Casteban Mecetti
(Biot)
TIE/rpm Ministry Reaper
- Intent: To Create an Intelligence Transport to convey Ministry of Inquiry personnel on special operations
- Image Source: https://www.deviantart.com/unusualsuspex/art/SFS-TIE-Reaper-troop-transport-ortho-New-660595325
- Canon Link: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/TIE/rp_Reaper_attack_lander
- Permissions: NA
- Primary Source: NA
- Manufacturer: House Mecetti Nationalized Industries
- Affiliation: House Mecetti
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Model: Tie rp/m Ministry Reaper
- Production: Limited
- Material: Durasteel, Titanium, Transparisteel
- Classification: Special Police/Intelligence Shuttle
- Length: 25m
- Width: 17m
- Height: 5m
- Armament: Low
- Two wing-mounted Laser Cannons (fwd)
- Defenses: Very High
- Robust Ray and Particle Shields
- Electronic Countermeasures (https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures)
- Chaff & Flare dispensers
- Two Retractable Point Defense Blaster Cannons (one fwd and one aft)
- Squadron Count: Very Low (4)
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: Very High
- Hyperdrive: 1x Class I Hyperdrive
- All Standard shuttle Features.
- Carries up to 12 passengers, in addition to pilot and copilot.
- Detainment cell aboard for extracted targets.
- Refresher aboard for relief on long flights.
- One week of consumables aboard in standard operation.
- Chaff & Flare dispensers
- Electronic Countermeasures
- Holocomm
- Encryption Module
- Point Defense Blaster Cannons
- Signal Jammer
- Passive Sensor Array
- Photo-reactive coating
- Allows ship to change color to reduce visibility. (Active camouflage)
- Swift & Maneuverable
- Excellent Defenses
- Low Observability
WEAKNESSES
- Low Offensive Armament
- Large size gives it a low squadron count, making it costly to carry in hangars.
DESCRIPTION
The Tie Reaper is a venerable dropship and transport design dating back to just before the Battle of Yavin. The design was adopted by House Mecetti in 100 ABY by utilizing expired Sienar patents, while updating it with modernized equipment from Nationalized Industries inventories. It became the special operations transport for Ministry of Inquiry operatives at that time, used when an insertion or extraction was needed to complete an operation. It has persisted in this role for centuries, updated periodically as technology marches on.
The photo-reactive coating on the hull makes the ship difficult to spot, although citizens of the Mecetti province have learned by now to look the other way when they spot one of these ships in operation. Its use of Electronic Countermeasures and Passive Sensors allows it to approach targets with a minimal detection profile. (Although it is neither invisible nor impossible to detect, merely more difficult to notice.)
While this Reaper variant was specifically adopted for the Ministry of Inquiry, other elements of House Mecetti sometimes acquire these for their own use, most notably for Navy, Marine, or Army operations requiring a low-observability insertion platform.
