Character Tables for large quasisimple groups

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The smallest Suzuki group, $ Sz(8) $, is a simple finite group of order $$ 29120 $$ The Schur multiplier of $ Sz(8) $ is $ 2 \times 2 $. So the Schur cover of $ Sz(8) $ is a quasisimple group of order $$ 116480 $$ (it is the only quasisimple group of that order, in fact it is the only perfect group of that order)

When looking for the character table of a quasi simple group GAP usually struggles to display the character table of SchurCover(G). For example GAP displays multiple

"#I Coset table calculation failed -- trying with bigger table limit"

errors before finally giving up when I try to directly compute the character table for the Schur cover of $ G:=Sz(8) $. I originally encountered the same issue for $ SchurCover(PSL(3,4)) $. But as Derek Holt points out in this question

Covering group of $\mathrm{PSL}(3,4)$.

$ SchurCover(PSL(3,4)) $ is easily recognized as

$$ PerfectGroup(967680,4) $$

To my great surprise GAP is able to calculate and display the character table of $ PerfectGroup(967680,4) $ in only a few seconds.

I have identified $ SchurCover(Sz(8)) $ as $ PerfectGroup(116480,1) $. Strangely GAP is struggling to display the character table for $ PerfectGroup(116480,1) $ even though the group is an order of magnitude smaller than $ PerfectGroup(967680,4) $

How can I display the character table for the Schur cover of $ Sz(8) $? Is there a better approach to finding it in GAP?

If not does anyone know a reference for the character table of the Schur cover of $ Sz(8) $?