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Astrosynthesis Sector File		 Corsair Class Fast Armed Merchant

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MASS: 47
NPV: 164
Classification: Armed Merchant (MVA)
Crew: 12; 4 Officers, 8 Ratings, plus up to 12 3rd Class passengers.
Crew Factor: 1
Hull Integrity: 8 (2/2/2/2)
Armor: 2
Main Drive Thrust: 4 (7.1 TW)
Drive Auto-Detection Range: 3.542 AU
∆V (Combat): 59.655 km/sec
∆V (Cruise): 1193.105 km/sec
Thrust Points: 120 (848 tons propellant)
Propellant Tanks: 2
Thrust Points per Tank: 60
FTL: Yes (Short Jump - 3.3 parsec range)
Auxiliary Systems: 4-MASS Cargo Hold, 1-MASS Passenger Bay, Full Streamlining, Level-1 Hull Stealthing
Combat Systems: 1x Fire Control
Weapons: 1x Point Defense Battery; 1x Class-1 Battery (All Arcs); 2x Submunition Launchers
 Corsair
The Corsair Class is based on the Wanderer Class merchant.  The example shown below is but one iteration of the armed Wanderer; ships intended to engage in piracy often substitute needle beam free electron x-ray laser batteries for the submunition launchers.  (This is both practical for disabling merchants while keeping them intact and quite often a necessity as well, as pirates rarely have access to thermonuclear detonation laser submunition warheads.)  In the blockade runner configuration shown, the ship’s submunition launchers are based on the need for the Corsair to be able to fight its way past much larger warships in order to get to its destination.  The Corsair’s cargo capacity is greatly reduced over the Wanderer, thus only the most vital or valuable of cargoes are carried.  A handful of Corsairs are known to exist in Sagittarius in the possession of both the SDC and with several independent corporations.

Ships of the class
Vessel Name
 Hull Number
 Laid Down
 Commissioned
 Status
Corsair
 AMC-049
 14 May 2359
 8 October 2359
 Active with the SDC for piracy suppression.  Neither the Corsair nor the Buccaneer travel with their actual names or hull numbers to protect their identities
Buccaneer
 AMC-050
 15 May 2359
 8 October 2359
 Active with the SDC for piracy suppression.  Neither the Corsair nor the Buccaneer travel with their actual names or hull numbers to protect their identities
Dahan Jin Xian?
 AMC-147?
 29 December 2347
 16 June 2348
 Active, though there is some question about the ship's registry, as there is also a Dahan Jin Xian listed as a Wanderer class free trader
Dahan Feng Hao AMC-241
 12 June 2355
 3 January 2356
 Destroyed 13 September 2361.

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