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I'm Sorry Dave
- Intent: Reliable bulk freighter for the Open Market - and a military variant to catch pirates and the like off-guard.
- Image Source: freighter by Veselin Ankov
- Canon Link: N/A
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- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: The Globex Corporation
- Affiliation: Corex Trading Company
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Kingfisher-class Heavy Transport
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Carbon-Durasteel Hull, Glasteel Viewports, Misc. Starship Components.
- Classification: Bulk Freighter | Q-Ship
- Length: 227 metres
- Width: 102 metres
- Height: 65 metres
- Armament: Very Low | High (Q-Ship)
- Standard:
- [4] "Stormwarden" CIWS Turrets [Retractable]
- Q-Ship:
- [4] "Stormwarden" CIWS Turrets [Retractable]
- [4] Heavy Turbolasers Turrets [Concealable]
- [4] Heavy Torpedo Tubes [Concealable]
- Standard:
- Defences: High
- Hangar Space: Low: 0 | Average: 1 (Q-Ship)
- Hangar Allocations: The Q-Ship variant typically carries a single squadron of Starfighters in a concealed hangar; given its cramped nature, these are almost always droids, most frequently Ashwings.
- Single Craft Hangar: No.
- Manoeuvrability Rating: Low | None (SLAM)
- Speed Rating: Low | High (SLAM)
- Hyperdrive: Jumpmaster 1.01 Microdrive | Class 10 Backup
- The Kingfisher-class is outfitted with all the features and facilities one would expect from a vessel of its size and purpose, among these:
- Full Neurocrown Integration
- Standard Docking Ports
- Standard Escape Pods
- Standard SLAM Drive, short bursts only, designed for pursuit and ramming scenarios.
- Secure Transport: Large, spacious, well-armoured, and beyond reliable, Kingfishers can be counted on to see your cargo delivered safely.
- Rip and Tear: Kingfisher Q-Ships are endowed with oversized turbolasers purpose-built to rip through pirates in close-quarters combat.
- Slow and Steady: As with most bulk freighters, neither variant of the Kingfisher can be described as fast or graceful in realspace.
- Heavy Brute: Kingfisher Q-Ships are designed to brutalise their foes in close-quarters combat, not engage at a distance.
Designed as part of an effort by the Globex Corporation to standardise and self-produce its shipping fleet, the Kingfisher is bulky and graceless but undeniably well-suited for its niche. Primarily composed of one (or more, interior layout may vary) cavernous storage hall(s), a rearward engineering section, and a small crew section headed by a bridge, these vessels are designed to operate with small crews - or even be entirely autonomous.
Determined to combat the predation of pirates, a military variant was carefully designed to be indistinguishable from the civilian model until the very moment it decides to strike, most commonly by extending its turbolasers and opening fire at close ranges - only rarely with advanced warning.
