Only known as Hendrax, it is not known whether he was a pirate or smuggler before erupting onto the piracy scene, but no one had ever heard of him until he appeared with his cruiser.
The Cruiser itself is an enigma. it is markings show it to have been the Phalanx, an early style light cruiser, which was reported lost in action around the year 7026, although no one knows how it was lost as the ship was never found, until now.
How Hendrax got hold of the ship is unknown, but it has been severely modified (again no one knows where). It has been renamed the Apep, and like it is name sake, is being a thorn in the Colonials side. And the Cylons. It is known that Hendrax has no love for the Cylons and will attack them whenever it is deemed profitable.
Hendrax, while not merciless, is pretty ruthless. He is wanted for murder, amongst other crimes. He is also fairly cunning and has evaded both Colonial and Cylon pursuit many times, something that has made him even less popular amongst the various Navies. He rarely takes the Apep into action, unless he is sure that it would not be heavily damaged or knows that he has no choice. He's not stupid and realises that it is irreplaceable.
The ship was designed and the SSD drawn by me.
The Apep cruiser is basically a standard CL, and uses the same rules. It has the equivalent of one large shuttle bay. The bay has a launch tube ([J1.54] which will propel a fighter flight to speed 12 and will launch in direction 1 and a standard shuttle hatch (launching and landing in direction 4).
While the shuttle bays may not carry Yachts, the ship itself has 2 yacht bays.
The Apep has a hyperspeed multiplier of x1.
Note that while the SSD shows two flights of Scarab fighters, the craft usually only has one flight, the remaining space being made up of attack shuttles.
Note also that the BPV does include two flights of Scarab fighters, but no yachts or attack shuttles.
| A | B | C | D,E | 6 F.Hull 2 Bridge 2 Ph.3 |
4 APR 4 Cargo 1 Barracks 2 Yachts 2 Ph.3 |
8 A.Hull 1 Ph.3 10 Warp |
3 Fighters 1 Ph.3 2 Shuttles |
| GIF file | |
|---|---|
| Apep SSD | 16k |
| Ship | Crew Units | Brdg Parties | BPV | Move Cost | Size Class | Turn Mode | Explos. Str | F&E Cmd | Ftr Flights | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apep Pirate Cruiser | 10 | 10 | 36 | 0.50 | 4 | B | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7192 |
This ship may land on a planet via Powered landings (P2.434).
| Ship | Type | Ftrs | Admin | Bays | Store | DC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apep cruiser | CL | 2/0 | 4 | 1/0/1 | - | 8* |