Pelican

Teladi Pelican Class TM Military Transport Buy: @ 316,505 Cr Speed (Min-Max) 48.8 - 88 m/s Acceleration (Min-Max) 4 - 8 m/s2 Steering (Min-Max) 1.3 - 2.3 RPM Hull Strength 16,800 Max. Shield (Total) 3 x 200 MJ (600 MJ) Shield Reactor 950 MW Cargo Class (Min-Max) 1,200 - 1,700 @ XL Laser Capacitor 850 MJ Laser Recharge 34 MW                                                                                                          Turret Front x 1                                                                                                          Turret Back x 2 Docking 4 M3+ - M5

Overview

Large and with a good cargo capacity, the Pelican's weakness is its snail-like speed.

Background

The Pelican was developed primarily for convoy protection, after growing numbers of Teladi Company transports had been lost to hostile action.

Physical Characteristics

The Pelican is derived from the Vulture.

Combat

The Pelican has high survivability; however it needs it as it is slow to run away. The reduced number of hardpoints also reduce the offensive power of this ship slightly, although given the generally weak power of TM weapon generators this is not too much of a penalty in a long fight. The Pelican is capable of getting right into the middle of a dogfight and providing fire support without too much concern about its survival.

Equipment

Allowed Missiles

• Mosquito Missile
• Wasp Missile
• Dragonfly Missile
• Silkworm Missile
• Disruptor Missile
• Firefly Missile
• Hurricane Missile
• Aurora Missile
• Remote Guided Warhead
• Rapier Missile
• Firelance Missile
• Wildfire Missile

Availability

Variant	Ceo's Sprite	Grand Exchange	Ianamus Zura	Ministry of Finance	PTNI Headquarters	Seizewell
Pelican		x	x		x	x

Suggested Roles

This is the only TM that can be trusted in the middle of a fight; however, getting it to the fight is problematic. A good fighter tender, however its low speed are a severe penalty to any trading role.

A Pelican with a full stock of fighters makes a useful escort to slower ships, and has been known to defeat ships as large as M6 class with a little luck.

See Also

Ships by Class

TM Ships

Argon	Magnetar
ATF	none
Boron	Pleco
Goner	none
Kha'ak	none
OTAS	Zephyrus
Paranid	Helios
Pirate	Caravel
Split	Boa
Teladi	Pelican
Terran	Toukon
Xenon	none
Yaki	Chokaro