The Corellian Engineering Corporation CAPITAL SHIPS Sourcebook
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The Corellian Engineering Corporation CAPITAL SHIPS SourceBook By Keith A. Kilburn With contributions by various members of the Rancor Pit forums. Editing and formatting by Daniel Stull and Don Diestler. Cover and layout by Peter Lomas. Special Thanks to: Dawn Kilburn, Peter C. Spahn, Derek (Dude) Thornton, Larry Parr, Jimmy Bramble, Seth Walker, Greg Clark, Justin and Stephanie Jones, Ronnie Rich, Robert Maxwell, Kevin Rowell, Glenn and Tim Moss, Paul Umbarger, Daniel Stull and Don Diestler. Published 2015 Preface 3 Chapter 1 Corvettes 4 Chapter 2 Frigates 56 Chapter 3 Cruisers 74 Chapter 4 Heavy Cruisers 77 Chapter 5 Star Defenders 79 Chapter 6 Miscellaneous Ships 82 2 When the two founders of the Corellian Engineering Cor- of Corellian employed. poration started the company with a little seed money they had managed to gather from family and friends, beings Gathered here for the first time is an accounting of the throughout the Corellian system laughed and derided them many freighter transports that we’ve manufactured since the for their vision of wanting to make quality spacecraft at af- beginning of the Corellian Engineering Corps including fordable prices. No one expected Awvrell and Ilbourne technical specifications, original production designs, as well Wayrcn to take the Corellian system by storm and forever as technical commentary by famed Corellian war hero, two turn shipwright manufacturing on its head by taking a com- time winner of the Corellian blood-stripe for valor and pany that started off in the backyard of the two brothers and bravery and one of our most outspoken supporters, General turning it into one of the three largest manufacturers through- Han Solo and a host of other famous Corellians.*” out the known galaxy and perhaps the most prolific manu- facturer of the group. “The Millennium Falcon is the ship that made the Kes- sel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial Once the Corellian Engineering Corps, the original name starships, not the local bulk-cruisers, mind you. I'm talk- for the Corellian Engineering Corporation, established itself ing about the big Corellian ships now...” it became a long standing part of the Techno Union and General Han Solo building a permanent corporate headquarters located on C.E.C. Island, in the heart of Coronet the capital of Corellia. Over four thousand years in business and countless ships At the heart of company the dream of the Waycrn brothers sold and purchased by numerous satisfied customers, no one has always remained the same. is laughing anymore. “We’re building and designing ships for the civilians Mal’crt Wayrcn, and free traders, using the knowledge gathered from the Proud owner of the C.E.C. people who work on, dream of, and want to pass along what they have learned to keep ships in sky and blazing *The views expressed by General Solo and others are theirs alone and new trails to distant locations and brighter futures…” do not represent the views and opinions of the Corellian Engineering Cor- poration, its ownership, management or employees. Awvrell Wayrcn The Wayrcn brothers really didn’t want to participate in politics or military related contracts, not that they saw any- thing wrong with those noble pursuits, but rather they just wanted to concentrate on the largely ignored civilian market and so using skilled designers, starship engineers and ship- wrights they created shipyard that were well known for their modular freighters which could be upgraded easily for both comfort and combat if necessary. “Whether we’re teaming up with Loronar Corporation to jointly fund The Nerfworks, a think tank responsible for a number of starship designs, including some droid starships, or jointly owning Chempat Engineered Defenses with Kuat Drive Yards, we’ve kept jobs on Corellia and for Corellians by creating and funding subsidiaries that helped bolster the planetary economy. When the senior design team of Corellia StarDrive was killed in a shuttle crash, we bought the com- pany to help keep those working diligently for the betterment 3 I wanted to take the time and thank Mr. Solo for letting me listen to this quote from a good friend of mine. write one of these introductions, it seems that he and my dad go back a ways and there is some story about a Sabacc game “My father Stromgald Caballa used to say that if and an introduction to someone named Bib Fortuna that I’m you’re looking for a ship that turns on a credit, can not entirely privy to, but I digress. Despite the fact that I’m thread the needle in Beggars Canyon on Tatooine and out only part Corellian, and part Alderaanian as my mother likes run Imperial Star Destroyers as they try to run you to to point out, the love of flying and being a pilot comes natur- ground, then