Ton-Falk-class escort carrier

Escort Carrier The descriptively named escort carrier was a transport ship designed to carry Imperial starfighters.

Designed and built by Kuat Drive Yards, the escort carrier allowed the Imperial Navy to overcome the hyperdrive deficiency of its primary starfighters in the early years of the Galactic Civil War. With limited weaponry and moderate defenses, escort carrier commanders would generally stay to the rear of a battle area and allow its wing of TIE starfighters to engage the enemy.

It was also common for escort carriers to perform mini-hyperdrive jumps within a system, dropping off a squadron of starfighters with each exit. This tactic made it difficult for Rebel Alliance or pirate pilots to predict where the next attack would come from.

The ship appeared a 500-meter box with a small rear protrusion to cover the ships sublight engines. A standard Imperial chute system provided for rapid deployment of TIEs and an onboard hangar allowed for minor repairs. Armament inclued 10 Taim & Bak H8 dual laser cannons and 1 Krupx VL-6 Warhead Launching System. The escort carrier closely resembled Kuat's Super Transport series of container ships, and was probably derived from their design.

Variants
A variant of the escort carrier, the heavy assault escort carrier, also known as the storm commando escort carrier, was used as a frontline assault frigate rather than a transport. It had a totally different dagger like design.



The ships were used heavily in campaigns against Rogue Squadron. They were also present at the defense of a construction platform near Fondor, where the Empire was constructing a new Executor-class Star Dreadnought, complete with cloaking devices to make it even more effective against Rebel capital ships.

The escort carriers were also used to take captive scientists to Imperial laboratories for their use in designing new Imperial weapons.

Appearances

 * Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Star Wars: TIE Fighter
 * Star Wars: X-wing vs. TIE Fighter
 * Star Wars: X-wing Alliance