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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
The YZ-1408 is an excellent freighter, with a large easily accessible cargo hold protected by good firepower and decent armour. The Corellians designed it to appeal to those traders that frequently serve dangerous routes.
Whilst the Corellians will deny that ships of the YZ line are designed to be used as paramilitary combat vessels ref wookipedia the YZ-1408 has proved popular with many military commanders. Archangel, the new manufacturers make no attempt to disguise its potential military application.
Its ferroceramic plating allowing it to make rapid atmospheric insertion, its top heavy armour and firepower providing a great position to deploy troops from its large hanger. It is no coincidence that the door is just big enough to allow scout walker class vehicles to run straight out into combat. This is nothing to do with the Corellians who can take no responsibility for the use of their product after it is sold. comments from a senior executive about it being one of the best troop ships they have built were clearly taken out of context.
Production of this vessel is limited as it could only ever be sold as a freighter but was a bit more ship than a lot of traders needed.
In combat it relies on its roll thrusters to ensure its heaviest armour and firepower are angled toward the enemy, this can keep it alive against most of the foes your average trader will run across. However the ship is not agile enough to evade truly skilled pilots and it doesn't have the firepower to deal with capital ships so must then rely on its powerful engines to run.
The ship has a cockpit for upto 3 crewmen with great visibility beneath and in front of the ship, it can be crewed by a minimum of one but with significant inefficiency and ideally a minimum crew of 3-5 is required. In standard configuration the ship can berth upto 8 crewmen comfortably and store consumables for up to 4 months.
- Intent: To create a fast armed courier for shipping large high value loads
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- Canon Link: none
- Permissions: none
- Primary Source: none
- Manufacturer: Archangel Manufactorum - initial design by Corellian Engineering but then rights purchased by Archangel following correllian discontinuation of line
- Affiliation: rights owned by Archangel Manufactorum
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: YZ-1408
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Transparisteel cockpit
- Durasteel/Ferroceramic composite hull
- Starship components
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Armed Freighter
- Length: 47m
- Width: 28m (wings down) 24.5m (wings raised) - 18m landed footprint with wings up and legs deployed
- Height: 16.5m (wings down) 14.25m (wings raised)
- Armament: High,
- 2 ball turret mounted fore facing Laser cannons mounted one each side of the cockpit
- 4 ball turret mounted dual laser cannons mounted 2 each side of the dorsal ridge
- 2 ball turret mounted rear facing laser cannons mounted below the engines behind the cargo unit
- Defenses: High,
- Durasteel armoured plates, thicker over the engines and the top surface of the vessel
- Deflector shields
- Rapid roll thrusters to allow angling of armoured surface
- Squadron Count: None
- Maneuverability Rating: Average, While fast in a straight line, the un-blanced weight distribution reduces it agility compared to other ships of similar power to weight ratio.
- Speed Rating: High, Powerful thrusters give the ship great straight line speed
- 900km/h in atmosphere
- 72.5 MGLT
- Hyperdrive:
- Class 1.0 Hyperdrive
- Class 10.0 backup hyperdrive
- all standard features
- redundant communications systems
- Backup power and life support systems
- Automated multiple target tracking systems
- Anti-sensor blockers - low grade, can be bypassed by most military of customs grade scanners but will block most civilians or pirates from scanning the ship contents
- Multi-vector wings to reduce landing profile
- Cargo pod specifics
- Cargo pod can be removed from the ship either in a low hover or whilst landed, this process takes a few minutes. It allows specialist pods to be used if necessary, or damaged pods to be swapped out. The ship is harder to fly in atmosphere without the pod attached as air can catch in the void and cause turbulence, manufacturer recommends maximum in atmosphere velocity of 200km/h
- pod has hinged front ramp for loading or unloading through and 11m wide x by 4m tall opening. it can also emit a shield equivalent to a star ship hangar shield with the door open to allow the cargo door to be opened in vacuum or otherwise hostile environment. This is power intensive so the door is used as the primary seal.
- pod hooks into ships main power and life support whilst installed but does have its own limited systems.
- Heavily armed for a ship of its size with defensive laser cannons able to target most approach vectors
- Ferroceramic composite plating allows rapid entry into planet atmosphere
- Redundant communications, power and lifesupport systems allow the ship to suffer some damage without being entirely incapacitated.
- Lightly armoured underside required the ships top to be angled towards attackers to maximise defence, making it more vulnerable if attacked from multiple directions
- no anti-capital ship weapons
- Cargo unit door only allows 4m height entrance when internal space is 5.5m tall
- Limited pilot visibility above the ship, must rely on instruments and cameras when ascending, particularly in busy space ports
The YZ-1408 is an excellent freighter, with a large easily accessible cargo hold protected by good firepower and decent armour. The Corellians designed it to appeal to those traders that frequently serve dangerous routes.
Whilst the Corellians will deny that ships of the YZ line are designed to be used as paramilitary combat vessels ref wookipedia the YZ-1408 has proved popular with many military commanders. Archangel, the new manufacturers make no attempt to disguise its potential military application.
Its ferroceramic plating allowing it to make rapid atmospheric insertion, its top heavy armour and firepower providing a great position to deploy troops from its large hanger. It is no coincidence that the door is just big enough to allow scout walker class vehicles to run straight out into combat. This is nothing to do with the Corellians who can take no responsibility for the use of their product after it is sold. comments from a senior executive about it being one of the best troop ships they have built were clearly taken out of context.
Production of this vessel is limited as it could only ever be sold as a freighter but was a bit more ship than a lot of traders needed.
In combat it relies on its roll thrusters to ensure its heaviest armour and firepower are angled toward the enemy, this can keep it alive against most of the foes your average trader will run across. However the ship is not agile enough to evade truly skilled pilots and it doesn't have the firepower to deal with capital ships so must then rely on its powerful engines to run.
The ship has a cockpit for upto 3 crewmen with great visibility beneath and in front of the ship, it can be crewed by a minimum of one but with significant inefficiency and ideally a minimum crew of 3-5 is required. In standard configuration the ship can berth upto 8 crewmen comfortably and store consumables for up to 4 months.
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