A product of the jointly funded design team of the Loronar Corporation and Corellian Engineering Corporation known as The Nerfworks, the YQ-400 Monitor Droid Patrol Ship was a small (36 meters long) ship designed to work in areas where high docking fees and trade tariffs provided most of a system's profits. Its primary job was to detect, locate and follow ships entering the system, although the lack of hyperdrive limited the ship to local areas only.

Designed for light patrol duty in well-traveled peaceful systems, the YQ-400 Monitor did not carry enough armaments to stop serious smugglers or pirates, nor was it smart enough to serve in a military capacity. It did however, work as a watch ship, most commonly in systems with heavy commerce and shipping, where crewing enough ships to cover all possible approach vectors was financially prohibitive.

Standard programming stationed the YQ-400 in a predefined vector in the outer reaches of a system, where its use of only passive sensors made it difficult for other ships' sensors to spot. Upon detection of another starship within its vicinity, the patrol ship would report the contact to spaceport control and hail the approaching craft. The YQ-400 would then 'monitor' the ship in question by following it and reporting periodically on its location until directed otherwise by spaceport control.

The droid patrol ship was programmed never to fire on a ship unless attacked first. While this gave an unfair advantage to hostile ships, it kept the Monitors from accidentally attacking friendly ships.

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• Star Wars Gamer 10

Loronar starship classes
Transports B-7 light freighter · Field Secured Container Vessel Loronar medium transport MOD-17 freighter · Ycaqt-class droid transport Patrol ships X-Q2 systems patrol cruiser · X-Q1 patrol craft YQ-400 Monitor droid patrol ship Scout ships Out System Scout Vessel · SkyBlind reconnaissance ship Far Reach IV PQR Starfighters Needle fighter Frigates Crusader-class XX-777 droid frigate Cruisers Belarus-class medium cruiser · Strike-class medium cruiser Battleships Loronar battleship Battlestations Torpedo Sphere
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