Ship Name: EDF Lightning Class Torpedo Destroyer (From Star Blazers/Space
Battleship Yamato)
Armour: 20
Health Points: 100 (40+60)
Energy:-
ACV/DCV:-
Structural-
Armour Level: 2 (-20 damage, 8mp)
Extra Capacity: Lvl 4 (4mp)
Extra Endurance: lvl 4 (4mp)
Extra Toughness: lvl 3 (+ 60hp, 12mp)
Mobility-
Flight lvl 5 (20mp)
Space Flight: lvl 2 (Slow Interplanetary, 4mp)
Other-
Life Support: lvl2 (full, 2mp)
Sensors: lvl 2 (20/10,000km, 2mp)
Weapons-
Laser Turret: 30 pts damage (lvl 2, 2mp) (secondary)
Second Laser Turret (2mp, same as above)
Forward Missile Launcher: 75 pts, Homing, Autofire (3), Limited Shots
x1
(lvl 6, 24mp)
Defects-
Awkward Size: Huge, 4mbp
Crew Requirement (20 crew), lvl 3
Notes/History
The Lightning Class Missile Ship was an early generation assault cruiser,
meant to work in a fleet role. Its primary weapon was a triple
barreled
missile launcher, though it also had a pair of laser turrets for backup.
It had a crew of 20, with little internal automation.
Alex Wildstar commanded a Lightning Class Ship (the 'Paladin') at the
Battle of Pluto in the first episode of Star Blazers/SBY. The
ship fought
bravely, but was quickly overwhelmed by the Gamilons.
With the arrival of Wave Motion technology, the Lightning class was
quickly
made obsolete, and replaced with more powerful designs.
However, for its
time, it was a relatively inexpensive ship, could be quickly mass produced,
and was able to inflict a great deal of damage.
EDF Yamato/Argo
Stats:
Structural:
Armour: lvl 6 (-60 pts) 24mp
Extra Capacity: lvl 5 (51-500 people) 5mp
Extra Endurance: lvl 6 (indefinite) 6mp
Toughness: lvl 6 (+120 hp) 24mp
final: 59mp
Mobility:
Flight: lvl 5 (Hover) 20mp
Space Flight: lvl 4 (Earth to Pluto, about a week) 8mp
Star Drive: lvl 2 (modest) 4mp
Water Speed: lvl 4 (+underwater)(~120kph) 12mp
Final: 44mp
Other
Accessories: lvl 3 (4-6 items) 3mp
Life Support lvl 2 (full) 2mp
Multiple Mecha Attack lvl 2 (+2 attacks) 20mp
Regeneration lvl 1 (1/20 of orig. hp when shut down; repair crews)
4mp
Sensors lvl 5 (200/10 million km in space) 5mp
lvl 5 (20km underwater) 5mp
Special Equipment
Full Medical Bay: lvl 4, 8mp
Fighter Deck/Hangar: lvl 4, 8mp
Science Bay lvl 1, 2mp
Full Kitchen/food prep (for whole crew) lvl 1, 2mp
Extra Bridge (a.k.a. 'Chia Bridge'): lvl 2, 4mp
Final: 63
Weapons:
The Wave Motion Gun: Weapon damage 150, Accurate x1, Long Range x2,
Spreading, Fixed, slow, static
Final
Weapon Level 11, 44mp (primary)
Shock Cannons (5 units): Weapon Damage 90, Accurate x2, Spreading.
Final Weapon Level 9, Weapon cost 9/2 (secondary,
lesser) = 5 per unit, 5 units = 25mp
Pulse Laser Turrets and CA Missiles: (scattered units, all over the
ship):
Weapon Damage 30, Anti missile (autofire
variant),
Accurate x3. Final cost, 7mp
Stack Missiles: Weapon Damage 75, limited Shots, Long Range x2,
Indirect, multiple Environment (underwater).
Final cost 8 (secondary, lesser)
Torpedoes: Weapon Damage 45, Limited Shotsx1, Underwater only, homing.
Final cost 2mp
Final: 86mp
Mecha Defects
Awkward Size: 5mp (large Ship)
Crew Requirement: 4mp (41-200 crew)
No Arms: 2mp
No Ground Movement: 2mp
Unique Mecha Defect: Experimental Design, 1mp.
