You do not always need a battalion for smaller conflicts. This smaller assault carrier allows transporting a reinforced company.

This sleek, 3,000-ton (SM +9) 130m streamlined starship is a well-armored and well-armed multipurpose warship intended to carry a company across interstellar space to a hostile battlefield. Its small size makes it most suitable for commando raids and colonial operations rather than major invasions.

The Ranger has enough thrust to take off from or land on a planet – there’s no need to carry drop ships, and it can deploy armored vehicles, battlesuits or trucks directly out of its hangars.

Front Hull System

• [1] Nanocomposite Armor (total dDR 40).
• [2] Tactical Array (comm/sensor 10).
• [3] Habitat (one luxury cabin, eight cabins,gym,classroom*2,and four-bed automed sickbay).
• [4-5] Hangar Bays (100 tons each).
• [6!] Major Battery (fixed mount 20cm electromagnetic gun).
• [core] Control Room (C8 computer, comm/sensor 8,and six control stations).

Central Hull System

• [1] Nanocomposite Armor (total dDR 40).
• [2] Secondary Battery (four turrets with 3.5cm very rapid fire conventional guns, six turrets with 28cm missile launchers).
• [3-4] Habitat (20 bunkrooms each).
• [5-6] Fusion Reactor (two Power Points each).

Rear Hull System

• [1] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 40).
• [2-4!] Hot reactionless engines (2G acceleration each).
• [5] Engine room (two workspaces).
• [6,core!] Stardrive Engine (FTL-1).

The typical complement is six bridge crew (pilot, captain, navigator/sensor officer, major battery gunner, engineering officer, and comm officer), 10 gunners, and two technicians.