Yeah, it seems like the kind of ship a scoundrel crew would find wrecked somewhere, fix up, and use as their home/ship to do crime and stuff across the galaxy
Who dosnt dream of being a privateer / “pirate” in Star Wars ? Or heading their own militia/planetary/sector defence force ? Smoke up and dream away boys, girls and everyone else.
@@EarnestEdwinEarnerThe3rd and typically useless in space. the issue with space is it's freaking massive, and you're going in/out of an atmosphere, the result is you ned alooot of supplies and logistics equipment to get anywhere, esp if you're doing something like freight even irl, the "ships" we use in space are massive (they're typically 58 meters, aka the size of a super yacht and only slightly smaller than the gozanti) , know what they don't have? extra engines, the ability to haul a bunch of cargo more than to a space station, a bunch of weapons, the need to carry days, weeks or months worth of supplies for the crew, logistics equipment (you DO want navigation in a ship that's going through space no? don't want to veer off and end up months away from the nearest habitable planet) spaceships realistically would be massive, you really do need them to be it's expensive but also not really an optional part of a multi planet affair the main reason our rockets are relatively small is just sheer cost, we don't NEED them to be bigger (like a multi planet shipping or logistics effort would) and 20,000 tons (about equal to a modern freight ship on the ocean) would cost ~$4 trillion to launch..to put that into perspective, the U.S IS 20, China is 14, Japan is 5, and everything else has a total GDP less than the required costs to launch a single ship spaceships in an intergalactic setting would be massive, there's not really a need to limit them, but there would also be space docks that act as ports for their respective worlds with smaller ships and other mechanisms to do the last leg of the journey (very likely using newer alloys to make a series of space elevators over each planet, as while we're still not there irl we'd close and it is technically feasable..albeit we don't have it yet) but ships themselves? yeah no, those are going to be large by sheer requirement of the job, a 63 meter ship is like building an aircraft carrier the size of a sub, it's neat...and entirely useless
I was like: "Yeah, never seen that ship!", only to see the clips and realize: " Yeah, I have seen that ship.". It simply never stood out to me, which kinda fits what it is.
This would be the best smuggling vessel then. Nobody even remembers seeing it because it's everywhere all the time and unless you paint yours with some stupidly vivid color patterns then nobody is going to be any wiser :D
I love how the fantastical star wars universe has expanded so much to include reasonable, mundane inventions for economic niches. It's a real testament to the power of imagination.
That could totally be it, but with decades of inspired creators I hope it's a bit more than slapped on screen-filler. I like to think there's just one guy who REALLY has a thing for the ships. A total engine-head who won't let the little details slip.
I wish they called this the Carrack class light Cruiser- it looks similar and has the same mission for the Empire. For people who don't know the Carrack Class Light Cruiser was basically the same kind of ship from Legends- right down to being a basic small ship in the Empire and carrying Ties on external racks.
The Gozanti is actually one of my favourite SW ships; it's not flashy, it's not overpowered, but it can do a lot of different jobs owing to it's reliability, simplicity and general good design. A good half-dozen variants, decades of service, a big middle finger to the Tarkin doctrine, the Gozanti has it all. Yes it spends half it's screen time getting shot at and overpowered, yes it's probably the most blatant flying brick in the galaxy but I still love it.
ngl same, its just so interesting and even though yes its a flying loaf of bread its still pretty cool. It can pretty much do everything a basic civilian needs. Defending from pirates, Transporting Cargo, Moderate Guns, Decent Speed and Hyperspace. All round good!
I love the ship. And I was so glad to see it in the mandalorian. Although It seems that it was another variant with upgraded turrets. Much like the upgraded and upscaled arquitens class (which might be my favorite ship in the entire star wars universe).
I still think "upscaled" is a stretch of logic for Gideon's ship. We've consistently seen that animated series vessels are apparently smaller than their live action counterparts. This is especially obvious on the bridge of ISDs in Rebels which are notably smaller than what we see in the films. It's simply a stylistic choice that has little bearing over the specified statistics of these vessels. As for hangar space, bear in mind that the relatively dimunitive Raider-II could embark a number of starfighters in internal hangars. That being said, the Arquitens is already a massive ship at 325m length and with a large amount of internal space and it's not unreasonable to imagine a modified type that can serve as a smaller planetary assault vessel. We already know this is at least possible given the existence of the Thunderwasp subtype, which in all likelihood was a single vessel serving as the eventual prototype for these post-Imperial era vessels. I think Gideon's ship is just a modernized and refitted Arquitens which may or may not have an enlarged bridge structure to better suit his needs of a relatively compact and powerful flagship that wouldn't draw unwanted attention.
@@nagger8216 the Arquitens in Mandalorian is not an Arquitens class strickly as its designated as a different subclass.. its bigger becase a shuttle fits into the bow "jaws" with wings folded where in the 325m one only the shuttle fuselage fits. Its cool but i would had taken the change to introduce the Victory class instead
I know this was alluded to, but as starships go, the Gozanti was cheap as chips, while not actually being a built-on-the-cheap design. For the price of two TIE Defenders, you could buy _three_ Gozantis. Part of that is because Defenders are basically the F-22 Raptor of the Star Wars universe (fast, extremely capable, and eye-wateringly expensive), but still. It's also kind of amazing how the CEC came up with such a flexible design: the same spaceframe can be anything from a light cruiser, to a troop transport, to a civilian freighter, to a spy ship, to really anything else you feel like making it. There are probably luxury passenger liner versions out there. Those jobs all have _completely_ different requirements, but something about the Gozanti lends itself to being fitted out for any of them and serving effectively.
