TIE/rp Reaper attack lander

TIE/rp Reaper attack lander
Production information
Manufacturer	Sienar Fleet Systems
Line	TIE line
Model	TIE Reaper
Class	Dropship Troop carrier
Cost	140,000 credits (new) 65,000 credits (used)
Technical specifications
Length	24.2 meters
Width	16.5 meters
Height/depth	4.7 meters
Maximum atmospheric speed	950 kph
Engine unit(s)	Twin ion engines
Hyperdrive rating	Class 1
Shielding	Equipped
Targeting systems	T-s9a targeting computer
Navigation system	N-a1 Navcon
Armament	L-s9.3 laser cannons (2)
Crew	At least 3 (Seated, cockpit)
Minimum crew	1
Passengers	Optional
Consumables	5 days
Other systems	Solar collectors
Usage
Role(s)	Troop transport Personal starship
Affiliation	Galactic Empire Imperial Starfighter Corps Inquisitorius Ranc gang

"This one's a troop carrier, not a starfighter, but it wears all the hallmarks of the TIE design."

―Antoc Merrick in The Rebel Files

The TIE/rp Reaper attack lander, also known simply as the TIE Reaper, was a troop carrier variant of Sienar Fleet Systems's TIE line used by the Galactic Empire. The TIE Reaper differed from the standard craft of the TIE line in that it was a troop carrier; designed for ferrying troops amidst the heat of battle, such as the death troopers on Scarif in the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War.

Characteristics

A TIE Reaper narrowly evades a torpedo strike while flying through a debris field.

The TIE/rp Reaper attack lander was a troop carrier variant of the TIE line. Also known as the TIE Reaper, the starship was manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems, as with all crafts of the TIE line, and used by the Galactic Empire.

The transport was designed specifically to ferry elite troops to flashpoints on a battlefield. Thus, the attack lander featured two streamlined flat, pointed, horizontal wings, which had a large horizontal stabilizer hinged between and functioned also as solar collectors. Thrust was provided by the TIE Reaper's twin ion engines.

The dropship's cockpit was spacious, housing 3 seats lined behind the front-facing window. There, a single pilot could operate the craft, and had access to the ship's Class 1 hyperdrive.

The TIE Reaper was similar in design to the TIE/sk x1 experimental air superiority fighter, also known as the TIE striker, a streamlined TIE variant specialized for in-atmosphere missions, such as patrolling important Imperial ground-based installations.

The two complemented each other at the Imperial security complex on Scarif, where they operated alongside Surface Command and the Imperial Army's Scarif garrison battling rebel forces.

History

The cockpit of a TIE/rp

Early in the reign of the Galactic Empire, the Ninth Sister of the Inquisitorius used a TIE Reaper as her personal transport.

At least one TIE Reaper was present in the Ring of Kafrene during Rebel Alliance Captain Cassian Andor's mission to the asteroid belt in 0 BBY. Another TIE Reaper was present during the mission to Eadu, piloted by Captain Feroph. Another TIE Reaper was present near the Scarif Shield Gate, where it was piloted by Major Vermeil of the Imperial Starfighter Corps.

A TIE Reaper was used during the Battle of Scarif with Imperial Director of Advanced Weapons Research Orson Krennic's detatchment of death troopers—elite soldiers of Imperial Intelligence. The squad was inserted into battle to defeat Rogue One—a squad of rebel soldiers who took it upon themselves to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's moon-sized battlestation and planet-killing superweapon. In order to ensure the TIE Reaper could successfully insert the squad, it was escorted by a flight of TIE strikers.

In 3 ABY, a pair of TIE Reapers were utilized by Imperial forces under Darth Vader to travel to the Meridional Ice Cap on Tython, expecting to find the Rebel Alliance's base of operations. When the Imperials were thwarted by the Ice Cap's booby traps, Vader ordered them back to the ships. However, Vader's snowtroopers were betrayed and killed by the rogue assassin droids BT-1 and 0-0-0, who allied themselves with Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra, though they were in turn disabled by Vader. Aphra later escaped with one of the Reapers along with the memory cores of the droids.

Sometime between 32 and 33 ABY, the Ranc gang, a criminal organization formed from remnants of the Galactic Empire, had TIE Reapers under their command on the planet Kaddak.

Behind the scenes

Concept art of the TIE Reaper, by Doug Chiang

The TIE/rp Reaper attack lander first appeared, albeit unnamed, in the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and was designed by co-production designer Doug Chiang. The starship was first identified as TIE Reaper in Electronic Arts' mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (First identified as TIE Reaper)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Rogue One Graphic Novel Adaptation
• Rogue One Adaptation 6
• Doctor Aphra 40
• "In Service to the Empire"—Empire Ascendant 1
• "Hunted"
• "Count to Three"
• Star Wars: Squadrons
• Alphabet Squadron
• Alphabet Squadron audiobook
• Poe Dameron 10

Sources

The TIE Reaper in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes

• The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story "Binding the Galaxy, Pt 2" on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• Star Wars: The Rebel Files
• Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
• Knights of Fate (First identified as TIE/rp Reaper attack lander)
•  Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game – TIE Reaper Expansion Pack (Card: Captain Feroph)
•  Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game – TIE Reaper Expansion Pack (Card: Major Vermeil)
•  Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game – TIE Reaper Expansion Pack (Card: "Vizier")
• TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• Star Wars Helmet Collection 79 (Highlights of the Saga: The Battle of Scarif) (Picture only)
•  Star Wars: Squadrons Screenshots on StarWars.com (backup link)

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