Hatchet Transport


Craft: TertiusBane Industries ATR-9R3 "Hatchet"
Type: Light troop carrier
Scale: Speeder
Length: 21 meters
Skill: Repulsorlift Operations; Hatchet
Cost: 121,000 credits
Crew: 3
Passengers: 6 fully equipped Yaeger Rangers, + 6 Manitou Speeder Bikes
Cover: Full
Cargo Capacity: 180 kg
Move: 420; 1,200 kph
Maneuverability: 3D
Body Strength: 2D+2
Altitude Range: 100 km
Weapons:
3 Light Blaster Cannons (fire linked)
Scale: Speeder
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: Pilot
Skill: Vehicle blasters
Fire Control: 3D+1
Range: 50-150m/1.0km/1.4km
Damage: 5D
2 Double Blaster Turrets
Scale: Speeder
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Vehicle blasters
Fire Control: 2D+2
Range: 20-100m/500m/1.0km
Damage: 6D+2

In response to the modernization of the Imperial Scouts, The Yaeger High Command has improved the arsenal of their highly respected Rangers. One of the new craft currently fielded is the Hatchet Transport. Designed to launch from either grounded Doublet Corvettes or from flyby drops by various forms of carrier craft, the Hatchet will leave it's drop area at high speed, and then duck below whatever cover is available, getting the Rangers to the areas that they are assigned to with a minimum possibility of detection.

When they reach the area that they are supposed to drop the Rangers in, the primary innovations of the Hatchet come into play. The Rangers mount their bikes inside the craft, and the craft will then sling them out at nearly full velocity. All of the bikes are usually launched at once, with 2 leaving the vehicle at each side (except the front). The slings are concealed behind flash-open doors that have been designed to look like armor plates, and the gyro-stabilization of the slings makes them capable of angling the launch quite easily, allowing the crew member assigned to the slings to match the bike's trajectory with the available open spaces (preventing early collisions with obstacles).

The Hatchet can travel for up to three weeks without refueling, but unless some distraction is necessary, it will usually travel back to another drop site to pick up more Rangers.

Note: The cost listed is in a theoretical situation, where the Yaeger ships are available without restriction. In most scenarios, they should not be available at all, or at incredibly inflated prices.
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