As a result, the ship is somewhat touchier than most of the extremely reliable YT designs (a character making a Mechanics check to modify or repair a YT-2000 takes a −2 penalty). Extensive corporate espionage leaked the early design specifications to competing shipyards, leading to CEC putting the YT-2000 into production before all its potential drawbacks had been worked out. Because it was produced in a more turbulent era, the YT-200 boasted heavier standard shields and weapons than most civilian freighters, a fact that caused many Imperial officials to view its “civilian” market with suspicion.
The YT-2000 wa designed to be a straight improvement of the YT-1300, borrowing successful concepts from other YT designs as well (such as the YT-1930’s symmetrical layout).
