• 20 Laser Cannons

Fire Arc: 10 front, 5 left, 5 right, 5 back
Crew: 1
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 2-6/24/50 km
Damage: 5D

• 8 Ion Cannons

Fire Arc: 5 front, 1 left, 1 right, 1 back
Crew: 1
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-10/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 2-20/50/100 km
Damage: 4D

• 4 Tractor Beam Projectors

Fire Arc: 1 front, 1 left, 1 right, 1 back
Crew: 6
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-5/15/30
Atmosphere Range: 2-10/30/60 km
Damage: 4D

Starfighter Complement: 12 squadrons

Capsule: The Endurance had a Class 2 hyperdrive and could carry 1,600 troops and enough consumables for five months. However, weapons had to be sacrificed to make room for extra fighters. Endurance-class fleet carriers were only armed with a secondary armament of twelve turbolaser cannons, twenty laser cannons, eight ion cannons, and four tractor beam projectors.
While they boasted improved hull integrity, their shields were markedly less powerful. Although they were equipped with a formidable anti-starfighter weapon system, the fleet carriers were usually protected by screening ships and starfighters. They were not designed to enter the savage heart of battle, but to deploy and coordinate smaller ships.
The main fighting punch of an Endurance-class ship consisted of two wings of starfighters in addition to the five squadrons a Nebula-class Star Destroyer carries. One wing was a short-range assault wing composed of K-wing bombers and Defender starfighters for close support. The other wing was a long-range superiority wing composed of hyperdrive-equipped fighters such as E-wings, A-wings, and X-wings.