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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 2997232" data-attributes="member: 1515">Actually, shieldless freighters (particularly the smaller ones) aren't that uncommon.  The "stock" YT-1300 light freighter (i.e., the Falcon's model) doesn't have shields.  If you look at the Starships of the Galaxy chapter on Space Transports:- Action IV Bulk Freighter: no shields- Barloz Medium Freighter: 30 shield points- Gallofree Medium Transport: 90 shield points- Corellian YT-2400: 60 shield pointsSo, while some freighters do have some minimal shields, some don't.While they may play a similar role from a story standpoint, a Firefly-class ship is much bigger than the YT-1300 class.  Acc. to the Serenity RPG book, the Serenity is 191 feet long, 128 feet wide, and 53 feet tall.  Acc. to the Star Wars RPG book, the YT-1300 is 26.7 meters long (approximately 88 feet, if my math is right).  And, think about all the living space in the Serenity, compared to (what little we see) in the Falcon.  From a size standpoint, a Firefly is somewhere between a Barloz and a a Gallofree (the "clamshell-shaped" freighter that's used in the evacuation of Hoth in ESB).And, yeah, the Falcon is seriously tricked-out, compared to a stock YT-1300:Sublight speed: YT-1300 8 squares, Falcon 12 squaresHyperdrive: YT-1300 x2, Falcon x0.5Shields: YT-1300 none, Falcon 90 pointsHull: YT-1300 120 points, Falcon 180 pointsWeaponry: YT-1300 1 gun (4d10x2), Falcon 2 guns (6d10x2), plus concussion missiles (9d10x2)</blockquote>

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