Full Thrust Custom Pirate Cruiser "Anarchist"

This kitbashed figure last appeared in the pirate gallery post over here, but since then I've recovered the original background story and stats via the Wayback Machine so I'll give it a showcase of its own.

One of the most appealing things about the Ravager Rim Raider pirate ships is the jury-rigged nature of their ships, which really lends itself to unique kitbashes and conversions.  So, when I got  slightly defective ESU escort cruiser (quickly replaced by GZG, I might add) that sheared in half just in front of the aft hull, I decided to try my hand at some styrene sculpting.  Turns out the style of the existing Ravager designs is fairly easy to capture and after a little work I had a fine new medium cruiser for my fleet.

For anyone wondering, the ship's name is a nod to my Star Fleet Battles days, a game which features a similar salvage job involving the Hydrans getting their hands on the rear end of a Klingon cruiser following a mutiny, with the resulting vessel known as the D7H Anarchist.

Ravager Rim Pirate Cruiser Anarchist

The pirate vessel calling itself "Anarchist" began life as the Oriskany-class escort cruiser Grigori Wu.  The vessel was lost in action during a confused battle between NAC, ESU, and Sa'Vasku forces, and her fractured wreck was left adrift in space when the surviving ESU forces withdrew from the combat zone.   

At some point thereafter a group of Rim-dwelling "entrepreneurs" recovered the ship's relatively undamaged rear section and sold it to local warlord Dominic Faro, who used it as the basis for the latest addition to his fleet.  The irony of employing an ESU ship (or at least part of one) against its former masters was especially appealing to Faro, who had served as an ESU colonial director prior to the outbreak of the Xeno War.

The Anarchist has been involved in several convoy raids and pillaging expeditions against isolated colony worlds and mining outposts, and is currently subject to a "Destroy On Sight" directive from the Chiang Military District High Command for its role in the destruction of the 177th People's Population Reallocation Squadron.

The stats below use the optional rules for variable numbers of hull rows found over here.  Six rows is as fragile (and cheap) as it gets, and reflects the Anarchist's status as a salvaged wreck that's had a whole new front end welded to it by a bunch of dodgy space pirate mechanics.

Pirate Cruiser Anarchist

TMF 68

NPV 201 / CPV  179

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1 Needle Beam (F) q

Cargo Bay (Mass 4)

Six-Row Hull 20 (4/4/3/3/3/3) - 4 crew units, one every 5th box

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