Cargo tug

Cargo tug

Characteristics[]

Ground-base cargo tugs were designed to operate with rotating cargo-pod holders: quad carousels that could hold sixteen cargo modules. Two cargo tugs carried one carousel between them, allowing a transport's loading arm to lift its cargo from the rack and into position on the ship.

History[]

TheAlliance to Restore the Republic employed many cargo tugs in their bases onYavin 4 andHoth, where they were used to load and unloadGallofree YardsGR-75 medium transports.

Thespace outpostPellezara station routinely used cargo tugs to move containers. The Datches, proprietors of Pellezara, included souped up tugs in the flight shows they performed forpilots waiting for theirfreighters to be serviced.^[1] TheHauler-2 was a line produced bySienar Fleet Systems.

Appearances[]

• "Revenge of the Jedi"(colorized inClassic Star Wars 13–14)(First appearance)

Sources[]

• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
• The Far Orbit Project
• Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
• Star Wars: Complete Locations
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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