The CEC is legendary for their ability to design easily modified and adaptable ships. The YT-2400 had everything ready to have it's engines switched to more powerful (and less legal) ones as well as mounts and access to a power grid that could supply heavy weapons. After the success of the YT2200 they designed it to be even more easily modified than it's successor. The only thing they didn't do was adding a guide to the ship where to get that illegal stuff.
I honestly love this ship. I love the the utilitarian design, and I always imagine it being one hell of a home for a rebel, Pirate, or smuggler group. Imagining one of these flanked by two Razor Crest gunships as support ships is really satisfying.
I’m hoping The Mandolorian gets himself a ship like this to haul around his new gang of Mando commandos that will be flocking to his side. He can add an attachment frame to hold his Naboo star fighter on the roof, if not a cargo bay. Grogu and Din woukd have plenty of room for the new gang and to hold bounties/ enemy prisoners. I’m hoping that since the destroyed his home on the razor crest, they will give him an upgrade like this.
This was the weirdest synchronicity I've ever experienced. When Rebels first started, this seemed like an entirely new kind of ship. Until the show finished and I suddenly started seeing it everywhere in Clone Wars.
I definitely love these videos about mundane freight ships like the Gozanti-class cruiser. ISDs and other warships might seem cool, but they become useless if they can’t receive their supplies needed to make them work. I’d like to see more freighters like the Action VI or those Imperial container ships you see in the Star Wars: Rebels TV Show.
The Raider class is so dope that I picked up the X-Wing Mini tabletop game version of it. Thing is like a foot long. Easily my favorite corvette class ship in the canon.
Not gonna lie, I'd completely forgotten that thing, it is often such a common sight. Didn't know the civvie model had come already armed, that musta been fun to get past Republic Regulations.
They actually allowed armed civillian ships. There were too many pirates around for the Republic to deal with and of course there was a lot of space outside the Republic. The Republic and the Empire didn't even make up a quarter of the galaxy. So ship builders could simply set up shop outside the Republic and they would loose all that revenue. Sure the production costs are higher because of the needed security and stuff, but hey better less profit than no profit at all. And others, like the Hutts would appreciate the extra income. In the legends Han Solo novels he visits a planet where the Millennium Falcon had more firepower than the local navy, which was one aging small cruiser which was waiting for parts to get even off the ground as the local government didn't hve the money for them. The only reason that region had no pirates was... simply put? There was nothning to steal that was worth the trouble. Even if you were into the slavery business, there were better sources. The planet was so far behind the times, that the printer Han delivered to the local university was financed by someone off-planet and could easily print forged local money. Yes, the planetary government had been scammed by those selling them the 'forgery-proof' money and by those that essentially off-loaded their old nearly broken down ship.
You know, I think the first guys I'd hire to grow my imperial fleet is the Corellians. All of their ships are extremely modular, plus half of everyone in space has crewed one of them. Fit a fleet to match whatever roles, and have at it!
My trio of extremely underappreciated ships I absolutely LOVE are the Gozanti, the Arquitens, and the Vindicator Classes The Gozanti in particular is a stellar vessel, and one of the more utilitarian and practical ship designs in it's universe
Great video. It's definitely one of my favorite ship designs. I like how all of the Correlian ships are modulator and Rebels showed so many different variants of this particular ship.
@@jasonskeans3327 The animation is awful, the plots are totally predictable and boring, the main characters are annoying and childish, the villain are incompetent idiots...
@@Deridus well just two survive as museum ships. They still hold the production record. Less than 96 hours to completely build one. Granted that was a point proving race.
I saw some figures once about the number of support trucks required for each tank in WWII. I forget the exact number but it was something silly like 90 trucks for each tank.
@@neliusbresnan3766 the defense department made a similar calculation on “logistical material” (tents, medical, ammo, socks and boots ect.) a American infantryman had 2200 pounds of material support. Compared to 19 pounds for the average IJA soldier.
@@mikewaterfield3599 That sounds impossibly low, but I'd love to see the sources. Uniforms alone get pretty heavy... unless you only get one before you Bonzai.
I love the Gozanit. It looks like a very REAL ship. Blocky, utilitarian. Loved it since I saw it. Perfect ship for a role-playing group to fly in - regardless of the campaign.
I loved the Gozanti in Rebels and after seeing it in the Mandalorian I have to say that it's one of my favorite SW ships. I really hope to see the IGV-55 variant on a live action show someday. Could fit in the spy segments of the Andor show.
I love the look and feeling of the Gozanti, flying them and around them in X3 and X4 mods are great, they rear view shot from mandalorian looks real cool. Their functions and tie carriers are also amazing I love em
You know it’s interesting. When me and group of friends were setting up our mandalorian OC squad. We were trying to figure out what would be a good “‘mothership”. It had to be cheap, durable and big enough for a large group. We actually choose this one!
Also, in the canon novel Lost Stars it is revealed that a gozanti was sent to Yavin to retrieve/rescue Vader after the destruction of the first Death Star.
Funny timing because I've been playing the Star Wars mod for X4 Foundations and yes, the Gozanti is indeed the workhorse of the galactic economy (or at least my slice of it). It's the perfect balance of speed, defense, offense and cargo capacity.
Excellent content as usual. I had never realized that all those ships I thought sure looked similar are in fact just the same workhorse over and over again modified and re-modified.
I might not be the best judge of scale, but I always felt the Gozanti from Mandalorian season 2 felt a little... gigantic. Like WAY bigger than 5 x-wings long. It even has an elevator!
The Gozanti has always been the one ship that I felt that if i lived in the star wars universe, I would love that ship. I think Star CItizen has a couple ship series based off of it.
This si actually my favourite ship, because it is so versatile. I coan be used as truck, gunboat, carrier, dropship, and really everything else you can think of!
