AA-9 Coruscant freighter

AA-9 Coruscant freighter The AA-9 Coruscant freighter, also known as the Botajef Freighter-Liner, was a massive freighter-model used to transport large groups of people to and from Coruscant.

Characteristics
AA-9 freighters were built at the Botajef Shipyards. They employed Type Dyne-2577 sublight drives.

As a result of the dislocation of populations by the Separatist crisis, the Refugee Relief Movement converted a number of these freighters into makeshift passenger transports, with the middle deck modified to carry 30,000 people.

History
One ship, the Jendirian Valley, transported Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala to Naboo after a failed assassin attempt on Amidala's life.



During the Clone Wars, ships of this kind were used as cargo transports for the Grand Army of the Republic and were often gathered into convoys, with added protection given by dedicated Republic warships. They were also used as troop transports by the Clone Army itself.

The civilian version was known to be in use at least 20 years later, during the Galactic Civil War.

The Bando Gora was known to use such crafts for transportation of slaves and death sticks.

Known ships

 * Jendirian Valley
 * Star of Iskin
 * Scimitar of Kelso

Gunship Transport
The Gunship Transport was a non-combat unit used by the Galactic Republic to ferry troops and equipment around the battlefield. The transport was capable of spacial and atmospheric flight and was unarmed.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace
 * Star Wars: Republic 61: Dead Ends
 * Star Wars: General Grievous
 * Star Wars: Republic: Trackdown
 * Star Wars: Republic: Into the Unknown
 * Star Wars: Republic 78: Loyalties
 * Star Wars Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
 * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
 * Star Wars: Empire: Darklighter
 * Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy

Notes and references
AA-9-Frachter Carguero AA-9 de Coruscant AA-9 Botajef Freighter-Liner