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* '''Freighter/Tanker''': The two most common layouts for any class of transport. | * '''Freighter/Tanker''': The two most common layouts for any class of transport. | ||
* '''Command Staff''': Equipped with an additional communications and sensor suite, this version of the transport is used by high ranking officers to coordinate system-wide military efforts. The Confederation invasion of the Kurosawa System was bolstered by an early strike against a Dorkir-class command staff ship, the loss of which sent Kilrathi resistance into disarray. The design has also been used in the dedicated Thrakhra-class | * '''Command Staff''': Equipped with an additional communications and sensor suite, this version of the transport is used by high ranking officers to coordinate system-wide military efforts. The Confederation invasion of the Kurosawa System was bolstered by an early strike against a Dorkir-class command staff ship, the loss of which sent Kilrathi resistance into disarray. The design has also been used in the dedicated Thrakhra-class Command and Control vessel. | ||
* '''Troop Transport''': A single Dorkir may be outfitted to carry a unit of one thousand warriors - ten times the number of Terran marines | * '''Troop Transport''': A single Dorkir may be outfitted to carry a unit of one thousand warriors - ten times the number of Terran marines carried on-board a similarly sized transport. | ||
Though a vital part of any war effort, tactical treatment of the Dorkir is evidence their cultural disdain for support staff. Two examples: In an attempt to relieve the garrison at the Brimstone System during a Confederation blockade, the Empire deployed dozens of lightly escorted Dorkir at once - hoping that a few might make it through to the planet. During anti-piracy efforts in the M421A System, Thrakhath's forces sacrificed an entire Dorkir as bait to lure out the enemy. | Though a vital part of any war effort, tactical treatment of the Dorkir is evidence their cultural disdain for support staff. Two examples: In an attempt to relieve the garrison at the Brimstone System during a Confederation blockade, the Empire deployed dozens of lightly escorted Dorkir at once - hoping that a few might make it through to the planet. During anti-piracy efforts in the M421A System, Thrakhath's forces sacrificed an entire Dorkir as bait to lure out the enemy. | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 8 July 2010
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| Type | Transport |
| Manufacturer | Kilrathi |
The Dorkir was a Kilrathi transport. It was included in Joan's Fighting Spacecraft Vega Sector Supplement for 2654.092.
Like its Terran counterpart, the Drayman-class, the Dorkir is a jack-of-all-trades which uses multiple configurations. Among those encountered to date:
- Freighter/Tanker: The two most common layouts for any class of transport.
- Command Staff: Equipped with an additional communications and sensor suite, this version of the transport is used by high ranking officers to coordinate system-wide military efforts. The Confederation invasion of the Kurosawa System was bolstered by an early strike against a Dorkir-class command staff ship, the loss of which sent Kilrathi resistance into disarray. The design has also been used in the dedicated Thrakhra-class Command and Control vessel.
- Troop Transport: A single Dorkir may be outfitted to carry a unit of one thousand warriors - ten times the number of Terran marines carried on-board a similarly sized transport.
Though a vital part of any war effort, tactical treatment of the Dorkir is evidence their cultural disdain for support staff. Two examples: In an attempt to relieve the garrison at the Brimstone System during a Confederation blockade, the Empire deployed dozens of lightly escorted Dorkir at once - hoping that a few might make it through to the planet. During anti-piracy efforts in the M421A System, Thrakhath's forces sacrificed an entire Dorkir as bait to lure out the enemy.
The Terran Confederation Space Forces Academy maintains a captured Dorkir on which students train for ship to ship boarding scenarios.
The Dorkir was used alongside the Lumbari variant.
Specifications
| Class: | Transport (configurable as Freighter or Tanker) |
| Length: | 104 meters |
| Mass: | 2,000 metric tonnes |
| Max Velocity: | 150 kps |
| Cruise Velocity: | 100 kps |
| Acceleration: | Bad |
| Max Y/P/R: | 2/2/2 dps |
| Fore Shield: | 17.0 cm equivalent |
| Aft Shield: | 10.0 cm equivalent |
| Front Armor: | 9.0 cm |
| Right Armor: | 9.0 cm |
| Left Armor: | 9.0 cm |
| Rear Armor: | 6.0 cm |
| Guns: | Turreted Laser (1) |
| Missiles: | Space Mine (3) |
