I fucking love YT series freighters. I want to drift in space for 4 months in a YT-1930 with my entire polycule as we all just relax and talk and play video games and cuddle

(the YT-1930 can hold 4 months’ worth of food, water, and other supplies)

@kasdeya You can technically use the front "prongs" to carry standardized cargo containers, extending your stay. Not sure how it works with the central flight deck design though.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/22/1a/42221a94724cb35d1c908d4489cc2b9b.jpg

@dragonfi yess omg I remember seeing a variation on this image! I love how it explains

• the mandibles
• why the cockpit is on the side

I don’t think the YT-1930 would be able to do this? since the cockpit is in the middle of the mandibles and the visibility would be very very impaired by having cargo in the front. although I guess you could navigate based on sensors instead. but it does have mandibles so then the question becomes, what are the mandibles for?

maybe it really is meant to be able to haul cargo containers too, and the cockpit is in the center as a tradeoff so that you can see both sides instead of just one

then again, if you think too much about any aspect of a Star Wars ship, the logic starts to fall apart. like, there is no explanation for S-foils that makes sense IMO - especially the ARC-170’s S-foil configuration

@kasdeya I agree, if you examine Star Wars too closely, it starts to fall apart. And then it takes some excellent writers to put it back together, that's why KOTOR II is one of my favorite Star Wars games.