Important Note: The Rebel Light Frigate is a capital-scale starship, no longer starfighter-scale as the unmodified Xiytiar-class Transport. As the Rebel Light Frigate is intended to be a light combat starship, the scale is now "Capital". The shield code has been set to 2D beacuse that is now capital-scale shielding. The 4D shield code of the unmodified Xiytiar-class Transport were starfighter-scale shields. For the differneces between the scales of starships, please look in "The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, Revised & Expanded" or in Adventure Jornal #11.
Alliance technicians are famous for modifying combat starships but also for converting transports or other non-military craft to at least light combat ships. An example of this category is the "Rebel Light Frigate". The Light Frigate is a highly modified Xiytiar-class transport, an older type of transport which is no longer produced new. When the Rebel Alliance managed to obtain some of these ships, they decided to convert them for military duty. The result was the Rebel Light Frigate. The ship is intended to be a picket ship, in order to support the larger ships of the fleet. The Light Frigate is equipped with Turbolasers as well as anti-starfighter Laser Cannons. Most of the cargo space of the original transport has been converted into additional crew quarters and a small hangar bay, which houses one starfighter squadron (12 starfighters). To guarantee a safe docking maneuver of the starfighters, the ship is equipped with a Tractor Beam Projector. The Light Frigate also carries 20 naval troops for the case that the ship should be boarded.
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| Stats: | Christopher Deck |
| Illustration: | Doug Chiang in The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, Boxtree. |