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Description
The Battle Dolphin (commonly just called the Dolphin) is the most recently developed human ship found in space. It is designed as a trading vessel that can also deal with groundling civilizations without getting unwanted attention. You can imagine that sailing up to a place like Waterdeep in an Octopus might get you unwanted attention from thieves. The Dolphin avoids this kind of attention through a detachable shuttle that looks like a groundling trade ship.
Example Weapons
Model Variations
Although the Dolphin is widely revered as a trading ship, it has seen use both in war and exploration.
Warship
This variation has the Dolphin arming itself more heavily in place of its significant cargo hold. The Dolphin's cargo hold is reduced to 25 tons, but in exchange has its 2 medium hardpoints replaced with 3 large hardpoints. The remaining cargo storage is usually used for upwards of 5 fighter bays. The Dolphin Shuttle also takes on a combat role in this arrangement, with its cargo hold reducing to 3 tons in exchange for gaining 1 small hardpoint.
Armored Dolphin
This variation of the Dolphin is generally reserved for those that wish for extra security for their trade goods. The Dolphin's AC is increased to 18, but its speed is reduced to 2,000ft (45°) and its cargo hold is reduced to 28 tons.
Vlastnosti
Customizable Design
This ship can be fitted with either one additional medium hardpoint or 6 extra tons of cargo storage.
Dolphin Shuttle
This ship has a detachable Dolphin Shuttle that can be launched at any time. Until it is docked again, the Dolphin Shuttle is treated as another wildjammer.
Nimble Design
On any round that this ship doesn't fire its weapons, its speed increases by 1,000ft. for that round. If this movement is used, weapons can't be fired until the next round.