Final Cost: 238mp
Game notes:Antimissile weapon modifier: This is a variant of the Autofire
rules; with it, the ship is able to launch attacks against incoming
missile
swarms. When used against missiles, the defending ship makes
an attack roll
against the incoming swarm; in the Yamato's case, it makes 2 (multiple
attacks: Counter Attack Missiles and the Pulse Laser guns, both treated
as
autofire), and subtracts the damage done from the damage total of the
incoming swarm
Example: A Gamilonian Missile Ship Fires a swarm of missiles at the
Yamato,
total Damage 120 points. The Yamato responds first with the CA
missiles,
and rolls. It beats the Gamilon's attack roll by 2, reducing
the missile
swarm's damage by 60. Then, the Pulse Lasers activate, and match
the
Gamilon's original attack roll, reducing the missile attack by an
additional 30 points, leaving only 30 of the original 120 points of
damage to hit the Yamato. Any modifiers (Burning, Penetrating,
etc)
are applied to the damage that gets through. Anti missile systems
are
unable to launch attacks against ships, however.
Experimental Design flaw: this means that, whenever the GM wills it,
the
ship with this defect will suffer breakdowns, as all the bugs are not
yet
fully removed from the system. In Star Blazers, this is seen
when the
Yamato must make several stops in the Solar System for repairs after
the
first space warp, and after firing the Wave Motion gun.
Story:
Probably the most famous of the anime space battleships, the Yamato/Argo
is
one of Leiji Matsumuto's best known creations.
The Yamato was constructed as a last hope to save Earth from the Gamilonian
planetary bombardment. Constructed with the design notes sent
by Queen
Starsha of Iscandar, the Yamato is one of the toughest all around ships
in
the EDF fleet. It is capable of withstanding levels of punishment
that
would devastate lesser ships, and is virtually self-sufficient.
When it
left Earth for Iscandar, it was crewed by the best and the brightest
the EDF
had to offer.
The Armament of the Yamato consists of 5 powerful 'Shock Cannons', powerful
energy weapons capable of destroying Gamilonian attack cruisers with
only a
few shots. In addition, the ship carries a powerful defense grid,
a la
Babylon 5, consisting of counter attack missiles and pulse lasers,
capable
of defending the ship from all but the heaviest missile bombardment.
It
also carries a set of 'Stack Missiles', which are seen when the Yamato
landed on Pluto. These are powerful missiles, capable of being
launched
from underwater. Also, the ship has a bow mounted, 6-tube Torpedo
Launcher,
used when the ship is submerged. Backing up these formidable
weapons is the
fighter deck that carries the Black Tiger space fightercraft .
The Yamato
could easily wage a one-ship war against a numerically superior opponent,
which it has done several times (Gamilons, Comet Empire, Bolar Federation,
etc.)
Of course, the most famous weapon of the Yamato is the Wave Motion Gun.
Concentrating tachyon particles in the forward gun chamber, the Wave
Motion
Gun is one of, if not the, most powerful weapons in the Star Blazers
universe. The damage it deals is easily capable of destroying
capital
ships of equal size to the Yamato. However, firing the Wave Motion
Gun
requires that the ship channels all available energy to firing the
cannon,
rendering it effectively helpless. The ship is similarly limited
when
making a space warp.
Black Tiger (Iscandar Series)
Structural:
Armour Level 2 (-20 pts) 8mp
Extra Capacity lvl 1 (1 extra person) 1mp
Toughness lvl 2 (+40hp) 8mp
Mobility:
Flight lvl 5 (supersonic) 20mp
Space Flight lvl 1 2mp
Manoeuver Bonus lvl 1 (+1 initiative) 1mp
Other
Accessories lvl 2 (Eject, tow cable) 2mp
Life Support lvl 2 (full) 2mp
Sensors lvl 1 (1,000 km) 2mp
Weapons
6-barrel pulse lasers (3 per side): Damage 45 pts, Auto, Accuratex2,
fixed, Final Cost 20mp
Missiles (optional): Damage 90, Fuse, Limited Shotsx2 (2 rockets?)
Final Cost: 10mp (secondary)
Defects:
Awkward Size: Lvl 3 (fighter plane) 3mbp
No Arms 2mbp
No Ground Movement 2mbp
Final Cost: 69 mp
Notes:
I honestly have no idea if the 'Delayed Action' missiles used
in the
Beeland episode were real, or just a dub invention. I've heard
it argued
both ways. I'm leaving the notes for it in, the GM can include
the missiles
as part of the BT's armament if he/she so wishes.
This is a write-up for the fightercraft carried by the Argo/Yamato
in the Iscandar series. The Black Tigers are relatively undergunned
compared to the Gamilon Destroyers, but they still did an excellent
job
in defending the ship when sent into combat. Derek Wildstar's
fighter,
referred to as the 'Super Star' in the dub (Cosmo Zero in the original,
if
I remember correctly), was of a different design (see below).