Bulk Cruiser
Bulk Cruiser is an Alliance capital ship in Star Wars: Rebellion. According to the in-game encyclopedia, this class of capital ship is old, dating back to the Old Republic. It is rugged and dependable, and has become one of the Alliance's mainstay warships. With moderate firepower and shielding, it suits almost any kind of operation.
In the game
The Bulk Cruiser costs 30 refined material to build and 30 to maintain. It carries no fighters or troops. Its shield strength is 200.
The infobox values come from the game's data file. Ratings such as hyperdrive and maneuverability are internal numbers that the manual does not explain, so they are best used to compare ships.
The manual lists the bulk cruiser as a mainstay ship of Alliance fleets. The manual's ship table gives the same capacity: 0 fighters and 0 troops. It also describes it as a mainstay of Alliance fleets.
25th Anniversary patch
The Bulk Cruiser is a Neutron Star-class vessel built by Rendili StarDrive and listed on the Alliance side, a sturdy multipurpose ship best known from Imperial service.
Sturdy and adaptable, these ships have filled many different roles throughout the galaxy. Most of their service was with the Galactic Empire, which commonly assigned them to military logistics and transport work. Because the hull can be altered, they were a frequent pick for specialized missions. After the Death Star was destroyed at the Battle of Yavin, the Empire leaned heavily on such cruisers to shift resources quickly, which shows how much they mattered strategically once heavy losses had been suffered.
Sources
- Star Wars: Rebellion in-game encyclopedia, entry "Bulk Cruiser" (ENCYTEXT.DLL resource 5953), LucasArts 1998, v1.02
- Game data GData\CAPSHPSD.DAT, vanilla v1.02, record id 65 (decoded with the Rebellion Editor .NET field layouts)
- Star Wars: Rebellion manual (LucasArts, 1998), PDF p. 115
- 25th Anniversary patch 3.0.9770, capitalships.csv export, id 65; compared field by field with v1.02: name and all stats identical
- 25th Anniversary patch 3.0.9770 (community project; Rebellion Editor .NET release 3.0.9770.41901), capitalships.csv encyclopedia entry for "Bulk Cruiser" (id 65), paraphrased
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