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C-9979 landing craft

Production information

Manufacturer

Haor Chall Engineering Corporation^[1]

Model

C-9979landing craft^[1]

Type

Heavy transportstarship^[2]

Cost

12,000,000credits^[3]

Technical specifications

Length

210meters^[4]

Width

149 meters (wingspan)^[5]
370 meters (wingspan)^[6]

Height/depth

24.5 meters^[5]

Maximum atmospheric speed

587kilometers per hour^[4]

Engine unit(s)

Ion drive engines^[6]

Hyperdrive rating

Class 2(primary)^[3]
Class 15(backup)^[3]

Hyperdrive system

Equipped^[3]

Shielding

Equipped^[6]

Sensor systems

Long-rangedsensors^[3]

Navigation system

Equipped^[3]

Armament

Dorsalturret-mounted twinlaser cannon (4)^[3]
Wing-mounted twinheavy laser cannons (2)^[6]

Complement

153 combat vehicles^[3]
- Armored Assault Tank Mk Is (114)^[7]
- Mobile command center (1)^[4]
- Multi-Troop Transports (11)^[4]
- Platoon Attack Craft (28)^[3]^[6]
- NR-N99Persuader-class droid enforcers^[8]
8Hydroid Medusas^[9]
144Starfighters(carrier configuration)^[3]

Crew

88B1-series battle droids or 143organic officers, and enlisted crew^[3]

Passengers

Up to 2,500battle droids anddroidekas(depending on configuration)^[3]

Cargo capacity

5,500tons(encumbrance)(depending on configuration)^[3]

Consumables

Oneday^[3]

Other systems

Control signal receiver^[6]
Tensor field generators^[6]

Usage

Role(s)

Transport^[10]
Landing craft^[3]

Year introduced

By32 BBY^[11]

Affiliation

"There's gotta be a full battalion in there. Probably packing armor, too."

―Rys, upon seeing a C-9979 landing craft — 20?cb=20250116042720

Link ▶️(file info)^[12]

TheC-9979 landing craft, also known as theTrade Federation landing ship, was a heavytransport starship used by theTrade Federation,^[10] and later theConfederacy of Independent Systems.^[8] TheTrade Federation armaments committee chose the ship.^[13] The C-9979 was an elegantly designed transport manufactured byHaor Chall Engineering Corporation and was controlled by a central computer. One C-9979 could subjugate an entire susceptibleworld.^[4]

Characteristics[]

The C-9979 was a heavily armed multi-vehicle andtroop transport andlanding craft^[6] utilized by theTrade Federation^[10] andConfederacy of Independent Systems^[8] to deploy invasionarmies toplanets it intended to occupy^[10] or for massive offensives against heavy enemy forces.^[14] It was manned by a small crew ofdroids, in keeping with the Federation's policy of reliance on automation; these manned the topside control center andControl Ship signal reception antennas, operated the ship's wingtip and hull weapons and repair shops as well the maintenance bays where individualB1-series battle droids were realigned after every battle.^[6]

The entirety of a C-9979's internal volume, save for the wingtips which housed thetensor field generators andanti-gravity stabilizers, was dedicated to vehicle and trooper storage. Hundreds ofMulti-Troop Transports,Armored Assault Tanks andPlatoon Attack Crafts were stored in special garages on the tensor-field supported wings^[6] while a few were kept in battle-ready positions behind the main deployment doors.^[4] Upon landing on a designated landing zone, specialperimeter field sensors on the main doors scanned the surrounding area to detectland mines or other potential hazards to the troop contingent.^[6] After giving the all clear, the doors opened, allowing thedrop ramp to be deployed.^[10] Then, as the first combat-ready units (usually MTTs accompanied by two AATs each) exited the craft, therepulsor tracks lining the staging garages were activated, guiding the vehicles from their storage to a staging area directly above the main gate; this assistance was required because the larger vehicles couldn't maneuver in the tight confines of the C-9979's internal tunnels. From the staging area, specialized transport clamps lowered the vehicles to the exit tunnel while these powered their on-board repulsors^[6] to exit the landing craft and begin their operations.^[14] Due to this complex procedure, the deployment of a full C-9979 contingent could take up to 45 minutes.^[6]

Due to its extreme size, the C-9979 was disassembled after every mission, having their wings removed^[6] and stored separately^[14] to prevent unnecessary strain to the body-wing connections. Whenever they were required, the wings were reassembled and bound to the body by use of specialized tensor fields which prevented them from sagging or breaking mid-flight.^[6]

History[]

Invasion of Naboo[]

Landing craft, escorted by droid starfighters, approach Naboo.

During theInvasion of Naboo, theTrade Federation used many of theselanding craft to deploy theirDroid Army, includingMulti-Troop Transports.^[10]

The Clone Wars[]

As part of theSeparatist effort to recruit theplanet Toydaria to their side,Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress and a fullbattalion of droids arrived on the planet in a C-9979 landing craft.^[12]

When theRepublic invaded the planetRyloth, the ship was used at some point during the battle, with a few of them being destroyed.^[15]

During theBattle of Mon Cala, a C-9979landing craft was used to transport eightHydroid Medusas under its wings from theplanet Karkaris.^[9]

AfterMother Talzin usedNightsisters magick on theSith Lord Count Dooku, he sent theGeneral Grievous and theSeparatist Droid Army toDathomir to eradicate the Nightsisters. C-9979 landing craft deployed a large compliment of droids as well asdefoliator tanks, which slaughtered all of the Nightsisters save for Talzin and Ventress, who had been outcast by her former master Dooku, who escaped the battle.^[14]

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Behind the scenes[]

Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles establishes that the C-9979 landing craft is 210 meters in length.^[4] Thedatabank and theStarWars.com Encyclopedia had previously established that the wingspan was 149 meters.^[5]^[2] Visibly, the wingspan appears to be greater than the bow-to-stern length of the vessel. It is unclear whether theEncyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles refers to wingspan or bow-to-stern length.^[4]

TheEncyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles also establishes that the C-9979 landing craft can carry up to 361battle droids,^[4] while the2019 source bookRise of the Separatists establishes that the C-9979 can carry up to 2,500 battle droids anddroidekas, depending on its configuration.^[3] AsRise of the Separatists is the more recent source, the article makes the assumption that the newer source is correct.