LNW Brakiri Avioki Armada Scale

This model is scaled to be suitable for gaming with Star Wars Armada

The Brakiri are one of the most wealthy and politically stable races of all of the Babylon 5 races. This has a simple reason: Early in their history the Brakiri adapted a form of government which made capitalism look like a joke: both the civil and the military side of their society are run as a business - as profitably as possible. They are both ruthless in their business dealings and honest, as they have found that this provides the best base for further business.

Early in the Shadow war they made a decision that cost them dear: they allied themselves with the Shadows and began to wage war upon their neighbors, only to be betrayed by the Shadows. When this happened they quickly realized the mistake they had made and appealed to the Army of Light. They were taken in as members and fought valiantly, if not very successfully, in nearly every major battle in the war. Presently the Brakiri are loyal members of the new Interstellar Alliance.

The technological level of the Brakiri is quite high, lagging slightly behind that of the Centauri. This, coupled with their wealth, means that they are one of the few members of the old "League of Non-Aligned Worlds" to actually build and maintain a fleet of large jump capable vessels.

Unfortunately their money driven economy also pervades their military, or better said, their merchant fleet. For all of the ships that make up their navy are actually armed merchant vessels. These ships have been designed with various cargo and passenger tasks as first, and with combat as second thought. Because of this their cruisers look very impressive, but are actually not very combat capable ships.

The Brakiri Cruiser is armed with four Plasma Cannons for anti ship purposes, and 4 laser cannons for starfighter defense. It has no shields, no missile capability and it carries no fighters. For all its size it is hardly more powerful than a Drazi Sunhawk, as a matter of fact its size merely makes it a rather large target. Much of its hull is given over to cargo holds and passenger quarters. In time of war the passenger quarters can be converted to marine barracks.

Of course this applies only to its function as a warship. For a commercial ship it can carry a large amount of freight and passengers, and is both fast and well armed. As such Brakiri ships are often hired to transport valuable cargos over great distances.

Like most ships of the younger races these ships do not have artificial gravity or inertial dampening, even though the ship does have a gravity drive. The reason for this is that the drive that the Brakiri use is a copy of the Centauri`s drive system. The Brakiri do not fully understand these copied systems and as such do not have the ability to generate artificial gravity or shields. The system still cannot pull as high an accelerations as is possible by the engines because it would kill the ships crew and the ship itself cannot withstand the stress of higher accelerations. Despite these factors, the gravity drive system used by the Brakiri is still a lot more efficient than the ion drives of the Earth Alliance and as such is widely used by the ever profit driven Brakiri. The gravity drive is the only Sublight propulsion the Cruiser has. For faster than light travel the Cruiser can open its own jumpgate into hyperspace.

The decks of the Brakiri cruiser are set up aft in order that the crew has a greater comfort while in transit and the ship normally accelerates at about one G to give the crew the sensation of the gravity of their home world. This allows the ships crews to operate for a much greate period of time without needing to be rotated off the ship. Whenever the ship accelerates at over 4 G of acceleration, the crew cannot more around the ship efficiently.