Type: Kuat Drive Yards Modified Strike-class Medium Cruiser
Scale: Capital
Length: 450 Meters
Crew: 1,972; skeleton 200
Passengers/Troops: 340
Consumables: 1 Year
Cargo Capacity: 1,000 Tons
Hyperdrive Multiplier: X1
Hyperdrive Backup: X16
Nav Computer: Yes
Fighters: 12
Transports: 2
Weapons:
30 Heavy Turbolaser Cannons
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 12 Front/Left, 12 Front/Right, 6 Back
20 Turbolaser Cannons
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 12 Front/Left, 12 Front/Right, 6 Back
10 Turbolaser Batteries
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 12 Front/Left, 12 Front/Right, 6 Back
10 Ion Cannons
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: 3 Front/Left, 3 Front/Right, 1 Back
10 Tractor Beam Projectors
Scale: Capital
Fire Arc: Front
Description:
Secretly manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards in the Seswenna
Sector, the Eidolon Strike Cruiser was originally a ship that was never
truly intended to exist. It's research, development and construction was
entirely a ruse by Sate Pestage, who used the project on paper as a
means to secure funding and accumulate wealth for a secret, personal
base on Tatooine.
The project was approved by the Empire originally because the premise,
while fake, was sound: to upgrade the Strike-class Cruiser, eliminate
some of the glaring problems inherent with the otherwise excellent and
useful design, and create a modernized ship class that wasn't so
vulnerable to breaking apart with a few well-placed torpedo shots. The
Eidolon boasted upgraded TIE launch racks that were able to launch
TIE/ln starfighters in a very short time.
All the genius of the Eidolon design went into its design and computer
models. Looked over by professional shipwrights and military men, it was
clearly a revolution in the design of the Strike-class Cruiser concept,
and eagerly approved.