V-wing Speeder Transport, Model A



The V-wing airspeeder transport was a transport used by the New Republic to deploy V-wing airspeeders from capital starships. Like the V-wing itself, the transport was manufactured by Slayn & Korpil.

It was twenty metres long and could carry four V-wing airspeeders under its arching wings. These transports were similar in shape to the airspeeders they carried, but much larger in size. The V-wings were carried externally, and could be accessed through retractable docking tubes. Once the transport reached the upper atmosphere of a planet, the V-wing pilots would climb down and strap into their speeders. After releasing its V-wings, the transport could return to its mother ship to take on another group of V-wings. The V-wing transport was unarmed and thus had to depend on starfighters such as X-wings and E-wings for protection.

During the First Battle of Dac, V-wing airspeeder transports were launched from capital ships such as the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Emancipator, which had been captured and put to use by the Republic. They saw action against the Reborn Emperor Palpatine's World Devastators, TIE/D fighters and wavewalkers.

An upgraded version of the V-wing transport was later produced by Slayn & Korpil. The Model B could could ferry six V-wing airspeeders.

Appearances

 * Dark Empire