5 More Small Businesses to Own in Star Wars 

You could always use the B2 medical droid and the assistant droid with a medical bay on any ship and you could have two income sources

Traveling Medical team has great advantages. Areas of death and destruction like social unrest and/or combat means lots of potential salvage on the side while being the caring friendly doctor. Needs a larger ship for the small salvage and extra crews to fly out working "salvage".

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A good idea could be ‘How to be an Imperial Warlord’ or the best Imperial ships to add to your Imperial fleet! The Gozanti, the Sentinel-Class Landing Craft, the Venator and the Secutor could be ships to add! All the best!

According to the book 'Millennium Falcon', before Lando acquired her, the Falcon was actually used as a makeshift doctor's office for a while.

Cruise Liner: Heist, Murder Mystery. [Or Counter Heist] RPGs are possible. As well as anything else where having a large group of 'people' moving from 'port' to 'port' can be used. Espionage, Smuggling, People trying to disappear. And the players being owners/staff of the ships run into and afoul of these various plots and such. Being the unwitting extras in some one else spy thriller. Are all options. The ship becomes the setting, the stage for a number of these larger scale adventures. But the crew/players are the NPC, or otherwise poor schmucks that get dragged into the plot.

Being a team that operates a Droid doctor barge could be a perfect excuse for an intel gathering operation. They have an excuse to go almost everywhere, you can listen to paitents talk, collate the type of injuries treated, and would have some preliminary protections when operating in conflict zones. Since pirates would be a problem, you could be a mix of MSF and Seal-Team 6 and people would just shrug and say "Makes sense, medical supplies are hot commodities so being able to repel pirates is important." Would be a great RPG plot for a Rebel intelligence team.

You should include scouts/pathfinders in part three. They have dedicated ship designs for traveling through the galaxy to find new Hyperspace routes, planets for colonizing, asteroid fields for mining, and possibly even new alien races to meet! It's a big galaxy and not everything has been charted or maybe find something that was lost centuries or millennia ago.

You can combine the first few ideas, a Droid Mechanic with a Droid Medical Team and a collection of R-Series Astromechs, WED-15's, H-1ME Battle Mechanic Droids and possibly some Loader Droids for heavy lifting to work as ship mechanics, ship options could include a GX1 Short Hauler but something such a Gallofree L4000 Transport or a Gozanti would give you the options for a transport/cargo business on top of it while a Republic Space Tug or a MandalMotors TUG-314 would give you the option of space ship recovery/salvage

I don't think much about construction in Star Wars (aside from that of massive space stations and capital ships) but it's an interesting angel of the universe so I appreciate you bringing it up! Now that I'm thinking about it, I've realized it's fun to think about lol

X-Wing Alliance had you start off flying YT-series freighters as part of the Twin-Suns Transport company. A small shipping/transport company based in the outer rim. A small shipping/transport company is an interesting idea for an RPG group. You can have a small station or hangar to operate out of, giving them a "Home" to come back to and expand. The variety of ships they can have and need is diverse. Small transport ships come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, there's also a possible need for escort fighters and broadly speaking a wide variety of skill sets needed to operate and manage the business. There are different types of story hooks that can be brought in as well. Piracy on the rise in the area you operate in, prompting the players to take action. Perhaps the players find or come into possession of an old abandoned station giving them a place to "Build up." The Rebellion wants you to smuggle supplies for them. This could lead down a line of the players becoming Rebels over time. NPC wants you to move unknown goods for a large sum. A Rival company engages in questionable competitive behavior.

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Don't know if you've covered it or not, but how about travelling exterminators? With all of the extreme flora and fauna in the Star Wars universe it would be a great job. Also you could Bounty Hunt on the side or Bounty Hunt and use exterminator as a cover. if you ever got stopped and inspected you would have a built in excuse for all of the heavy weaponry, traps, cages, nets, etc.

