LAAT/le Patrol Transport
Craft: Santh/Rothana Heavy Engineering LAAT/le Patrol Gunship
Type: Airspeeder
Scale: Speeder
Length: 11.48 meters
Skill: Repulsorlift operation: Police Gunship
Crew: 1 pilot; Gunner: 1
Crew Skill: All skills typically at 4D
Passengers: 15 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 2 tons
Cover: Full; Half (cargo bay when doors open)
Altitude Range: Up to 1,000 meters
Cost: 62,000 (new), 30,000 (used)
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Move: 216; 620 km/h
Body Strength: 4D
Weapons:
2 Laser Cannon (fire-linked)
Fire Arc: Front (ball turret)
Skill: Vehicle blasters
Scale: Vehicle
Fire Control: 1D
Range: 20-100/150/250
Damage: 3D+1
Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Rear (turret)
Skill: Vehicle blasters
Scale: Vehicle
Fire Control: 1D
Range: 5-10/100/300
Damage: 2D+1
2 Rocket Launchers (4 missiles each)
Fire Arc: Front
Skill: Missile weapons
Scale: Vehicle
Fire Control: 2D
Range: 2 km
Damage: 5D
Game Notes: As well as side dropping hatches for passengers to disembark, there is an additional drop exit at the rear allowing for swift deployments. Search light: has a range of 300m and illuminates a 15m radius as though daylight (no penalties for darkness).
Background: The LAAT/le patrol gunship, also known as patrol transport, police gunship, known first as the Republic police gunship and later as the Imperial patrol transport, was a gunship introduced during the Clone Wars to perform law enforcement functions on the Republic capital of Coruscant. Designed to be sleeker and smaller as well as less heavily armed than the Republic attack gunship, the patrol transport was better suited for policing the dense, planet-wide city while reducing the risks of collateral damage.
After the formation of the Galactic Empire, the patrol transport saw a broader use as a patrol craft for the Imperial Military on various worlds, as well as an escort carried on some of its capital ships. Patrol transports saw extensive use against various rebel cells and factions during both the early Rebellion and the Galactic Civil War.
