Mountain Terrain Armored Transport

The Mountain Terrain Armored Transport (MT-AT) was an arachnid-like eight-legged walker, apparently designed at the Imperial Remnant facility on Carida. It was based on the design of the LM-432 crab droid used at Imperial Academies following the Clone Wars.



Each walker-unit would be deployed on-planet by a cocoon pod, similarly to the deployment of Arakyd Viper probe droids, and would emerge from the impact-crater fully operational. These cocoon pods encased the walker in a fluid gel that protected its descent to a planet's surface. A droid brain in the pod controlled the speed and direction and activated decelerating thrusters shortly before impact. When the pod impacted on the surface the bistate gel hardened absorbing the kinetic energy and protecting the walker from damage. The MT-AT could also be deployed by more standard transports or landing barges.

MT-ATs saw action during the attempted kidnapping of Anakin Solo while he was still a baby, even though half of the force was destroyed by Admiral Ackbar's FIDO unit.



It is conceivable that the design was lost soon after this, in the destruction of the Caridan system at the hands of Kyp Durron. This event was combined with the destruction of all but one vehicle in service, as a result of sturdy Alliance defenses in place to foil kidnapping attempts.

Appearances

 * Dark Apprentice
 * Champions of the Force