BioCruiser

The BioCruiser was a massive, nomadic ship owned by Offworld Mining Corporation (UniFy) and commandeered by the philosophical leader called Uni (the former Kad Chun, brother of corrupted Jedi Bruck Chun). The ship's day-to-day operations were financed by a collective onboard treasury contributed to by its resident passengers.

The ship, almost self-sustaining, served as a galactic refuge for many species who were disenchanted or disillusioned with the galaxy's state of crime and corruption that, driven by corporate greed, sought to bleed planets of their natural resources with no thought or concern given to their inhabitants―the disenfranchised of the galaxy who, having come aboard to follow Uni and his philosophical teachings, sought a new beginning filled with hope.

This sentiment, however, was contrary to that which came to be adopted by Obi-Wan Kenobi, who in 29 BBY had been sent by the Jedi High Council with his Padawan Anakin Skywalker to investigate the onboard situation because of family-member complaints made to the Galactic Senate that the passengers were being held against their will. The Jedi Knight eventually came to believe that the BioCruiser held, rather, "a gathering of disillusioned idealists" holding "a philosophy of withdrawal ... based in anger and bitter disappointment." Kenobi staunchly professed the Jedi belief of "engagement" with the galaxy as key to solving conflicts, spurning the idea of "isolation" or a perceived need to "abandon the galaxy."

Nevertheless, the titanic BioCruiser, a colony ship with no destination, was undeniably a marvelous vessel. It boasted, in addition to the collective treasury and a state-of-the-art defense system, tech centers, scientific labs, and service industries, in which the passengers labored for the common good. Apart from its many technological innovations, it was outfitted for safety as well, with "escape liners" for mass evacuation should the need arise. A cosmopolitan array of restaurants and cafés featuring foods from many worlds, together with game rooms, libraries, music rooms, and a giant Collection Center that housed plants, flowers and animals from just as many diverse planets, completed this organic-socio-technological wonder that traversed space.

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