Griffon-Class Troop Transport/Landing Craft
GRIFFON-CLASS
Class and Type: Griffon-Class Troop Transport / GF Landing Craft
Commissioning Date: 2348
HULL SYSTEMS
Size: 3
Length: 32.8 meters
Beam: 13.65 meters
Height: 7.2 meters
Decks: 2
Mass: 125 metric tonnes
SUs Available: 700
SUs Used: 686
Hull
Outer (12SU)
Inner (12SU)
Resistance
Outer Hull: 10 (12SU)
Inner Hull: 10 (12SU)
Structural Integrity Field
Main: Class 2 (Protection 50/80) [1 Power/10 Protection/round] (18SU)
Backup: Class2 (Protection 25) [1 Power/10 Protection/round] (9SU)
Specialized Hull Systems:
Atmospheric Capability (3SU)
Planetfall Capability (3SU)
PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 3/30/60
Crew Quarters
Spartan: 10 (1SU)
Basic: 2 (1SU)
Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [4 Power/round] (12SU)
Reserve Life Support [2 Power/round] (6SU)
Emergency Life Support (2 emergency shelters) (6SU)
Gravity [1 Power/round] (3SU)
Consumables: 2 months'' worth (3SU)
Replicator Systems: none
Medical Facilities: 3 (+1) [3 Power/round] (15SU)
Recreation Facilities: 1 [2 Power/round] (8SU)
Personnel Transport: Jefferies tubes (3SU)
Fire Suppression System [3 Power/round when active] (3SU)
Cargo Holds: 250 cubic meters (1SU)
Locations: main hold below cockpit, 2 cargo holds port and starboard of troop quarters
Escape Pods: none
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Impulse Engine
Type: Class 4B (.65c/.85c) [6/8 Power/round] (23SU)
Acceleration Uprating: Class Gamma (100% per round) (8SU)
Location: aft port and starboard
Impulse Thrusters [2 Power/round] (6SU)
Increase impulse speed to .75c/.95c when in use
+1 to flight control checks at .6c and above
Reaction Control System [2 Power/round when in use] (3SU)
POWER SYSTEMS
Warp Engine: Class 5/H (generates 280 Power/round) (64SU)
Impulse Engine[s]: 1 Class 4B (generate 38 Power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 2 generators (generate 5 Power/reactor/round) (6SU)
Emergency Power: Type A (generates 25 Power/round) (25SU)
EPS: Standard Power flow, +80 Power transfer/round (23SU)
Standard Usable Power: 318
OPERATIONS SYSTEMS
Bridge: Dorsal cockpit (15SU)
Computers
Core 1: Aft of cockpit [5 Power/round] (6SU)
ODN (9SU)
Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] (12SU)
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Ventral
Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] (14SU)
Range Package: Type 1 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 light-years (.5/.6-1.0/1.1-3.5/3.6-5.0)
Low Resolution: 10 light-years (1/1.1-3.0/3.1-7.0/7.1-10)
Strength Package: Class 5 (Strength 5)
Gain Package: Standard (+0)
Coverage: Standard
Lateral Sensors [5 Power/round] (17SU)
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
Coverage: Standard
Navigational Sensors [5 Power/round] (12SU)
Strength Package: Class 5 (Strength 5)
Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
Probes: 6 (1SU)
Sensors Skill: 4
Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: (11SU)
Shipboard Systems (Flight Control) 3, Coordination 2 [1 Power/round in use]
Navigational Computer
Main: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power/round] (2SU)
Backups: 2 (2SU)
Inertial Damping Field
Main (12SU)
Strength: 9 [3 Power/round], Number: 2
Backup (3SU)
Strength: 6 [2 Power/round], Number: 2
Attitude Control [1 Power/round] (1SU)
Communications Systems (16SU)
Type: Class 7 [2 Power/round]
Strength: 7
Security: -3
Security Uprating: Class Gamma (-1)
Emergency Communications: Yes [2 Power/round] (1SU)
Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Beta [3 Power/Strength used/round] (6SU)
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Forward ventral
Transporters
Type: Personnel [4 Power/use] (16SU)
Pads: 8
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 6 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: 1 below cockpit
Type: Cargo [5 Power/use] (13SU)
Pads: 600 kg
Emitter/Receiver Array: Cargo Type 3 (40,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition Coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: 1
Cloaking Device: None
Security Systems
Rating: 3 (12SU)
Anti-Intruder System: Yes [1 Power/round] (3SU)
