Dynamic-class freighter

The Dynamic-class freighter was a light freighter built by a subsidiary of Core Galaxy Systems on the remote Republic world of Transel around the period of the Mandalorian Wars. Though prized for its ability to be modified with ease&mdash;a trait advertised by the class's name&mdash;Dynamic-class starships were rare throughout the galaxy as only one ship was produced at a time. A stock Dynamic-class freighter was only modestly armed and shielded; however, the ship was designed to accept modifications without compromising existing systems and most ships were therefore heavily customized by their owners. Dynamic-class freighters had relatively less area onboard to hold cargo than other light freighters but possessed ample space for passengers, allowing the class to operate as a transport.

Characteristics
The Dynamic-class freighter was designed and built with modification in mind. As such, a stock freighter possessed only modest weaponry, something most buyers customized into more powerful units.

The ship's aft hull was distinctively half-saucer shaped, allowing the ship to fit the same area for cargo and systems as a larger, more angular hull; other shipbuilders would later mimic this design. The ship's cargo holds, considered relatively small by light freighter standards, flanked the ship's engine bay in this half-saucer. Two large engines flanked the bay, facing aft, and provided the ship thrust. Three prongs protruded from the fore of the vessel's midpoint and contained additional rooms for crewmember and passenger lodging and the ship's cockpit.

History
The Dynamic-class freight

The Dynamic-class was built by a subsidiary of Core Galaxy Systems, one vessel at a time. This made them rare compared with other freighter classes.

At least one of them was present in the Republic fleet that gathered in the Ralltiir system in 3963 BBY. Another was seen in the skies above Taris during the Mandalorian invasion of Taris.

The freighter Ebon Hawk was also of this class, coming from the Republic world of Transel. However, it underwent heavy modifications while in Davik Kang's service and probably others, which included a more powerful hyperdrive, so it is possible that not all characteristics of the Ebon Hawk applied to other ships of its class as well.

The design of the Dynamic-class freighter persisted throughout history. Sometime during the Great Galactic War fought between the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire, shipbuilder Corellian Engineering Corporation borrowed certain Dynamic-class traits, including the half-saucer and cockpit, to produce the XS stock light freighter. The Dynamic-class freighter was even used as a comparison to CEC's new freighter in order to showcase how advanced the freighter design had become. Even around 4000 years later, Corellian Engineering Corporation would utilize design features from the Dynamic-class freighter by looking at their own ancient XS stock ships when designing a new line of freighters. The inspiration gained from these old schematics would eventually create the company's most known freighter line, the YT-series, a series that bore one of the company's most recognizable starships, the YT-1300 light freighter.

Appearances

 * Knights of the Old Republic 13: Days of Fear, Part 1
 * Knights of the Old Republic 23: Knights of Suffering, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * The Old Republic: Revan
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Timeline 1: Treaty of Coruscant
 * Timeline 8: The Jedi Civil War
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic