Space barge

A space barge

A space barge was an intra-system starship used to ferry cargo between hyperspace-capable cargo ships, orbital facilities, and planetary spaceports. Space barges were short range vessels, usually not equipped with a hyperdrive but fitted with powerful sublight drives and large cargo storage areas. Crews of space barges generally numbered three; a pilot, co-pilot, and fifth-degree labor droid. Barges were generally unarmed as they operated in urbanized systems with adequate defenses, and possessed limited deflector shields.

The Incom Corporation X-23 StarWorker was an intra-system space barge.

Appearances

• "The Mynock Conspiracy" — Supernova
• "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8 (reprinted in Tales from the Empire and Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club)
• Planet of the Mists
• Operation: Elrood
• "Wildfire" — The Kathol Outback (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe)

Sources

• The Star Wars Sourcebook
• Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
• Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
• Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, Second Edition
• "The Free-Trader's Guide to Sevarcos" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 2 (reprinted in The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4)
• "Rebel Privateers!" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 2 (reprinted in The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4)
• The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
• "Zirtran's Anchor" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
• Flashpoint! Brak Sector (as barge)
• The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
• Pirates & Privateers
• The Far Orbit Project
• The Essential Guide to Droids
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia