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Gun Tug

Production information
Manufacturer	SoroSuub^[1]
Model	Gun Tug
Class	Starfighter^[1]
Cost	143,000 credits^[1]
Technical specifications
Length	12 m^[1]
Hyperdrive rating	Class 2^[1]
Shielding	Equipped^[1]
Sensor systems	Equipped^[1]
Navigation system	Equipped^[1]
Armament	2 Blaster cannons (fire-linked)^[1] 2 Tractor beams^[1]
Crew	1 + 1 gunner^[1]
Passengers	none
Cargo capacity	500 kg^[1]
Consumables	1 week^[1]
Life support	Equipped^[1]
Usage
Role(s)	Escort Starfighter Tug
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era^[1] Rebellion Era^[1]
Affiliation	Civilian^[1] Pirates^[1]

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SoroSuub Gun Tugs were small two-seat spacecraft often employed by pirates and space scavengers.

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references

CharacteristicsEdit

Gun Tugs were designed for the Outer Rim market and other less civilized areas as a cheap and easy transport craft. The two tractor beams were the ship's primary armament, which limited the offensive capabilities. For more traditional combat, the Gun Tug also sported a pair of fire-linked blaster cannons. The Gun Tug was ideal to move large cargos around and defend them from possible raids.

HistoryEdit

The Gun Tugs were designed in the latter days of the Old Republic and were sold to trading companies in less developed sectors. However, when trade exploration into these areas died down, SoroSuub stopped selling and producing these ships.^[1]

By this time, pirates and scavengers had discovered the use of the Gun Tug. Other ships disabled larger ships and Gun Tugs were used to haul them away. Although Gun Tugs were never really common among pirate fleets, those few outlaw organisations who possed them maintained them carefully and put them to good use.^[1]

Gun Tugs were used by the pirate Arns Grimraker^[2], the Nebula Raiders^[1] and the Sons and Daughters of Freedom^[3].