Sor-Jan Xantha
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- Intent: Create a fine piece of Corellian engineering, held together by duct tape and space prayers.
- Image Source: Compilation image by me.
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- Princess Leia by SeanE
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: Clan Rekali [ ask ] [ approval ]
- Primary Source: YT-2400 Light Freighter
- Manufacturer: Corellian Engineering Corporation
- Affiliation:
Sor-Jan Xantha
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: YT-2400 Light Freighter
- Production: Unique (as modified)
- Material: Durasteel (frame, bulkheads); Kathor-Duranium (composite hull plating); Transparisteel
- Classification: Light Freighter
- Length: 21 meters
- Width: 28.5 meters
- Height: 8.27 meters
- Armament: Average
- 1D Servo Turret Laser Cannons (x2 total; 1 upper, 1 lower)
- Concussion Missiles (x2 missile tubes; fixed forward-facing)
- Ax-108 "Ground Buzzer" Blaster Cannon (Anti-Personnel)
- Defenses: Average
- Squadron Count: None: 1
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: Very High
- Hyperdrive: 0.75 | Class 12 (Backup Hyperdrive)
- JV-71 Ion Engine
- Autonomous Analytical Difference Engine (main computer)
- Standard Communications Systems
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Starship Sensors
- Standard Medical Systems
- CHX 2.1 Soundlink (crew lounge)
- Holostation 5 (cew lounge)
- Holostation Switch (crew lounge)
STRENGTHS
- Planetfall Capable. Able to enter atmosphere and land.
- Moves Like Jagger. Very fast, highly maneuverable ship for its class.
- Interdictor Resistant. The Lucerne Labs hyperdrive has HIMS built into it.
- Advanced Navigation. The Rekali navicomputer is capable of calculating position relative to the galaxy in real time, while in hyperspace, negating the need to periodically drop back to normal space to confirm spatial coordinates or location.
- But I Just Fixed That! This ship is aptly described as a hunk of junk.
- Running Hot. The LLT-6 hyperdrive is prone to overheating.
- Featherweight Division. This is a light freighter that's barely larger than a starfighter. Cargo space is limited, firepower is minimal, and those shields won't last long.
- Those Don't Go Together. This Frankenstein monstrosity of one bad idea after another marries a Lucerne Labs hyperdrive to a Clan Rekali navicomputer, paired with Corellia Digital software and tops it with some Sasori Research technology for added umami flavor. Suffice to say, most problems with this ship stem from the fact that none of these components were made to operate in tandem with one another.
The Alderaan Queen was a relic of the time even before the Four Hundred Years Darkness.
Passed through a variety of privateers, corporate holdings, companies, and subcontractors, it's impossible to know who the original owner might have been. At some point however, the ship was modified to include kathor-shielded compartments in the interior of the ship. The large compartment could hold several adults, while the medium and small compartments were seemingly intended for spice or gun-running. The vessel was last owned by Pau'un trader named Eion Moen. Moen bet the ship in a game of Sabaac on Lothal in 844 ABY, losing the ship (and the game) to an Anzat Jedi by the name of Sor-Jan Xantha.
After the catastrophic failure of the hyperdrive while operating in One Sith territory, Sor-Jan set out to modify the light freighter. This culminated in an overhaul on the planet Voss in 850 ABY, in which the ship was outfitted with a hyperdrive from Lucerne Labs, coupled with a Clan Rekali navicomputer. This allowed the Alderaan Queen to travel in hyperspace indefinitely while passing through strong gravity wells or interdictor fields. By not dropping in/out of hyperspace in order to perform periodic navigational checks to verify navicomputer data, the Alderaan Queen achieved greater efficiency than is typical of a LLT-6 Zephyr Hyperdrive. Over extended distances, this efficiency results in an overall 0.75 hyperdrive rating as opposed to the standard 0.8. This is not the result of any modification, but reflects the time-savings of continuous hyperspace travel. Over shorter distances, the hyperdrive is less efficient and travels at the standard 0.8. The hyperdrive included a hyperwave inertia movement system, making the ship capable of passing through most interdictor fields without dropping out of hyperspace. The Alderaan Queen had to already be at hyperspace when it encountered the interdictor field, however, and was not capable of making the jump to lightspeed from inside an interdictor field.
In its current configuration, the Alderaan Queen was stalwart hero of the Resistance against the First Order in the mid-9th Century ABY, most notably at the Battle of Skye where Sor-Jan flew alongside
Jorus Q. Merrill
against multiple star destroyers.Following the commercial success of the Corellia Digital Corporation, Sor-Jan's company, the Alderaan Queen fell out of use. The ship was parked outside of Xantha's personal residence on Drall from 860 until 874 ABY, when he used the ship to travel to Alee on a mission for the Silver Jedi Concord.
As a Fortune 500 CEO, travel in an unsightly ship such as this would seem to be beneath him, but as a tinkerer by nature Xantha seemed to appreciate the challenge that the ship's maintenance presented. Indeed, he often seemed to make modification choices that further complicated or sabotaged the design for just that purpose.
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