Grasshopper

The safe transport of hazardous materials is not a task just any vessel can undertake; the Grasshopper is the vessel upon which this vital task has been placed. Its thick shielded hull makes it little more than a flying container but it’s this very feature that made it the main choice of the smuggler during the post-Independence war period, as it is notoriously difficult to scan.

However, Alliance officials quickly picked up on this fact and orders to search every Grasshopper on sight were issued. The resulting decrease in their popularity and subsequent retraction of search orders mean the Grasshopper is seeing a return as the smugglers friend.