You think the Millenium Falcon is a piece of junk? Behold the YT1300 armored transport "Stag Beatle"!
Could it use a polishing? Sure.
Has it seen better days? Maybe.
But is it a sturdy trusty workhorse? You bet!
Reinforced hull around the extended canopy and propulsion systems. A military-grade hyperdrive scavenged from a captured sentinel-class landing craft.
An additional port-mounted heavy laser turret from a discarded Clone Wars Juggernaut. Additional external missile bays on starboard provide the extra punch. She even has a couple of cosy Gundark leather passenger seats to offer, as long as you are willing to operate the quad lasers!
After she was found adrift in the Raxus system, badly-hit and missing all escape pods, she ended up on Raxus Prime, in the industrious hands of the Si'fit brothers, two Bothan mechanics and Rebel sympathizers. They hid the ship from their employer's eyes, a Rodian scrap merchant, and secretly sourced parts from the endless scrapyards. It was also them who christened the ship "Stag Beatle", after that arm-long creature that attacked them when they first opened the water conditioning tanks (it is now stuffed on display in the cockpit). Her old designation "The Booming Meadows of Zeltros" really didn't seem fit any longer, and obviously hadn't brought her much luck anyway. After several years of clandestine repairs and modifications, the freighter was spaceworthy again! In a daring escape (which included the illicit use of a garbage pit cannon) the Bothans "quit their job", eluded their employer's henchmen and got away. After some shady errands for various clients, the ship finally arrived in the Aturi cluster, stationed with a small Rebel cell. Designated for quick-and-dirty transport jobs, the Stag Beatle does not seize to impress when other freighters would be blown to pieces! The missing escape pods have never been replaced.
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Edited by morphelia