If you took one and retrofitted with a class 1 or faster hyperdrive and discreetly shoe horned in some powerful engines add hidden pop out weapons turrets you could have a pretty good smuggler ship hidden in plain sight
If thats where you want to go, then start with a C-ROC Gozanti (or have a Gozanti upgraded with the C-ROC package). It includes five engines (increased sublight speed) and retractable weapons (four quad laser turrets and two medium turbo laser turrets) as well as medium range sensor dish.
@@thomas.parnell7365 I disagree. The C-ROC package included the five engines so they would not be out of place. All of the upgraded weapons are retractable, so they are undetectable until deployed. For all intents and purposes, it would appear to be a normal Gozanti freighter and blend into the background. With a couple of intermal upgrades, shields, sensors, hyperdrive and maybe a couple concealed warhead launchers, you'd have a pretty decent little ship on your hands.
It looks a lot like the space rv i made for my first space engineers build lol. It might not have been safe, but hey at least it could land and scan for ores unlike my mushroom ship that couldn't be redocked once i seperated it lol.
I've always loved this ship. I don't know what it is about Corellia's boxy ships but I absolutely love them and would love to have one if they actually existed. This one in particular caught my attention the first time I saw it on screen (up close at least). I think it's the look of durability and reliability I like most.
In my tabletop SW game, my character flew one of these ships. Large cargo space, heavy armor and a dorsal turret plus port and starboard concealed light turbolasers meant pirates had a bad day.
I play the Star Wars mod of X4 and the Gozanti is literally the backbone of my character's fleets : commercial, military and even mining. A testament to the versatility and cost-effectiveness of this design. I'm a huge fan! 😬
I am actually a bit sad that almost all of the small imperial frigates and escort ships from the old EU have not made it to the new Disney canon and will probably not come because they got replaced by the Gozanti cruiser.
This is my kind of vessel, in any universe. Thanks for showcasing it! Also: ah, Star Wars... this kind of worldbuilding is why my fantasy TTRPG concept spent 10 years in development with no genuine progress. It's glorious fun, but I'm focusing on what matters for play and publication, now...
The Gozanti is a pretty solid ship to have at your disposal and I do like it. Reminds me a bit of an old EU ship, the Carrack-class light cruiser. The Carrack differed in being both larger (350 meters) and purely military but shared the durability and vintage. I would love to see a video dedicated to it also.
I came to realise.. I like your old episodes better. Not that I don't like the new ones but you've been way more enthusiastic in the older episodes. I'd love to see that back. But I still enjoy your channel. Love you guys.
I happen to agree with some people, it’s probably one of my favorite ships. It’s small, simple, and can use many roles like carrier, cargo ship, multiple role ship lol
You should make a video answering this question (if it does have an answer): What would happen if an asteroid or some space debris wound up in a Hyperspace Lane?
The first time I noticed this ship was in star wars rebels. However, when I became more aware of this ship, I started seeing it everywhere. This is a great video.
finally, literally one of my favourite ships There is like little to no info on them by quick google searches, thank you for getting more lore and info out about them, I always dreamt of owning one of these ships
Seems these DID actually have a good military role... sounds like these would make great CAS atmosphere support/gunships for ground troops and also make good anti fighter support in fleet engagements or good shock or interceptor/assault craft depending on the configuration... Other than that this ACTUALLY sounds like a jack of all trades craft or one the craft with a version or possible configuration to meet just about any reasonable role for a craft of its size.
As far as the military goes, it fills the same niche as the C-130. You want to move cargo? There’s a variant. You want something to head a system defense fleet? There’s a variant. You want some extra tie support alongside your fleet escorts? There’s a variant. You wanna do something stupid like cover it in signal dishes or attach rocket boosters to make a STOL? We’ll mod it.
@@pretzelbomb6105 IKR... Given some groups like the Empire an its off shoots i wouldn't be surprised if there's one made for planetary actions.. That literally deploys legs and walks around.. Given the factions apparent fetish for such military vehicles apparently regardless of the era they are.
@@crewchief5144 Honestly back then I don't who was Kyle Katarn was, even if I noticed the ship. I only knew him when I play the Jedi Outcast a few years later.
Hey, Bonnie and Clyde used Fords. They even wrote to Ford telling him that his cars were their preferred vehicle. (shrug) I still don't blame Ford for their crimes. LOL
Im currently making a star wars tabletop to play with my buddies. You and star wars theory are really helping me out whether its story Ideas or mechanics
This video gave me some Elite: Dangerous vibes. I feel like the Lakon Type 6 (cargo hauler)/Keelback (smuggler/combat variant) & the larger Type 7 (cargo hauler) ships are very similar to the Gozanti. Same can go for quite a few other ships in E:D when compared to something in Star Wars. I think Alan or one of the Bens should take a look at their ship designs in a video. They're pretty awesome. In case anyone here has played, my favorites are Vulture, Asp Explorer, Python, Krait Mk2, Anaconda, Fed Corvette. Honorable mentions go to one of the Alliance Challenger/Crusader/Chieftain variants (forgot which one is the good one), I think the Krait Phantom is also good for exploration but lacks the fighter hangar, Fed Gunship is a good combat brick, Fer De Lance and Mamba own in pvp. Game is "fun" from the standpoint of realistic space flight mechanics and the nearly 1:1 representation of the milky way. Their algorithm even predicted the existence of planets and celestial bodies before we discovered them irl. It also looks gorgeous. It can get mind numbingly tedious though with the mechanics, so I haven't played in maybe 2.5 years after burning out.
Very cool video. I wasn't aware that the Gozanti Class was ever offered as a civilian ship. I've mostly seen it in Rebels and assumed it was an Imperial military transport. Sort of a space faring C-130.
