HATCHET TRANSPORT

     Craft:  TertiusBane Industries ATR-9R3 "Hatchet"
     Type:  Light Troop carrier
     Scale:  Speeder
     Length:  21 meters
     Skill:  Repulsorlift Operations; Hatchet
     Cost:  121,000 credits
     Crew:  3
     Passengers:  6 fully equipped Yaeger Rangers, + 6 Manitou
Speeder Bikes
     Cover:  Full.
     Cargo Capacity:  180 kg.
     Move:  420; 1,200 Kph
     Maneuverability:  3D
     Body Strength:  2D+2
     Altitude Range:  Ground level -100 Km
     Weapons:  
     3 Light Blaster Cannons (fire linked)
          Scale:  Speeder
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  Pilot
          Skill:  Vehicle Blasters
          Fire Control:  3D+1
          Range:  50-150/1.0km/1.4km
          Damage:  5D
     2 Double Blaster Turrets
          Scale:  Speeder
          Fire Arc:  Turret
          Crew:  1
          Skill:  Vehicle Blasters
          Fire Control:  2D+2
          Range:  20-100/500/1.0km
          Damage:  6D+2

     In response to the modernization of the Imperial Scouts, The
Yaeger High Command has improved the arsenal of their highly
respected Rangers.  One of the new craft currently fielded is the
Hatchet Transport.  Designed to launch from either grounded
Doublet Corvettes or from flyby drops by various forms of carrier
craft, the Hatchet will leave it's drop area at high speed, and
then duck below whatever cover is available, getting the Rangers
to the areas that they are assigned to with a minimum possibility
of detection.
     When they reach the area that they are supposed to drop the
Rangers in, the primary innovations of the Hatchet come into
play.  The Rangers mount their bikes inside the craft, and the
craft will then sling them out at nearly full velocity.  All of
the bikes are usually launched at once, with 2 leaving the
vehicle at each side (except the front).  The slings are
concealed behind flash-open doors that have been designed to look
like armor plates, and are capable of angling the launch quite
easily, enabling the crew member assigned to the slings to match
the bike's trajectory with the available open spaces (preventing
early collisions with obstacles).
     The Hatchet can travel for up to three weeks without
refueling, but unless some distraction is necessary, it will
usually travel back to another drop site to pick up more Rangers.

     Note:  The cost listed is in a theoretical situation, where

the Yaeger ships are available without restriction.  In most
scenarios, they should not be available at all, or at incredibly
inflated prices.