X-23 StarWorker/Legends
The X-23 StarWorker was an intra-system space barge produced by the starship manufacturing corporation Incom, capable of carrying up to 5,000 metric tons of cargo in its 2,000 cubic meter bay.
Characteristics
Bereft of weapons, shields,[4] and hyperdrive,[3] the 38-meter long StarWorker[4] had consumables enough to last a week,[3] and could be crewed by only two sentients with a fifth-degree labor droid.[4]
History
In 11 ABY, Wedge Antilles flew a StarWorker to the Yavin 4 Jedi Praxeum to offload supplies.[2]
Behind the scenes
The X-23 StarWorker was created by Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith for The Star Wars Sourcebook published in 1987. The stat block and description in the first edition of The Star Wars Sourcebook states the Starworker doesn't have an hyperdrive, however the stat block lists a NavComputer (for no use). This oddity repeats in further RPG sources. Its first appearance was in Dark Apprentice, in 1994. In that book, Kevin J. Anderson has Wedge Antilles delivering cargo from Coruscant to Yavin IV in a StarWorker, despite the starship being an "intra-system" vessel lacking a hyperdrive.
Pirates & Privateers uses a different picture for the X-23. This seems to be an error, as looks like an unknown space barge that appears in The Star Wars Sourcebook near of the X-23 description (the StarWorker has its own picture, however).
Appearances
- X-Wing: Wraith Squadron
- Heir to the Empire (comics)
- Dark Apprentice (First appearance)
- Champions of the Force
Sources
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Pirates & Privateers
- The Far Orbit Project
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia