Ipc Personnel Shuttle

Ipc Personnel Shuttle
Craft: Telgorn II Ipc Gamma-class Light Personnel Carrier
Affiliation: Empire
Era: Rebellion
Source: The Abduction of Crying Dawn Singer (page 22)
Type: Personnel shuttle
Scale: Capital (due to power output)
Length: 30 meters
Skill: Space transports: assault shuttle
Crew: 2, gunners: 3, skeleton: 1/+10
Crew Skill: Capital ship gunnery 3D+2, capital ship shields 4D, space transports 5D
Passengers: 40
Cargo Capacity: 1 metric ton
Consumables: 3 days
Cost: Not available for sale
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x2
Hyperdrive Backup: x18
Nav Computer: Limited to 3 jumps
Maneuverability: 3D
Space: 8
Atmosphere: 365; 1,050 kmh
Hull: 5D+2
Shields: 2D+2
Sensors:

• Passive: 40/1D
• Scan: 80/1D+2
• Search: 130/3D
• Focus: 4/3D

Weapons:

• 4 Laser Cannons
  Fire Arc: 2 front, 2 rear
  Crew: 2 guns are handled by “gunner #1”, two guns are handled by “gunner #2”
  Skill: Capital ship gunnery
  Fire Control: 3D
  Space Range: 1-3/12/25
  Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5 km
  Damage: 2D

Capsule: The Gamma-class Light Personnel Carrier was an Imperial shuttle used to supply planetary forces. It was also known as the Telgorn II lpc Gamma-class personnel shuttle, while Rebel ground forces referred to them as Gift boxes.

The Gamma-class Light Personnel Carrier was an extensive modification of the Gamma-class assault shuttle designed to quickly supply planetary forces. It had a large landing gear that left the hull of the ship two meters off the ground when fully extended. The troops and cargo were deployed via a ramp in the belly of the ship.

In comparison with the assault shuttle, the Light Personnel Carrier was only lightly armed with four laser cannons.

Due to the harmless outer appearance but with the capability to deploy a full complement of troops, Rebel ground forces nicknamed these shuttles "gift boxes".

One of these shuttles was carried by the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Impending Doom, flagship of Moff Nile Owen. It was destroyed during the Skirmish at Najarka.