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Imperial Clipper

Role: Multipurpose

The Imperial Clipper is the quintessential Imperial ship. It epitomises elegance of form while delivering speed and agility. Because of its balance of Speed, Luxury and strength it is used for transporting valuable items and personnel of importance across the Empire.

Imperial Clipper: Front Imperial Clipper: Side Imperial Clipper: Top Imperial Clipper: Bottom Imperial Clipper: 3D

	Tiny	Small	Medium	Large	Huge
Hard points	0	0	2	2	0

Scale

	Length	Width	Height
Dimensions	106.7m	103.7m	24.8m

Landing pads

Core internals	Class	Base fitting
Power Plant	6	6E
Thrusters	6	6E
Frame Shift Drive	5	5E
Life Support	5	5E
Power Distributor	6	6E
Sensors	5	5E
Fuel Tank	4	4C

Optional internals	Base fitting
Class 7	6E Cargo Rack
Class 6	6E Shield Generator
Class 4	3E Cargo Rack
Class 4	Empty
Class 3	Empty
Class 3	Empty
Class 2	1E Cargo Rack
Class 2	1E Basic Discovery Scanner


A Rated	209 m/s → 348 m/s	441 m/s	21 ^o/s	46 ^o/s	93 ^o/s
B Rated	203 m/s → 339 m/s	429 m/s	20 ^o/s	45 ^o/s	90 ^o/s
C Rated	197 m/s → 328 m/s	415 m/s	20 ^o/s	44 ^o/s	87 ^o/s
D Rated	189 m/s → 316 m/s	400 m/s	19 ^o/s	42 ^o/s	84 ^o/s
E Rated	184 m/s → 306 m/s	388 m/s	18 ^o/s	41 ^o/s	82 ^o/s
All figures take from base layout with each thruster rating