The Yt-2550

[Bobmalooga]

So I am trying to nail down stock stats for the YT-2550 and I'm having a bit of trouble with that since the only version we're given is a modified version from Politics of Contraband...

So these are some stats I am comfortable with and I wanted to bounce them off the heads here to see what everyone else thought...

YT-2550
Craft: Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-2550 Medium Transport
Affiliation: General
Era: Rebellion
Source: Official/fan-made-The Politics of Contraband and Classic Adventures (Pg. 3 in both...) for the original, modifications suggested by HighAdmiral.de at http://www.highadmiral.de/lssa.htm#yt-2550
Type: Medium freighter
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 65.9 meters
Skill: Space Transports: YT-2550
Crew: 4, gunners: 2, skeleton: 2/+5
Crew Skill: Varies widely
Passengers: 10
Cargo Capacity: 800 metric tons
Consumables: 4 months
Cost: 220,000 credits-new, 100,000 credits-used
Hyper-drive Multiplier: x2
Hyper-drive Backup: x12
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 4
Atmosphere: 280; 800 kmh
Hull: 4D+1
Shields: 1D

Sensors:
Passive: 10/0D
Scan: 25/1D
Search: 40/2D
Focus: 2/3D

Weapons:
2 Laser Cannons
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 4D

Capsule: The YT-2550 was a medium freighter from Corellian Engineering Corporation's YT series. YT-2550s were seen in use by smugglers shortly after the Battle of Endor. Like other YT series vessels, they could be easily modified.

Notes: There is no description for "The Ship" given. It seems to be just an example ship that can be used by the player characters for the adventure. To make it a suitable vessel for the player characters the hyper-drive and its backup were most probably modified. For a possible stock version of a Corellian YT-2550 Medium Transport the values for the hyper-drive were set back from x1 to x2 and for the backup from x4 to x12. The two laser cannons were retained as it is a larger medium freighter with more cargo potential like for example the Corellian HT-2200 Medium Transport (WEG 40150, Stock Ships, pages 49-52) which also has two laser cannons. There remains a problem with the cargo space. Even with all modifications undone, the cargo capacity would still be far too low for a medium freighter. Please note that this should not be compared with the Corellian Barloz Medium Transport which also only has a cargo capacity of 120 metric tons (WEG 40150, Stock Ships, pages 53-56). The Barloz medium freighter is actually a design from the Old Republic where a medium freighter was comparable to a light freighter during the Empire (WEG 40150, Stock Ships, page 53). The YT-2550 Medium Transport should rather be compared with other medium freighters of the Imperial era like the Corellian HT-2200 Transport, the Mobquet Medium Cargo Hauler, the Subla Ransom Cargo Hauler or the Zuraco Cargo Hauler (WEG 40143, Pirates & Privateers, pages 66-67). These are of similar size as the YT-2550 transport and have a cargo capacity of several hundred metric tons. The easiest way to solve this problem would be to assume that there is simply missing another zero for the cargo capacity of 80 metric tons in the stats given for the modified YT-2550 transport. Thus the suggested stock statistics for the YT-2550 Medium Transport list the cargo capacity with 800 metric tons. A price was estimated by comparison with other medium freighters, and the consumables were increased from 1 to 4 months to reflect the longer space journeys typical for larger transports.
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