Armatus-class Assault Boat

	Armatus-class Assault Boat
Production Information
Manufacturer	Snow Industries / New Republic Yards
Scale	Subcapital Ship
Cost	Not Available To General Public
Technical Specifications
Length	15 meters
Width	20 meters
Height	5 meters
Maximum Acceleration	17 MGLT/s
MGLT	65 MGLT
Atmospheric Speed	1050 kph
Maneuverability	105 DPF
Hyperdrive Rating	Class 1
Backup Hyperdrive Rating	Class 8
Shielding	100 SBD
Hull	60 RU
Armament	2 Capital-scale Mendarn Arms Dar-2 Medium Ion Cannons; 2 Forward Medium Laser Cannons; 1 Rear Turreted Dual Laser Cannon; 2 Krupx MG-9 Proton Torpedo Launchers(16 Proton Torpedoes); 4 External Hardpoints;
Escape Craft	1
Crew	1 Pilot; 1 Gunner; 1 astromech droid;
Minimum Crew	1 Pilot
Passengers	4 (long-term); 8 (short term);
Cargo Capacity	10 Metric Tons
Consumables	6 Months
Other Systems	Warhead Countermeasure Launcher (10 Chaff Bursts or 10 Decoy Mines or 7 Flares);
Usage
Roles	Gunboat; Assault Ship;
Year Introduced	18 ABY
Affiliation	New Republic; Snow Industries;
Exodus Information

General Description[]

The Armatus-class Assault Boat was the pet project of Jonathan Snow, CEO of Snow Industries and father of Bethany Snow, based on his experiments with the Cloakshape and Blade-32 starfighters. Unlike those ships, the Armatus is not so much of starfighter as it is a hybrid between a Skipray blastboat and a light shuttle. Snow reasoned that small capital ships often had limited space for support craft, which often tended to be very specialized into things like gunships, dropships, long-range shuttles, gigs, blastboats, etc. No matter which ships these captains chose, their capital ship would inevitably be able to perform some mission because of the lack of support craft. Snow consequently designed the Armatus to replace many of these starships by being able to do most of these jobs passably well. While not popular on larger starships which have more room to choose specialized craft, the Armatus is well-liked by smaller ships like frigates and corvettes who appreciate the multi-role nature of the craft which its synthesis of relatively high firepower, durability, and maneuverability. For these reasons, the craft is also popular with planetary governments affiliated with the New Republic. The main fault found by all customers with the Armatus is its lack of speed.