Despite Wat Tambor's refusal to retreat until the last of the treasure was boarded, TA-175 was able to leave without him on the shuttle, as Dooku ordered him via hologram to order the Hyena bombers to destroy Lessu immediately. Not only that, but Dooku wanted Tambor to leave immediately as he would send in Hyena bombers to bomb the capital to demonstrate the cost of a "Republic Victory". During the Battle of Ryloth, a shuttle was assigned to transport Wat Tambor and his droid TA-175, as they knew that Republic forces were going to retake the capital. Doctor Nuvo Vindi maintained a Sheathipede-class shuttle which was captured by the Galactic Republic during a raid on his laboratory during the Blue Shadow Virus affair. Although they successfully shot him down over Vanqor, the shuttle was destroyed by a vulture droid, and Count Dooku escaped only to be captured by a pirate gang led by Hondo Ohnaka afterward. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi later stole one from Dooku's Munificent-class star frigate using it to chase down the Sith Lord. However, his transport ship was destroyed by a Kwazel Maw. He even used a transport ship to land in the planet of Rodia so he could meet with Senator Onaconda Farr. Viceroy Gunray continued to make use of these shuttles, and fled Geonosis following the outbreak of war ten years after the Naboo affair. We're in pursuit but we could use reinforcements." ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, pursuing Dooku in a stolen Sheathipede-class shuttle Īnakin Skywalker confronts Nuvo Vindi outside his Sheathipede-class shuttle. He and his retinue emerged from the vessel's rear hatchway to survey their victory over the Naboo people. Viceroy Nute Gunray arrived in Theed during the Federation occupation of Naboo aboard his personal Sheathipede-class shuttle Lapiz Cutter. Neimoidian officials in the Trade Federation used these shuttles for transit from battleships to the surface of conquered planets, and often preferred models with automatic pilots as the absence of a cockpit allowed for increased passenger space. The Sheathipede-class shuttle was a short-range transport and escort shuttle primarily utilized to ferry passengers across a planet's surface, or between an orbiting starship and a world below. These armed Sheathipedes were used to move very valuable materiel through hostile locations and transport high- ranking officers and officials. While uncommon, a decent number had light weapons added, typically in the form a trio of laser cannons. Many of the shuttles used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems were upgraded with improved shielding, better armor, and larger engines. Stock Sheathipede shuttles were unarmed and only possessed a basic shield generator, meaning that, rather than relying on strength, the ships relied on speed and a small sensor cross-section to get to a destination. Ī Sheathipede model armed with laser weaponry. Some models replaced the cockpit with an expanded passenger cabin, and were flown by automatic pilots. At a length of 14.4 meters, the shuttle was powered by two engines and featured an egress hatchway at the rear. A product of Haor Chall Engineering Corporation, the Sheathipede-class was a transport shuttle with a curved hull and pincer-like landing gears, which lowered from the ship's rounded belly, and the shuttle's shape roughly resembled the Neimoidian soldier beetle.
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