u/Carter1300

This post is pretty straightforward. I'm just curious what (like the title says) everyone's favorite Mon Cal Bird is and why.

Personally I'm a huge fan of the New Republic star cruiser from Ashoka because it takes a design I've always loved (the MC30c, I can't explain it) and scales it up to be closer in size to the rest of the Mon Cal Birds and the ISDs. The reason that scale up is so nice for me is because I've never really been a fan of MC ships being in the smaller size range. It's never struck me as right with how (in lore) they're supposed to be either converted passenger liners or converted city buildings and it just always made more sense to me (in both cases) for them to be larger.

Anyways those are my thoughts so I'd love to hear what y'all have to say about both my pick and what your picks are.

Hey Y'all I just wanted to share my OC's (his name is Caleb and he's a smuggler, pirate, and overall outlaw) modified YT-2400:

Caleb flies a heavily modified and customized YT-2400C, which was a variant CEC designed as a slightly larger (going from 21 meters long and 28.5 meters wide with the base variant to 25 meters long and 32.5 meters wide) version of the base 2400 to allow for more carrying capacity.

One of the main sets of modifications he does is go ahead and increase the speed, power, and maneuverability of his ship.

The first thing he did to accomplish this was to replace the stock engine array with the SRB42 engine array that was standard in the YT-1300. This engine was just slightly larger but offered significantly better performance and reliability. It also allowed him to mount a SLAM (SubLight Acceleration Motor) system, allowing for extra power to be redirected to the engines for short bursts. The final, over the counter, fully legal, unhidden, change he did involved replacing the static engine covers with thrust vector plates, significantly improving maneuverability.

The two illegal modifications he did was secretly add in a second, yet smaller power core, and the additional power lines it needed. He was able to hide these quite easily as they both were inside the ceiling and unable to be seen at a cursory glance.

These changes bring the ship from a meager 7-800 KPH to an impressive cruising speed of about 1,000 KPH with the SLAM boost enabling it to hit up to 1,050 KPH if need be.

The second set of modifications he does involves the gap formed between the two support braces and carrying space.

To fill the gap, he does what a lot of 2400C pilots do and purchased CEC’s modular auxiliary pod designed to specifically fit in this space (like the one Lando had on the Falcon in Solo). At the push of a button, the entire pod could be ejected if need be, and Caleb had at least one extra pod in each of his caches around the galaxy.

For carrying space, he not only places a series of secret smuggling compartments under the floor of pretty much the entire main hull, he also removed the gun under the cockpit and placed a secret compartment big enough for a large crate of his most valuable weapons and gear.

The third set of modifications involved the ship’s defensive and offensive capabilities. Caleb first fixed the issue created by his removal of the heavy laser cannon under the cockpit by placing a lighter laser cannon in each of the bulges on the top “corners” of the cockpit. He then decided not to replace the stock model’s light dual laser cannons with quads, instead opting to use his other modifications to give them a bit more of a punch. The final offensive and defensive change he made was to place a pair of concussion missile launchers (with 4 rounds each) inside the “mouth” of the main hull’s spine (see the EC Henry model for reference)

The final modification Caleb did involved droid brains to upgrade capabilities. He first took an ST (super tactical) series droid brain, removed its personality matrix, and mounted it in the ship to help him manage all the systems. He then went ahead and put in an astromech droid brain to help with navigation and hyperspace calculations.

Anyways, that's what I've got, so what do Y'all think?

(Image credits go to EC Henry)

I've always been a huge fan of the YT-2400 and how it looks, but something that's always bothered me is the pretty big and noticeable gap between the two "bracing arms" (as Wookiepedia calls them) that connect the cockpit to the rest of the ship.

Why does the 2400 have that gap? Wouldn't it make more sense to fill it in and have more space for hauling cargo and such?

I tried looking at Wookiepedia to see if it had any answers and it didn't, so I'm turning to y'all out there in the community.

(Credit goes to EC Henry for the beautiful 2400 model I used for the picture)

What were some of the modifications Han did to the Falcon? Like I know it had an upgraded engine array and stuff, but how did he do that? And what else did he do?

A bit of a different post for me, but as someone who tends to work on multiple fan fiction story concepts at a time to see which I like best, I want to write a story centered around a smuggler. Which brings me to my question: what kinds of modifications did smugglers typically make to their freighters or ships? What areas did they focus on?

Thanks, y’all, for whatever help you can give me.

Say you're the leader of a Rebel cell/unit and you need to establish an outpost or base for your cell/unit.

It needs to be something along the lines of chopper base, yavin IV (but for a singular unit instead of the whole rebellion), the Ajan Kloss base, D'Qar base, echo base, or the Crait Base. It needs to support you and all your men along with whatever supplies, weapons, ammo, ground vehicles, and ships you may have access to.

You can choose between two options for this: a crashed lucrehulk or a crashed Omni support sphere. Which do you choose and why? Oh and also, what does your base look like? Both interior snd exterior (exterior being if you add or change any features or even just add like a bunch of tents and stuff outside, whatever you want).

You have full creative freedom as long as it meets the requirements and is reasonable. Have fun and give quite literally as much detail as you possibly can

(P.S. if anybody knows of good drawings or pictures with crashed versions of either of these ships, please point me in the right direction)