- Intent: To create an open market prospecting and shipping vessel to Chaos
- Image Source: Rebel Transport - EC Henry and Co.
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Kyprin Engineering Corporation
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Model: YX-48
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Doonium
- Neuranium
- Ruusan Copper
- Various Standard Starship Materials
- Classification: Prospecting and Hazardous Materials Transport
- Length: 150 Meters
- Width: 150 Meters
- Height: 250 Meters
- Armament: Very Low
- Anti-Starfighter Quad-Laser Cannon Turret
- Light Laser Cannons [2 forward Fixed]
- Mining Laser [Underside]
- Defenses: Extreme
- Robust Shielding
- Heavy Armor
- Unusually Strong Heat and Radiation Shielding
- Cap Drain
- Hangar Space: Average: 1
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 1 squadrons
- Support Craft: Base: 0
- -OR-
- Starfighters: 0 Squadrons
- Support Craft: 1 Squadron
- Maneuverability Rating: Very Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive Class: Average: 2
- Life Support Systems
- Com Arrays
- Hyperwave Transceivers
- Holo-Net Access
- Navigation Computers
- Other Standard Civilian Ship Features
- Advanced Radiation Dispersal System
- Minor Fabrication Bay
- Minor Solid State Fuel Converter
- Coaxium Containment Unit
- Mining and Prospecting Drones
- Good at mining
- Good radiation and EMP resistance
- Can communicate even within a nebula
- Strong shields and armor
- Low maneuverability
- Relatively under-defended
- Big target
Designed for the small-time private prospecting businessman, the YX-48 was an industrial freighter with everything you would need to start your own mining company. As such it was specialized in the transport of hazardous and radioactive materials such as coaxium, tibanna, and clouzon-36. With heavy and specialized radiation dispersal and control systems it was able to keep workers safe from the most harmful effects of most materials the vessel was rated to carry. The two large fins that protruded from the hull worked as radiators for the cargo hold, safely dispersing radiation into space through its regulator system. Along with these safety measures the YX-48 was equipped with small-scale energy converters, fabricators, and refineries which could refine small amounts of fuel on the fly. This allowed owners of the YX-48 to spend months at a time prospecting and then refining their finds to sell on the galactic market themselves. While mining guilds across the Corellian Sector and Alliance Space typically held the largest claims, the Outer Rim and the Unknown Regions remained ripe for the taking which saw the popularity of the small vessel soar in those regions. This was especially true in regions where nebulas were common as the powerful shielding coupled with its radiation fin allowed the vessel to displace enough of the radiation and electromagnetic disturbances around the vessel to send and receive messages over normal means from within a nebula.
Those regions were also ripe with pirates however and with that in mind the YX-48 had an incredibly robust shield system and heavy armor plating to keep from anything exposing the hull to the vacuum of space and sending hazardous materials hurtling through the sector. The YX-48 was also equipped with two forward-facing laser cannons and a quad-laser cannon turret in the rear. While these offered some protection, the firing arcs of both weapons left the YX-48 defenseless on numerous sides. As a result, the small hangar bay usually reserved for small transports and other unarmed shuttlecraft was often used for a small contingent of fighters, or even the armed freighter of the proud owner of the YX-48. Its other option was to flee, though against the suped-up and modified craft pirates used, its average speed wasn't much of a boon.
Regardless of its shortcomings, the YX-48 served admirably among small-time private shippers and prospectors alike.
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