Something that’s always bewildered me about Star Wars economics, is the lack of inflation. Seriously a starship the size of a city is only 300,000,000 credits

I suppose another small business which could work in Star Wars, if you haven't noted it already, is an independent ferry company in a certain system. With a reasonably large ship you could move passengers and cargo from one planet to another or even to a station for further shipping, this is a viable source of income because a regular shipping company, at least in my head, would be more catered to the intergalactic while a ferry would be better suited for shorter ranges at better prices. In terms of roleplay characters could operate such a business meeting various locals and even some new strangers

I would say you could use the cruise ship as cover to get you into places that you wouldn’t like to go or you could you can’t get in and out of easily without some sort of cover

the traveling medical clinic, don't even have to be a player group thing. could just be a fun/interesting event. to encounter.

My dream is a Z-75 with a hyperdrive, a tow cable, and an impound lot.

In defense of the Errant Venture, the upper levels did contain a very ritzy, high rollers casino and resort.

On the cruise ship Your plot or game point could be during a time of war/cold war and you are a staff member that also acts as an information broker or drop point courier for passing secret messages/materials On the construction one You could be a "legal" company that builds homes/small buildings/facilities in out of the way places that will/could be used as fall back/safe houses/stockpile areas.

I’d want to run an odd jobs droid company. I’d pretty much just be managing droids, as I send them out to do any odd jobs I can find. I’d start with one or two cheap droids, (perhaps the PK-series worker droid) maybe lease them out. At some point early on, I’d invest in something like a commando droid, to go check on the other droids (make sure they’re being treated well, in good repair, and collecting payments. I can even get my own droid repair droid, to further automate the process. Income will be used for repairs, upgrades, new droids, and expanding the business. Eventually I’ll have my droids build a droid factory. Then later I can expand to ship manufacturing, and get my own ship with my own droid crew. And eventually my own droid army/navy. Somewhere in there I’d even set up some amenities for my droids, like from that episode of clone wars “S3 E8 Evil Plans” the Droid Spa establishment that R2 visited. At the very least I’d show my droids respect.

I think a refurbished Lucrehulk would be an excellent cruise ship. It would have tons of internal space for recreation areas, cargo, and berths, and could have loads and loads of external windows. Plus the Lucrehulk is one of the largest warships in Star Wars so, even stripped of some of the armaments no pirate would dare attack it. To keep away pirates or others who would want to secretly infiltrate the ship, the cruise ship would need state of the art sensor as well as a couple of squads of scout or reconnaissance ships. So the players could be on one of the scout ships and maybe the sensors see some smuggler base, or a big Imperial or First Order secret that they shouldn’t have, or otherwise come under attack. A cruise ship would probably need to have a cloud of external droids who job it is to just fly around the outside of the ship and scan it. In addition, the cruise ship would also need astromec droids to do any external repairs. So one of the players could be the droid handler, and they run into (or get involved in) some sort of illegal or dangerous business that way. Or the players could be the crew of one of the shuttles that ferry passengers to and from the cruise ship and get mixed up in some sort of plot. It is not unheard of for a crew member of a real-life cruise ship to be a person evading the law or a person who is running from something else. It is also a bit of a trope that cruise ship crews themselves live a pretty raucous lifestyle so that could be the game.

8:05 Here's how my TTRPG group would use a cruiseship. The ship would take passengers on a luxury cruise to see some fancy space phenomenon. As the cruise compagny, you obviously have insurance against such things as fire, asteroid impacts and pirate boarding. You also have, on the side, a smaller ship crewed by privateers who also work for you but in secret. With your cruiser, you take folk for middle, higher and elite class on a luxury cruise. During the trip, the privateers intercept your ship. There's an exciting looking battle, with laser blasts being exchanged, then either the privateers hit the cruiser in a spot that seems important but is actually made just to be hit or they fire ion torpedoes to temporaly power down the cruiser. They board the cruiser, make a big show of taking over, then rob the passengers without hurting any of them. You could have a crew member or two of the cruiser who are in on it pretend to fight back and get defeated by the "pirates". Once it's over, the privateers leave with their booty. The cruiser gets fixed and gets underway. Once back in port, your insurance reimbourses the passengers, so they lost nothing really and they have a grand tale to tell their friends. The privateers have a booty that they can pawn off. And you have the extra money from the insurance and free publicity from the passengers who are sure to tell everyone about their "adventure". Basically, it's a scam

For the doctor/medical thing, you can also the Pelta Class Frigate. Since that was also built as a medical ship during the Clone Wars. But that’s if you find 1 & the crew to fully use it. Also a freelance contractor could work to. Due to the work can be flexible & you can pick what type of freelance work you want to do.

