Post by Rose on Apr 30, 2007 15:27:29 GMT -5
Republic Attack Gunship
Basic Information -
Size: 17.4 meters long
Manufacturer: Rothana Heavy Engineering
Type: Repulsorlift Gunship
Weapon: 3 Anti-Personnel Laser Turrets; 4 Composite-Beam Laser turrets, 8 Light Air-to-Air Rockets; 2 Mass-Driver Missile Launchers
Affiliation: Galactic Republic
Associations: Clone Trooper Pilots; Clone Troopers
Rugged, combat-equipped repulsorcraft, Republic attack gunships rained down blistering barrages of laser and rocket retribution against the droid forces of the Separatists. Each winged gunship was covered in weapons, offering air-to-ground and air-to-air support as well as serving as an infantry transport. The front of the gunship features hunchback-style cockpit bubbles, wherein the gunship pilot and copilot / gunner sit in single file. Chin-mounted on the craft are a pair of laser cannon turrets. On the gunship's dorsal surface are its primary armaments, two massive rocket launchers fed by a rear-mounted missile belts. The vessel's splayed wings have a pair of automated bubble-turrets, with composite-beam laser weaponry. A second pair of bubble-turret cannons extends on articulated arms from the troop cabin, and are gunner-operated by clone troopers encased within the armored spheres. Air-to-air rockets are slung on the ventral surface of each wing. Rounding out the gunship's armaments is a single tail-cannon that provides covering fire for troops and small vehicles leaving the gunship. A larger variant of the gunship is specially designed to airdrop heavy cargo, such as the Republic's AT-TE combat walkers.