I'd like to inaugurate this section with a starship that was heavily featured in last night's episode of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" on Cartoon Network: The Gozanti Cruiser.
To say that it's a good looking ship might not be entirely accurate, but it's still a great design. It combines elements of the Counselor-class corvette that most famously brought Qui-gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi to the Trade Federation Command Ship at the beginning of "The Phantom Menace" and the gritty, patchy feel of the Rebel ships in the Original Trilogy.
It was manufactured by a partnership between the Corellian Engineering Company, best known for the Millennium Falcon's own YT-1300f class, and Gallofree Yards, best known for the GR-75 transport used by the Rebellion to evacuate Hoth. According to Wookieepedia, the ship was originally designed as an anti-piracy vessel, which is part of what makes it so cool! It has a Class 3 hyperdrive, which is not the best, but comes armed with 4 turbolaser emplacements, and a proton torpedo launcher, making it more heavily-armed than other ships of this size. The whole hull is right around 42 meters long, with enough space for 24 passengers and crew, a cargo capacity of 75 tons, and consumables to last 1 month. New, the ship could be expected to fetch 150,000 credits, and that's at a reputable dealer.
The Krayt's Honor, a Gozanti Cruiser used by Siqo Vass
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