RECON REPORTS

RECON OFFICER ASSIGNED M/CRV PHANTOM FOR PERSONAL USE!

The Hammer has taken delivery of a new Modified Corvette from Shadoworks. This new craft has been designed to fill the covert operations role in the Emperor's Hammer. Among its duties will be monitoring Rebel movements, insertion/extraction of operatives, long range exploration, and electronic intelligence gathering. The Phantom will be used by the Recon Officer, his Assistant, or the ISB Liaison Officer when on assignment.

While the new craft, named the M/CRV Phantom, superficially resembles the veteran Corellian crafts, this craft is some twenty metres longer and five metres wider than the standard Modified Corvettes. Imperial Engineers took a stock Modified corvette and increased the hull size in order to provide for larger engines, increased firepower, and a heavier hull. The new KDY-0541c propulsion system has drastically increased the ship's top sublight speed to between 42 and 45 MGLT depending on how the craft is loaded.

The exterior hull has been coated with a low-observability sensor absorbing material giving the ship an extremely low sensor-cross section, making it appear as a sensor ghost. In addition, the craft has been fitted with a Morph-Matrix Transponder allowing the ship's transponder to be changed to that of any type of vessel, or simply de-activated, in the event that the ship is detected and scanned with an interrogator. (see p.232, Star Wars Universe Book by Bill Slavicsek) The ship is also equipped with an Orbital Nightcloak for atmospheric operations.

While Modified Corvettes have the capacity to carry 1 fighter in their bays, since the Phantom has an increased hull size, that number has been increased to three. In addition, an external rack has been added to allow an additional three fighters to be carried externally, giving the Phantom a total fighter complement of six. However, since fighters mounted on external racks are not coated with the sensor-absorbing materiel (SAM), fighters are not carried externally unless the situation warrants it. The Phantom carries one Phalanx-Interceptor Gunboat, one TIE Defender, and one Escort Shuttle. (All of which are coated with the SAM)

The Phantom has been fitted with special sensor analyzers that are capable of detecting, tracking, and analyzing over 1,000 independent targets simultaneously. The Phantom can also detect and track jumps to Hyperspace, as well as map systems, and analyze other stellar phenomenon. The Phantom also has a large communications setup for intercepting and decoding enemy messages. The Phantom's communications array is capable of intercepting a message, determining the origin and destination, and decoding any one of over 4 billion encryption schemes, as well as translating messages in foreign languages into Basic.

The Phantom's Turbolaser system has been overhauled to produce a higher fire rate (approximately 1.8 times greater) and is capable of tracking the fastest Rebel and Imperial Targets. Three turbolasers have been added, in addition to an additional warhead launcher.

The new powerplant has generated higher amounts of power, giving the shields a higher rating of 150 SBD as opposed to 100 SBD for the standard Modified Corvette. The Hull has also been beefed-up to 75 RU.

The Phantom carries a larger crew than the standard Modified Corvette, with a total of 120 crewmembers. In addition, the Phantom carries a special compliment of 15 CompForce and 15 ISB technicians to man the special equipment. There is also a contingent of 20 Zero-G stormtroopers on the ship for greater defense against boarding, and for covert operations.

The Phantom has been fitted with a high-speed jump engine, which allows it to make rapid jumps. The Phantom only requires two minutes recharge between jumps, and it's nav computer is capable of quickly calculating multiple jumps in less than five seconds.

Ship Stats:
Craft: Modified Corvette (EH custom modification by Shadoworks)
Type: Covert Operations & Reconnaissance Vessel (With Secondary Escort Role)
Length: 200 metres
Hull Strength: 75 RU
Powerplant: KDY-0541c Ramjets (Rated at 9800 KTU)
Hyperdrive: KDY-962b Hyperdrive (Max. speed 1.245 times light)
Nav Computer: KDY-1191 Nav Computer
Top Sublight Speed: 45 MGLT
Crew: 150
Troops: 20 Zero-G Stormtroopers
Weapons: 9 Turbolaser Batteries
	3 Warhead Launchers
Starfighters: 3 (Standard); 6 (Special)
Shields: Rated at 150 SBD
Sensor Countermeasures: Hull coated with Sensor Absorbing Materiel (SAM)
		Morph-Matrix Transponder
		Low observability colour scheme
		Orbital Nightcloak
Usage: Restricted to Reconnaissance Officer and his/her Assistant, and the ISB
Liaison Officer except with direct authorization from the Fleet Commander.
 
