Babylon 5 Xorr War Saucer

Name: Xorr
Craft: Vree Conglomerate Xorr War Saucer
Type: War Saucer
Scale: Capital
Length: 140 meters (estimated)
Skill: Capital Ship Pilot
Crew: 24; Skeleton: 2/+10
Crew Skill: Astrogation: 4D+1; Capital Ship Gunnery: 3D; Capital Ship Piloting: 4D+1; Communications: 4D+1; Sensors: 4D+1; Starship Gunnery: 3D
Passengers: 100
Cargo Capacity: 200 metric tons
Consumables: 3 months
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 12
Atmosphere: 450; 1,300 km/h
Hull: 3D
Sensors

• Passive: 20 / 0D+2
• Scan: 40 / 1D+1
• Search: 60 / 1D+2
• Focus: 2 / 2D+1

Weapons

• 4 Antiproton Guns

Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 port, 1 starboard, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-3/7/13
Atmosphere Range: 10-300/700/1,300m
Damage: 6D+2

• 3 Antimatter Cannons

Fire Arc: 3 turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1-3/8/15
Atmosphere Range: 2-6/16/30km
Damage: 4D

Miscellaneous:

• Artificial Gravity: yes
• Crew: 24

• Officers: 2
• Pilots: 4
• Sensor Operators: 6
• Crewmen: 12

• Average Crew Experience Level: Vree Line
• Stealth: 7 (Base Difficulty to detect ship)
• Atmospheric Capable
• Gravitic Engine

Complement:

• Light Shuttle: 1

Description: Among the oldest ships in the Vree military forces, the simple ‘war saucer’ is outclassed by most modern capital ships but remains a fantastic basis on which the Vree can modify and test new design ideas without spending too much in refits and design costs. The dodging motions and flat saucer shape of the Xorr often confuses enemies in battle without impairing the adaptable firing arcs of the saucer itself – as it can quickly change direction and momentum to face new threats without trouble. This, combined with its main weaponry mounted on two lateral turrets, can remind captains of far larger vessels why the venerable basic model is still around.

Using similar component-style weapon layouts, the Xorr can be transformed into a number of varied brethren and back again in any of the dozens of Vree spacedocks hidden away in League territory. For instance, stripping the larger turret weaponry off in favor of a number of fighter-seeking antiproton guns creates the inexpensive and utterly expendable Ximm escort. While Vree fighters are nothing to ignore, they are often outnumbered and require the Ximm’s backup to stay in the battle and complete missions they were deployed for. A rare and unusually static version of the Xorr, the Xixx ‘torpedo saucer’ is little more than a firing platform. Even the menacing Xirr, an experimental vessel that abandons antiproton technology altogether in favor of an impossibly large-bored antimatter cannon, is based on the old hull, making the Xorr the most used hull in Conglomerate space in one form or another.

Source:

• Babylon 5: Ships of the Galaxy (pages 124-125)
• thedemonapostle