| Sentinel-class landing craft | |
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| Star Ship Info | |
| Name: |
Sentinel-class landing craft |
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| Model: |
Sentinel-class landing craft |
| Class: |
Landing craft |
| Cost: |
Template:Cr 240,000 |
| Length: |
38 meters |
| Maximum acceleration: |
2,400 G |
| Armament: |
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| Complement: |
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| Crew: |
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| Passengers: |
up to 75 troops |
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The Sentinel-class landing craft or the Imperial Landing Shuttle is a transport used primarily by the Galactic Empire to carry troops, small vehicles, and supplies.
Characteristics[]
Design[]
Sentinel-class schematics.
With its folding wing configuration and matching cockpit module, the Sentinel-class landing craft is based on the Lambda-class shuttle, both shuttles having seen design origins in the Theta-class shuttle. However, unlike its predecessor and its counterpart, the landing craft's exterior is encased in armor plating 25% heavier than the armor of a Lambda-class. The landing craft is also equipped with four deflector shield projectors. Despite its large size and heavy weight, the Sentinel-class is fast and agile due to its Cygnus HD7 engine array.
Crew[]
The Sentinel relies on a crew consisting of a pilot, a co-pilot/sensor officer, as well as three gunners, the minimun crew requires is just one person. The head gunner handles the eight fire-linked laser cannons, while the remaining gunners control the Ion Cannon, the repeating blasters and the fire-linked missile launchers. The vessel's computer also features an automatic mapping function and a rudimentary autopilot that can pilot the vessel towards an Imperial garrison, starship, or homing beacon during emergencies, and includes powerful communication arrays which enables contact with all Imperial starships and garrisons within a given system.
Complement[]
The Sentinel-class landing craft's seat section.
The interior of the shuttle can be customized for each mission, removing or adding seating. In its standard configuration, a Sentinel-class can carry 54 stormtroopers and 6 74-Z Speeder Bikes. When its seats are removed and it is converted to carrying supplies, it can transport 36 74-Z Speeder Bikes, or 12 compact assault vehicles such as AT-STs.