Starphin-class Frigate WIP Part I: WEG Game Stats

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"If the Republic will not let me build proper warships,
I'll give the galaxy an armada of glass cannons."
-Argye Norn, Lord Halowan, 

As promised, We will begin the Starphin project by cooking up some stats, West End Games style.  To be strictly technical, these stats are based partly on the un-revised second edition Star Wars: The Role-Playing Game stats, the REUP stats, all mixed with my own ideas about how to go about designing a spacecraft.  So, just to forestall any splitting of hairs or picking of nits, the capsule will give us an option where those who prefer, say, the stats that +Oliver Queen  develops over mine, you can have both in the same universe.  Because he really does make nice stats, doesn't he?

Craft:		Lord Halowan Spacewerks Starphin-class Treaty Frigate (Pocket carrier configuration)
Type:		Multi-purpose vessel
Scale:		Capital
Length:		180 meters
Crew:		175
Crew Skill:		Astrogation 3D, Capital ship gunnery 4D+1, Capital ship  piloting 4D, Capital ship shields 3D, Sensors 3D+2
Passengers:		80 (65 troops)
Cargo Capacity:		800 metric tons
Consumables:		1 year
Carried Craft:		12 Class-6 Combat Pods, 1 passenger shuttle
Cost:		5,000,000 (new), 3,000,000 (used)
Hyperdrive Multiplier:		x1
Nav Computer?		Yes
Maneuverability:		2D+1
Space:		6
Atmosphere:		400; 1200 kph
Hull:		4D
Shields:		3D
Sensors:
	Passive:	40/1D
	Scan:	60/2D
	Search:	120/3D
	Focus:	5/4D
Weapon:		Six Double Light Turbolaser Cannons
Fire Arc:		Turrets (3 left, 3 right)
Crew:		5
Skill:		Capital Ship Gunnery
Fire Control:		3D
Space Range:		5-20/40/80
Atmosphere Range:		10-40/80/160 km
Damage:		5D
Weapon:		Fourteen Quad Laser Cannons
Fire Arc:		Turrets (4 front, 3 left, 3 right, four back)
Crew:		1
Skill:		Starship Gunnery
Fire Control:		3D
Space Range:		1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range:		100-300m/1.2/2.5 km
Damage:		6D

Capsule: Following the signing of the Galactic Concordance and The passing of the Military Disarmament Act, many small polities, client states, and allied factions expressed concerns about disarmament.  The Starphin-class frigates are an attempt to circumvent the tonnage restrictions of capital starships.  Halowan Spacewerks accomplished this by creating what is, according to the Anaxes system, a Corvette. Looks, however, can be deceiving. The addition of an effective point-defense system to the Sptarphin gives the frigate more effective protection that mere shields.  It was by adding twenty-four escape pod bays to the central tower that Halowan Spacewerks managed to create a modular attack starship without violating treaty restrictions. The first warship upgrade created for the Starphin was the "Pocket Carrier" retrofit.  Since the escape pod bays open into the centrally located hanger bay, the Starphin can be easily modified to carry a squadron of combat pods, such as Nibuus Cluster Manufacturing's Class-6, and properly maintain them for multiple sorties. While still far less effective than a true warship, the Starphin-carriers are easily able to protect isolated star systems and convoys from pirates, gangsters and other elements seeking to take advantage of the 90% fleet reduction after the War.  Halowan offers the Starphin under license through Rendili StarDrive, insuring that many different versions will be produced in the years to come.