SX troop shuttle
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SX troop shuttles, also called SX troop transports, were shuttles used by the Republic during the Clone Wars and later by the Empire to transport troops. They had broad wings and pointed bows.
These transports were deployed during the Battle of Murkhana in the closing hours of the war. During the Great Jedi Purge that followed, ten Jedi survivors managed to steal a transport of this type from Dellalt. They were pursued by an Imperial light cruiser and a number of ARC-170 bombers, before being rescued by the Drunk Dancer.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- It is unclear, in Dark Lord, whether L-200 is part of the full designation of the SX troop shuttle, or a separate but similar class of vessel. Cudgel identifies a disguised SX, the Vagabond Trader, as an L-200, so either the SX was intentionally disguised as an L-200 and the disguise fooled Cudgel, or Cudgel recognizes the ship for what it really is and either L-200 is synonymous with SX, or he simply pretends to think it is an L-200. It may be that the author forgot he had referred to it as an SX earlier in the novel.
