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Player > Starships > Manufacturers > Starhive
Starfinder Starship Operations Manual p.75
Standing Against The Swarm
Manufacturing Centers: Akiton, Nchak
Specialties: Shirren fighting ships
Famous Models: Drone, Raptor, Vespiar
Starhive formed about a hundred years after shirrens first
arrived in the Pact Worlds, splitting away from Hivonyx
Industries because of a fundamental difference of philosophy.
Many shirrens feared the Swarm would find its way to
the Pact Worlds, and they wanted to be ready for armed
resistance. They felt that unarmed starships were fine for
merchants and explorers, but that it would take heavy
weaponry to stop the Swarm. But Hivonyx leaders maintained
the company’s pacifist stance, so a large group of shirren
employees split off to form Starhive and make battle-ready
starships. The first Starhive shipyard was founded on Akiton,
though the company almost went under before establishing
its own supply chain on the planet. Akitonian businesses
aren’t always friendly to competitors, and existing starship
manufacturers leaned hard on their suppliers not to sell to
the new company. A few supply chain managers at Hivonyx—
sympathetic to the Starhive cause—helped out their former
employees with contacts on other planets. This proved more
expensive than shopping local, but Starhive was able to get
started and began building shirren battleships.
Sixty years later, company leaders began negotiating with
the trox of Nchak, a Liavaran moon. Even as devout Hylaxians,
the trox took the threat of the Swarm seriously and agreed on
the need for warships capable of fighting it. Starhive added a
second location on Nchak to coordinate with trox engineers on
new starship technology. The company eventually expanded
beyond warships to freighters and passenger vehicles,
starting with the Drone Mk 1, which quickly became Starhive’s
best-selling ship. Starhive ships are insectile in appearance,
much like Hivonyx’s, but Starhive designs are immediately
recognizable for their aggressive shapes, including heavy
shells, stinger-like tails, and frills of spikes. The company is also
known for impressive paint jobs, using proprietary iridescent
paint that mimics an insect’s shell. Starhive ensures that no two
ships have an identical appearance, even in its best-selling lines.
Starhive has come under scrutiny lately; several Hivonyx
ships have been discovered outfitted with heavy weaponry, and
evidence suggests Starhive is responsible for these conversions.
Hivonyx is furious at this apparent subversion of its peaceful
mission, but Starhive insists it is being framed and is working
to prove its innocence before Hivonyx seeks legal recourse. This
complicated scheme has all the markings of corporate sabotage,
probably masterminded by one of Starhive’s Akitonian rivals,
such as Sanjaval Spaceflight Systems.
Manufacturer Perk: Starhive designers know the importance of sufficient power on a warship. Starhive starships can install a power core housing for a second power core for only 8 BP instead of 10.
Name | Tier | Type | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Starhive Drone Mk III | 1 | Small light freighter | CRB p.312 |
Starhive Vespiar | 15 | Gargantuan battleship | SOM p.113 |
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