BASALARD DOUBLE FIGHTER

     Craft:  Grimnak Royal Industries SSF-5 "Basalard"
     Type:  Space Superiority Fighter
     Scale:  Starfighter
     Length:  13 Meters
     Skill:  Starfighter Piloting; Basalard
     Cost:  245,000 credits
     Crew:  2,3 (can combine)
     Passengers:  3
     Cargo Capacity:  120 kg
     Consumables:  2 months
     Hyperdrive Multiplier:  X2
     Hyper Backup:  None
     Nav Computer:  None (Uses astromech droid)
     Maneuverability:  3D+1
     Space:  11
     Atmosphere:  420; 1200
     Hull:  2D+2
     Shields:  2D
     Sensors:
          Passive:  30/1D+1
          Scan:  60/2D+2
          Search:  120/4D
          Focus:  8/5D
     Weapons:  
     4 Heavy Blaster Cannons (2 fire linked pairs)
          Scale:  Starfighter
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  2 per pilot
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  2D+1
          Space Range:  1-3/12/25
          Atmosphere Range:  100-300/1.2/2.5
          Damage:  5D
     2 User defined projectile launchers
          Scale:  Starfighter
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  1 per pilot
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  Varies
          Space Range:  Varies
          Atmosphere Range:  Varies
          Damage:  Varies

     Grimnak, a former Imperial client, has fallen on hard times
since the fall of the Empire.  Once a primary supplier of Imperial
low and medium technology (including the R2-I4 astromech droids),
Grimnak found itself without incoming capital after the battle of
Endor.  The Royal Industries are the planets attempt to find a
niche in the new markets.  Unable to compete with companies with
established New Republic connections for government contracts, the
Royal Industries have begun aggressively cultivating independent
contracts, as well as trying to sell goods to Imperial fragments,
despite their location in the center of New Republic held space.
     The Basalard is the stock fighter of Grimnak, built both for
export, and to replace the aging TIEs that had been used for
planetary defense.  The first starfighter that Grimnak has put into
general circulation, the Basalard is a general purpose fighter,
which has proved well adapted to a number of purposes.  Modeled
after the twin pod cloud cars, the Basalard can be piloted by two
people at once, as well as having an internal station for a shields
and sensor technician.  In general, it has found wide acceptance
among groups with large numbers of trained pilots, and limited
amounts of capital.