

The appeal of the YT-1300 transport was not its basic equipment, but in its ability to take an extraordinary amount of modifications and alterations. It was considered an equivalent of its time to the Galactic Republic Barloz cargo freighter. The YT-1300 model exemplified this concept with a circular main corridor and modular compartments that could be mounted around it, all radiating outwards from a central core inside a saucer-shaped hull making for both a convenient and economic design. This saved CEC enormous amounts of credits by allowing the starships to be brought to market at extremely competitive prices.

Whole sections could be mass-produced and arranged into new configurations as needed without extensive retooling.

Conceived by a panel of CEC shipbuilding experts with help from Narro Sienar, the YT-series went on to become one of the most popular space transport hulls ever produced, revolutionizing the interstellar shipping industry with its unparalleled application of modular design.
