Was Slave 1 mass produced?

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YT300000 wrote:
Cal Wright wrote:I know this is lower tier canon. However in the Bounty Hunter game, Jango swipes Slave I from a penal colony on an asteroid. When he leaves, he turns around and fires off a spread of torps into the hanger. Him and Zam say a few words and Jango makes the comment 'Well now she's the last of her kind."
That conflicts with XWA. In it, there is a Firespray, the Andrasta.

But which of the two games is higher canon? :?
And both conflict with the EU, which states that Slave One was a one-of-a-kind custom ship designed for Fett by Kuat Drive Yards; it's a massively upgraded Firespray-class patrol ship with hot-rodded engines and concealed weapons systems up the wazoo.
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Slave I


Boba Fett's personal ship, Slave I was a highly-modified Kuat Drive Yards Firespray-31 cargo ship. Unique in its design, very little of the original Firespray-31 that forms Slave I. remains, as Boba Fett and his father, Jango, both made changes to support their lifestyles as bounty hunters. The craft was originally manufactured as a patrol ship, sweeping the space near Oovo IV to prevent prison breaks. Jango stole the ship from Oovo IV and began refitting the ship for his own uses. Many of the modifications, performed at Kuat Drive Yards, were designed and supervised by Kuat of Kuat himself. This was partly because of Kuat's innate technical skill, but also so that the leader of KDY could keep an eye on what went into the ship's new form. Slave 1's outer hull was reinforced with plating and ray shielding, to compensate for reduced particle shielding. The hull is formed from a magnetically-polarized metal, making it the perfect electromagnetic receptor. This allows the ship to collect magnetic energies from the surrouding space - including the signals and pulses of pursuing ships - and reflect them as so much static. This jams the pursuer's sensors, making Slave I nearly invisible. Boba Fett has also dampened the ship's particle vapor trail to further eliminate proof of its passage. The ship appears to bear only a pair of twin-mounted blaster cannons on the tip of the command/cargo section, although rumors abound about hidden ion cannons, concussion missile launchers, and a powerful tractor beam. The ship's engines have been modified for speed. The Kuat Systems Engineering F-31 sublight engines provide an intense burst of power when first activated. This reduces maneuverability but increases the likelihood of Fett's capturing his quarry before it can escape. These are paried with four KSE X-F-16 power generators to provide that burst of speed. The ship's hyperdrive has also been updated, allowing for quick jumps to outrace a victim to their destination. The ship's interior has never been seen, but it is rumored to have a large enough hold to contain a force cage. Various hull reinforcements are also rumored to be present, to keep the cage from being jostled by larger races. There isn't a great deal of cargo space, for much of it has been given over to housing the ship's engines and power generators. Always one to plan for contingencies, Fett also had several duplicates of Slave I created for his use. These dummy ships looked and acted like the real thing, but were mere shells. Boba Fett used Slave I to track Han Solo to Bespin. From there, Fett took Solo's frozen body to Tatooine for delivery to Jabba The Hutt. Following his emergence from the Sarlacc, Boba Fett took his ship to Nar Shaddaa for repairs, but it was disabled at Nar Shaddaa during Palpatine's first resurrection. It sat at the spaceport receiving more repairs until Han Solo and Princess Leia returned to Nar Shaddaa searching for Vima-Da-Boda. Boba Fett was able to reactivate Slave 1 and its new Incom shields, only to receive a good deal of damage to one of its wings in a collision with the Millennium Falcon.
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All considering though, it doesn't be that hard to upgrade ships in StarWars. After all, Han Solo wasn't exactly rolling in dough, and the Millenium Falcon was tricked out until it was the fastest ship in the Galaxy, supposedly.
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Gil Hamilton wrote:All considering though, it doesn't be that hard to upgrade ships in StarWars. After all, Han Solo wasn't exactly rolling in dough, and the Millenium Falcon was tricked out until it was the fastest ship in the Galaxy, supposedly.
Yet Slave 1 kept up with it when they got to Cloud City. Kind of odd.
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Gandalf wrote:
Gil Hamilton wrote:All considering though, it doesn't be that hard to upgrade ships in StarWars. After all, Han Solo wasn't exactly rolling in dough, and the Millenium Falcon was tricked out until it was the fastest ship in the Galaxy, supposedly.
Yet Slave 1 kept up with it when they got to Cloud City. Kind of odd.
Not really. The Falcon's hyperdrive had been damaged and was inoperable.
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