While doing some research on the USS/CSS Water Witch because the full scale model in front of the Civil War Naval Museum makes you curious I found it had an extensive and interesting history see here:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Water_Witch_(1851"><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Water_Witch_(1851</a>)<br /><br />Other ships like the USS Hunchback a civilian ferry brought into the war and returned to civilian life might be thought of as combat ships but were.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hunchback_(1852">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hunchback_(1852</a>)<br /><br />In SF even the merchant ships are armed unlike the merchant shipping of the 19th century. We can easily imagine that the star ships our PCs find themselves could have served in the Sathar wars or brought in for other actions. <br /><br />Considering the Mil Falcon had a history which came back to haunt it a little, has anyone ever done any background story for the ships they use?
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