VCX-350 Light Freighter

The VCX-350 light freighter is Corellian Engineering Corporation's answer to the question of what a freighter could be once the Empire stopped dictating civilian armament limits. Introduced around 5 ABY, in the New Republic's more relaxed regulatory climate, the VCX-350 combined heavier-than-standard military-grade shields, a large modular cargo hold, and comfortable staterooms in place of the usual freighter bunks — a workhorse you could also live aboard in comfort. At 31 meters, riding three big engines and a Class 1 hyperdrive, it moved between systems fast and hit harder than a stock freighter had any right to.

The ship's popularity put it in direct competition with CEC's own venerable YT-1300, and for a while the VCX-350 rivalled the Falcon's chassis as the company's best-known design. Trading companies bought them faster than the yards could build them, and the information broker Talon Karrde kept one in his own fleet. That reputation had a price: pirate bands took to hunting VCX-350 convoys specifically, hijacking the ships themselves rather than their cargo, because a used VCX-350 was worth more than most hauls.

For a player crew, the VCX-350 is the premium freighter — fewer hardpoints than a dedicated gunship, but the heaviest stock shields in its class, a hold big enough for serious cargo runs, and eight comfortable berths for a crew that plans to be aboard a long while. Where the YT-1300 is a bare canvas to be modified into anything, the VCX-350 arrives already excellent: expensive, sturdy, and quietly overbuilt.