BOARDING POD

     Craft:  Incom BU-5S Grappler
     Scale:  Starfighter
     Type:  Boarding pod
     Length:  14 meters
     Cost:  100,000 credits
     Crew:  3
     Passengers:  25 (troops)
     Cargo Capacity:  140 kg (2 metric tons if no troops carried)
     Consumables:  1 day
     Hyperdrive Mod:  None
     Hyper Backup:  None
     Nav Computer:  No
     Space:  8
     Maneuverability:  2D+2
     Atmosphere:  350; 1,000
     Hull:  3D
     Shields:  1D
     Sensors:
          Passive:  25/1D
          Scan:  30/2D
          Search:  40/3D
          Focus:  4/4D
     Weapons:  
     2 Light Blaster Cannons
          Scale:  Starfighter
          Fire Arc:  Turret
          Crew:  1
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  2D
          Space Range:  1-5/12/25
          Atmosphere Range:  100-500/1.2/2.5
          Damage:  5D

     1 Heavy Cutting Laser
          Scale:  Capital
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  1
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  3D
          Space Range:  1/na/na
          Atmosphere Range:  1-3/5/10
          Damage:  5D+2
     2 Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannons
          Scale:  Character
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  1
          Skill:  Blasters; Repeating Blasters
          Fire Control:  2D
          Space Range:  1/2/5
          Atmosphere Range:  3-75/200/500
          Damage:  8D

     Designed to get troops onto ships whose shields have dropped,
the Grappler has twice as many magnetic clamps as other ships of
it's class, all of which are on in it's front arc.  The cutting
laser and the repeating blasters only emerge from their mountings
when the ship is docked.  After the cutting laser opens a hole in
the target ship, the repeating blasters immediately begin firing,
clearing any defenders from the path of the attacking troops. 
Grapplers are used by both Imperial and New Republic forces, and
have been seen in the fleets of many independent operators, most
notably pirates and privateers.