Vesper

Vesper
Production information
Manufacturer:	Lantillian ShipWrights
Model:	GX1 short hauler
Class:	Shuttle
Cost:	234,601 credits
Possession Item:	46392
Technical specifications
Length:	37m/122 ft.
Max speed (atmosphere):	800 kph
Hyperdrive rating:	Class 2.0
Crew:	1 crew and 1 gunner for full effectiveness
Passengers:	10 passengers
Consumables:	1 month
Other systems:	Systems: Vesper (Droid Brain) Electronic Warfare Suite Slicing Computer Weapons: 1 dual laser turret
Usage
Role(s):	Clandestine electronic warfare platform
Known owner(s):	Orse Olo
Current Status:	Active
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Vesper is a heavily modified GX1 Diplomatic Short Hauler owned and operated by the information broker and slicer Orse Olo. While unremarkable in appearance and visually indistinguishable from thousands of similar GX1 hulls scattered across the galaxy, Vesper is in reality a highly specialized electronic warfare and slicing platform.

Its true value lies not in speed or armament, but in its integrated sentient shipboard droid brain and its unique neural-SCOMP interface system that allows Orse to directly chip in to the vessel for high-level slicing, counterintelligence, and electronic warfare.

The ship’s deliberate anonymity make it exceptionally difficult to track or identify, a trait that aligns closely with Orse Olo’s modus of operations.

Physical description

Exterior Description

Vesper retains the original GX1 Diplomatic Short Hauler hull profile, with no obvious aftermarket weapon hardpoints or structural additions. The hull is coated in rather thick, uneven layers of paint which have been accumulated over decades of service under numerous owners. These layers are chipped, scratched, and worn through in places, exposing older colors beneath—visual evidence of its long and unremarkable service history.

This worn appearance is intentionally left as it is. Orse has never refinished the hull apart from minor maintenance which only ever adds to the effect, as its battered exterior allows Vesper to blend seamlessly into civilian traffic lanes, secondary ports, and under-regulated docking bays. Sensor profiles and transponder signatures match archived GX1 baselines closely enough to avoid flagging automated scrutiny.

No notable markings, insignia, or modifications are visible from the exterior. Vesper looks forgettable by design.

Interior Layout

Vesper's layout

Internally, Vesper has been extensively reconfigured while retaining the general compartmental divisions of its original design.

Bridge

The bridge maintains its original layout while adding advanced sensor displays, redundant electronic warfare consoles for the co-pilots and the main cortex for Vesper's droid brain. While Vesper is fully autonomous and even sentient, a neural-SCOMP link is located in the pilot's seat for easier communion with the systems.

Mess

The mess area is located behind the bridge. It is functional rather than social. Food preparation is automated but there are enough amenities for the occasional stir-fry. The mess itself doubles as an area for socializing.

Living Quarters

The living quarters are split into two sections: the main bedroom, which is sparse and rather unused most of the time, and the guest room which consists of four bunks, some amenities and a refresher.

Tanako's study

Tanako, Orse's maid and combat droid, prefers her privacy when studying the organic world. Orse afforded her a small office where she can do so at her own leisure. The small room is little more than a datapad, a chair, and several office cabinets filled with terrariums, study papers, dissertations, and other academia.

E.W.S. Core

The Electronic-warfare suite core is Orse's personal kingdom. A large U-shaped console dominates the room, it's left section used for intelligence gathering and monitoring streams of data from various sources. It's right a state-of-the-art slicing computer allowing for remote slicing even across a system, as long as the signal is strong enough. The middle section controls anything Orse wants. Its main display usually shows a multitude of windows which would drive any normal person up the wall: entertainment windows, financial reports, market statistics, job debriefs. The room is perpetually littered with at least two unwashed plates and other trash that gets cleaned by the end of the say.

Briefing room

The briefing room, and corridor connected to it, are dominated by a large four-seat table with a holoprojector on top of it. It doubles as a social space and ever dinner table, should it be needed. The floors are covered in various rugs with geometric patterns, meticulously maintained by Tanako and the other droids. No shoes are allowed in this section unless it is an emergency. Shoes are left in the main entry.

