Front and back of the Pelta-class Medical Frigate ship card.
Combined vertical format.
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Compared to the Pelta-class Transport Frigate for 45 pts. the Medical Frigate has a squadron value of 2 instead of 1. It is armed with 2 red and 1 blue die instead of 2 red and 1 black at the front, 1 red and 1 blue instead of 1 red and 1 black at the sides. It lacks 1 black anti-squadron die. The Medical Frigate comes with 1 slot for Offensive Retrofit cards instead of Defensive Retrofit cards. It features the Medical trait instead of Transport.
Compared to the Modified Pelta-class variants for the Rebel faction, the Republic ships lack 1 blue or black die in the front batteries. They have both no slots Fleet Support but Fleet Command upgrade cards. The Transport Frigate bears a slot for Defensive Retrofit upgrade cards instead of Ordnance, compared to the Assault Ship.
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The Pelta-class frigates were vital to Republic operations during the Clone Wars. They saw use as Blockade runners, supply ships, and medcenters. The vessels made their first appearance in the thearical film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and later appeared in several episodes of the animated TV-show. After the rise of the Galactic Empire, the emerging rebel cells utilized Pelta-class frigates being retrofitted with turbolasers and point-defense laser cannons as seen in the animated TV-show Star Wars: Rebels.
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