Baudo-class star yacht

Baudo-class star yacht

The Baudo-class star yacht was a favorite ship of rich youngsters. It also had the ability to be easily modified, so the ship was sometimes used by smugglers.

History


As a sporting yacht, the ship was mostly used as a pleasure vehicle by affluent beings. Baudos were not beloved by most bulk freighter pilots, who disliked being passed on the spacelanes.

The ship itself was described as having a resemblance to some sea creatures. Baudo-class yachts were equipped with a powerful sublight drive for good speed in normal space. The single laser cannon in the standard version of the yacht was not only installed for looks&mdash;several precise hits could make pirates change their minds.

Mirax Terrik's Pulsar Skate was a highly modified Baudo-class star yacht, and certainly the most famous ship of this type.

Known ships

 * Banshee
 * Gilded Lily
 * Pulsar Skate

Behind the scenes


Two contrasting versions of the Baudo-class star yacht appear to exist in canon. Probably the better-known version is the design used for the Pulsar Skate in the X-wing: Rogue Squadron comics and Star Wars Customizable Card Game, appearing first in the opening issue of X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair in February 1996. However, the earlier illustration in the Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters supplement for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (which was used as a silhouette in Pirates & Privateers) show a flatter and smoother starship: this seems to have served as the basis for some descriptions in narrative prose in the X-wing novels, and recently in Exile. No canonical explanation has been offered to resolve the discrepancy.

The Moldy Crow was originally going to be a Baudo-class star yacht.

Appearances

 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Mandatory Retirement
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * I, Jedi
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Exile
 * I, Jedi
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Exile