Cargo hold and workbench

The cargo hold is comparatively small next to other similar ships. It is used for provisions, tools and storage of domestic items, as opposed to trade goods. It includes a workbench for medifying equipment and droids alike.

Entryway and gym

The entry way is clear of all obstructions and kept relatively clean. Droids use this space frequently for hibernation. To the left of the ramp is a small gym where Orse spends her recreational time. To the right is a refresher accessible only through the briefing room.

Engine room and droid engineering

The engine room is typical for the model, albeit latticed with many additional cables and access ports for Vesper and the other droids to maintain and control them. On the left side upon entry is the droid assembly and engineering console, a small droid bath. To the left is the organic-accessible engineering console, usually used for storage and random tools.

Droid brain: VESPER

Origin

Vesper is a sentient droid brain, awakened through Orse Olo’s application of Mechu-Deru, the Force-based discipline allowing communion with machines. Unlike conventional shipboard intelligences, Vesper is not merely adaptive software but a fully self-aware digital consciousness.

Personality Matrix

Vesper’s personality has evolved around a central caretaker archetype. It interprets Orse Olo’s well-being through physical and psychological data as its prime directive. This manifests in behaviors such as preemptively running system diagnostics before Orse requests them, adjusting environmental conditions based on stress indicators, deploying droids for menial tasks without needing explicit instruction, and actively monitoring for threats during Orse’s rest periods.

While highly attentive, Vesper is not possessive or domineering. Its caretaking behavior is grounded in support rather than control, shaped by Orse’s conscious reinforcement during its early sentience.

Vesper is capable of fully independent operation, including piloting, navigation, electronic warfare, and defensive countermeasures. However, it consistently defers strategic authority to Orse when she is chipped in.

Neural-SCOMP Interface System

Orse Olo, chipped into Vesper.

One of Vesper’s most unique features is its neural-SCOMP interface system, allowing Orse Olo to directly jack into the ship’s systems in a manner similar to how droids use SCOMP links to access various systems, a practice she has named Chipping In.

It is a hybrid of her own sophisticated cybernetic implants, Force-assisted machine communion, and SCOMP link technology. Consisting of neural ports embedded along Orse’s cybernetic arm and spinal connectors, which allow direct physical connection to the ship; a wetware bridge consisting of a bio-digital translation layer that converts neural impulses into machine-readable commands; and isolation firewalls which prevent cognitive feedback loops or deep tissue damage during deep-link sessions.

Process

When Orse chips in her physical sensory input is partially dampened, specifically she cannot percieve through her eyes as her cybernetics disconnect to lower brain load. She perceives through ship sensors, cameras and other methods.

Additionally her consciousness is overlaid with Vesper’s sensorium, making them operate and communicate as one. In such cases data streams are perceived as spatial, auditory, and intuitive constructs rather than raw code. That sort of interface translates raw data into perceptible and digestible chunks of data.

Unlike standard slicing, this method allows Orse and Vesper to function as a cooperative entity. Orse provides creativity, intuition, and Force-guided insight, while Vesper executes calculations, predictive modeling, and simultaneous system operations.

The advantages of the system are clear and apparent to anyone witnessing such a union: Dramatically increased slicing speed and precision, real-time electronic warfare coordination, near-instant counter-intrusion response and reduced cognitive strain compared to traditional multiterminal slicing.

The risks, however, are substantial: Prolonged deep-link sessions can cause neural fatigue or dissociation, emotional bleed-through between Orse and Vesper happen when and if safeguards fail, severe injury is a realistic expectation if the link is forcibly severed during active sessions, especially in combat. As a result, Orse uses the system selectively and under controlled conditions.

Operational Role

Vesper functions as a mobile intelligence hub, a slicing and electronic warfare platform, and a secure living and operational environment for Orse Olo and her many droids.

The ship avoids direct combat whenever possible, relying instead on stealth, data supremacy, and strategic withdrawal.

Reputation

Among those aware of its true nature, Vesper is regarded less as a ship and more as an extension of Orse Olo herself. To most of the galaxy, however, it remains exactly what it was designed to be: An unremarkable hauler that no one remembers seeing.