Directorate Officer
- Intent: To provide an up to date armed transport for the open market, particularly for pirates and others who have difficulty getting "modern" designs
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- Manufacturer: CorelliSpace
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Model: Grek Gladiator-series Armed Transport (more commonly known colloquially as the "Corellian Armed Transport")
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Material: durasteel frame, Alusteel armor, typical starship components
- Classification: Armed Transport
- Length: 27 meters
- Width: 16 meters
- Height: 5 meters
- Armament: Low
- 2 Single Turreted HLC-14 Heavy Laser Cannons (dorsal and ventral)
- 1 Forward M-g-2 General Purpose Warhead Launcher
- 1 retractable Ax-108 "Ground Buzzer" surface-defense blaster cannons
- Defenses: Very High
- Squadron Count: Average: 12
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Yes
- Hyperdrive Class: x1
- Standard Communications Array
- Standard Hyperdrive
- Standard Life Support Systems
- Standard Navigation Systems
- Standard Repulsorlift Engines
- Standard Sensor Array
- Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
- can carry up to 40 passengers or 175 metric tons of cargo or 4 medium armored vehicles (or equivalent combination thereof)
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
- 1 Class-6 Escape Pod
- 1 Hull-Cutting Ring
- 4x-Phantom Sensor Jammer with 29L Electromagnetic Countermeasures Package
- Hauler: As with many light freighters, the Gladiator can carry a large amount of passengers and/or cargo for a vessel of its size in its chunky hold with the caveat that it was designed primarily as a short-range hauler for cargo runs lasting a sector or two.
- Well-Defended: The Gladiator is unusually well-defended for a ship its size sporting thick hull armor, a reasonably powerful shield generator with overcharge ability, and an excellent ECM suite that has a larger than normal area of effect for a ship its size.
- Low Maneuverability: The Gladiator is not the most maneuverable of craft compared to starfighters though it is fairly average to many other cargo vessels like light freighters or shuttles.
- Low Armament: The Gladiator packs slightly less punch than the typical starfighter, relying more on its heavier defenses to survive combat and simply outlast many of its lighter opponents.
With its military catalogue bringing in more profits back to the company, CorelliSpace dipped its waters again into the light freighter market, this time deciding to revitalize the older CEC XS-800 design rather than develop one of its older Gymsnor designs. In aping CEC's aesthetics, they hoped to broaden their appeal to customers (especially the less knowledgeable) outside of their native sector. They seem to have succeeded. The Gladiator has quickly made inroads into its markets thanks to its extensive factory standard defenses that allow it to withstand the turmoil in the galaxy's spacelanes and a reasonably large cargo hold, which can make even short runs profitable for independent spacers. Ever with a mind towards than less than reputable clientele of pirates and raiders, it became apparent that the Gladiator can also work as a fairly decent assault shuttle between its strong defenses, hull-cutting ring, and ability to carry a platoon of troops into battle.
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