GR-75 medium transport/Legends

GR-75 medium transport The GR-75 medium transport, or Gallofree medium transport, was a clamshell-hulled transport produced by Gallofree Yards, Inc.

Characteristics


A sister design to the civilian GR-45 model, the GR-75 was used by freight drivers and shipping firms to haul cargo.

The transport's outer hull was like a thick shell with the interior entirely open for cargo pods. This open-space design could fit up to 19,000 metric tons of cargo into the 90 meter long ship. Modular cargo pods greatly sped up loading and unloading procedures.

When the transport was at its cargo capacity, a magnetic shield locked the modules in place, while at the same time kept out the vacuum of space. A command pod was located on the upper hull, near the main engines, and carried the six being crew in cramped conditions. The factory model included space for forty passengers, but almost all ships cannibalized the space for increased cargo.

Focused entirely on maximizing cargo space, GR-75 transports were armed with four turreted twin laser cannons, basic shielding, a meager Class 4 hyperdrive, and a sublight engine array capable of achieving a top atmospheric speed of 650 kilometers per hour. While inexpensive, the GR-75 was notorious for its high maintenance requirements.

History
The GR-75's early designs originated from engineers Fegg Hayes and Ret Bistuth, who set up a series of factories on Beheboth in the Beheboth system prior to the decline of minerals on that system.



Many GR-75 transports were acquired by the Rebel Alliance due to their low cost and ready access to spare parts. After Gallofree Yards went bankrupt in 3 BBY, the majority of the remaining stock of ships found its way into the Alliance fleet.

The Alliance used the GR-75s for almost any purpose they could find including fire ships, but primarily used them to transport supplies, equipment, and troops. Some were modified to be fuel tankers for long range starfighter missions or for smaller ships. The ships became so ubiquitous that they became commonly known as Rebel medium transports. Some were used as suicide kamikaze vessels.

Not intended for combat, GR-75s were placed be at the center of Alliance fleet formations and relied on starfighter support in blockade-running missions.

Notable vessels



 * Bright Hope
 * Dutyfree
 * Klon Basqui
 * Luminous
 * Phaeda's Hope
 * Quantum Storm
 * Thon's Orchard
 * Vasudra