AIC-4

AIC-4
Craft: Sonda Armament’s Armored Interface Craft-4
Affiliation: Empire
Era: Rise of the Empire
Source: Adventure Journal 2
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 40 meters
Skill: Space transports: dropship
Crew: 6
Passengers: 44 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 10 metric tons
Consumables: 3 days
Cost: Not available for sale
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 9 (during drop); 3 (on return flight)
Atmosphere: 400; 1,150 kmh (during drop); 260; 750 kmh (on return flight)
Hull: 5D
Shields: 1D
Sensors:

Passive: 20/0D
Scan: 40/1D
Search: 60/2D
Focus: 3/3D

Weapons:

2 Laser Cannons

Fire Arc: Turret
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
Damage: 5D

2 Heavy Repeating Blasters

Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1 each
Scale: Character
Ranges: 3-75/200/500
Damage: 8D

Capsule: AIC-4 designed to fit in belly of Star Destroyer and send troops to planet surface. Will survive ground based and space/atmospheric defenses. Other craft used for safe drops. Contains crude field hospital. AIC-4 uses guns to clear area around landing site, unloads troops and goes back for more. If air defenses too dangerous for slow ascent, the AIC-4 may be stranded.