Spathi Eluder

Name: Eluder
Craft: Spathi Discriminator
Type: battleship
Scale: capital
Length: 200 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 30; skeleton: 3/+10
Cargo Capacity: 600 metric tons
Consumables: 10 months
Hyperdrive: x833
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 12
Atmosphere: 450; 1,300 km/h
Hull: 6D
Sensors

• Passive: 10 / 0D+2
• Scan: 20 / 0D+2
• Search: 40 / 1D
• Focus: 1 / 1D+1

Weapons

• Forward Mounted Gun

Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 2-6/24/50 km
Rate of fire: 6
Damage:

• Single Shot: 2D
• 3 Shot Burst: 3D+2
• 6 Shot Burst: 5D+2

• B.U.T.T. Missiles

Fire Arc: aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-6/24/49
Atmosphere Range: 2-12/48/98 km
Rate of fire: 2
Damage: 4D

Description: The multi-colored Spathi Eluder, formerly known as the Discriminator, remains the bulk of the Spathi fleet even 20 years after the War. Its construction, though seemingly chaotic, is carefully designed to mimic its crew's natural attributes: paranoia, elusiveness, and cowardice. From the outside, the Eluder consists of many bubble-shaped, solid-colored cabins joined together by smaller gray corridors. The intention of having so many large seemingly crew-filled projections is partly to obfuscate enemy into targeting the decoy cabins and to direct enemy fire away from the sections where the crew resides. However, in-game, enemy weapons incapacitate the same amount of crew no matter where the Eluder is damaged.

Propulsion

The Eluder is one of the fastest ships in our region of space. The rapid acceleration and turning rate of this ship led Human servicemen to nickname it the "space jitterbug" during the Ur-Quan Slave War. It is capable of an impressive maximum speed as well. The Eluder's powerful propulsion system is not intended for speeding into battle, but rather for speeding away from it. From this perspective, the Eluder performs admirably.

Primary Armament

The Eluder's primary weapon consists of a repeating forward mounted gun which can fire off low impact projectiles over a short distance. This gun is widely considered to be inferior to the Eluder's other armament, but it does have advantages over it: The projectiles fire in rapid succession and travel at a high velocity, allowing them to hit targets the Spathi's secondary weapon might be ill-suited against.

Secondary Armament

The secondary weapon epitomizes the Spathi approach to war. The Backwards Utilizing Tracking Torpedo (B.U.T.T.) is a medium range, low impact homing missile with moderate speed and maneuverability. Fired from the rear of the craft, B.U.T.T. missiles are the favored weapon of the Spathi military due to their effectiveness during evasion and retreat.

Source:

• Ultronomicon: Eluder
• thedemonapostle