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Piket-Class Light Freighter
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a general purpose light freighter with high modularity.
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- Manufacturer: IMP
- Affiliation: Open
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Piket
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel, mechanical components, electronic components, blaster components, starship components, transpirasteel, plasteel, polyplast, turadium
- Classification: Light Freighter
- Length: 28 meters
- Width: 32 meters
- Height: 14.5 meters
- Armament: Low
- Defenses: High
- Squadron Count: None
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: High
- Hyperdrive: 1
- All standard features
- Hyperspace Orbiting Scanner
- Low-Feedback Scanner
- Measuring Scanner
- Orbital Long Range Scanner
- ANy-20 Scan-Mode Transceiver
- Alibata-Unyo Advanced Sensor System
- Full-spectrum transceiver
- Advanced Sensors: The Piket-Class Light Freighter is designed to carry a number of advanced sensors that can be highly useful when visiting new destinations, exploring or even watching out for law enforcement. The sensors posses stealth-detection capacities.
- High Modularity: The ship has a relatively simple design and is compatible with systems from all over the galaxy and can easily be modified by most mechanics. While the core of the ship will always remain the same, modifications can give it drastically different properties than the original design, ranging from shape, and exterior plating to internal systems and weapons.
- Reliability: The rugged vessel is known for its reliability. It can venture on the fringe of the known galaxy for years without the need for repairs or maintenance. While it is easy to handle, it can still take a few bumps or hits and still remain at top condition.
- Civilian by design: The ship is not designed for combat and while it has light armament for defence, it was not built for combat.
- Common: Some ships are fancier than others - the Piket-Class Light Freighter is not one of those ships. In fact, it is commonly seen throughout the galaxy and is often used to transport freight or in other work-horse needing tasks. The ideas many get when seeing a Piket captain may not always be the most flattering.
- Unintuitive design: The ship has a big antenna, a solar energy passive receiver and numerous other design irregularities and the cockpit is awkwardly placed slightly to the side of the centre of the ship, making it hard for the uninitiated to pilot. It is often described as unintuitive and cumbersome.
Having been around for some time, the Piket-Class Light Freighter is a common sight and can be found throughout various parts of the galaxy. It is speedier and more maneuverable than most freighters of its class and while it does not possess an impressive shield, the vessel is sturdy in its own right. The intent to allow for modularity was elaborate which can be seen in its simplistic design and systems which can easily be manipulated to work with almost any other external system. An added benefit of the rugged simplicity of the ship's design is how sturdy it is and its pilots rarely have to fear bumping in with a building or another vessel, knowing that their own ship can probably take the hit.
While the Piket is a multi-purpose light freighter with a generous cargo hold, it is often seen in the fringes of the galaxy where it can make use of its advanced sensors on exploration missions or to survey for new mining locations or other resource deposits. This does not mean that it is not also a common transport vessel. In fact, many freighter captains have acquired a Piket, enjoying the idea of its reliability and modularity along with the cargo space. This has given the ship an image of being something of a working-class vessel and is rarely seen carrying the wealthy or at the landing pads of a fancy establishment. On the other hand, it can easily blend in in most other environments.
The ship has also proven to be a popular choice among smugglers since its modularity allows for extensions at the expense of maneuverability. The non-standard extensions and other modifications means that creative mechanics are capable of hiding smuggling compartments in the ship. Another perk of the high degree of modularity is that it enables captains to install stealth systems onboard their ships or upgrade its engines if desired.
Unlike many other freighters, the Piket has two levels of roughly the same size in area and can be described as functionally designed with as few cubic metres going towards corridors as possible and thus increasing the usable space inside the ship. This allows for a large number of passengers but to pilot the ship, one person will suffice, although, a co-pilot will undeniably make the task easier and in particular speed up take-off and landing procedures as well as jumping to hyperspace. The dorsal turret will naturally benefit from being manned and will otherwise only face forwards.