Back in the day there was a fun and interesting RPG set in the Star Wars Universe called Edge Of The Empire. The Gozanti was by far the most useful, versatile, and ubiquitous ship in that milieu. It was also the maximum challenge that the person running the game could use against the players while still giving them a fighting chance. Whereas using any of the other Imperial capital ships was just a way of saying to the players that the Empire was using overwhelming force.
I like it. One of my favourite CEC ships. If I was in star wars I think a transport with loads of spares available and the ability to dock a protective fighter or two would be great. Although it does have a hard start it shares the pages of the CEC catalogue with the YT-1300, CR 90, CR 70, hammerhead, and other such cool and reliable ships.
Reminds me of the Ship that I used for mining in Elite Dangerous. Can't remember the type of ship it was but I remember that I named it the "USS Bathtub". Because that's about what it's handling was like.
Am I the only one who thinks Alan has the most soothing and calming voice? No offense to the Bens, but their videos would rate much higher if Alan was narrating. :) Much love to all 3.
I love this ship..... simply by the fact that looks like a cargo plane rather than tubes with engines (like the cr 90 wich i love too) this one remembers me an asthetic and role cross between the 747 jumbo and the work that the DC3 Dakota do in ww2 till now.... basically a cargo plane rugged resilient and simply enough to work decades.
I can see Thrawn up-arming lots of the C-ROC versions and loading them with 4 Tie Avengers or Tie Defenders. His first command was on a Gozanti. Smugglers would load theirs with discord missile armed vulture droids or Scyk Interceptors. Cheap and plenty is how you want them in the Outer Rim. If they can revive or re-tell the Bad Batch story arc, the C-ROC would have been the perfect ship for them.
If were possible for me to collect such things, I would definitely have a few of these in my armadas. "Flying bricks", with plentiful defensive and offensive capabilities, and high yield cargo capacity..always a good idea.
I like “smaller” ships like this. Their size makes them a far more realistic and relatable than than far larger ones we often see.
Yeah, it seems like the kind of ship a scoundrel crew would find wrecked somewhere, fix up, and use as their home/ship to do crime and stuff across the galaxy
Who dosnt dream of being a privateer / “pirate” in Star Wars ? Or heading their own militia/planetary/sector defence force ?
Smoke up and dream away boys, girls and everyone else.
yeah small things are relatable
@@EarnestEdwinEarnerThe3rd and typically useless in space.
the issue with space is it's freaking massive, and you're going in/out of an atmosphere, the result is you ned alooot of supplies and logistics equipment to get anywhere, esp if you're doing something like freight
even irl, the "ships" we use in space are massive (they're typically 58 meters, aka the size of a super yacht and only slightly smaller than the gozanti) , know what they don't have? extra engines, the ability to haul a bunch of cargo more than to a space station, a bunch of weapons, the need to carry days, weeks or months worth of supplies for the crew, logistics equipment (you DO want navigation in a ship that's going through space no? don't want to veer off and end up months away from the nearest habitable planet)
spaceships realistically would be massive, you really do need them to be
it's expensive but also not really an optional part of a multi planet affair
the main reason our rockets are relatively small is just sheer cost, we don't NEED them to be bigger (like a multi planet shipping or logistics effort would) and 20,000 tons (about equal to a modern freight ship on the ocean) would cost ~$4 trillion to launch..to put that into perspective, the U.S IS 20, China is 14, Japan is 5, and everything else has a total GDP less than the required costs to launch a single ship
spaceships in an intergalactic setting would be massive, there's not really a need to limit them, but there would also be space docks that act as ports for their respective worlds with smaller ships and other mechanisms to do the last leg of the journey (very likely using newer alloys to make a series of space elevators over each planet, as while we're still not there irl we'd close and it is technically feasable..albeit we don't have it yet)
but ships themselves? yeah no, those are going to be large by sheer requirement of the job, a 63 meter ship is like building an aircraft carrier the size of a sub, it's neat...and entirely useless
@@EarnestEdwinEarnerThe3rdlol
I was like: "Yeah, never seen that ship!", only to see the clips and realize: " Yeah, I have seen that ship.". It simply never stood out to me, which kinda fits what it is.
Same
Yup
This would be the best smuggling vessel then. Nobody even remembers seeing it because it's everywhere all the time and unless you paint yours with some stupidly vivid color patterns then nobody is going to be any wiser :D
@@ehta2413 noice
@Charles Choker I think you have missed my point, but ok.
I love how the fantastical star wars universe has expanded so much to include reasonable, mundane inventions for economic niches. It's a real testament to the power of imagination.
also maybe its just a generic ship that animators used to fill the screen with less effort lol
That could totally be it, but with decades of inspired creators I hope it's a bit more than slapped on screen-filler. I like to think there's just one guy who REALLY has a thing for the ships. A total engine-head who won't let the little details slip.
And a dedication to a more convincing, and complete, visual aesthetic.
It's literally just the Star Wars version of the Type-10 Defender from Elite: Dangerous. I freaking love that game and I love Star Wars.
I wish they called this the Carrack class light Cruiser- it looks similar and has the same mission for the Empire. For people who don't know the Carrack Class Light Cruiser was basically the same kind of ship from Legends- right down to being a basic small ship in the Empire and carrying Ties on external racks.
The Gozanti is actually one of my favourite SW ships; it's not flashy, it's not overpowered, but it can do a lot of different jobs owing to it's reliability, simplicity and general good design. A good half-dozen variants, decades of service, a big middle finger to the Tarkin doctrine, the Gozanti has it all.
