Multi-Troop Transport
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Multi-Troop Transport |
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| Length |
31 meters[2] |
| Height/depth |
13 meters[2] |
| Maximum speed |
35 km/h[2] |
| Maximum altitude |
4 meters[2] |
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| Armament |
Twin 17 kv blaster cannons (4)[2][1] |
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The Multi-Troop Transport (MTT) was a heavy repulsorlift vehicle used by both the Trade Federation and the Confederacy of Independent Systems to transport B1 battle droids and other mechanical infantry prior to and during the Clone Wars.
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[edit] Characteristics
The MTT was manufactured and designed by Baktoid Armor Workshop. Reminiscent of a jungle animal, its reactor and main engines were in the rear, in classic Baktoid style. The MTT could carry 112 battle droids with their standard blaster rifles in a hydraulically powered deployment rack. This rack extended out from the face of the MTT, allowing the droids to be deployed directly into combat if needed. The rack was also detachable.
The MTT's face was reinforced and studded with case-hardened metal alloy studs and was designed to smash through enemy walls to reach its destination. With heavy armor and weaponry, the MTT was almost unstoppable.
The MTT's control room was staffed by a OOM pilot battle droid and a droid gunner/engineer. It was armed with only a quartet of 17kv anti-personnel blaster cannons mounted in ball turrets.
[edit] History
The MTT was used fairly extensively during the Invasion of Naboo, where divisions of them deployed legions of battle droids during the Battle of Grassy Plains.
The original Baktoid design for the MTT called for an open staging chamber, but Baktoid's eccentric designers had the unusual job of making a transport that had to convey droids, not living beings. They thus devised a system that could load folded battle droids onto a giant deployment rack. This more then doubled the troop capacity of the MTT, which extended the droid rack to deploy the compressed troops, which would then unfold into fighting position. At the end of the battle, they'd be refolded and loaded back onto the rack to be transported back to the base. However, the open chamber was retained for storing droidekas[1].
During the early Clone Wars, Baktoid developed a newer vehicle to serve the MTT's role. Known as the MUT (Multi-Utility Transport), this vehicle lacked weaponry, but also carried battle droids. It is possible that the MUT served in a variety of roles, as its name indicates. It was used mainly in the Dark Reaper Crisis. A space-bound variant, the Trade Federation Troop Transport, was also employed during this era.
It is interesting to note that the MTT was seen in combat on Coruscant and many other battlefronts (including the Battle of Kashyyyk), instead of the MUT, indicating that the MUT failed to completely replace the MTT. MTTs were still in use as of the Battle of Coruscant.
[edit] Notable models
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novel
- Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
- Hero of Cartao
- The Cestus Deception (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Battle for Naboo
- Star Wars: Starfighter
- Star Wars Republic: The Battle of Jabiim
- Star Wars Republic 67: Forever Young
- Clone Wars Chapter 22
- Clone Wars Chapter 23
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
[edit] Sources
- Episode I Insider's Guide
- Episode I: Incredible Cross-Sections
- Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
Trade Federation MTT in the Databank
"Theed Palace Limited" - Star Wars Customizable Card Game (Card: Multi Troop Transport)
[edit] Notes and references