Armored transport (like an armored truck in Star Wars) for the transportation of high value items and individuals. This would be a great reason to have a couple of up-armored YV-929 freighters and a dozen or so fighters, along with a well-rounded Corellian Corvette (something with large cargo capacity as well the ability fight off small fighters and a small capital ship at once) with super fast hyperdrive to act as a quick-response ship -in case one of the YV-929s gets attacked by something larger or better organized, and for extra-valuable cargo.

The ship from the Galactic Starcruiser resort was a Purrgil-class starcruiser? I thought spacers hated or feared purrgils. I remember Hera's first encounter with them in Rebels. She was anything but a fan.

another cool idea for you cruise liner.... is gr-75. the gr75 BEFORE the rebels "modified them " , would make some very nice, and very inexpensive , cruise liners ..( i would link the EC henry video.. but linking didn't seem to work ) his version of the "original" condition of these 75's would make a great fleet for lil planetary tour and cruise business 😀

The travelling (Droid) Medic could also offer new faces, fingerprints, and eyes for a new identity. And while a Bacta Tank might be expensive, it would be a godsend in many places. Note that with a little spare freight room and more droids you could be a rescue ship for spaceships, rescuing the crews and doing a little salvage work. The tour guide could give the rest of the group a tour on their target and you get pulled into their job. With their ship impounded the only way off planet would be working together. Now he is the scout for the group, using his tour guide skills to scope out locations. The only places not having permanent tour guides would be those that have little to show, so you would satisfy the market and then move on. Resort owner? That would be a campaign by itself where most of the adventure comes to you in form of your passengers and freight. Construction? Construct hideouts from local stuff in a hurry. Turn renovate a place, turn ruins or a crashed spaceship into something liveable. Smugglers and other criminals including Rebels might be in need of such things. And of course quickly forget that you did work for them.

Mobile cinema? To remote outpost, mines, settlements for hire? Could be interesting

I dont know if its the same in the west but here in the eastern europe there is strong trope of always drunk shoddy construction/renovation crews with modus operandi of botching jobs, stealing supplies and cheating on their contract employer so they still get paid. And that mix of low brow comedic fun and rival-scrapper-beating investor-cheating rougery sounds like a fun type of RPG adventure. You may not be shooting at the Imperials... but when landing platform collapses with the VIP shuttle because you skimped on old rusted industrial demobil screws.... who will rebellion thank then?

I agree the VCX-100 is the best ship of its size for whatever you use it for. A mobile home, cargo, mercenary gunship. I would love to buy a VCX-100 and a homestead and just plop it right down on my property. I think for construction though the gozanti is best because you can have a larger construction crew and carry machinery beneath it.

These ideas seem like a great background for a crew of ner-do-wells who want to skip the whole “You meet in a tavern” ideas

Great video you should make more like these you should do one on the rebel alliance campaign ideas

I ran a game where the players were in the old Republic military as the officers of a diplomatic envoy ship that was little more than a cruise ship. I then, untold to them, had an actual war start.

yet another great video

I think I'd like to be an independent travel writer/journalist in star wars. It would allow me to freely see the galaxy while seeing the common person's story. I'd pick a Crescent-class Transport as my ship. It's small enough to be used for one person, while also providing space for companions. It's also fairly cheap. It costs about 25,000 credits new. So it would be easily acquired.

Jabba the Hut seemed to have a pretty good business model.

Vending machines. I’m sure they have vending machines in the Star Wars galaxy, but maybe they’re a bit smarter (like a binary load lifter droid). So in the RPG that you do the rounds, maybe when you come to change the machine it’s built-in surveillance systems have captured some important intel (that you have to figure out what to do with) or the droid vending machine has been the unwitting witness to a crime so the player has to get involved in a murder mystery or other plot. Maybe the vending droid gets PTSD or needs emotional support after being abused or witnessing the above crime.