Yes it spends half it's screen time getting shot at and overpowered, yes it's probably the most blatant flying brick in the galaxy but I still love it.
ngl same, its just so interesting and even though yes its a flying loaf of bread its still pretty cool. It can pretty much do everything a basic civilian needs. Defending from pirates, Transporting Cargo, Moderate Guns, Decent Speed and Hyperspace. All round good!
Same, it kinda is like a Star Wars variant of the c130
As a long haul truck driver, this ship has a special place in my heart. The second I saw it, I fell in love with it.
I love the ship. And I was so glad to see it in the mandalorian. Although It seems that it was another variant with upgraded turrets. Much like the upgraded and upscaled arquitens class (which might be my favorite ship in the entire star wars universe).
I still think "upscaled" is a stretch of logic for Gideon's ship. We've consistently seen that animated series vessels are apparently smaller than their live action counterparts. This is especially obvious on the bridge of ISDs in Rebels which are notably smaller than what we see in the films. It's simply a stylistic choice that has little bearing over the specified statistics of these vessels. As for hangar space, bear in mind that the relatively dimunitive Raider-II could embark a number of starfighters in internal hangars.
That being said, the Arquitens is already a massive ship at 325m length and with a large amount of internal space and it's not unreasonable to imagine a modified type that can serve as a smaller planetary assault vessel. We already know this is at least possible given the existence of the Thunderwasp subtype, which in all likelihood was a single vessel serving as the eventual prototype for these post-Imperial era vessels.
I think Gideon's ship is just a modernized and refitted Arquitens which may or may not have an enlarged bridge structure to better suit his needs of a relatively compact and powerful flagship that wouldn't draw unwanted attention.
The Gozanti got f***ed in that shitty Empire hating show, like everything and everyone else asserted to the Empire.
honestly, realistic straitforward ship designs like the gizantie are underrated, if I had to choose a personal ship it would def be it
They're not upgraded and upscaled (at least in-universe), that's just how they're meant to be
@@nagger8216 the Arquitens in Mandalorian is not an Arquitens class strickly as its designated as a different subclass.. its bigger becase a shuttle fits into the bow "jaws" with wings folded where in the 325m one only the shuttle fuselage fits.
Its cool but i would had taken the change to introduce the Victory class instead
I know this was alluded to, but as starships go, the Gozanti was cheap as chips, while not actually being a built-on-the-cheap design. For the price of two TIE Defenders, you could buy _three_ Gozantis. Part of that is because Defenders are basically the F-22 Raptor of the Star Wars universe (fast, extremely capable, and eye-wateringly expensive), but still.
It's also kind of amazing how the CEC came up with such a flexible design: the same spaceframe can be anything from a light cruiser, to a troop transport, to a civilian freighter, to a spy ship, to really anything else you feel like making it. There are probably luxury passenger liner versions out there. Those jobs all have _completely_ different requirements, but something about the Gozanti lends itself to being fitted out for any of them and serving effectively.
The CEC is legendary for their ability to design easily modified and adaptable ships. The YT-2400 had everything ready to have it's engines switched to more powerful (and less legal) ones as well as mounts and access to a power grid that could supply heavy weapons.
After the success of the YT2200 they designed it to be even more easily modified than it's successor.
The only thing they didn't do was adding a guide to the ship where to get that illegal stuff.
I’d fly a cargo variant of this ship, it scratches my inner space trucker.
They make those, they’re called _C-ROC_ Gozanti-class light cruisers.
I honestly love this ship. I love the the utilitarian design, and I always imagine it being one hell of a home for a rebel, Pirate, or smuggler group.
Imagining one of these flanked by two Razor Crest gunships as support ships is really satisfying.
Oh I can see that
I like your idea
Littoral combat ships really make a good mobile base for adventures.
Also PT-Boats in space are another great option.
I’m hoping The Mandolorian gets himself a ship like this to haul around his new gang of Mando commandos that will be flocking to his side. He can add an attachment frame to hold his Naboo star fighter on the roof, if not a cargo bay. Grogu and Din woukd have plenty of room for the new gang and to hold bounties/ enemy prisoners. I’m hoping that since the destroyed his home on the razor crest, they will give him an upgrade like this.
@@shannondavis3686 well you weren’t too far off lol din and his mandolorians have 5 now
It doesn’t matter what it looks like, all that matters is that it gets the job done.
Yes.
@@perfectstranger1152 Indeed.
Amen 🙏🏾
@@troyskeete8372 Indeed.
I will meet You in the outer rim surplus ship yard god knows what monstrosity will leave once built a custom ship out of what find
I love how I thought "Ah, the Gozanti, the Toyota Hilux of the Star Wars galaxy" and a minute later Allen made the exact comparison.
This was the weirdest synchronicity I've ever experienced. When Rebels first started, this seemed like an entirely new kind of ship. Until the show finished and I suddenly started seeing it everywhere in Clone Wars.
It's more of a heavy duty commercial ship.
Dear Generation Tech:
Can you please make a video about the Imperial Gun Boat and Missile Boat? There are very few videos about them.
Yes!!! Talk about TIE Fighter game ships.
Are you talking about the Skipray?
I definitely love these videos about mundane freight ships like the Gozanti-class cruiser. ISDs and other warships might seem cool, but they become useless if they can’t receive their supplies needed to make them work. I’d like to see more freighters like the Action VI or those Imperial container ships you see in the Star Wars: Rebels TV Show.
I would definitely have the Gonzanti class as part of my fleet. Followed by a light carrier and Raider class corvettes
The Raider class is so dope that I picked up the X-Wing Mini tabletop game version of it. Thing is like a foot long. Easily my favorite corvette class ship in the canon.
