578-R Space Transport
Space TransportA cheap, unreliable Old Republic junk hauler beloved by outlaw techs — a project ship that's all potential.
- Size
- Medium
- Length
- 31.5 m
- Speed
- Average
- Reference price
- 75,000 cr
Lore
The 578-R space transport is an Amalgamated Hyperdyne junk hauler from the days of the Old Republic — a Legends-era workhorse best remembered for how badly it was built. The line suffered chronic production problems and a wave of safety recalls so costly they bankrupted the manufacturer; ships rolled off the assembly line missing components, and some hid faults — a loose transparisteel viewport, an absent hyperdrive motivator — that surfaced at the worst possible moment.
Most were pulled from the market or scrapped. The survivors found a second life on the fringes, prized by outlaw techs precisely because they're cheap and endlessly customizable — much of the 578-R's frame uses readily available Corellian Engineering Corporation parts. The most famous example is the Last Resort, the heavily modified transport of the Arkanian Offshoot Camper.
For players the 578-R is the budget project ship: slow, lightly armed, and unreliable out of the box, but a blank canvas for a crew of gearheads. Buy it cheap, expect it to act up at the worst time, and turn it into something far better than it ever left the factory. (A Legends / Old Republic-era design — KOTOR vintage.)
Default Loadout
| Weapon | Mount | Attr | Range | Acc | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Laser Cannon | fixed | DEX | Close | +1 | 2d10 energy |
Reference loadout for a stock chassis. Players swap, add, or customize weapons in the Starship Builder, subject to hardpoint caps and GM approval.
Special Conditions
Notoriously Unreliable
Amalgamated Hyperdyne shipped these with missing components and hidden faults, and issued recall after recall. The GM may rule a malfunction at a dramatically inconvenient moment — a loose viewport, a dead hyperdrive motivator — unless the crew has put in the work to set it right.
Easily Customized
Much of the frame uses readily available Corellian Engineering Corporation parts, making the 578-R cheap and endlessly moddable — a blank canvas for outlaw techs. The open turret hardpoint is there to be filled.
How to use this chassis
These are the stock stats. Use the Starship Builder to name your ship, install upgrades (shields, armor, engines, hyperdrive, weapons, sensors), apply traits (Jury-Rigged, Hot-Shot, Salvaged, etc.), and export a printable sheet. For combat resolution, see the Starship Combat rules page.
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