you’re probably not looking for a Corellian ally and I’m sure that it is a genetic marker waiting to be dis- Corvette. On the other hand, if you want something covered in the genes of all Corellians everywhere. tough enough take a pounding and still keep going while returning fire on your pursuers, then a Corellian Cor- I grew up surrounded by the opulence of New Alderaan vette might be the ship for you…” and when I reached my teenage years my father paid for me Kae’ Caballa to take piloting lessons from a twi’lek smuggler friend of his Jedi named Hera. I had thrived on the stories he told of fighting in the galactic civil war alongside the likes of Han Solo and So if you’re looking for something that can move you, Lando Calrissian, those stories fostered something within me your family, their friends and the rest of the people on the just like countless other stories have fostered something street where you live, then these ships are for you and your within all children throughout the ages. Hera helped me dis- brood. They can pack the cargo in, protect it during the jour- pel a lot of the myths I had about piloting and Astrogation, ney and in some cases the owners of the ship will even help she made me realize that as much as I thought I knew, I you unpack and set up the house after you get there, the really knew nothing at all… force only knows I had to when I worked for ‘Corellian Shipping Inc.’ As children we all dream of something greater than the sum total of our lives at that moment when our eyes are first Kyle Pendower opened to the possibility of a dream, usually it’s of what Son of Kazdan Navarro, might lie beyond the next hill or out beyond the stars we free trader, smuggler and owner of ‘The Raven’ gaze up at in the night sky as the world spins all around us. I wanted to be a pilot and while I eventually became one, it took me running away from home and eking out an existence as a freighter pilot on the big Corellian ships before I could scratch together enough credits to buy a ship of my own. I spent two long years learning to fly the Corvettes and Bulk freighters; I cut my teeth of a CR-90 named ‘Corellia’s Pride’. They’re not easy ships to pilot and if anyone tells you that they are, then they’re a damn fool for saying it. Even though they are a class of warship, and despite the official information capsule telling you that they’re small, lightly armed and maneuverable, in reality Corvettes are no such thing. With large crew capacities ranging into the hun- dreds and the ability to move thousands of metric tons of cargo into their holds. These ships are big, bulky and have a backside like a Ronto racing through Mos Shuta looking to run someone over in the streets. But if you truly want to know about Corellian Corvettes or ships classified as such, and I’m sure that you do since you picked up this book, just 4 Action ii bulk freighter Craft: Corellian Action II Transport Type: Medium bulk freighter Era: Old Republic Affiliation: General Addendum Personal- General Han Solo See the Action VI for my comments… Source: Homemade-Stats contributed by Keith Kilburn Scale: Capital Length: 100 meters Skill: Space transports: Action IV transport Crew: 12 Crew Skill: Varies widely Cargo Capacity: 60,000 metric tons Consumables: 3 months Cost: 845,000 credits (new), 245,000 credits (used) Hyperdrive Multiplier: x5 Hyperdrive Backup: No Nav Computer: No (uses droid or starport computations) Space: 2 Atmosphere: 225; 650 kmh Hull: 2D Sensors: Passive: 15/0D Scan: 20/1D Search: 30/1D Focus: None Capsule: The Action II transport was an early Ac- tion series bulk transport that looked like a box with an engine and pods for the command and living areas. 5 pressures and climates with individual configurations. During the time of the Galactic Republic, the Action IV Action transport Azure Queen was captured by Black Sun pir- ates, while en route to the planet Rutan. The Imperial Navy refitted a number of them as Imperial Patrol iv Ships. bulk freighter Craft: Corellian Action IV Transport Type: Medium bulk freighter Era: Old Republic Affiliation: General Source: Pirates & Privateers (page 68), The Star Wars Sourcebook (pages 44-45), Starships of the Galaxy (page 77) Addendum Personal- General Han Solo Scale: Capital See the Action VI for my comments… Length: 100 meters Skill: Space transports: Action IV transport Crew: 8 Crew Skill: Varies widely Cargo Capacity: 75,000 metric tons Consumables: 3 months Cost: 945,000 credits (new), 345,000 credits (used) Hyperdrive Multiplier: x3 Hyperdrive Backup: No Nav Computer: No (uses droid or starport computations) Space: 2 Atmosphere: 225; 650 kmh Hull: 2D Sensors: Passive: 15/0D Scan: 20/1D Search: 30/1D+2 Focus: None Capsule: Even though each ship was sold without any weapons or defensive shields built in, plenty of af- termarket systems could be added to the Action IV.