I just go for the B I G G U N S like the venator and other ways of saying your fucked
Not gonna lie, I'd completely forgotten that thing, it is often such a common sight. Didn't know the civvie model had come already armed, that musta been fun to get past Republic Regulations.
As if regulations are meant to help citizens and businesses
They actually allowed armed civillian ships. There were too many pirates around for the Republic to deal with and of course there was a lot of space outside the Republic. The Republic and the Empire didn't even make up a quarter of the galaxy. So ship builders could simply set up shop outside the Republic and they would loose all that revenue. Sure the production costs are higher because of the needed security and stuff, but hey better less profit than no profit at all. And others, like the Hutts would appreciate the extra income.
In the legends Han Solo novels he visits a planet where the Millennium Falcon had more firepower than the local navy, which was one aging small cruiser which was waiting for parts to get even off the ground as the local government didn't hve the money for them. The only reason that region had no pirates was... simply put? There was nothning to steal that was worth the trouble. Even if you were into the slavery business, there were better sources.
The planet was so far behind the times, that the printer Han delivered to the local university was financed by someone off-planet and could easily print forged local money.
Yes, the planetary government had been scammed by those selling them the 'forgery-proof' money and by those that essentially off-loaded their old nearly broken down ship.
You know, I think the first guys I'd hire to grow my imperial fleet is the Corellians. All of their ships are extremely modular, plus half of everyone in space has crewed one of them. Fit a fleet to match whatever roles, and have at it!
I'm in love with the idea of having having a Gonzanti class cruiser to make into a home and travel the Galaxy in.
Honestly this ship is solid, from the CW up to the Imperial Remnant.
You really knocked it out of the park with this one! I really loved this!
The best part is when translated to American dollars it cost 300,000 dollars, so you could buy this instead of a house
This would make a welcome addition to the lineup they did a couple months ago, of ships that served as homes.
A home that you can use to make money.
Is your current home insured against intergalactic pirates? No, but this one is!
If Star Wars was real life this would be safer and cheaper than a house
My trio of extremely underappreciated ships I absolutely LOVE are the Gozanti, the Arquitens, and the Vindicator Classes
The Gozanti in particular is a stellar vessel, and one of the more utilitarian and practical ship designs in it's universe
Great video. It's definitely one of my favorite ship designs. I like how all of the Correlian ships are modulator and Rebels showed so many different variants of this particular ship.
At least one thing that dumpster fire of a show got right.
@@abraham2172 rebels is a good show
@@jasonskeans3327 The animation is awful, the plots are totally predictable and boring, the main characters are annoying and childish, the villain are incompetent idiots...
@@abraham2172 everything you said is bullshit
@@jasonskeans3327 Believe that if you want, I dont care about the opinions of little Rebel fanboys anyways.
The utilitarian machines that make a fighting force possible never get the attention. Not unlike the real world liberty ships of WW2.
It's a shame none of them were preserved, but it makes sense.
@@Deridus well just two survive as museum ships. They still hold the production record. Less than 96 hours to completely build one. Granted that was a point proving race.
I saw some figures once about the number of support trucks required for each tank in WWII. I forget the exact number but it was something silly like 90 trucks for each tank.
@@neliusbresnan3766 the defense department made a similar calculation on “logistical material” (tents, medical, ammo, socks and boots ect.) a American infantryman had 2200 pounds of material support. Compared to 19 pounds for the average IJA soldier.
@@mikewaterfield3599 That sounds impossibly low, but I'd love to see the sources. Uniforms alone get pretty heavy... unless you only get one before you Bonzai.
I have loved the Gozanti since I saw it in Ep. 1 and it is my top fav utilitarian ship of Star Wars
If I were a merc or a smuggler and had the money, the Gozanti is my first choice just for the versatility and durability it has.
I love the Gozanit. It looks like a very REAL ship. Blocky, utilitarian. Loved it since I saw it. Perfect ship for a role-playing group to fly in - regardless of the campaign.
I like these kinds of videos. It'd be cool to see the Action VI explained in a similar video.
Gonzanti class cruiser that's been turned into a *technical*
Just mount a huge ion cannon in the cargo hold.
You are genuinely smarter than the imperial designers
That would be a good hit and run ship if accompanied by fighters
Like the star trek deep space 9 episode where kira mounts a planet defense cannon in a freighter cargo hold.
I loved the Gozanti in Rebels and after seeing it in the Mandalorian I have to say that it's one of my favorite SW ships. I really hope to see the IGV-55 variant on a live action show someday. Could fit in the spy segments of the Andor show.
I love the look and feeling of the Gozanti, flying them and around them in X3 and X4 mods are great, they rear view shot from mandalorian looks real cool. Their functions and tie carriers are also amazing I love em
You know it’s interesting. When me and group of friends were setting up our mandalorian OC squad. We were trying to figure out what would be a good “‘mothership”. It had to be cheap, durable and big enough for a large group. We actually choose this one!
Perfect timing! My tabletop group decided to get a Gozanti as our party vessel. I only wish it had more cargo capacity for something of its size
What game? I'm not familiar with SW ttrpgs.
I have always loved the gazonti, glad to see it's getting the love it deserves
Also, in the canon novel Lost Stars it is revealed that a gozanti was sent to Yavin to retrieve/rescue Vader after the destruction of the first Death Star.
Funny timing because I've been playing the Star Wars mod for X4 Foundations and yes, the Gozanti is indeed the workhorse of the galactic economy (or at least my slice of it). It's the perfect balance of speed, defense, offense and cargo capacity.
Excellent content as usual. I had never realized that all those ships I thought sure looked similar are in fact just the same workhorse over and over again modified and re-modified.
I might not be the best judge of scale, but I always felt the Gozanti from Mandalorian season 2 felt a little... gigantic. Like WAY bigger than 5 x-wings long. It even has an elevator!
