DP20 frigate

DP20 Frigate The DP20 frigate was one of the few dedicated warship designs produced by Corellian Engineering Corporation, and was the most common member of the Corellian gunship product line. Though small and compact, it was fast and carried heavy firepower for a ship of its size and class.

Characteristics
Unlike its cousin, the CR90 corvette, the gunship had minimal cargo space and almost no space for passengers or troops. These small ships were designed to be only two things: fast and deadly. Engines consumed nearly half of the gunship's interior space. What little room was left was used for deflector shield generators and weapons.

Armed with eight double turbolaser cannons, four concussion missile tubes, and six quad laser cannons, the Corellian gunship was effective against both larger capital ships as well as starfighters, though it was primarily used against the latter. These ships were 120 meters long. Each one carried a crew of 45, along with 46 gunners. They were equipped with Class 2 hyperdrives.

History
These vessels saw extensive use among the Corellian and Rebel Alliance/New Republic fleets, although some were also seen in the hands of independent operators, such as pirate factions and other fringe groups.

Behind the scenes
The design of the gunship is based on early concept art from the pre-production of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, depicting a lean, small warship that was originally conceived as an Imperial starship in the rough draft, evolving into a "pirate ship" as the script developed. This role in the movie was, of course, eventually taken by Millennium Falcon, while the linear design served as the basis for the hammerhead-bowed blockade runner: both are depicted as Corellian ships, from the same manufacturer as the non-movie gunship.



The gunship was first described in detail in the Rebel Alliance Sourcebook in 1990, but Rebel gunships based on the same concept-art designs first appeared in issue #12 of the Marvel Star Wars comics in 1978: these are generally regarded as Corellian gunships of the same or similar design.

Because of the reuse of old concept art in the prequel trilogy, the design is also similar to the Consular-class space cruiser seen in The Phantom Menace&mdash;another Corellian design.

The Isis Coordinates, an adventure for the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games, featured the complete deck plans of a Corellian gunship, Handree.

The common fan designation of this ship as the "DP-20" or "DP20" was finally canonized in the revised version of Starships of the Galaxy. Before this, the name in the canonical appearances had been the generic "Corellian Gunship" which became now a classification.

Appearances

 * A Reckoning of Wraiths
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Star Wars 12: Doomworld
 * Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * The Truce at Bakura
 * Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command
 * Dark Empire
 * Dark Empire II
 * Darksaber
 * Planet of Twilight
 * Specter of the Past
 * Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Under Siege
 * Star by Star
 * Destiny's Way
 * The Unifying Force

Notes and references
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