... good reason why the EU canon wipe isn't all bad.

Well this is near the top of the list of ugliest star wars ships.

#1 in on my list goes to this:

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The ship has massive importance in the later books, and had massive ugliness going on.

What the eff is that?

Some bio-tech Vong thing?

I just looked up that HLAF, and I dig it. I'm thinking good dial, lots of green in the fast/sharp maneuvers, and some red in the slow. Give it S-loops.

2 attack

2 defense

2 shield

2 hull

Boost.

Call it 14 points for PS1.

Add a 3 point title for an extra attack die, and a 2 point title for an extra defense die. A 6 point title gets you both.

3 point HLAF only mod gives it a torpedo slot and a targeting computer.

This gives you a ship that's highly customizable, at a price that's in line with similar stats (at a bit of a discount over the PS1 Squint and StarViper, as I think those ships are about 2 points over priced). The dial would have an emphasis on speed and turning, being actively penalized for trying to slow down. I don't love the idea of charging a point for the Torpedo option, but if all you want is the Target Lock modification, take that at 2 points. But you probably want autothrusters instead.

I always loved the nebulon Ranger. As for that ugly "eye ball", that's a sith battle sphere. It is not living but somehow sentient and has a telepathic link to the sith controlling it. It was ret-conned to being the inspiration for the design of the tie fighter. It is way uglier that it has a right to be.

How did you know about this?

Did it take some digging or is this a common old republic ship?

I'd seen it before, I just had to remember where.

It was when I was browsing for blueprints.

Always come across interesting stuff doing searches...

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fw%27Sen-class_picket_ship

Looks Rebel or Scum (not Imperial) because there's a little droid there. Whether it is a regular astromech or a salvaged astromech remains to be seen.

Edit: Given that it is a Crescent class ship, I would lean more towards Scum and not Rebel. Maybe a Scum bounty hunter found this old ship, refurbished it, and used it for bounty hunting. It is similar to how people refurbish Model-T Fords in real life.

Sith battle sphere is just... ugh!