Shuttle

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A shuttle is a type of small short-range craft used to rapidly transport personnel and supplies by both the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. Other than transport they are mainly used for fleet communication, especially by the Empire, when electronic systems are jammed during battle.

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Free Planets Alliance

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Alliance shuttle
Affiliation: Free Planets Alliance
Type: Personnel transport
Purpose: Transport of personnel
Length: 49 metres
Width: 35 metres
Height: 12.5 metres
Armament: None
Crew: 4 (maximum 120 passengers)

Alliance shuttles often served the purpose of transporting naval personnel and others from the surface of planets to larger warships awaiting in planetary orbit, as in the Free Planets Star Fleet the larger vessels did not land on the surface of planets. (Overture to a New War; LOGH: 'The Darkness Before Dawn')

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DVD features

A sketch of the Alliance shuttle appears in the extra features of the DVD box set.

Galactic Empire

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Imperial shuttle
Affiliation: Galactic Empire
Type: Personnel transport
Purpose: Transport of personnel
Length: 33 metres
Width: 8 metres
Height: 12 metres
Armament: None
Crew: 2 (maximum 60 passengers)

Imperial shuttles were typically used for communications during battle or to transport personnel, particularly when larger ships were damaged they were used as escape craft. (LOGH: 'Iserlohn Captured!', 'Bloodshed in Space', 'The Battle of Vermilion (Part Two)')

Apocrypha

DVD features

A sketch of the Imperial shuttle appears in the extra features of the DVD box set.

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