Escort Carrier (Star Wars)
Escort Carrier| Classification | Carrier |
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| Length | 500 meters |
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| Crew | 3,505 crewmen |
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| Onboard Compliment |
*800 troopers
*72 starfighters (6 squadrons) |
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| Weaponry |
*10 twin laser cannons (3D)30D per salvo |
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| Hull Plating | 1360 U |
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| Deflector Shielding | 2880 U |
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| Total Defense | 4240 U |
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The Kuat Drive Yards Escort Carrier in orbit around a planet. |
The 500-meter
escort carrier is a starfighter carrier produced by
Kuat Drive Yards.
It holds a wing of 72 starfighters (
TIE fighters,
X-wings, etc...), and also carries ten twin laser cannons for light anti-fighter defense. However, it is extraordinarily vulnerable against enemy capital vessels, and is almost always escorted by another vessel when coming into a combat situation. However, in peaceful areas, it is called upon along with the
Strike-class medium cruiser to protect unarmed freighter convoys.
It is run by a crew of 3,505 crewmen, but in critical situations, can be controlled by a skeleton crew of 1,500. It has a sublight speed of 4 space units, typical velocity for its size, but has a relatively fast Class 1 hyperdrive. It also has a typical manueverability of 1D. It can operate autonomously for 9 months, and also has limited repair facilities onboard to tend to damaged fighters. In addition, it can lug around 500 metric tons of cargo.
In addition to its fighter compliment, it can hold 6 various shuttles and 800 soldiers. It can't enter atmosphere, however, so the soldiers must slowly be deployed by the shuttles.
Other firepower configurations include swapping out two of the twin laser cannons with two weak Class I
tractor beam projectors. Modified escort carriers also can have a Krupx VL-6 warhead launcher.
