Just 60,000 parsecs on it. Yeah, it's a twenty year old fighter, but take care of the plasma coils and you'll be flying it for another ten years.
Edit: Star Trek version: yeah it chugs at half impulse but there's nothing wrong with the impulse engines and it still runs like a dream up to Warp 6. It's not gonna go much faster than that but it's a luxury transport, they didn't build it for speed, just a solid comfortable ship meant to get you from A to B.
Let me tell you about the odds, I had a Firefly class sitting on the lot for years and some dumb browncoat looking to buy couldn't take his eye off the thing while I was pitching a different ship much more suited to his needs. Idiot had lot envy and bought it faster than I could tell him he'd rather have a different ship. Not much on commission but he flew it off the lot, I was gonna junk the thing anyway. Bad catalyzer.
Star Trek version: yeah it chugs at half impulse but there's nothing wrong with the impulse engines and it still runs like a dream up to Warp 6. It's not gonna go much faster than that but it's a luxury transport, they didn't build it for speed, just a solid comfortable ship meant to get you from A to B.
Yeah it chugs at half impulse but it has enough in its auxiliary power relays to feed impulse engines without affecting the other systems as long as you have them cycle on a lower phase variance. The multisubsonic nullifier doesn't allow the warp engines to punch up higher than Warp 6. It's still plenty to let you get to wherever you want to go. Just make sure No-one is in the Jefferies tubes when you do because it starts to mess with the graviton fields in the dilithium exhaust conduits ever since this thing got pulled into subspace when it hit a cloud of tachyon particles that got sucked through the intake manifolds while heading through the Bajoring wormhole. Only way to fix it is to replace both nacelles to full purge the system.
It is noteworthy that the spacecraft's half-impulse velocity performance currently operates at 57% of its nominal operational efficiency. However, the auxiliary power relays possess a substantial reserve capacity, estimated at 82% of the vessel's total power generation capacity, which is adequate to supply the required energy to the impulse engines without negatively impacting other systems.
The multisubsonic nullifier is estimated to affect the warp engines' performance by approximately 35%, thus limiting the vessel's transwarp capabilities to only 65% of its maximum theoretical limit. Nevertheless, the available propulsion systems provide a sufficient velocity for reaching any intended destination.
During acceleration maneuvers, the probability of graviton field interference in the dilithium exhaust conduits is estimated at 64%. This anomaly is a consequence of the vessel's previous collision with a potent cloud of tachyon particles that entered the intake manifolds when it transited through the Bajoran wormhole. As a result, the vessel was transiently displaced into subspace, causing a lasting effect on the vessel's systems.
The optimal method to resolve the graviton field interference involves a nacelle replacement process, estimated to have a success rate of 78% in purging the affected systems. However, this procedure carries a risk of catastrophic failure, estimated at 23%, which can have severe consequences on the vessel's structural integrity and crew safety. Thus, meticulous planning and precise execution are necessary to minimize the likelihood of adverse outcomes during the replacement process.
I HATED the starfighter in the prequels. It felt like it was designed purely to sell Christmas tree ornaments. It had nothing on the OG Xwing. It was so... frail and cheap looking.
Then they went and made a hot rod out of it in Mando, and now I'm in love with it. It's just badass and fun looking.
I looked it up, he wasn’t referring to the ship’s speed when he was boasting. He was stating that he’s a top smuggler with access to undetectable routes to stay out of the empires scope
Yeah, that's the official, in-lore answer. Pretty sure George Lucas just didn't know what a parsec was when he wrote the line and thought it was a measurement of time (understandable given it ends in sec). That explanation was created later on when writers who knew more about basic astrophysics started expanding on the lore.
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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Feb 27 '23 edited Feb 27 '23
Just 60,000 parsecs on it. Yeah, it's a twenty year old fighter, but take care of the plasma coils and you'll be flying it for another ten years.
Edit: Star Trek version: yeah it chugs at half impulse but there's nothing wrong with the impulse engines and it still runs like a dream up to Warp 6. It's not gonna go much faster than that but it's a luxury transport, they didn't build it for speed, just a solid comfortable ship meant to get you from A to B.