
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