Corellian Engineering Corporation

Corellian Engineering Corporation, abbreviated CEC and originally called Corellian Engineering Corps, was one of the three largest starship manufacturers, along with and. This corporation was widely considered the most prolific starship manufacturer in the galaxy. Two of its more famous products were the, used extensively in smuggling and personal cargo transportation, and the , an expensive and large transport used to transport Senators and high valued citizens safely through the galaxy. Its armament was rumored to repel pirates.

History
CEC, whose shipyards were located in the, owed much of its success to the abnormally high numbers of skilled designers, engineers, and shipwrights the system produced. The shipyards were well known for their modular freighters which could be upgraded for combat with both legal and illegal after-market kits.

Unlike the company's main competitors ( and ), CEC relied almost solely on civilian sales rather than military contracts. Even so, they were known to have constructed large warships for the Republic Navy. CEC also teamed up with to jointly fund, a radical think tank responsible for a number of starship designs, including some droid starships.