This “grapple corvette” is the standard imperial military tug.

A corvette-sized vessel equipped with two folding arms for close combat/towing, it is built on a 1,000-ton (SM +8) streamlined hull, and is 47 meters long.

Front Hull System

• [1] Nanocomposite Armor (total dDR 60).
• [2-3] Robot Arms.
• [4!] Medium Battery (three turret mount 100 MJ improved lasers).
• [5] Tactical Array (comm/sensor 9).
• [6] Habitat (two cabins, two bunkrooms, one-bed automed sickbay, and five tons cargo).
• [core] Control Room (C8 computer, comm/sensor 7, and four control stations).

Central Hull System

• [1] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 30).
• [2-3!] Stardrive Engine (FTL-1 each).
• [4-6] Fusion Reactor (two Power Points each)

Rear Hull System

• [1] Nanocomposite (dDR 15).
• [2-6!] Hot reactionless drive(2G each)
• [Core] Engine Room (one control station).

Typical crew is four bridge members (pilot, captain, navigator/gunner, engineering officer) and an engine-room mechanic. Some boarding specialists may also be carried.