Raider Battlewagon Variants Class History The Battlewagon is among the most common of Raider vessels encountered along the long, dark spacelanes. There are many, many variants of this vessel, ranging from the incredibly heavily armed, to the almost harmless. Here's a few variants: Economy Battlewagon "Economy" is probably a bit to liberal when referring to this particular model of Battlewagon, as only a few of them exists. It is "economy" in that it is the most harmless of any of the Battlewagon variants. The class was created back in the 2220's, but some are still produced today. The latest one because of a particularly disatorous raiding mission. The Battlewagon Twilight Seductress accidentally attacked an EarthForce troop convoy, consisting of GROPOS transport ships, assault cruisers, their escorts, as well as a full Carrier Battlegroup centered around the Poseidon Class Supercarrier EAS Triton. The Twilight Seductress barely managed to escape, in the process, most of her weapons and systems were either heavily damaged or destroyed. She made it all the way to Deneth for repairs. The ship's owner didn't have the money to repair the ship totally. They couldn't repair the ship to its original configuration. The Deneth, looking to make a credit, offered older, obsolete tech. The ship that emerged was a little different from the "standard" economy Battlewagon. It was armed with the standard Lt. Particle Beams and Cannons, but also had a number of matter weapons aboard. It had a number of obsolete Orieni tech weapons, as well as one of two ever produced Spinal Blast Cannons. The ship spends most of its time raiding the Hurr and Grome shipping lanes. (Note: The Spinal Blast Cannon was something I thought up a while ago and figured that Battlewagons would be a perfect platform for them, but had no idea what the stats would be like. Brian Blaney was kind enough to suggest some stats for the weapon.) Economy Battlewagon #1 Anti-fighterwagon This variant of the Battlewagon hull was seen after the Dilgar war. It is theorized that a Raider group found a battlefield and looted it before it could be secured by victorious forces. In the wreackage were Dilgar weapons that may or may not have still been intact. The weapons were removed by the raiders, and mounted on a Battlewagon hull. This ship was first observed in 2239, though by how efficient the gunners were on board, it is thought they had some time to get familiar with their weapons. Anti-fighterwagon Attackwagon Raider Attackwagons have been observed operating near Drazi space. In 2247, one of these vessels attacked and disabled a Centauri Lias class ship before reinforcements could arrive to drive it off. The ship is armed with a very potent forward weapons array of three Drazi solar cannons, but the rest of the armament is lacking. At least three of these ships are known to exist. Attackwagon Slavewagon The Slavewagon is a rather disturbing modification of the old Battlewagon desgin. First observed in 2261, this ship is equipped with what appears to be Markab technology. The Gaim were apparently not the only locusts to rampage through former Markab space. What is so wrong about this ship, though, is the combination of stun beams, breaching pods, and what could be considered slave quarters. Exactly who is buying the slaves is still unknown, but the IA is definately looking for whoever is funding the two Slavewagons that escaped an ambush. Both vessels managed to flee from a combined EA/Minbari battlegroup that was sent to trap them. Only these two shis have been observed, but it is unknown if anymore of them are being built. Slavewagon