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Player > Starships > Manufacturers > Sanjaval Spaceflight Systems
Starfinder Starship Operations Manual p.74
Commercial Spaceframe Manufacturer
Manufacturing Centers: Akiton, Sun (Lucent Shipyards), Triaxus
Specialties: Commercial spaceframes and cargo vessels
Famous Models: Redsun, Vagabond
Sanjaval Spaceflight Systems emerged from the Gap already
a leader in Akiton’s aerospace industry. The company was a
major manufacturer of sublight spaceship engines fueled with
thasteron, the primary fuel used by most space vessels in the
Golarion system before the advent of Drift travel. The thasteron
boom made Sanjaval a household name on Akiton (and made
the company billions of credits), but when Drift technology
appeared only a few years later, the subsequent bust devastated
the industry. Sanjaval managed to weather the thasteron crash
by diversifying its products and investments—particularly by
designing and manufacturing its own spaceframes that could be
used for either sublight vessels or the new Drift-capable ships—
and by signing an exclusive contract with the church of Iomedae
to build starships for its nascent navy.
Today, Sanjaval is one of only a few companies with a
substantial division for manufacturing thasteron-fueled sublight
thrusters (it also controls a handful of Akiton’s surviving and
viable thasteron mines), but it remains a powerful and influential
corporation in the Pact Worlds. Sanjaval’s primary business is
the production of starship spaceframes for commercial use—
especially explorers, transports, and freighters of various sizes—
and countless merchant ships, free traders, and cargo haulers
in the Pact Worlds are built on Sanjaval frames. In addition,
Sanjaval produces its own line of popular cargo ships like the
Redsun and the Vagabond.
Diversification was the key to Sanjaval’s survival after the
thasteron crash, and it remains a major part of its corporate
strategy. Sanjaval’s original contract with the Iomedaean navy has
evolved into a profitable partnership, and the company continues
to build Iomedaean ships through a dedicated subsidiary called
Inheritorworks (page 67). From its corporate headquarters
in Akiton’s Hivemarket, Sanjaval also manufactures and sells
starship thrusters, guided missiles and torpedoes for starships,
and gyrojet firearms, among other products. Akiton is a difficult
environment in which to do business due to its harsh weather
and lawless nature, so Sanjaval relies mostly on indigenous ysoki,
hykli, and ikeshti accustomed to these conditions.
Although the company does not make its own line of Drift
engines, its research and development division at Lucent
Shipyards in the Burning Archipelago is engaged in cutting-edge
experiments in interplanar travel. Sanjaval recently began
sponsoring colonization efforts in the Vast, and it is currently
developing a new transport/freighter tentatively called the
Sanjaval Galaxy Nomad to replace the aging Vagabond model.
Manufacturer Perk: Sanjaval manufactures a wide variety of interchangeable service modules that can be easily swapped out as needed. Refitting a starship with a modular Sanjaval expansion bay takes half the usual time (minimum 1 day).
Name | Tier | Type | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Sanjaval Vagabond | 3 | Medium explorer | DS01 p.0 |
Sanjaval Palanquin | 5 | Large heavy freighter | 3C01 p.0 |
Sanjaval Redsun | 9 | Large heavy freighter | SOM p.101 |
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