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Starship Frames

Each starship has a base frame that determines its size, maneuverability, starting weapon mounts, hull strength, room for expansion, and other capacities. Although two ships that use the same frame might look radically different, they both have some of these base statistics in common. The frame of a starship includes all life support and artificial gravity systems necessary to keep the crew (and any passengers) alive and comfortable. The starship’s frame is also built with a transponder that is essentially the ship’s “address” for standard system-wide and unlimited-range communications (see page 430); this transponder can be turned off, during which time the starship can’t send or receive messages, but neither can it be tracked down by conventional means.
The base frames below are organized by size (from smallest to largest) and cost in Build Points (with less expensive frames coming first within a size). In general, the size and expansion bay capacities of a base frame can’t be changed without a great deal of time and money (and the GM’s permission), so it can be more effective to just start over with a different base frame when upgrading those aspects of a starship.

NameSizeHPDTCTMountsExpansion BaysCrewCostSource
RacerTiny20 (5)04forward (1L), aft (1L)—1 (1)4CRB p.295
Statikete FrameTiny25 (5)05forward (1L)—1 (1)5A!01 p.57
InterceptorTiny30 (5)06forward (2L)—1 (1)6CRB p.295
FighterTiny35 (5)07forward (2L ), aft (1L)—1 (2)8CRB p.295
ShuttleSmall35 (5)07forward (1L)3*1 (4)6CRB p.295
Light FreighterSmall40 (10)08forward (2L), port (1L), starboard (1L)31 (6)10CRB p.295
ExplorerMedium55 (10)011forward (1L), port (1L), starboard (1L), turret (1L)41 (6)12CRB p.295
TransportMedium70 (15)014forward (1H, 1L), aft (1L), turret (2L)51 (6)15CRB p.295
OmaMedium85 (15)017forward (1H, 1L), port (1L), starboard (1L), aft (1L)61 (6)20AA1 p.89
DestroyerLarge150 (20)030forward (2H), port (1L), starboard (1L), aft (1L), turret (1L)46 (20)30CRB p.295
Heavy FreighterLarge120 (20)024forward (1H, 2L), port (1H), starboard (1H)86 (20)40CRB p.295
VermelithLarge130 (20)026forward (1H, 1L), port (1L), starboard (1L), aft (1L), turret (1L)76 (20)45AA2 p.131
Bulk FreighterHuge160 (20)532forward (1H), aft (1H), turret (2L)1020 (50)55CRB p.295
CruiserHuge180 (25)536forward (1C), port (1L), starboard (1L), turret (1H)620 (100)60CRB p.295
CarrierGargantuan240 (30)1048forward (1C), port (3H), starboard (3H), turret (2L)10*75 (200)120CRB p.296
BattleshipGargantuan280 (40)1056forward (1C, 2H), port (2H, 1L), starboard (2H, 1L), aft (1L), turret (2H)8100 (300)150CRB p.296
DreadnoughtColossal400 (50)1580forward (2C, 2H), port (1C, 3H), starboard (1C, 3H), turret (4L)20125 (500)200CRB p.296
Base ShipSupercolossal450 (75)1590forward (4H), port (4H), starboard (4H), turret (2C)unlimited*150 (100000)250DS06 p.45
UltranoughtSupercolossal550 (100)20110forward (2C, 2H, 1S), port (2C, 3H), starboard (2C, 3H), turret (1C, 2H)unlimited*250 (5000)350DS06 p.45

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