The ship that won the Skathelon War,
the Inward Star cruiser was the first ship produced by the military
owned Yaeger Yards. Before the Inward Star, ships had been built
by private companies and purchased by the military, and the
construction of a militarily owned shipyard was a subject of great
dispute on the Gii Yaeg floor. The success of the Inward Star
helped to quiet some of the opponents of the military Yards, and
the Yaeger Yard's willingness to incorporate parts produced by
independent corporations silenced many others.
Named after the symbol of the Yaeger, the Inward Star cruiser
became just that, as it's distinctive profile came to represent
Yaeger military presence. Introduced near the beginning of the
Skathelon war, and refined throughout, the Inward Star quickly
replaced the motley assortment of Dues, Kord, and Operion craft
that had been the Yaeger navy until that point. Far faster and
more agile than any craft fielded by the Skathelon, the Inward Star
was the craft on which the Yaeger swirling tactics were first
built. Replaced at the end of the Skathelon war by the earliest Panther models, an Inward Star Cruiser
served as the navy's official flagship for nearly two hundred years
after the last Inward Star was removed from combat duty.
Inward Star cruisers still retain a place of honor in the
Yaeger's military memory, and the three Mark I Inward Stars have
become museum ships. The cost listed is for an Inward Star cruiser
that had been on backworld duty, and had been fitted with numerous
replacement parts. An Inward Star Mark I with only original parts
would command a much higher price.