Name: Shadow Caster
Craft: MandalMotors Lancer-class pursuit craft
Type: Freighter
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 20 meters
Skill: Space transports: Lancer-class pursuit craft
Crew: 2 (pilot, co-pilot)
Crew Skill: Varies greatly
Passengers: 4
Cargo Capacity: 2 metric tons
Consumables: 3 months
Cost: 120,000 credits
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyperdrive Backup: x12
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 7
Atmosphere: 350; 1,000 km/h
Hull: 4D
Shields: 1D
Sensors:
Passive: 15/0D
Scan: 20/1D
Search: 30/2D
Focus: 3/3D
Weapons:
Triple Laser Cannon Turret
Fire Arc: Turret
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 5D
Twin Light Laser Cannons
Fire Arc: Turret
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 4D
Tractor Beam Projector
Fire Arc: Front
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.3/2.5 km
Damage: 4D
Game Notes: Mk IV FCS: As an action, the pilot may activate or deactivate the Mk. IV FCS. While the system is active, the ship’s forward-mounted twin light laser cannons gain a +1D skill modifier vs one target in the front arc, but only this weapon system can be fired.
Background: The Shadow Caster was a Lancer-class pursuit craft used by the bounty hunter Ketsu Onyo. About four years before the Battle of Yavin, Ketsu used this starship to travel to the planet Garel during an assignment from the Black Sun crime syndicate to obtain the GNK-series power droid EG-86. There, she used the starship to pursue her former classmate Sabine Wren, who had been sent by the Phoenix Cell to obtain the droid for the rebellion. After fighting, Ketsu and Sabine reconciled and joined forces to escape an Arquitens-class command cruiser by blowing up a GX1 short hauler. Together, they escaped on the Shadow Caster and delivered the droid to rebel forces at Havoc Outpost.
A year later, Ketsu decided to help the rebellion and used the Shadow Caster to clear a passage for the rebel starship known as the Ghost to dock with the rebel fighter carrier during an Imperial attack on the rebel fleet. Ketsu’s actions enabled the rebels to unload fuel supplies which allowed the fighter carrier to refuel and flee to the safe world of Atollon.
Appearances: Rebels