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To: Grand Admiral Ronin, Fleet Commander, Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet
	General Johann Kane, Imperial Security Bureau Liason Officer
From: Rear Admiral Doomsday, Reconnaissance Officer, Emperor's Hammer Strike
 		Fleet
	Rear Admiral Brett, Reconnaissance Officer's Assistant, Emperor's
 			Hammer Strike Fleet
Subject: Intelligence Brief: The Narcona Sector

Sirs,

Recently, after speaking to some of my contacts on Sullust , I located a rogue Imperial Faction named "The Narcona Sector." This Imperial Faction, which has not been noticed by the so called "New Republic" has continued mining and commerce in their little backwater system.

The Narcona Sector is united under the leadership of one Moff Plamer and three others, the four of which are known as the "Quadumvirate" (recall the Triumvirate system of ancient Rome, three leaders). Moff Plamer, the governor, takes care of all sector policy, and all administration. The others take care of their departments. Gen. Stagi for all Army related duties, Adm. Bendar for all Naval duties, and CEO Bairo for all commercial and industrial duties.

The Narcona Sector, while they appear to be a large foe to be reckoned with, are nothing but a sham. They are in possession of large numbers of ships, but have no crew to operate them. The majority of their (20) members are high ranking officers, with little or no crews to man their ships. They currently (attempt to) operate about ten Imperial Star Destroyers, several Victory Star Destroyers, and many smaller escort craft (frigates, cruisers, etc, etc). I am not aware of any fighter crews manning their capital ships at this time. Their ground attack capability is also extremely weak as, there are many commanders, but no actual staff.

The Narcona Sector appears to have gone renegade. There is a certain degree of disorder and lawlessness in their society. While maintaining the standard Imperial code of laws, enforcement was not done very well. There were numerous unreported crimes in the streets as security was lax. I believe there was a large criminal organization at work there, but my operative was unable to confirm or deny this. When I entered the system, and contacted their leader and inquired about establishing relations, I was accused of being a Rebel spy, my ship was fired upon and I was pursued out of the system. Further investigation revealed that they had totally separated from the Imperial chain of command, and were no longer in contact with the emergency Imperial provisional government on Byss, or the Empire's Central Committee of Grand Moffs. In fact, it was discovered that they had done this because they were making too much money in their profitable mining operation, and maintained the "Imperial" cover to attract Imperial sympathizers and to maintain the absolute rule over the citizens. It is this officer's opinion that all Imperial personnel should stay clear from this system unless they are accompanied by heavy escort.

Respectfully Submitted,

RO/VA Doomsday/CS-12/SSD Avr

Note that because some sites have more than 1 page, I have not included each individual page (i.e.: Doomsday's site has multiple pages, but are at the same address):

In his recent travels, the Recon Officer stumbled upon the "Carrida Training Facility," an elite Stormtrooper training facility commanded by one Stormtrooper Commander Major General Jason O'Donnell, which has now been incorporated into the Hammer. The page has become the recruitment page for the Hammer's Fist, and has been extremely well designed. Please pay it a visit at:

In cooperation with the newly appointed HoloNet administrator (Gobucky/madrihan@students.wisc.edu), I have constructed a new WWW page dedicated to our weekly conferences on AOL and on IRC. The new page contains the logs of the last 8 AOL meetings, and (there will soon be) 8 logs of the most recent IRC meetings. The page also has links to several IRC related WWW sites, where one can get bots, servers, clients, and FAQs. The URL is:

The Recon Officer presents the sites that have new links to the Hammer Main WWW site: