OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a personal ship for Quell to use as a base of operations and in pvp threads.
- Image Source: Sailing on the Wind
- Canon Link: /
- Primary Source: Royal-class Tof Light Clipper (credit to [member="Olivia Dem'adas"] for original submission and starship concept)
- Manufacturer: Tof Kingdom / Clan Dem'adas Corp of Engineers
- Affiliation: Quell Rook
- Model: Modified Royal-class Tof Light Clipper
Production: Unique
- Material: Farium / Zal Alloy
- Classification: Frigate
- Length: 290 meters
- Armament: High
Prow Interdiction Missile Launchers - Prow Dual Beam Cannons
- Escort Grade Power Harpoon Cannon Turrets
- Tractor Beam Harpoons
- Broadside Laser Cannon Batteries
- Broadside Fotia's Fire Plasma Cannons
- Broadside Tractor Beam Emitters
- Quad Laser Cannon Batteries
[*]Defenses: Average
[*]Hangar Space: Average
[*]Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 2 Squadrons (Buccaneer-class Tof Runabout)
- Support Craft: 1 Squadron (Meteor-class M-Carrier)
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Low
[*]Speed Rating: Very High
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average: 1
STANDARD FEATURES
- Containment Shielding over weather deck and rigging
- Large Cargo Hold and Extensive Crew Berthing
- Military grade starship components and subsystems
STRENGTHS
- Beat to Quarters: The Gambit is a hunter, with powerful broadsides and plenty of internal space for raiding parties and stored loot. Gun decks filled with both exotic plasma cannons and more conventional laser turrets stand ready to cow their quarry into submission or fight off any authorities.
- Favorable Winds: Like all Tof vessels, the light clipper is a solar sailer. Under the right conditions it can achieve high speeds for a frigate without the use of conventional sublight technology which means it can coast in undetected while running silent.
- Under the Black: Outfitted for the hunt, the Rook's Gambit has an expanded hangar for runabouts and dropships as well as a few specialized modules to assist in seizing cargo. Stenciled across the outer hull is a large blazing claw which leaves little doubt to the ship's intent.
- Swinging the Compass: While light clippers are fast they aren't very maneuverable, handling is based on unpredictable solar currents and it takes years to master the art of Tof navigation. It is difficult to turn, difficult to plot courses, even difficult to stay in one place without dropping a grav tether.
- Raking Fire: While the Gambit boasts powerful broadsides, its axial firepower is significantly less potent. Its ability to aim at dorsal, ventral, and aft targets is limited.
- Dead Reckoning: Tof ships are equipped with primitive tracking systems. There is an art to applying consistently accurate fire with the ship's gun decks, often accompanied by significant trial and error as the gun crews are forced to compensate for effect on target after each shot.
Disillusioned by the Mandalorian civil wars and a regime far too respectful of the Codex for his liking, years ago Captain Rook set off for the Firefist galaxy with a squadron of Kom'rks. Reaving their way along the border of the Tof Kingdom, eventually Quell made contact with the Dar'tome Mando'ade. Violently assimilating into the ranks of one of the smaller mandalorian gangs along with what was left of his original crew, he quickly rose through the ranks to serve as quartermaster aboard a light clipper.
Ultimately leading the ship in a mutiny against their captain and seizing command for himself, Quell continued to raid the fringes of Firefist for a short time before deciding to pack the rechristened Rook's Gambit with exotic spoils and return to the homeland. Her captain content now to live the life of a self imposed exile, the Gambit joined Echoylir for a brief time before the crew's reputation and exploits caught up with them and they were expelled for their dishonor.
Now the Rook pirates and their Dar'tome shipmates trawl outer rim shadowports, roaming from the Western Reaches to Hutt Space and the distant Trianii Sector.
