Ray of Hope

The Ray of Hope was the personal starship of Raedan Kitani and Erisey Casoona-Kitani, originally a stock YKL-37r Nova Courier, it was given to the couple as a wedding present by the Stargazers and their extended family. The vessel was sold to Aeron Azzameen in 8 ABY.
== History ==
Initially the vessel was constructed and released as unit YKL 290680K in 5 BBY by Gallofree Yards, Inc. Having remained unsold it kept its stock state until the purchase of the vessel made by Rhyley Stargazer and his father Taei Wynonyms for a scaled down value of it's asking price, ten years after its construction. Brought back to Chanmea, Stargazer along with Bai'yle Norssohn, Gern Stargazer and Tekk Larr began to modify the vessel to its current state before presenting the ship as a gift from the Stargazer Family to Raedan Kitani and Erisey Casoona at their wedding in 5 ABY.
== Characteristics ==
Smaller and more manoeuvrable than Gallofree's GR-45 or GR-75 transport models, the YKL-37R courier was equipped with enough weaponry to defend its cargo while undertaking dangerous missions.
Having a small crew, the YKL-37R was built with easy-to-access systems to help maintenance chores go by with only light tools necessary. 
=== Re-Design & Modifications ===
Upon purchasing the vessel, some of its initial systems were kept as they were. This saw the vessel maintain its lone turret and twin concussion missile tubes. However it was fitted with an countermeasure EMI Emitter tube to compliment it's current armament. The engines were completely replaced, with Gern Stargazer and Tekk Larr fitting modified JZ-5 engines that gave the ship a faster speed at sublight. They also adapted S.S.I 'Elite-Drives' to give the ship an improved hyperspace class of 0.9 before fitting a back up class 10 drive, improving on it's class 15 from before. The original shield plating was also disgarding, replacing it with deflector shield generators. Lastly an adaptive sensor suite was fitted to the vessel, and a droid co-pilot, CP-D, was also fitted into the cock-pit (at the request of Rhyley).
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