Sleeper ship

A sleeper ship was a type of vessel used by the earliest space travelers to expand the pre-Republic borders, before the invention of the hyperdrive. Such ships relied upon extended hibernation to preserve the duration of their crewmembers' natural livesStar Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious and save them from years or even decades of tedious activities while waiting for the journey to reach its far-flung destination.YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual The discovery of carbonite on the planet Koros Major ended the era of generation ships and ushered a new age of sleeper ship exploration. Historians linked the carbonite mining operations on Koros Major to sleeper ships that were used to spread humanity throughout the Core Worlds.Nexus of Power
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*Nexus of Power
*Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
*YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners' Workshop Manual
==Notes and references==
Category:Starship types