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Lambda-class Shuttle

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this three-winged transportation was used by the Empire during the height of the Galactic Civil War. The Lambda-class shuttle was designed to swiftly transport personnel and cargo between ships in the Imperial fleet. Sienar Fleet Systems developed the original design from input provided by former employees of Cygnus Spaceworks, who had been lured to Sienar by certain bonuses and rewards. Cygnus Spaceworks had produced the popular Theta-class shuttle years before, and it was the plans for the Theta-class that served as the design basis for the Lambda-class. The Lambda-class shuttle could carry up to twenty passengers in relative safety, since the ship was protected by standard reinforced hull plating and multiple shield generators. Like the Theta-class, the Lambda-class was also fitted with a hyperdrive for travel between planets or fleets. The basic Sienar Lambda-class shuttle measured 20 meters in length, and was armed with three double blaster cannons and two double laser cannons. It was designed to have a crew compliment of four, with two additional positions for communications and power regulation. Equipped with a Class 1 hyperdrive and a powerful sublight drive system, the shuttle could attain speeds of 850 kilometers per hour in atmosphere. After Sienar stopped production on the Lambda-class shuttle, the work was ironically subcontracted out to Cygnus Spaceworks, who built a number of variations on the basic design, including a military configuration as the T-4a shuttle.