Internal Force Fields [1 Power/3 Strength] (3SU)
Science Systems
Rating 1 (+0) [1 Power/round] (8SU)
Specialized Systems: none
Laboratories: 2 (2SU)
TACTICAL SYSTEMS
Forward Phaser Array (15SU)
Type: V
Damage: 100 [10 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Forward, ventral of cockpit
Firing Arc: 360 degrees forward
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Aft Phaser Array (11SU)
Type: V
Damage: 100 [10 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (1 shot per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Aft, dorsal of troop bay doors
Firing Arc: 360 degrees aft
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Dorsal Phaser Array (11SU)
Type: V
Damage: 100 [10 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (1 shot per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Dorsal
Firing Arc: 360 degrees dorsal
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Ventral Phaser Array (16SU)
Type: V
Damage: 100 [10 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Auto-Phaser Interlock: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: Ventral
Firing Arc: 405 degrees ventral
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuos, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Port Microtorpedo Launcher (9SU)
Damage: 50
Spread: 5
Targeting System: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 1/100/500/2,000
Location: Forward port
Firing Arc: 540 degrees forward
Power: 1 Power to use
Torpedoes Carried: 150 Microtorpedoes
Starboard Microtorpedo Launcher (9SU)
Damage: 50
Spread: 5
Targeting System: Accuracy 4/5/7/10
Range: 1/100/500/2,000
Location: Forward starboard
Firing Arc: 540 degrees forward
Power: 1 Power to use
Torpedoes Carried: 150 Microtorpedoes
TA/T/TS: Class Beta [1 Power/round] (9SU)
Strength: 8
Bonus: +1
Weapons Skill: 4
Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) (24SU (x4))
Shield Generator: Class 2 (Protection 360) [36 Power/shield/round]
Shield Grid: Type C (50% increase to 540 Protection)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Gamma (Threshold 120)
Recharging System: Class 1 (45 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: 4 (1 per shield) (4SU)
Auto-Destruct System (5SU)
AUXILIARY SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS
Shuttlebay(s): None
Captain’s Yacht: None
Description and Notes
The Griffon-class troop transport/landing craft was designed specificaly for use with the Aeneas-class. Two Griffon-class ships fit into the “drop-bays” of an Aeneas and can be accessed from a dorsal hatch and the aft door while docked with the larger ship.
The Griffon-class is built around a triangular lifting body shape with a large “hump” on the forward half of the dorsal side. This hump contains the cockpit and a small medical facility. The main deck of the Griffon holds a spacious room at the aft end, with a large door allowing for rapid troop egress. Set into the walls of this large staging area are bunk-style beds and fold-out chairs and tables, to form a mess hall when the Griffon sets down on a planet for prolonged periods of time. Forward of this staging area is a more comfortable quarter for two and and a crago hold below the cockpit.
Standard mission parameters call for the Griffon to deliver it's carried troops to the front lines and then retreat from the front to serve as a communications relay, first-aid station and command post for the GF troops.
A lot of Griffon pilots use the ventral phaser array of the craft to “dig” a hole to set the ship down in, for concealement and added protection. This has become something of an unofficial standard procedure.
During the Dominion War those Griffons still in use at the time were upgraded as much as possible, some with stronger weapons and others with ablative armor on the ventral side of the craft for added protection during starts and landings, but the capacity of the design for modifications proved limited in this day and age of extended planetary conflicts.
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And here, as advertised, is the companion ship to the Aeneas-class troop transport to be found at http://forum.lotrrpg.net/showthread....&threadid=3214
