Katarn Boarding Shuttle

Katarn Boarding Shuttle
Craft: Rendili StarDrive’s Katarn-class Boarding Shuttle
Affiliation: Empire / Rebel Alliance / General
Era: Rise of the Empire
Source: Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook (page 48), Pirates & Privateers (page 88), The Far Orbit Project (page 32)
Type: Boarding shuttle
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 28 meters
Skill: Space transports: Katarn shuttle
Crew Skill: Varies widely
Crew: 2, gunners: 1
Passengers: 50
Cargo Capacity: 500 kilograms
Consumables: 1 day
Cost: 10,000 (new), 55,000 (used)
Maneuverability: 1D+2
Space: 8
Atmosphere: 365; 1,050 kmh
Hull: 5D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:

• Passive: 10/0D
• Scan: 20/1D
• Search: 40/2D
• Focus: 2/3D

Weapons:

• Double Laser Cannon

Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 5D

• Plasma Torch Boarding Device

Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 2
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Range: 4 meters
Damage: 8D

Note: The plasma torch boarding device is mounted on a ship’s airlock system. The controls are just inside the main airlock. Roll the target ship’s hull -2D; if the torches roll scores a “lightly damaged” result, it has breached the hull. Once the hull is breached, the torch requires a full minute to cut a one-meter-wide-by-two-meter-high hole. The extendable boarding tube attaches to the hull and forms and airtight seal in 30 seconds.

Capsule: The 28 meter-long Katarn-class boarding shuttle was a Rendili StarDrive design made with a nose-end airlock. It could carry up to 50 troops and 500 kg of equipment, with a crew requirement of 3 people.

The enhanced structure of the shuttle allowed for the ramming of enemy vessels. Plasma torches mounted around the airlock could then open up a hole, which the airlock would seal itself around. In less than two minutes, boarding troops would be able to deploy into the target vessel.

The Katarn-class' only armament was one double laser cannon mounted at the front.