Aslan Navy

Hero Intruder Transport

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Tonnage: 3,000 tons (standard). 42,000 cubic meters.

Crew: 12 officers, 43 enlisted personnel.

Performance: Jump-3. 4-G. Power Plant-7. 210 EP. Agility 4.

Electronics: Modell7f ib computer.

Hardpoints: Two 50 ton bays. Ten hardpoints.

Armaments: Two 50-ton missile bays. Six triple beam laser turrets.

Four double fusion gun turrets. Turrets are separately controlled to allow independent fire.

Defenses: Nuclear Damper (factor-5). Armored Hull (factor-9).

Craft: Two 20-ton launches. 6 aidraft bays. Eight 10-ton vehicle bays.

Fuel Treatment: Ship is equipped with fuel scoops and on-board fuel

purification plant.

Cost: MCr 2887.1 standard. MCr2309.68 in quantity.

Construction Time: 34 months singly. 23 months in quantity.

Comments: Designed to transport and support a full company of mercenary

troops and their equipment, the Eiaikeiar (usually translated as "Hero"; also "Honored Warrior", "Valorous Conqueror", etc.

The Hero Intruder Transport is an exellent example of Aslan ship-building at its' finest. The vessel is built not

just to transport troops to the field of battle, but also to give them support once they arrive. Intended for a broad range of mercenary duties, the ship is completely self-sufficient. It is not, however, well suited for deep space combat situations. Against well coordinated orbital or planetary defenses, or a fighting ship of the same size, the Intruder Transport fares very poorly indeed.

In its role as a mercenary transport, however, delivering troops and supporting them in action, the ship performs quite well. It is often employed singly, but can be encountered in the many of other ships where more force is deemed necessary. The Intruder Transport can carry 63 troops in cabins and bunkrooms, plus 190 individuals in low berth, for a total of 253. Mercenary troops carried on board vary from one unit to another. If using the company outlined in tho cther booklet, "The Aslan at War", an Intruder Transport will carry the following personnel, One platoon (41 individuals) is kept out of low berth far shipboard security duties, so one unit is always combat-ready. Three other combat platoons are kept in low berth. An additional unit - attached for support or additional firepower as needed - may also be present. All officers in the unit - from the company commander down to the leaders of each platoon - remain awake at all times, as does tne company NCO. Four medical people and ten mechanics are also kept on standby., All other troops, including additional noncombatant personnel, are kept in low berths until the ship arrrivas at a new destination. The presence of an owner's agent on board will displace one of the ship's senior officers, causing a doubling up somewhere in the accommodations. Such an agent will be present any time the ship is operating away from the main clan bases.