GRANGE MINI-CARRIER

     Craft:  Yaeger Yards MRF-20C1  "Grange"
     Type:  Mini-carrier
     Scale:  Starfighter
     Length:  38 meters
     Skill:  Space Transports; Grange
     Cost:  360,000 credits
     Crew:  6
     Passengers:  5 (200 troops, if fighter bay is removed)
     Cargo Capacity:  2 metric tons (35 if fighter bay is
removed)
     Consumables:  1 Year
     Hyperdrive Multiplier:  x1
     Hyper Backup:  x14
     Nav Computer:  Yes
     Maneuverability:  2D
     Space:  7
     Atmosphere:  350; 1,000 KPH
     Hull:  2D+2
     Shields:  2D
     Sensors:
          Passive:  50/0D
          Scan:  75/2D
          Search:  110/3D
          Focus:  5/4D
     Weapons:  
     2 Medium Plasma Cannons (fire linked)
          Scale:  Starfighter
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  Pilot
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  2D
          Space Range:  1-4/12/24
          Atmosphere Range:  100-400/1.2km/2.4km
          Damage:  6D+2
     3 Double Blaster Turrets
          Scale:  Starfighter
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  1
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  3D+1
          Space Range:  1-3/12/25
          Atmosphere Range:  100-300/1.2km/2.5km
          Damage:  5D
     Fighter Compliment:  7 Hunters, or 3 Prowlers and 2 Bugs

     In order to avoid the static formations that larger carriers
require, the Grange mini-carrier is small and light enough to
move with the Yaeger swirling tactics.  An early innovation, the
Grange ships grew less popular with the innovation of starfighter
hyperdrives, though they are still quite useful (especially the
fully modernized 20C1).  They can carry ships for long range
strikes, and can cause enemy craft to underestimate the numbers
of fighters arrayed against them.  Finally, they can act as a
launching platform for high powered non-hyperdrive equipped ship,
or for various forms of atmospheric craft.
     Still, the mission profiles of the Grange have been limited
in recent years, and Yaeger Yards has been experimenting with
other configurations of the combat tested design.  It is not very
well designed as a freighter or a troop transport, as it's
somewhat triangular form, and it's fighter slings and repair area
tend to get in the way.  Reconfigured Grange ships are often used
to lure opposing ships out of formation, breaking down battle
plans of fleets less well designed for the chaotic combat that
the Yaeger prefer.