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Sheathipede-class transport shuttle

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Sheathipede-class transport shuttle
Production information
Manufacturer

Haor Chall Engineering[1]

Model

Sheathipede-class transport shuttle[1]

Class

Transport shuttle[2]

Cost

Not available for sale[3]

Technical specifications
Length

20 meters[2]

Maximum speed (atmosphere)

880 km/h[3]

Hyperdrive system

None[2]

Armament

Armed model: Laser cannons (3)[4]

Crew

or

  • Automated flight system[2]

or

Passengers

6[3]

Cargo capacity

1 ton[3]

Consumables

1 week[3]

Usage
Availability

Licensed[3]

Role(s)

Short-range transport[2]

Era(s)

Rise of the Empire era[2]

Affiliation
[Source]
"Haor Chall Engineering Sheathipede-class transport shuttle. Design is based on the soldier beetles. Upraised stern, bow ramp, clawfoot landing gear."
―A clone commando[src]

The Sheathipede-class transport shuttle, also known as the Neimoidian shuttle, was a craft manufactured by Haor Chall Engineering[1] and used by high-ranking officials of the Trade Federation to visit potential clients and marketplaces.[2]

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[edit] Characteristics

An automated Neimoidian shuttle without cockpit.

They were shaped like soldier beetles, and their clawfooted landing legs could only settle down on hard surfaces. This was due to the businessmen's distaste for dealing with poor, underdeveloped worlds.[2]

These shuttles often had their cockpits removed and replaced by automated pilots, so that cabin space could be increased. The Sheathipede-class shuttle was a short-range ship, used only for planetary travel or to ferry passengers to and from an orbital space station or starship.[2]

The personal shuttle of Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray was named Lapiz Cutter. This ship had no weapons, although it was protected by powerful deflector shields.[2]

A distinct variant of the Sheathipede had several laser cannons and a seat for the gunner next to the pilot, thus widening the cockpit. Due to the additional armament on the dorsal fin, the communications antenna was shortened.[4]

The shuttle bore a resemblance to the larger Neimoidian trader.[5]

[edit] History

An armed Sheathipede model.

Sheathipede-class shuttles were used by Neimoidian officials to land on Naboo after they had invaded the planet.[6] 10 years later, when the Battle of Geonosis appeared to go in favor of the Republic, the Neimoidian representatives took off in one of these craft.[7]

Count Dooku maintained an armed shuttle onboard his personal frigate. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker used it to shoot his solar sailer down over Vanqor, though the Sith Lord escaped.[4] During the Battle of Tirahnn, the Separatist spy Braxus Lyn attempted to transport the Zygerrian Zolghast off Tirahnn in one.[8]

General Grievous also used one of these shuttles to land on the planet Utapau following the Battle of Coruscant.[9] His shuttle had an unaltered cockpit, due to the General's distrust of automated systems.[2]

After the Clone Wars ended, few Neimoidians would venture outside their systems unless on business trips. When doing so, they still used Sheathipede-class shuttles.[10]

[edit] Behind the scenes

In the Wii/PSP/Playstation II version of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed", after Galen Marek ,a.k.a. Starkiller, rescues Senator Bail Organa from a corrupted Maris Brood on Felucia, the senator has a Sheathipede-class transport shuttle waiting for him to take him to Corellia, where he, Senators Garm Bel Iblis and Mon Mothma, Jedi Master Rahm Kota, and Marek will create the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Sources

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Labyrinth of Evil
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13  Neimoidian shuttle in the Databank
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Dooku Captured"
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  6. ↑ Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  7. ↑ Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  8. ↑ Galaxy at War
  9. ↑ Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  10. ↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
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