The Gozanti has always been the one ship that I felt that if i lived in the star wars universe, I would love that ship. I think Star CItizen has a couple ship series based off of it.
This si actually my favourite ship, because it is so versatile. I coan be used as truck, gunboat, carrier, dropship, and really everything else you can think of!
yeah this has been my favorite ship for a long time thank you for realizing it's value
If you took one and retrofitted with a class 1 or faster hyperdrive and discreetly shoe horned in some powerful engines add hidden pop out weapons turrets you could have a pretty good smuggler ship hidden in plain sight
If thats where you want to go, then start with a C-ROC Gozanti (or have a Gozanti upgraded with the C-ROC package). It includes five engines (increased sublight speed) and retractable weapons (four quad laser turrets and two medium turbo laser turrets) as well as medium range sensor dish.
@@earlware4322 hmm not bad idea but doesn't quite fit with the stealth in plain sight approach.
@@thomas.parnell7365 I disagree. The C-ROC package included the five engines so they would not be out of place. All of the upgraded weapons are retractable, so they are undetectable until deployed.
For all intents and purposes, it would appear to be a normal Gozanti freighter and blend into the background. With a couple of intermal upgrades, shields, sensors, hyperdrive and maybe a couple concealed warhead launchers, you'd have a pretty decent little ship on your hands.
It looks a lot like the space rv i made for my first space engineers build lol. It might not have been safe, but hey at least it could land and scan for ores unlike my mushroom ship that couldn't be redocked once i seperated it lol.
I've always loved this ship. I don't know what it is about Corellia's boxy ships but I absolutely love them and would love to have one if they actually existed. This one in particular caught my attention the first time I saw it on screen (up close at least). I think it's the look of durability and reliability I like most.
One of my favorite ships, I hope I can buy one in the open world star wars game
In my tabletop SW game, my character flew one of these ships. Large cargo space, heavy armor and a dorsal turret plus port and starboard concealed light turbolasers meant pirates had a bad day.
I play the Star Wars mod of X4 and the Gozanti is literally the backbone of my character's fleets : commercial, military and even mining. A testament to the versatility and cost-effectiveness of this design. I'm a huge fan! 😬
Love your ship breakdowns, and this is a great one. Looking forward to the next! 👍
I'd personally be interested in a series of videos about various ships that are great choices for your average person to use as a personal vessel.
I am actually a bit sad that almost all of the small imperial frigates and escort ships from the old EU have not made it to the new Disney canon and will probably not come because they got replaced by the Gozanti cruiser.
Great video man, maybe you should do what happened to the trade Federation after the clone wars next
This is the equivalent to the Excelsior Class Starship in Trek. The Backbone And workhorse of Starfleet.
This is my kind of vessel, in any universe. Thanks for showcasing it! Also: ah, Star Wars... this kind of worldbuilding is why my fantasy TTRPG concept spent 10 years in development with no genuine progress. It's glorious fun, but I'm focusing on what matters for play and publication, now...
If I had a ship, it would be the C-ROC Gozanti, just love the idea of a blue collar worker ship like this.
The Gozanti is a pretty solid ship to have at your disposal and I do like it. Reminds me a bit of an old EU ship, the Carrack-class light cruiser. The Carrack differed in being both larger (350 meters) and purely military but shared the durability and vintage. I would love to see a video dedicated to it also.
I came to realise.. I like your old episodes better. Not that I don't like the new ones but you've been way more enthusiastic in the older episodes. I'd love to see that back. But I still enjoy your channel. Love you guys.
The sensible real world views and comparisons really help this channel stand out, always a pleasure to watch
You guy's videos stopped showing up in my feed, I'm glad i was able to rediscover this gem of a channel.
That X-Wing-TIE Interceptor hybrid in the background is so cursed, yet I cannot bring myself to hate it.
Star Tractor Trailers armed, armored, and used by everybody. Another good video Alan. Thank you...
I happen to agree with some people, it’s probably one of my favorite ships. It’s small, simple, and can use many roles like carrier, cargo ship, multiple role ship lol
I love the Gozanti Class cruiser and this was a great video. I look forward to more in-depth looks at some of the more unique/less famous ships.
Honestly if I was choosing a small multipurpose starship to use I'd almost certainly chose the Gozanti Class.
Yeah. Either that or a CR-70 Republic Frigate
Makes a good personal cruiser. 🤔
You should make a video answering this question (if it does have an answer): What would happen if an asteroid or some space debris wound up in a Hyperspace Lane?
It appeared to me that the Gozanzi- class vessels are always the favorite class of ships of both the Republic and the Empire.
The first time I noticed this ship was in star wars rebels. However, when I became more aware of this ship, I started seeing it everywhere. This is a great video.
finally, literally one of my favourite ships
There is like little to no info on them by quick google searches, thank you for getting more lore and info out about them, I always dreamt of owning one of these ships
Seems these DID actually have a good military role... sounds like these would make great CAS atmosphere support/gunships for ground troops and also make good anti fighter support in fleet engagements or good shock or interceptor/assault craft depending on the configuration...
Other than that this ACTUALLY sounds like a jack of all trades craft or one the craft with a version or possible configuration to meet just about any reasonable role for a craft of its size.
As far as the military goes, it fills the same niche as the C-130. You want to move cargo? There’s a variant. You want something to head a system defense fleet? There’s a variant. You want some extra tie support alongside your fleet escorts? There’s a variant.
You wanna do something stupid like cover it in signal dishes or attach rocket boosters to make a STOL? We’ll mod it.
