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The luxury liner, pleasure barge or luxury starliner designation applied to civilian starships over 100 meters long that could carry more than 250 passengers.
The designation included purpose-designed passenger ships, notably the various types denoted by the M-class designation, but it also included ships using converted freighter hulls.
Luxury liners were regarded as a subtype of the even broader passenger liner classification. They often carried fewer people than the smaller SSP type, offering spacious cabins and impressive recreational areas on longer voyages. However, some luxury liners, like the famous Kuari Princess, were sizable vessels with accommodation and facilities for thousands of people.
For self-defense, they were typically armed with blasters and deflector shields, not military-grade, but sufficient to deter all but the most determined pirates and slavers.
Luxury liners provided a wide selection of entertainment geared towards keeping passengers happy. Gourmet meals were served, and travelers had the choice of attending musical performances, dancing, holo shows and even theatrical presentations. The services provided by the liners was not limited to the passengers; the crew were commonly engaged in studying for astrogation or ratings exams and were allowed to indulge in their own hobbies including reading, gambling, or even model building.[1]
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The Star Wars Sourcebook describes traveling on a luxury liner as costing more money than most make in their lifetimes, but gives a relatively low base price equivalent to buying a blaster rifle or used speeder bike.
The 100-meter minimum size for luxury liners is also the minimum size for capital ships.
