Craft: Botajef Shipyards SS-54 Assault Ship
Type: Assault Ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 24.2 meters
Skill: Starfighter piloting: SS-54
Crew: 2 (pilot, co-pilot/navigator); Gunners: 1
Passengers: 6-12
Cargo Capacity: 3 metric tons
Cover: Full (side door closed), none to 1/4 (side door open)
Consumables: 2 weeks
Cost: 50,000 credits (new), 40,000 (used)
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyperdrive Backup: x12
Nav Computer: Yes
Space: 4
Atmosphere: 280; 800 kmh
Hull: 4D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:
Passive: 40/1D
Scan: 80/2D
Search: 100/3D
Focus: 5/4D
Weapons:
2 Twin Laser Cannons
Fire Arc: Front
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12-25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 5D
Dual Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 4D
Twin Laser Turret
Fire Arc: Turret
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 4D+1
Background: Botajef Shipyards, a small shipbuilding concern based on the Outer Rim world of Botajef, conceived of the SS-54 assault ship as a gunship worthy of competing with other starship models on the military market such as the GAT-12 Skipray and the Firespray-31-class patrol craft. Despite this, it was erroneously classified as a light freighter by the Galactic Empire, an error which, due to the nature of Imperial bureaucracy, was never rectified.
Also known as the SS-54 assault ship, with a bulbous and well-armored command deck and a hull tapering from the prow, the SS-54 was described as having an insect-like profile. Its high, squared-off stern was comparable to that of the Republic Military LAAT/c heavy vehicle carrier. Two adjustable spars protruded towards the aft of the ship (one on each side), with each spar connecting to the SS-54’s powerful Incom HA-980a H/O ion engines. Given its military role, the craft’s standard armament consisted of four fire-linked ZX7 medium laser cannons mounted forward in the prow and a twin light laser turret mounted dorsally, aft of the engine spars.