Name: "Aphelion"
Alias(s): "Afternoon Delight," "Ruby Tuesday"
Home Port: Atzerri (also licensed, fraudulently, on Brentaal)
Designation: SSP, Independent

Commissioned: 51 BBY
Manufacturer: Corellian Engineering Corporation
Model: Modified Consular-class Space Cruiser
Class: Space Cruiser

Length: 115 Meters
Maximum Acceleration: 2,040 G
Maximum Speed (atmosphere): 900 km/h
Propulsion: 3 Dyne 577 Radial Atomizer Engines
Hyperdrive Rating: Class 0.8 (Backup: 2.0)
Hyperdrive System: GBK-785 Motivator Drive Unit (Backup: Longe Voltrans Tri-Arc CD-3.2)

Navigation: Microaxial LPL-449 Computer System
Flight Control System: Torplex RQ9.X Advanced Flight Control Avionics Package
Sensor Systems: Fabritech ANS-7H Unit w/ Phased Detected Array (PA-9R) and Primary Threat Analysis Grid (PG-7U)

Shielding: Equipped
Armament: 2 RG12 Medium Turbolaser Cannons (ventral mounted, fire linked), 1 Improvised "Ion Bomb" (in cargo hold)
Accuracy: Poor

Complement: None
Escape Craft: Salon Pod, 2 Consular Escape Pods
Current Crew: Aaron Rawls (Captain/Pilot), Norrick Doohan (Mechanic/Engineer)
Accomodation: 12 Passengers
Cargo Capacity: 300 Metric Tons
Consumables: 18 Months

Description:
(ooc: pending)

History:
Like many vessels of its class, the Aphelion began its career in service to the Old Republic. Contemporary records (which are, admittedly, incomplete) indicate that it was assigned to the Diplomatic Corps for seven years, from its construction and commissioning in 51 BBY until 44 BBY, when it was pressed into service in the Stark Hyperspace War. It was then transferred to the Judicial Forces, and participated in a number of police actions and regional disputes, among them the Kol Huro Conflict (44 BBY) and the Yinchorri Uprising (33 BBY). The vessel had three respective Captains throughout this period.

The Aphelion was eventually relegated to patrol and escort missions on the Outer Rim when, in 25 BBY, it was requisitioned by Senator Arcel Mosbree for use as his personal transport (primarily shuttling the Senator between Coruscant and Brentaal, on official business). The Senator retired in 22 BBY, and with the sudden commencement of the Clone Wars and the Republic's shortage of vessels, the Aphelion was refitted for combat and again pressed into military service. The ship would see action early in the war, at Commenor, Balmorra, Muunilinst and elsewhere, but it was soon rendered obsolete by the new generation of Republic cruisers, frigates and destroyers.

With one of its engines destroyed, the Aphelion was deemed too expensive to repair; its armaments and amenities were removed, and it sat out the rest of the war on a reserve lot on Ord Radama. There it remained until 15 BBY, when the Empire (which had since replaced the Old Republic) sold many of its derelict, surplus vessels to businesses at discounted prices. Aphelion was 36 years old, rusted and lame, when it was sold to the Cosmohaul Shipping Company for a mere 45,000 credits. The ship was rewired, repainted, and restored; its damaged engine was replaced, its antiquated sensors and navigation systems were updated, and in 14 BBY, it flew under its own power again for the first time in half a decade.

(ooc: not finished yet)