Shield Defense Station

The shield class station is a powerful defense space platform. It bristles
with turrets holding all manner of weapons and shield projectors. The weapons
can hit a target anywhere in the space around them making ti impossible to
blindside one. The trademark of the shield class is it's massive Ultra-Class
shield projector. It Projects a massive energy shield 45 standard space units
in diamater. It can be projected anywhere from 5-15 standard space units in front
of it. There have been instances where the shield projector faces down at the planet
while the defense stations use the shields to protect the planet from bombardment
while their gunners try to eliminate the threat.

Craft: RanCorp Shield Class Defense Station
Type: Systems Defense Platform
Scale: Capital
Length: 1,800 meters
Crew: 900, gunners: 228
Crew Skill: Capital ship gunnery 5D, capital ship shields 6D+2
Passengers: 300 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 15,000 metric tons
Consumables: 3 months
Cost: Not available for sale to civilians
Hull: 5D
Shields: 4D
Sensors:
        Passive: 35/0D
        Scan: 60/1D
        Search: 100/2D
        Focus: 3/2D+1
Weapons:
50 Turbolaser Batteries
        Fire Arc: Turret
        Crew: 3
        Skill: Capital ship gunnery
        Fire Control: 2D+1
        Space Range: 1-5/10/17
        Damage: 5D
20 Proton Torpedo Launchers
        Fire Arc: Turret
        Crew: 2
        Skill: Capital ship gunnery
        Scale: Starfighter
        Fire Control: 2D
        Space Range: 1/3/7
        Damage: 9D
10 Tractor Beam Projectors
        Fire Arc: Turret
        Crew: 3
        Skill: Capital ship gunnery
        Fire Contol: 4D
        Space Range: 1-5/15/30
        Damage: 6D
1 Ultra-Class shield Projector
        Fire Arc: Front
        Crew: 30
        Scale: Death Star
        Skill: Capital ship gunnery
        Fire Contol: 4D
        Space Range: 5-15
        Shield Strength: 4D