The Forces of Corruption campaign from Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption depicts the Zann Consortium deploying squadrons of StarVipers as early as 1 BBY during the Mission to Mandalore. Behind the scenes Ĭanderous Ordo's divergent Basilisk war droid, similar in appearance to the StarViper. The bounty hunter Dalan Oberos owned a personal StarViper which was painted a reddish-brown color. These fighters were also employed in small numbers by the Mandalorian forces present on Mandalore during the Galactic Civil War. StarVipers formed the main starfighter force of the Zann Consortium, and they were modified to carry and deploy swarms of old Pistoeka sabotage droids that the Consortium obtained via the black market, proving superior to interceptors such as the RZ-1 A-wing interceptor and TIE/IN interceptor. In addition, Mandal Hypernautics began producing the fighter. Following Xizor's death, MandalMotors reacquired the production rights and released a StarViper variant less powerful than Virago to the open market. Xizor's personal version of the ship featured a super-advanced targeting computer that greatly increased the performance of whatever weapons the ship happened to be using. He collaborated directly with MandalMotors on its design, and he purchased all production rights upon completion to ensure the ship would remain unique. The Virago was commissioned by Xizor as his personal starship. The StarViper was also able to release buzz droids that would harm nearby craft. It had decent armor and was fairly quick, but was expensive, which meant that it was not deployed in large squadrons. The StarViper was equipped with dual laser cannons of medium destructive power, and unlike other starfighters, it was short in length but tall, lacking a fuselage.
" Please repeat the communication, over." ―A Zann Consortium StarViper pilot
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