Selu

"You talking cute with me, sister? I'll seize your ship right now!"

- Viraxo 54 security threatens Aeron Azzameen aboard the disguised Selu moments before the craft is disabled

The Selu was a YT-1300 light freighter owned by the Azzameen family. Along with its identical sister ship, the Sabra, it was utilized as a transport and freighter for family missions and assignments provided by Twin Suns Transport Services, a shipping company owned by the Azzameen family. The ship was able to safely transport cargo stored in containers through space and hyperspace. In addition to the laser cannons, shielding, and turret available to the YT-1300 line, the Selu was heavily modified to further give the ship protection from raiding forces interfering with Azzameen affairs. Aeron Azzameen, an adept technician and slicer, was often responsible for modifications to the ship; she also typically piloted the ship in family assignments.

At the request of family patriarch Tomaas Azzameen, Aeron began training her youngest brother, Ace, in the family trade shortly after a major conflict in the Galactic Civil War in 3 ABY. Aeron flew the Selu while training Ace, aboard the Sabra, by escorting Ace in delivery runs and inspection routines. In one such assignment, the Azzameen siblings discovered that Viraxo Industries, a rival competitor to the Azzameens' shipping company, was actively attempting to sabotage the family. In retribution, Tomaas's brother and co-owner of Twin Suns Transport Services, Antan Azzameen, developed a plan utilizing the Selu. Renamed the Venix to avoid identification as an Azzameen craft, the masquerading Selu was disabled during an ill-fated raid on a Viraxo cargo facility. In order to keep the ship from falling into Viraxo control, Ace was forced to destroy the stranded craft as he exited the system in the Sabra.

Description
"You will fly the Sabra, one of our family's modified Corellian YT-1300 transports. Aeron will fly an identical ship, the Selu."

- MK-09 briefs Ace on his first mission.

The Selu, owned, operated, and maintained by the Azzameen family and their company Twin Suns Transport Services, was a YT-1300 light freighter constructed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation in the YT series line of freighters. The starship, measuring 34.75 meters in length, functioned as a transport as well as a freighter; it could carry cargo containers ranging from cargo canisters to Class-L types to and from orbital stations. The Selu could reach speeds in excess of 88 MGLT and had a maneuverability rating of 64 DPF; a hyperdrive device was installed in the ship, allowing it to enter hyperspace to make its deliveries. The Selu hull plating was rated at 40 RU and it utilized a shield generator capable of providing 120 SBD.

A forward-facing laser cannon, as well as a dorsal-mounted laser cannon turret able to be operated from the cockpit or from the turret itself, provided the Selu with offensive capability against pirates or raiders. The ship could also mount additional systems for both offense and defense; countermeasures, beam devices, and warhead launchers were optional units able to be added to the ship while in a hangar. Communications equipment installed in the ship allowed the Selu pilot to publicly address space installations and hostile ships. The systems could also be used for private communication with other Azzameen ships.

Like its identical sister ship, the Sabra, the Selu was modified by the Azzameens, including an additional seat in the cockpit of the craft. The freighter could also support the installation of fake transponder codes, which allowed the Azzameens to change the ship's identity to infiltrate a rival company's supply line. A nameplate, containing its name and craft designation, was present aboard the ship. Externally, the Selu matched the Sabra in appearance; both craft also strongly resembled the well-known YT-1300 tramp freighter Millennium Falcon, sporting similar red paint detail and plating arrangement. Family droid MK-09 regarded both the Selu and Sabra as fine ships.

Azzameen family service
The Azzameen family used the ship around the time of the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY. During this time, it was mostly flown by Aeron Azzameen in missions for both the Azzameen family and their company, Twin Suns Transport Services. The family kept it parked in the hangar of their home, the orbital station Azzameen Station, located in a system in the Garis sector.

Training an ace
"Azzameen transports, we request your assistance! Incoming vessels are on an attack vector!"

- Harlequin Station's director implores the visiting Selu and Sabra to assist against incoming raiders

Following the Battle of Hoth, family patriarch Tomaas Azzameen decided it was time to teach his youngest son, Ace, the family trade. Aeron was asked to help train the young pilot. To do so, she flew in the Selu and relayed instructions to Ace, flying the Selu sister ship, the Sabra, alongside the family's modified MK-series droid MK-09.

For Ace's first mission behind the controls of a starship, Aeron taught Ace how to properly dock with and carry a cargo container. The Selu and Sabra were to make a trip through hyperspace to Harlequin Station, deliver a pair of cargo canisters, and pick up and return a pair of Class-K cargo containers. Both ships deposited their cargo on the station and were moving to pick up the containers for the return trip; however, two Pursuer-class enforcement ships, the Enkidu and the Gilgam, flying for the Azzameens' rival company Viraxo Industries, arrived intending to raid Harlequin Station. When the station's hired security vessel, the IPV-1 Kouerd, fled the system, Harlequin Station's director called on the Selu and Sabra for protection, as they were the only craft in the area. The two Azzameen freighters moved to intercept the interlopers, and, after a brief dogfight, forced the Pursuer-class ships to leave, much to Harlequin Station's relief. The siblings collected their containers and returned to Azzameen Station without further incident.