Dude, if you are getting a thousand meter ship, might as well get a Star Destroyer, be a mercenary, mobile star port, mobile ship repair yard, or a cruise liner over a world or near a space born wonder of the galaxy.

How do you do the visuals for each ship? Really cool simple way to display them. Would be cool for a site to have a library of Star Wars ships visualized like this

My first time here, good video, i liked it. Constructive criticism? Show an actual picture of a ship, and not just a line drawing that can be incomprehensible, especially if you've never seen the ship in question before. Other than that, well done!

Smiles and streches out. Mechanic - The Galactic Tow truck Operator. Droid mechanic - you could work independent or on contract for a larger corporation. Picture getting occational "missions" from a corporations to pick up a load of DCR-3X Motivators and a set of Data disks, to bring them to a planet, base, or even large ship to do a large scale refit of droids. traveling doctor - Mobile Hospital ship, with ambulance. You set down in the colony begin treating patients, then a child runs up saying her mother is sick but couldn't be brought there... ambulance has to fly out and pick her up... except problems happen. heck, someones injured in a wild animal attack thats on going... and "warriors" need to be deployed with the shuttle. Also, getting meds could be fun, for example, having to deal with the Pike for... medical grade spice. An extension here could also be the Pharmacist - crossing prospector, herbalist, and doctor, they collect local medicines from different worlds, and work with specialized droids for processing and finding which works best for which species. Star Cruiser- These ships do NOT need to be big. Today there are businesses run out of large Yachts as mini cruise ships. In real world terms Flemming Yachts for example has 65-85' passanger yachts with 6 cabins for passangers, 1 for captain, and 2 bunks for crew. its easy to see a smallish yacht in star wars done up as a mini-cruise ship for luxury trips to special locations. the bear min for a yacht liner is - base crew - mechanic, captain, first officer/navigator. - Interactive crew -chef, nurse, maids, Concierge. The ship does NOT need shopping, just good food, good drink, maybe dancing, games, and comfortable sleeping area's because - the ship isn't the destination... These micro yachts run 8-12 hour trips between places of interest. giving passangers just enough time to relax before they hit casino station, or race track planet, or other buisness... that gives the ships owners kickbacks for bringing rich patrons to them. "Space station owner"- the deep space 9 of star wars, bring adventure to you. Not as grand as the star liner, there are lots of "small" space stations, that operate as transfer points, hubs, mining bases and such. During war times these can often be abandon and forgotten about, taken by pirates, misplaced or baught and then bribes placed to keep imperials off the backs. Even a small station acting as a fuel depot, restaurant and repair shop could be a fun job for some. "Doctor" Ok how about Vet, could do the same thing as doctor but traveling farm worlds... also gets the occational call for rich folks pets. *snerks* LeatherNeck - Space Driller. Specialist called in when you need core samples from asteroids, planetoids, or such.

could you make a video about the best cargo for traders please.

What ship would I need to be a death stick dealer?

Traveling starship wright and new starship sales. I think it would a really interesting job to build bootleg or open-source stock starships as well as custom starships. A small team of 10 to 15 engineers and a few dozen droids could build custom starships. Assuming these custom jobs don’t come along that often, for bread and butter jobs the team could build technologically-updated versions of out dated starfighters (such as the Z-95 or the Aurek-class) for spec sale to whoever would buy them or fulfill bulk orders for militias for planets in the outer rim. Edit: I forgot to include what ship-type to use for this. The GR-75 would be a great ship for this, since it is essentially an empty shell with internal shipping container racks that could pretty easily be outfitted into more than one assembly line. You could build a smelting and machine shop or better yet, have some sort of molecular furnace built in to help construct parts from virgin or salvaged materials.

I would specialize in light saber/ blaster bolt injuries. Then I'll follow an imperial star destroyer's around and land on every planet they "visit". I'll have plenty of wounded customers 😅