YT-1300 Corellian Transport

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The Millennium Falcon in the original trilogy (Special Edition) is a modified YT-1300

The YT-1300 Corellian Transport is a type of starship in the fictional Star Wars universe.

Contents

1 Manufacturer
2 Ship specifications
3 Millennium Falcon
4 Trivia
5 External links

Manufacturer

The ship is manufactured by Corellian Engineering Corporation (located in the Corellia system), which is one of the largest and oldest starship manufacturers. The company primarily produces civilian vessels, although it occasionally builds specialized warships for markets not given attention by Kuat Drive Yards and similar corporations. Its ships (civilian or otherwise) range in size from a few meters to several kilometers, depending on the application. Nonetheless, CEC is best known for its moderately-armed, easily-modified freighters.

Ship specifications

Craft: "Stock" (Unmodified) YT-1300 Corellian Transport
Type: Stock Light Freighter
Length: 26.7 m
Weapons:

x2 light laser cannons (mandible mounted)

Crew: 3

Passenger capacity: 7

Cargo capacity: 104 metric tons

Top speed:

Space: 100 MGLT

Atmospheric: 800 km/h

YT-1300 was one of the most versatile freighters, from the Corellian Engineering Corporation, on the market. By the time of A New Hope, the 1300 was an aging model, losing out to the newer YT-2400s. The upgradability of the freighter was the only thing that kept them around. The durable freighters had far too much un-used space to truly be classified as a "Light Stock Freighter." The high-grade powerplant, capable of supporting heavy quad lasers, helped to make YT-1300s one of the most modifiable ships of all time. The Corellian Engineering Corporation knew from the start that they'd make more money selling 1300s to smugglers than they would to traders. The 27 metre long ships sported only one light laser cannon upon purchase, but many of the freighters were upgraded with powerful laser turrets, concussion missiles, and sensor jamming that rivals that of capital ships. The CEC still manufactures, and makes a small fortune off of, upgrade kits for 1300s, despite the fact that they were originally produced 30 years before the Battle of Yavin. The only real disadvantage to these ships is the off-centre cockpit, which can confuse inexperienced pilots. However, an upgraded sensor package will more than make up for this, and no-one who's flown one of the ships for long has any trouble with the oddly-placed cockpit.

Millennium Falcon

The best known example of this ship type is the heavily modified Millennium Falcon piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca after Solo won it from Lando Calrissian in a high-stakes game of sabacc. In the movie [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]] (originally titled Star Wars) the ship was chartered by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker to deliver R2-D2 and the stolen Death Star plans to Alderaan. The Falcon was subsequently featured prominently in [[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]] and [[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]], as well as in many of the comic books, novels, and other works of the Expanded Universe.

Trivia

The C-130 Hercules is a four-engine aircraft that serves as the primary tactical airlifting craft for militaries across the globe. In other words, it's a cargo plane. Its prototype was the YC-130. The Hercules aircraft is legendary for its ability to be customized, and over 40 variations exist. It may not be a coincidence that the beloved and oft-modded cargo ship of the Star Wars Universe bears a passing resemblance in name to the prototype of the oft-modded military cargo planes of the real world (YT-1300 vs YC-130). A ship of the same model as the Falcon(YT-1300)can be seen in Star Wars Episode 3:Revenge of the Sith in the scene where Obi-Wan and Anakin are arriving at the senate with Chanceller Palpatine. As their Shuttle approaches the senate docking bay, veiwers can look at the bottom right of the screen where a YT-1300 can be seen on final approach.

External links

http://galactic-voyage.com/Light%20Side-Transports-YT-1300%20Transport%20(Millennium%20Falcon).htm
http://groups.msn.com/StarWarsRPCoruscant/shuttlesfreightersandtransports.msnw
http://groups.msn.com/MarxStarWarswebpage/corellianengcorppg1.msnw

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