AA-9 Coruscant freighter
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| AA-9 Coruscant freighter | |
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Model |
Botajef AA-9 Freighter-Liner |
| Class | |
| Technical specifications | |
| Length |
1,290 meters[1] |
| Armament |
None |
| Passengers |
30,000[1] |
| Usage | |
| Role(s) |
Freighter |
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| Affiliation | |
The AA-9 Coruscant freighter, also known as the Botajef Freighter-Liner, was a massive freighter-model used to transport large groups of people to and from Coruscant.
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[edit] Characteristics
AA-9 freighters were built at the Botajef Shipyards. They employed Type Dyne-2577 sublight drives.
As a result of the dislocation of populations by the Separatist crisis, the Refugee Relief Movement converted a number of these freighters into makeshift passenger transports, with the middle deck modified to carry 30,000 people.
[edit] History
One ship, the Jendirian Valley, transported Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala to Naboo after a failed attempt on Amidala's life.
During the Clone Wars, ships of this kind were used as cargo transports for the Grand Army of the Republic and were often gathered into convoys, with added protection given by dedicated Republic warships. They were also used as troop transports by the Clone Army itself.
The civilian version was known to be in use at least 20 years later, during the Galactic Civil War.
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[edit] Variations
[edit] Gunship Transport
The Gunship Transport was a non-combat unit used by the Galactic Republic to ferry troops and equipment around the battlefield. The transport was capable of spacial and atmospheric flight and was unarmed.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
- Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars Republic 61: Dead Ends
- Star Wars: General Grievous
- Star Wars Republic: Trackdown (Vision to Quinlan Vos)
- Star Wars Republic: Into the Unknown
- Star Wars Republic 78: Loyalties
- Star Wars Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
- Star Wars Empire: Darklighter
- Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
[edit] Sources
Starfreighter in the Databank
- Star Wars Trading Card Game: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars Insider 60
- Star Wars Insider 61
- Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 45
