Drexl-class starfighter

Drexl-class starfighter

The Drexl-class was a two-person starfighter manufactured by SoroSuub Corporation.

Characteristics
The Drexl-class was a short-ranged starfighter that had a spacious 2 person cockpit. It required an astromech or copilot for optimal combat effectiveness. When it was flown by a single pilot, there was room for up to 50 kilograms of cargo which included 2 days of consumables. It cost 165,000 credits new.

It was armed with dual laser cannons and a concussion missile launcher. It was not equipped with a hyperdrive so it was mainly used for short-range combat or planetary defense.

History
The Drexl-class was originally conceived as a prototype for the Preybird-class starfighter. As the developers moved to new ideas, the design was shelved. Later, SoroSuub engineers would revisit their design and put it into production as the Drexl-class.

The starfighter was popular with custom agencies and rarely used by military forces. It was named for the predatory bird native to the moon of Dxun.

Behind the scenes


Star Wars Gamer 4 had an image in the article Ships of the Smuggler's Alliance, as shown on the left here. This was identified as a Preybird-class starfighter, but does not look like other images of the Preybird-class from The Last Command Sourcebook.

The Unknown Regions sourcebook addressed this fact by stating that the Drexl-class starfighter was an early prototype that was later developed into the Preybird.