@@pretzelbomb6105 IKR... Given some groups like the Empire an its off shoots i wouldn't be surprised if there's one made for planetary actions.. That literally deploys legs and walks around.. Given the factions apparent fetish for such military vehicles apparently regardless of the era they are.
HEAVY DUTY , MAN ! I WANT ONE ! I never really noticed it before , thanks for this video !
Didn't know that the ship's first appearance was in The Phantom Menace.
I didn't notice it until Star Wars Rebels came out.
Initially everyone said that was Kyke Katarn's ship. We were speculative about everything even back then.
@@crewchief5144 Honestly back then I don't who was Kyle Katarn was, even if I noticed the ship. I only knew him when I play the Jedi Outcast a few years later.
My Star Wars RPG group often ends up with a Gozanti as our base, ol' reliable tank of a ship
I've been trying to find the name of this ship for so long!!! Thanks man!!
Thanks for the clips, it’s a ship that shows up in the background a ton. I’ll be on the lookout for them as I watch Star Wars.
I just love Allen’s view of the world, it’s just so refreshing.
Hey, Bonnie and Clyde used Fords. They even wrote to Ford telling him that his cars were their preferred vehicle. (shrug)
I still don't blame Ford for their crimes. LOL
I blame Ford himself... but for other crimes.
@@Deridus LOL
Im currently making a star wars tabletop to play with my buddies. You and star wars theory are really helping me out whether its story Ideas or mechanics
I enjoyed your information about the Gozanti-class workhorse. Not all of us imagine ourselves as combatants.
This video gave me some Elite: Dangerous vibes. I feel like the Lakon Type 6 (cargo hauler)/Keelback (smuggler/combat variant) & the larger Type 7 (cargo hauler) ships are very similar to the Gozanti. Same can go for quite a few other ships in E:D when compared to something in Star Wars. I think Alan or one of the Bens should take a look at their ship designs in a video. They're pretty awesome.
In case anyone here has played, my favorites are Vulture, Asp Explorer, Python, Krait Mk2, Anaconda, Fed Corvette. Honorable mentions go to one of the Alliance Challenger/Crusader/Chieftain variants (forgot which one is the good one), I think the Krait Phantom is also good for exploration but lacks the fighter hangar, Fed Gunship is a good combat brick, Fer De Lance and Mamba own in pvp.
Game is "fun" from the standpoint of realistic space flight mechanics and the nearly 1:1 representation of the milky way. Their algorithm even predicted the existence of planets and celestial bodies before we discovered them irl. It also looks gorgeous. It can get mind numbingly tedious though with the mechanics, so I haven't played in maybe 2.5 years after burning out.
That Hi-Lux reference cracked me up...as a vet I've seen plenty of them LOL
One of my favorites; I’m glad y’all covered it.
With my blurry eyes before putting on my reading glasses I thought that was Lone Stars Winebago.
Its settled! The crew in my SW novel will fly/live on a Gozanti! Big enough to live on, common enough to hide in plain sight.
Very cool video. I wasn't aware that the Gozanti Class was ever offered as a civilian ship. I've mostly seen it in Rebels and assumed it was an Imperial military transport. Sort of a space faring C-130.
I've honestly always liked this ship. Good to know it's a tough one.
Back in the day there was a fun and interesting RPG set in the Star Wars Universe called Edge Of The Empire. The Gozanti was by far the most useful, versatile, and ubiquitous ship in that milieu. It was also the maximum challenge that the person running the game could use against the players while still giving them a fighting chance. Whereas using any of the other Imperial capital ships was just a way of saying to the players that the Empire was using overwhelming force.
I like it. One of my favourite CEC ships. If I was in star wars I think a transport with loads of spares available and the ability to dock a protective fighter or two would be great. Although it does have a hard start it shares the pages of the CEC catalogue with the YT-1300, CR 90, CR 70, hammerhead, and other such cool and reliable ships.
I actually really like design of this ship
Can you do a video about the NU class attack shuttle?
So the Gozanti is like the Miranda-Class, the workhorse of its respective fleets often overlooked and underappreciated for the role it plays.
Yeah, but unlike the Miranda, its not built out of Explodium
This was a solid video. Keep up the good work!
Reminds me of the Ship that I used for mining in Elite Dangerous. Can't remember the type of ship it was but I remember that I named it the "USS Bathtub". Because that's about what it's handling was like.
"If ya put a big enough engine on it, even a brick will fly."
Am I the only one who thinks Alan has the most soothing and calming voice? No offense to the Bens, but their videos would rate much higher if Alan was narrating. :) Much love to all 3.
Yes
Nice! The Empire really should have just produced masses of these ships and swamped the galaxy with them!
I love this ship..... simply by the fact that looks like a cargo plane rather than tubes with engines (like the cr 90 wich i love too) this one remembers me an asthetic and role cross between the 747 jumbo and the work that the DC3 Dakota do in ww2 till now.... basically a cargo plane rugged resilient and simply enough to work decades.
I love this ship. This one and the LA-AT gunship are my favorite.
Definitely going on the "Keep in mind" list if I land in Star Wars. Right next to the VCX-100, the YT-1300 and the Pelta class frigate.
I also loved these in rebels! They are sooo amazing and make so much sense!
I can see Thrawn up-arming lots of the C-ROC versions and loading them with 4 Tie Avengers or Tie Defenders. His first command was on a Gozanti. Smugglers would load theirs with discord missile armed vulture droids or Scyk Interceptors. Cheap and plenty is how you want them in the Outer Rim. If they can revive or re-tell the Bad Batch story arc, the C-ROC would have been the perfect ship for them.
If were possible for me to collect such things, I would definitely have a few of these in my armadas. "Flying bricks", with plentiful defensive and offensive capabilities, and high yield cargo capacity..always a good idea.