 Name: Sienar Fleet Systems / Telgorn Corporation Zeta-class Shuttle
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 38 meters
Skill: Space Transports - Zeta-class Shuttle
Crew: Pilot (1), Co-pilot/sensor officer (1), Gunner (1)
Passengers: 18
Crew Skill: Space Transports 5D+1, Starship Gunnery 5D, Starship Shields 4D+1
Consumables: 2 Months
Cargo Capacity: 180 Tons
Hyperdrive Multiplier: X1
Hyperdrive Backup: X6
Nav Computer: Yes
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 295;850kmh
Maneuverability: 1D+2
Hull: 4D
Shields: 2D+1
Sensors:
Passive: 20/0D
Scan: 40/1D
Search: 80/2D
Focus: 4/2D+2
Equipped With:
Holding Cells
Training Area
Armory
Weapons:
Laser Cannons (6) {firelinked}
Fire Arc: Front
Fire Control: 4D
Space: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5km
Damage: 6D
Retractable repeating blaster cannon turrets (2)
Fire Arc: Turret
Scale: Character
Crew: 1 each
Fire Control: 1D
Space: 3-30/120/350
Atmosphere Range: 6-60/240/700m
Damage: 6D
Description: The Zeta-class shuttle was a class of shuttle used by the Galactic Empire, including Imperial governors and the Jedi hunting Inquisitorius, during its reign. Manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems and Telgorn Corporation, the Zeta-class shuttle was based on the Sentinel-class craft. The Inquisitorius, which was founded in 19 BBY, used the shuttle class during its early missions and for transporting high-ranking Imperial members. Zeta-class shuttles were present in the Battle of Dac City in 19 BBY and the hunt for former Jedi Master Eeth Koth in 14 BBY.
Characteristics
The Zeta-class shuttle was a class of shuttle manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems and Telgorn Corporation. It was based on the Sentinel-class landing craft, also developed by Sienar Fleet Systems. Zeta-class shuttles were able to ferry at least eighteen individuals. The interior offered less luxury than that of Lambda-class shuttles and was illuminated by red lights. It was equipped with a hyperdrive and a transponder code.
The ship's hull was black with a red tinted viewport in the cockpit. Its doors could slide open, producing an entry ramp for boarding and disembarking. Its side wings featured two laser cannons at their ends. A vertical wing atop the shuttle's body featured another two cannons. When the ship landed the side wings folded up and landing gears extended. The shuttles were occasionally stored within Venator-class Star Destroyers.
Role
The shuttle class was utilized by the Imperial civil governors and the Empire's Jedi hunting Inquisitorius. The Inquisitorius used Zeta-class shuttles for missions as well as transporting high-ranking members of the Empire.
History
The Inquisitorius, which was founded in 19 BBY, deployed Zeta-class shuttles for some of its first missions. In 18 BBY, the Inquisitorius' master, Darth Vader; the Inquisitors Sixth Brother, Ninth Sister, and Tenth Brother; and at least six Purge Troopers traveled aboard a Zeta-class shuttle designated as the Infernum through hyperspace to the Outer Rim planet Mon Cala to investigate the potential presence of a Jedi, former Padawan Ferren Barr. After scopes aboard the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Sovereign detected the shuttle, a pit crew member reported the ship's presence to Governor Wilhuff Tarkin. The shuttle landed in Dac City and remained there during the Battle of Dac City, but it was later destroyed after giant waves crashed over Mon Cala's surface—a plan put into motion by the King of Mon Cala, Lee-Char, to repel the Imperial presence.
In 14 BBY, Vader and the Inquisitors Fifth Brother, Thirteenth Sister, and Tualon Yaluna traveled aboard a Zeta-class shuttle belonging to Vader to a desert planet to hunt down the former Jedi Master Eeth Koth. After the mission's success, the group returned to the Inquisitorius Headquarters on the Core Worlds planet Coruscant aboard the Zeta-class shuttle with the abducted daughter of Eeth Koth.
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