Model: TIE/l Lander

Manufacturer: Sienar Fleet Systems

Designation: Short Range Landing Transport

Length: 7.8 meters

Crew: 2

Troops: 18

Cargo Capacity: 500 kilograms (+ 17 metric tons if no troopers are carried)

Consumables: 1 day

Speed: 80 MGLT

Hull: 35 RU

Weapons: 1 Laser Cannon

 

The TIE Lander, or TIE/l is a more specialized version of the TIE Shuttle. The TIE Lander has an additional large troop-pod mounted on the underside of the basic TIE Bomber hull. The solar panels are a bit larger, but otherwise, the craft is almost identical to the TIE Shuttle. The TIE Lander is typically used to quickly deploy a small number of ground troops into a combat zone without presenting a large target profile for the delivering ship. The TIE Lander is also used to deploy scouting parties, or tech crews without the need of more specialized craft. TIE Landers are fairly common throughout the Empire. Actually many fleets and installations received these troop transporters several years before the first TIE Bombers.