Starship Suggestions

By Icebox, in X-Wing Off-Topic

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I am looking for help finding a Star Wars 'verse starship for a story-line or scenario and it seems to me that the people on this forum are probably experts in the field.

I am looking for a Rebel/New Republic vessel that would have been available during the period after the Battle of Yavin and before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. It doesn’t have to be canonical.

It needs to be

  • a long range patrol vessel
  • that would require a small crew (3 to 8),
  • have dedicated crew quarters (able to work for months away from a base or support),
  • very strong shields (against weapons and natural hazards),
  • strong defensive armament,
  • excellent long range sensors (passive & active), and
  • long range communications.

I see three possibilities:

  • This ship exists and I haven’t found it.
  • There is a ship that could be modified to meet the criteria (I have a couple of ideas about how that might be done; converted light freighter or shuttle).
  • I will have to design a new ship for the purpose (got some ideas for this too).

Who has got ideas or suggestions?

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I played the Star Wars RPG many years ago and they had a really good system for player to be able to buy a ship and then customise it. You could do almost anything as long as the GM was ok with it and your character had the credits.

We took a basic YT-1300 and souped it up with lateral thrusters for manoeuvrability, improved hyperdrive, improved the scanners, and added twin lasers in turrets top and bottom. It ended up somewhat similar to the Falcon, but had enough quirks of it's own to make it a different ship.

It depends on what you intend to do with this ship. Is it for use with an RPG? Or is it for use in X-wing? If it's an RPG, then Wookiepedia should be able to provide some basics that can be adapted. If it's for X-wing, then using one of the existing ships would be a good place to start.

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Check out the Farstar. It might have everything you're looking for