THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Khamsin
Classification: Heavy Miner
Powerplant: Sport Plus (size 4)
Engines: Rush x 2 (size 4 x 2)
Radar: Nubbler (50000 meter range) (size 4)
Shield: Makk (36000mm equivalent) (size 4)
Armor: 39000mm
Capacitor: Jug for pure mining, Spore for defensive loadouts (size 2)
Laser Config: Financier MK2 x 1/Banker x 2 or Heavy Laser or Spitfire x 2
Ammo Config: Financier MK2 x 1/Banker x 2 or Barrak x 2
Missiles (# x size): 2x2
MODx: 6
ECM: 3
Speed (nor/ab/ff): 428/488/845 MPS
Acceleration: 78.5 (mining), 79.3 (laser), 78.2 (ion), 76.3 (gauss) kN/kg
Yaw/Pitch/Roll: 28/26/32 DPS
Cargo: 280 m³
Notes:
Completely unlike the Vulture, the Khamsin was designed with actual mining in mind. At this it
succeeds brilliantly; it is, bar none, the single most effective mining craft ever created. It can strip
even the largest asteroid bare in a few minutes, and whereas groups of Harmattans can clear
clusters in an hour, Khamsins with Chinook backup can clear entire FIELDS in short order. In a
full war, downing (or for the Quantar, protecting) these ships would a priority; they can supply a
base with enough raw material for a war fleet in a single day with ease.
As noted, however, the Khamsin is unlike the Vulture in that it is almost totally unsuited for
combat. Although it can sacrifice some mining capacity to mount decent defensive weapons or an
Anti-Flux ECM, it has half the defensive capacity of a Vulture and the missile capacity of a rookie
shuttle. Khamsins are easy prey if unescorted – although their heavy Flashfire load could prove
an obstacle to pursuing one. It is also likely that Khamsins will continue to be unsuited for combat
– barring Tens and Piney developing a size 6 mortar weapon (God help us all in that case), it
seems likely that the Khamsin will not be able to use the sort of superscale weaponry that is
doubtlessly being developed for the larger combat ship types and that would fit in that sort of craft
due to capacitor and power plant issues.
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