| CRAFT ID: | Scytale Trader cruiser TL: 11 MCr523.487 (Merchant) | |
| HULL: | 900/2250, Displacement=1000, Config=7U, Armour=40G (0), Loaded=12,354.65, Unloaded=7,735.32 | |
| POWER: | 85/170, Fusion-B=7,680.Mw Duration=500hrs/20 days
Extended Endurance=603hrs/25 days
No scoops
No purifiers
No EM Mask
ExtEnd excludes: (0g) | |
| DRIVES: | Jump=3 36/72, No avionics Maneuver=3G 72/144 Agility=0 | Speeds:
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| COMMUNICATIONS: | Radio-Syst x 2 | |
| SENSORS: | A-EMS (FrOb) x 1 | |
| A-EMS Jammer (FrOb) x 1 | ||
| P-EMS (IntStlr) x 1 | ||
| Low-Dnst-B (Sfc) x 1 | ||
| Neutrino-B (1 Gw) x 1 | ||
| Sensor scans: AOS=R AOP=R POS=F POP=I PES=S PEP=F | ||
| WEAPONS: | 10 hardpoints; 10 occupied; batteries bearing 100 % | |
| Turrets: | ||
| Dual Missile-13 x 5 in 5 batteries | ||
| Plasma-11 x 5 in 3 batteries | ||
| Missile magazine: HE=20 b/r Total=200 missiles. 1 b/r=10 missiles | ||
| Combat Statistics: | ||
| Missile: Turrets: 2 Bty 5 | ||
| Plasma: Turrets: 2 Bty 3 | ||
| SCREENS: | DefDM= 3 | |
| CONTROL: | Computer=Model 3/fib x 3, Panels=Dynamic Linked x 2275 HUD x 5 Basic Env(heat/light Basic LS (air/water) Ext LS (food/recyc) Airlock x 10 Grav plates Inertial Comp | |
| CREW: | Crew=0 | |
| ACCOMMODATION: | Stateroom x 16 Std sickbay x 1 | |
| SUB CRAFT: | Ship's Boat x 2 30 tons Crew 2 TL 9 | |
| OTHER: | Cargo=3475Kl/257 tons, EMLevel=Moderate Fuel=4620 Kl/342 tons, ObjSize=Large One jump requires 900KL/66 tons of fuel Anti-hijack: |
The gunners are all cross-trained as cargo hands. The Scytale is an optimistic design, advertised as being able to fight its way out of most forms of trouble. In point of fact, its lack of armour and poor design make it unable to compete with much more than a scout/courier, and the gunners of most of the examples in current service spend most of their time as cargo shifters. The fuel tanks are particularly vulnerable; a "Fuel-n" damage result has a n/6 chance of shattering the tanks instead. As a design, the Scytale proved a spectacular failure, and it is no longer made. However, a few desperate, stubborn or stupid captains still operate these ships as tramps.