Ghost (VCX-100)

"*Are you confident your ship can get in and out undetected?"
"We don't call it the Ghost for nothing.*"
―Jan Dodonna and Hera Syndulla (In the Name of the Rebellion)
The ***Ghost*** was a modified VCX-100 light freighter owned by the Twi'lek Hera Syndulla that was used by the Spectres rebel cell during the Age of the Empire. As part of the rebellion, the Ghost saw actions on numerous missions and skirmishes against the forces of the Galactic Empire. The Ghost also had an auxiliary vessel called the Phantom that could double as both a shuttle and a starfighter. Following the Phantom's destruction at Reklam Station, the Spectres obtained a replacement shuttle in the form of the Sheathipede-class transport shuttle Phantom II.

***Details of the ship’s history can be found on it’s Wookiepedia entry.***

## Description

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The Ghost was a modified VCX-100 light freighter originally made by the Corellian Engineering Corporation, named by Hera for her ability to evade Imperial sensors. Although an old vessel with a few dogfight battle scars from the Empire, it still performed reliably. The ship had a nose turret gunner station underneath the cockpit section, with a dedicated gunner seat, and a 360-degree dorsal laser cannon turret midships. There were four main cargo holds. The vessel had a crew section at the front half, with the two forward-facing cargo holds making up the forward corners of the ship.

The Ghost was equipped with both port and starboard docking rings, like a majority of Corellian light freighter designs. If there was no nose gunner available, the pilot could operate the nose turret from the cockpit. Additionally, the dorsal turret could be operated from the cockpit via an astromech droid socket, or with a set of controls at the pilot's seat. Behind the cockpit was the crew's quarters, consisting of four private rooms. By the engine arrays were the two rear-facing main cargo holds which made up the rear corners of the ship.

The Ghost had engines which were baffled, energy dampeners, and static jammers to make it hard to detect. These features and over eighty-seven illegal upgrades to the Ghost's stealth systems allowed the freighter to mimic solar fluctuations or cosmic radiation on many sensors. The Ghost had enough forward firepower to destroy an Arquitens-class command cruiser. During the ship's use as part of the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire, its captain Hera Syndulla escaped Imperial forces numerous times by activating its hyperdrive without charting a path with the ship's onboard navigation computer, relying on luck to avoid running into asteroids or supernovae. The astromech droid C1-10P "Chopper" frequently got into arguments with the Ghost's navicomputer when sending it commands, with the Ghost finding the droid very rude and pushy.

On the roof of the ship, in the back, rested a VCX-series auxiliary starfighter called the *Phantom*. This versatile craft performed double-duty doubled as both a starfighter and shuttle, and triple-duty as the Ghost's aft gun armament when docked tail-forward.. Although the *Phantom* was destroyed during a mission to Reklam Station, the Spectres replaced it with the *Phantom II*, a Sheathipede-class transport shuttle commandeered during a mission to Agamar.

## Behind the scenes

The Ghost was first unveiled on July 27, 2013 at Celebration Europe II, as part of some concept art for the series. When it was unveiled, it received a great deal of applause. In addition, several Rebel pins also contained hidden hints to locating schematics of the ship online, which was eventually discovered to be the StarWars.com Blog's article, "Seen a ghost?"

According to *Star Wars* author Paul R. Urquhart, the cockpit of the Ghost was inspired by the real-life Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

## Sources

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Seen a ghost?
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dawn of Rebellion
3. ↑ Star Wars Rebels Episode Head to Head
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 A New Dawn
5. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
6. ↑ Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars Rebels Episode The Call
8. ↑ Databank: The Ghost
9. ↑ Star Wars Rebels Episode Fire Across the Galaxy
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 *Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal*
11. ↑ Star Wars Rebels Episode Zero Hour
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars Rebels Episode Family Reunion – and Farewell
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*
14. ↑ *Forces of Destiny: The Leia Chronicles*
15. ↑ Star Wars Rebels Episode Fighter Flight
16. ↑ 'Star Wars Rebels': Final hero revealed plus ALL the new characters together for first time: Entertainment Weekly – 20 April 2014
17. ↑ Jedi News - Latest: *Star Wars Rebels*: Close Up of Zeb, Hera, Kanan, Stormtrooper LEGO Minifigs (Justin LaSalata: Jedi News – 31 January 2014)
18. ↑ Star Wars Rebels: Meet Chopper, Grumpy Astromech Droid]
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 LEGO Star Wars Rebels Sets At The Nuremburg (Groove Bricks – 28 January 2014)
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 *Star Wars Rebels Spark of Rebellion*
21. ↑ Star Wars Rebels Episode The Occupation
22. ↑ Star Wars Rebels Episode Idiot's Array
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Ultimate Star Wars
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
25. ↑ The Rebellion Begins
26. ↑ Star Wars Rebels Episode Ghosts of Geonosis
27. ↑ *Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide*
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 *Star Wars Rebels* CEII Pins Reveal Rebel Ship Schematics TheForce.net: July 29, 2013
29. ↑ Twitter - TheForce.Net