The LAAT is a war machine with significant attack and defense capabilities for its size. It is designed for orbital or atmospheric combat and as a drop ship. Quick and nimble and loaded with a wide array of weaponry from twin mass cannons all the way down to light lasers, the LAAT is a serious piece of wartime hardware used largely by the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.

Silhouette: 4 Speed: 3 Handling: +2 Def Fore: 1 Port: - Star: - Aft: 1 Armor: 4

HT Threshold: 24 Strain Threshold: 20

Hull Type/Class: Transport / LAAT/i

Manufacturer: Rothana Heavy Engineering

Sensor Range: Close

Encumbrance Capacity: 100

Crew: 4 (2 Minimum)

Passenger Capacity: 30

Consumables: None

Speeder Compliment: 4 Aratech 74-Z Military Speeder Bikes

Cost/Rarity: 300,000 (New)/8 ®

Customization Hard Points: 2

Weapons:

• Linked Twin Forward Facing Mass Cannon (Heavy Concussion) Missile Launchers (Fire Arc Forward, Damage 8, Critical 3, Range [short], Breach 4, Blast 4, Vicious 2, Linked 1, Limited Ammo 24, Slow Firing 2)
• Forward Facing Light Concusion Missile Launchers (Fire Arc Forward, Damage 5, Critical 3, Range [short], Breach 4, Blast 4, Guided 3, Limited Ammo 8)
• Port and Starboard Manned Turret Mounted Medium Laser Cannons (Fire Arc Port and Starboard, Damage 6 Critical 3, Range [Close])
• Port and Starboard Wingtip Turret Mounted Medium Laser Cannons (Fire Arc Port and Starboard, Damage 6 Critical 3, Range [Close])
• Linked Turret Mounted Twin Light Laser Cannons (Fire Arc Forward, Damage 5, Critical 3, Range [Close], Linked 1)
• Turrent Mounted Light Laser Cannon (Fire Arc Rear, Damage 5, Critical 4, Range [Close])

And... twenty years later, here's one that's been re-purposed for transport, shipping, or... something more under the radar.

The Lariat Transport / Light Freighter is a re-purposed late-model LAAT/i designed to provide a better extra-atmospheric experience, hyperdrive capabilities, and - for the transport models - greater comfort for a smaller number of passengers. Due to Imperial restrictions, the Mass Cannons have been decommissioned, though many owners of the vessels keep them for the aesthetics - after all, they look a bit like the horn-shaped cephalic fins of a Kaminoan salt ray. (And why not? The salt ray is likely where the Kaminoans, who designed the LAAT, got the idea.) The manned turrets have been removed, as well, but the five remaining cockpit-controlled turrets - two on the ship's wings, two fore, and two aft - remain. Likewise, the light missile launchers under each wing have been removed. Still, with five laser cannons at its command, the Lariat has ample defense, and many high ranking underground types have taken to using them as personal mini-yachts.

Silhouette: 4 Speed: 3 Handling: +2 Def Fore: 1 Port: - Star: - Aft: 1 Armor: 4

HT Threshold: 24 Strain Threshold: 20

Hull Type/Class: Transport / Lariat

Manufacturer: Rothana Heavy Engineering

Hyperdrive: Primary Class 4 Backup: Class 15

Sensor Range: Close

Encumbrance Capacity: 75

Crew: 2

Passenger Capacity: 8

Consumables: One month.

Cost/Rarity: 175,000 (Refurbished)/6

Customization Hard Points: 4

Weapons:

• Port and Starboard Wingtip Turret Mounted Medium Laser Cannons (Fire Arc Port and Starboard, Damage 6 Critical 3, Range [Close])
• Linked Turret Mounted Twin Light Laser Cannons (Fire Arc Forward, Damage 5, Critical 3, Range [Close], Linked 1)
• Turrent Mounted Light Laser Cannon (Fire Arc Rear, Damage 5, Critical 4, Range [Close])