Bulk freighter

Bulk freighters also known as heavy freighters, were generally very large, slow, and cumbersome space-faring freighters whose role was to move essential supplies throughout the galaxy every day. They were built in orbital shipyards and rarely entered the atmosphere of a planetary body. Instead they tended to unload or load their cargo via space stations and transfer yards. Most freighters of this type were owned and operated by corporations as they were generally very expensive and difficult to maintain. Exceptions like the Eravana—Han Solo and Chewbacca's Baleen-class heavy freighter—and the Yadeez—a carrier for the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing—did, however, exist.

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