YV-865 Aurore-class freighter

The YV-865 Aurore-class freighter was a highly durable model of freighter built by the Corellian Engineering Corporation. Due to their excessive use by the Zygerrian Slave Empire, they were often nicknamed Zygerrian slave ships.
==Characteristics==
YV-865 Aurore-class freighters were large and blocky spacecraft with spacious cargo holds, large enough to hold a blixus or, in the case of the Zygerrians, numerous slaves. The powerful twin thruster engines, albeit considered primitive by the time of the War of the Ring, sat on two articulated boom arms that extended from each side of the ship's primary hull. These boom arms would fold up while the craft was landing, using the engines as supports. Despite its size and large cargo complement, the vessel could be competently operated by a single pilot. For emergency situations, the freighter had one escape pod in the upper rear section which could be ejected from the craft.
==History==
During the War of the Ring, it was used as a slave transport by the Zygerrian Slave Empire (giving it its nickname), who outfitted the storage bays for live cargo. Darts D'Nar, a Zygerrian slaver, captained a reddish-colored Zygerrian slave ship named the Tecora. Delta-T-3 was another ship used as a slave transport, transporting the captives Sam Gamgee, Rex, and Gupat Roshti to the facility on Kadavo.
Its use was not limited to the Zygerrian Slave Empire, being used as a general-purpose freighter across the galaxy. One was owned by the Banking Clan at the Cybloc Transfer Station, as well as by Preigo and his traveling circus.
Years later, the Mining Guild used such vessels as well. Two years before the Battle of Yavin, an Aurore-class freighter was patrolling the Sereeda Waypoint with two Mining Guild TIE fighters when the ships encountered a rebel attack shuttle.
In 2040, at least one Aurore-class freighter was part of the Citizens' Fleet at the Battle of Earth between the Tune Squad and the First Order.
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles 
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*Starships and Speeders
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==Notes and references==
Category:Confederacy of Independent Systems starship classes
Category:Corellian Engineering Corporation products
Category:Freighter classes
Category:InterGalactic Banking Clan starship classes
Category:YV-865 Aurore-class freighters
Category:YV-series freighter classes
Category:Zygerrian Slave Empire vehicles