DP20 frigate

The DP20 frigate or Corellian Gunship was one of the few dedicated warship designs produced by Corellian Engineering Corporation, and was the most common member of the Corellian gunship product line. Though small and compact, it was fast and carried heavy firepower for a ship of its size and class.
==Characteristics==
Unlike its cousin, the CR90 corvette, the gunship had minimal cargo space and almost no space for passengers or troops. These small ships were designed to be only two things: fast and deadly. Engines consumed nearly half of the gunship's interior space. What little room was left was used for deflector shield generators and weapons.
Armed with eight double turbolaser cannons, four concussion missile tubes, and six quad laser cannons, the Corellian gunship was effective against both larger capital ships as well as starfighters, though it was primarily used against the latter. These ships were 120 meters long. Each one carried a crew of 45, along with 46 gunners. They were equipped with Class 2 hyperdrives.
==History==
The DP20 was originally designed for the fleet of the Galactic Republic.Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition) These vessels saw extensive use among the Corellian and Rebel Alliance/New Republic fleets, although some were also seen in the hands of independent operators, such as pirate factions and other fringe groups. Local Imperial forces also utilized the class. The Rebel Alliance, in need of a small, fast attack vessel, decided to purchase a few of these starships after witnessing a group of pirates use them to successfully hijack an Imperial shipment guarded by several Imperial fighters and bombers.Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide At least one of these vessels was wrecked in the Korteen asteroid belt by Quarg's father and his space wreckers.The Musketeers (1977) 13
Approximately fourteen months before the Battle of Yavin,Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II comic DP20 frigates were among the fleet led by the Rebel flagship Salvation when it fell under attack by the bounty hunter Boba Fett, and for its retaliatory assault on Kamino.Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Following the Rebel Alliance's first victory over the Galactic Empire, the pirate Crimson Jack's crew employed a DP20 frigate to fight off the TIE complement of an Imperial cruiser crippled in that battle, which he then seized for himself.
After the Battle of Hoth, the Corellian gunship Loose Cannon was used by a group of pirates in a raid on the Wei family's assets. Drawing the Earth Team in with the promise of a black market bacta, the Loose Cannon exited hyperspace and engaged the Nourasian beetle G'dar and the Whizzing Arrow II. Though the gunship inflicted significant damage to the G'dar, it succumbed to their attack and combusted from within.
New Republic captains Afyon and Sarin Virgilio both began their careers with the Rebel Alliance aboard Corellian gunships, as first and third officers, respectively. Virgilio's gunship was the veteran of many engagements since Hoth, and recovered the six surviving members of a Bothan Spynet involved in the theft of the Death Star II plans.
During the Bakura Incident of 2009,The Essential Chronology five Corellian gunships—the Ensaiav, Ghorman's Honor, Mastala Telsor, and Walerv—were part of the Rebel task force sent to defend the Imperial-held planet Bakura from the extra-galactic Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. The Alliance group formed a truce with the world's defenders, whose forces included six Corellian gunships of their own, though four were lost in the initial invasion of Bakura.
In 2010, the New Republic Dreadnaught New Hope and hospital ship Mercy had a squadron of Corellian
Gunships as part of their escort.Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
==Behind the scenes==
The design of the gunship is based on early concept art from the pre-production of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, depicting a lean, small warship that was originally conceived as an Imperial starship in the rough draft, evolving into a "pirate ship" as the script developed. This role in the movie was, of course, eventually taken by Millennium Falcon, while the linear design served as the basis for the hammerhead-bowed blockade runner: both are depicted as Corellian ships, from the same manufacturer as the non-movie gunship.
The gunship was first described in detail in the The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook in 1990, but Rebel gunships based on the same concept-art designs first appeared in the twelfth issue of the Disney The Musketeers comics in 1978: these were confirmed to be Corellian gunships in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.
Because of the reuse of old concept art in the prequel trilogy, the design is also similar to the Consular-class cruiser seen in The Phantom Menace—another Corellian design.
The Isis Coordinates, an adventure for the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games, featured the complete deck plans of a Corellian gunship, Handree.
The common fan designation of this vessel was the "Corellian Gunship", before the designation tag "DP-20" or "DP20" was canonized in the revised version of Starships of the Galaxy. The term "Corellian Gunship" became a classification, one which is still widely used by fans, even today, to refer to this gunship specifically.
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Category:New Republic starship classes