Description: Protecting the skies over Coruscant were specialized clone fighter forces flying the latest in starfighter technology. The ARC- 170 fighter was a bulky, aggressive ship covered with weapons. Three clone trooper pilots operated this advanced combat craft, with a pilot handling the flight maneuvers, a copilot operating the laser cannons mounted on the ship's wide wings, and a tailgunner operating the dorsal rear-facing cannon. The fighter also carried an astromech droid for onboard repairs.
During the Battle of Coruscant, Squad Seven, led by Clone Commander Odd Ball, provided cover to the Jedi starfighters piloted by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. It was Odd Ball's duty, and that of his squad, to keep the droid starfighter forces off the tails of the Jedi so that they could complete their mission of rescuing the captive Chancellor Palpatine. Squad Seven suffered many casualties.
ARC-170s were stationed all over the Republic during the Clone Wars, including the aerial campaigns over Cato Neimoidia led by Jedi Master Plo Koon.
Heavily armed and more than capable of surviving and succeeding in battle operations, the ARC-170 (Aggressive ReConnaissance) fighter also functions as a lone recon scout, with extended consumables for five standard days of remote operations. It is one of the few starfighters of this era to carry an onboard class 1.5 hyperdrive engine, with a range of 5,000 light years.
The ship's heavy nose contains sensitive long-range sensors for its snoop missions. Its extendable s-foils radiate heat and serve as a conduit to deflector shield energy. They also help stabilize atmospheric flight, making the ARC-170 an effective aerial fighter as well as a space superiority vessel
The narrow spaceframe flanked by large engines is common in Incom/Subpro designs, and can be seen in PTB-626, NTB-630 and Z-95 starfighter models.
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09/May/2019 11:28:55
Posted by Tim
Hi great work on this, I'm going to use this in a small campaign I'm running for my kids.
The only question I have is the history of it says it has a 1.5 class Hyperdrive, but you have it listed with a x2.
Would a 1.5 class not be the same as a x1. 5?
Thank you
09/May/2019 16:17:30
Posted by Freddy
Wow, you're 100% right. And 100% the first person to spot that and comment, which given this is a page from the early HTML version of the site, and I just had to go in and edit a raw HTML file means that you're the first person in around 14 years to spot it.
:D
(I hope I'm not coming off as sarcastic in the above comment. I'm genuinely impressed and laughing at the fact it's taken so long for someone to spot this obvious mistake I made many many years ago.)
PS, there's an updated version on the site done more recently, here http://rpggamer.org/page.php?page=4181
10/May/2019 16:07:01
Posted by Tim
LOL it probably helps that I am the same Tim Morgan listed as a play tester in the old D6 Space Ships supplement. http://rpggamer.org/page.php?page=4181
Thank you for the link I have printed it out and should be using it in that little campaign for my kids soon.
23/Apr/2020 23:31:16
Posted by Kevin
Thanks so much for this, I love the simplicity of the old D6 game and have been struggling with clone war based adventures due to the fact it was hard to convert stats to D6.
Name: ARC-170 Starfighter