Alliance Landing Ship for Tanks

Name: ALST
Craft: Alliance Landing Ship for Tanks
Type: transport
Scale: starfighter
Length: 45.7 meters
Skill: space transports
Crew: 6
Skeleton Crew: 1/+15
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 250 metric tons
Consumables: 600 hours
Cost: 35,820 credits
Maintenance Costs: 1,500 credits per year
Nav Computer: yes (intra-system only)
Maneuverability: 1D+1
Space:

Cruise: 3
Hard Burn: 5

Atmosphere:

Cruise: 260; 750 kmh
Hard Burn: 295; 850 kmh

Hull: 4D
Sensors

Passive: 45/1D+2
Scan: 95/2D+2
Search: 140/3D+2
Focus: 5/4D+2

Weapons

6 - 1lb Cannons

Fire Arc: 6 turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1/2/3
Atmosphere Range: 1-100/210/320 m
Ammo: 1,000 per cannon
Rate of fire:
Damage: 6D

6 Missile Batteries

Fire Arc: 6 turrets
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-5/10/16
Atmosphere Range: 10-530/1,065/1,610 m
Ammo: 20 missiles per battery
Rate of fire:
Damage: 12D

Description: The Alliance Landing Ship for Tanks (ALST) was an Alliance military starship class. Due to their high rate of attrition ALSTs were built with minimal complexity and were lightly armed, making them easy pickings without support. This slow low-cost vehicle was primarily used during the Unification War, where it earned the nickname "A Large Slow Target."

Besides carrying mechanized forces ALSTs are also commonly converted into medical evacuation vessels, with weaponry removed and the aft cargo hold converted into an operating theater for up to twenty-four patients and twelve medical personnel.

ALSTs became famous for a number of beachhead landings, including the Battle of Serenity Valley where about a hundred landed simultaneously. At the conclusion of the war, the surviving 2,000 ALSTs of the original 8,000 produced were stripped of their advanced military equipment and auctioned off to civilian buyers.

Source: thedemonapostle; Six Shooters & Spaceships pg 51