CORDON CARRIER Craft: Guruk System Yards Cordon Class Carrier Type: Combat Carrier Scale: Capital Length: 350 meters Skill: Capital Ship Piloting Cost: Not Avaliable for sale Crew: 2,200 Cost: Not available for sale Passengers: 1,300 (fighter pilots and support crew) Cargo Capacity: 5000 metric tons Consumables: 2 Years Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2 Hyper Backup: x12 Nav Computer: Yes Maneuverability: 1D+1 Space: 5 Atmosphere: 280; 800 KPH Hull: 4D Shields: 3D Sensors: Passive: 100/0D Scan: 200/1D Search: 300/2D Focus: 20/4D Weapons: 8 Turbolaser Batteries Scale: Capital Fire Arc: 2 Each Crew: 3 Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery Fire Control: Space Range: 3-15/36/75 Atmosphere Range: 60-30/72/150km Damage: 5D 12 Double Laser Cannons Scale: Starfighter Fire Arc: 3 Each Crew: 1 Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery Fire Control: 3D Space Range: 1-3/12/25 Atmosphere Range: 100-300m/1.2km/2.5km Damage: 3D 2 Tractor Beams Scale: Capital Fire Arc: 1 Front, 1 Rear Crew: 2 Skill: Capital Ship Gunnery Fire Control: 4D Space Range: 1-5/15/30 Atmosphere Range: 2-10/30/60km Damage: 5D Fighters Complement: 2 Wings, Total 144 TIE Moff Rulduk has realized that the Imperial Yaeger Authority has been suffering tremendously due to their ships inability to scramble fighters quickly enough to match Yaeger threats. Typicaly, Yaeger Hunters and other light craft would make fast strikes against Imperial craft, often taking out the docking bays before they were able to release any fighters, and then wreak havoc amongst the heavier craft. The Cordon carrier is designed to keep the Yaeger from gaining that advantage. It is designed to mount the fighters on the outside of the hull, and it can release them in the space of seconds. They carry enough pilots to keep the TIEs constantly manned, and thusly have no need to have to hurry to launch the fighters. However, due to Imperial mentality, all the pilots change shifts at once, and the Yaeger have been known to launch attacks in the few minute long window of the changing of crews, making sure to keep the ships from broadcasting any information that might point to the reason for their weakness. Guruk system yards has only produced ten of these craft, and three of them have been destroyed by Yaeger attacks. Due to the shipyard's limited capacity, no more Cordons are scheduled for construction, though other carrier models are being submitted to the yard's executive board.