Later, after Aeron accidentally destroyed records for several areas in the family's secret cargo fields during a security upgrade of her making, she again used the Selu and requested Ace's help in the Sabra to manually inspect the affected containers in order to rebuild the database. The mission began without incident, but upon arrival in the second area the cargo ferry Raider was discovered attempting to heist a pressure tank filled with LOX. After trying unsuccessfully to hail the intruder, Aeron piloted the Selu to intercept the craft; with the Raider exit blocked, the Sabra lined up a shot and obliterated the Raider. With the pirate disposed of, the Selu and Sabra completed their scanning and moved to the last affected area.

In this third area, the siblings discovered even more foreign presence in the formerly-secret cargo area: two Razor-class starfighters escorting the Enkidu&mdash;Ace's third encounter with the ship in as many training missions. As such, Aeron and Ace both moved to once again remove the interloping ships; the Sabra challenged the Razor-class fighters while the Selu charged the Enkidu, currently docked with one of the family's containers. Though Ace and MK-09 were able to destroy the starfighters, the Enkidu escaped. Upon the Pursuer-class ship's exit, the Selu and Sabra investigated the family's containers. Eventually, Ace discovered that the container the Enkidu had docked with was filled with illegal spice; to protect the family from Imperial investigation, Aeron piloted the Selu to retrieve the compromised container and return it to Azzameen Station, where the family would determine what should be done with it.

As the Venix
"What about your ship? We cannot leave it behind for the Viraxo!''" "''I guess that means you'll have to destroy it"

- MK-09 and Aeron Azzameen discuss the fate of the stranded Selu

While the constant harassment of ships from Viraxo Industries&mdash;specifically, the Enkidu&mdash;was already a problem for the Azzameens, the discovery that the Viraxo were actively attempting to sabotage Azzameen affairs pushed Antan Azzameen, brother of Tomaas and co-owner of Twin Suns Transport Services, to develop a plan of retribution. Antan enlisted Aeron, known to the Azzameens as a skillful slicer, to install a fake transponder code into the Selu. This code enabled the Selu to broadcast its identification as the Venix, a frequent supplier to Viraxo Industries, in order to escape suspicion during the retaliatory strike. The Selu, masquerading as the Venix, was to deliver the container of illicit spice to the Viraxo cargo facility Viraxo 54 in the Denbo system and depart while an Azzameen distraction elicited a visit by local Imperial authorities. Antan hoped the Empire would discover the spice-filled container in their routine after-raid inspection, creating strain between the Viraxo and their Imperial allies.

Aeron piloted the disguised ship to Viraxo 54 with the illegal spice in a container that had been repainted to hide any connection to the Azzameen family or their company. With the falsified credentials holding, the Selu took place in the line of freighters waiting to deliver their cargo. Aeron's brothers Ace, piloting the Sabra, and Emon, flying his Firespray-31 craft Andrasta, were to enter the system shortly after Aeron deposited the cargo and engage the station's Razor-class fighters.

Unfortunately for the Azzameen plan, the Selu container deposit was delayed by a lengthy queue. The brothers arrived before the Selu had a chance to offload the container, and Aeron noticed that her freighter was under increasing scrutiny. Aeron decided to flee the system before the ruse was discovered; she alerted Viraxo 54 of her intentions, due to the extenuating circumstances of the ongoing raid, but station security ordered the Selu to remain in the queue. Disagreeing with Viraxo 54's assessment of their capabilities in the raid, Aeron disregarded the commands, released the spice container, and piloted the Selu toward an exit vector. Before she could leave, however, Viraxo 54 disabled the Selu with a barrage of ion cannon blasts. Realizing her ship was now defenseless and stranded, Aeron called out to her brothers for rescue. Emon responded and docked his Andrasta to the stranded YT-1300 freighter. With Aeron aboard, Emon left the area and commanded the Sabra to destroy the Selu to keep the ship from falling under Viraxo control. Ace did so before exiting himself just as Imperial forces arrived. Though the plan did not proceed as intended and resulted in the loss of the Selu, the Azzameen children and their uncle Antan considered the raid a victory. Following the mission, the Selu original nameplate was gifted to Ace; he mounted it above a hallway entrance in his quarters.

Commanders and crew
"We'll be using the YT-1300s. I'm taking the Selu; you can fly the Sabra."

- Aeron Azzameen speaks to her brother Ace on an upcoming family assignment.

The Selu was owned and operated by the Azzameen family. The YT-1300 was often piloted by Aeron Azzameen, who utilized the craft in multiple deliveries for the family. She also performed much of the modifications on both it and its sister ship, the Sabra, including the installation of faked transponder codes.

Behind the scenes
"Fine ships."

- MK-09, referring to the Selu and Sabra in his collection of Ace Azzameen's adventures

The Selu was featured in the 1999 PC game Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance and its Prima Games strategy guide. In the game, the ship acted as a guide in the tutorial missions by showing the player how to pilot starships, inspect objects, and engage enemies.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance