Name/Model#
: |
Guardian-class Light Cruiser
Guardian 344-class Light Cruiser (NOTE: All stats same unless
indicated) |
Designer/Manufacturer
: |
Sienar Fleet Systems |
Combat
Designation : |
Inter-System Customs Vessel |
Scale
: |
Starfighter |
Length
: |
42 Metres |
Skill
: |
Space transports: Guardian Cruiser |
Crew Skill
: |
Varies, generally 4D-5D OR
Astrogation 5D, Space transports 4D+2, starship gunnery
4D+2 and starship shields 4D+2 OR
Space transports 5D, starship gunnery 5D+2 and starship
shields 5D+1 |
If Modified |
Space transports 5D, starship gunnery 5D+2 and starship
shields 5D+1 |
|
Crew : |
20 Crew 16 (3 can co-ordinate) + Gunners 4 |
Guardian 344 |
Requires a quarter of the operating crew [Crew 4 + Gunners
4 (Numbers based on pirate 344 The Last Thing)] |
|
Skeleton
Crew : |
8 (+10 DIFFICULTY) |
Guardian 344 |
2 (+10 DIFFICULTY) [Based on pirate 344 The Last Thing] |
|
Troop
Capacity : |
6 [In Brig (Prisoners)] |
Guardian 344 |
10 Troops
6 [In Brig (Prisoners)] |
|
Cost of
Craft : |
What ever the Black Market can bear. (Legally-Not available
for sale) |
Guardian 344 |
BLACK MARKET Around 375,000
Credits [Based on pirate 344 The Last Thing] |
|
Nav Computer
: |
Yes |
Sublight
Speed : |
9 Space Units (If Modified, speed
is reduced to 8 Space Units) |
Hyperdrive
Rating : |
Class 1 |
Hyperdrive
Backup : |
Class 10 |
Atmospheric
Speed : |
1,150 kph (WEG=400) [If Modified,
speed is reduced to 1,050 kph (WEG=365)] |
Manoeuvrability
: |
1D [If Modified, manoeuvrability
is reduced] |
Cargo Space : |
80 Cubic Metres |
Cargo
Capacity : |
200 Metric Tons |
Consumables
: |
3 Months |
Weapons
: |
4 Laser Cannons (2 Forward, 2 Turreted) Crew:
1 Gunner per cannon
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-3/12/25 Space Units
Atmospheric Range: 100 metres-300 metres/1.2 km/2.5 km
Damage: 5D |
If Modified |
6 Double Turbolaser Cannons Fire
Control 2D
Damage 4D |
|
Sensors
: |
Passive : 30 Space Units/1D
Scan : 60 Space Units/2D
Search : 90 Space Units/4D
Focus : 4 Space Units/4D+1 |
Shields/Hull
Rating : |
Shields 2D. Hull 5D |
If Modified |
Shields 3D. Hull 5D+1 |
|
Starfighters : |
None |
If Modified |
6 TIE/ln Fighters |
|
Note : |
The Avatar's Needle reduced crew requirements
via significant modification to the ship's controls; removed
cargo hold and brig, replacing it with a bacta storage tank
docking cradle (hence the 1,000 metric ton cargo capacity).
Also features longer range sensors, more powerful heavy laser
cannons (but with less range compared to original Guardian armament),
and stronger shields. |
|
|
The
Guardian-class Light Cruiser is quite capable of handling common
freighter and smuggler traffic, however, it is not well equipped for boarding
actions as it lacks space for a boarding party. It is one of the three
main ships employed by Imperial Customs and thus is a common Imperial
system patrol craft. These cruisers are quick, tough, hard-hitting ships
which are intended to patrol remote systems without the immediate fear
of destruction. Deployments in quarantine squadrons (to maintain quarantines
around planets suffering from plagues) occurs as well. Guardians, which
were in service at least by the Battle of Yavin were a common sight in
lightly populated, isolated systems where the Empire needed to maintain
a presence without underwriting the expense of assigning a larger vessel
to patrol duty. Also, they often patrol with corvette or frigate support.
It
must be noted however, that Guardians are totally outclassed when deployed
against capital ships. These ships can be outfitted with external docking
racks to carry TIE Fighters, however this modification reduces the Guardian
Light Cruiser's manoeuvrability. These ships also
see use outside the Imperial military. The privately owned station known
as “The Wheel”, a gambling haven located in the Besh Gorgon
System employed ten of these cruisers for traffic control duty in its
security forces. Political entities such as the House Pelagia in the Tapani
Sector maintained these ships as well. Unfortunately, like the Guardian
344, pirates such as Shanto Dhil have acquired one of these cruisers.
Dhil's Guardian Light Cruiser, the Avatar's Needle likes to pose
as an Imperial vessel in order to get close enough to bacta transports
to steal their cargo.
The
Guardian 344-class Light Cruiser was a follow through by Sienar
Fleet Systems which addressed the previous cruiser's lack of space for
a boarding party. It is known that the some 344s have fallen into
pirate hands, an example would be The Last Thing owned by Dorok
Zalaster.
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Sources: AJ6***Pg 196, 197 / GMSR***Pg 40 / LOTEBS
(Gamemaster Guide)***Pg 73, 74 / ND***Pg 80 / PC***Pg 117, 118 / PGV3***Pg
4, 27, 28 / PP***Pg 84 / RPG2E***Pg 121, 122 / RPG2RE***Pg 256 / SOTSR***Pg
38 / TFOP***Pg 76-78 / TSIA***Pg 42, 43 |