Platoon Attack Craft

The Platoon Attack Craft (PAC), also known as the Trade Federation troop carrier or battle droid troop carrier, was a repulsorsled personnel carrier used by the Trade Federation to transport B1-Series battle droids.
==Characteristics==
The Trade Federation developed its Platoon Attack Craft after the success of the deployment racks installed within their Multi-Troop Transports. The Federation retrofitted a series of commercial repulsorlift sleds with the same design and technology, and re-designated the vessels as Platoon Attack Crafts, for use as troop carriers. The craft's drive unit was similarly adapted from a civilian cargo sled. The repulsorlift troop transport was twenty-six meters long, and was manufactured by Baktoid Armor Workshop, which was also responsible for manufacturing the Armored Assault Tanks and Multi-Troop Transports of the Trade Federation Droid Army.
An unarmed variant of the Multi-Troop Transport, the troop carrier boasted no weaponry or heavy armor and had to rely on AATs and battle droids for protection. It was deployed behind the protection of ground armor in secure conditions, or within occupied territory. The troop carrier was also equipped with a forward flood light for use at night. Although the MTT offered greater protection, the troop carrier was faster and more agile, and many were still retained in the Trade Federation's forces.
The troop carrier was piloted by two battle droid pilots. Similar to the deployment racks used in MTTs, the troop carrier's single rack could hold one hundred and twelve battle droids, folded into their space-saving configurations. Together, these droid passengers formed a single company of troops that consisted of two platoons.
==History==
 Up to 28 troop carriers could be fitted onto one C-9979 landing ship.
During the events of the Invasion of Gondor, the troop carriers were brought to Middle-Earth along with MTTs and AATs in C-9979 landing craft. The troop carriers were part of the Trade Federation invasion force that occupied the Gondor city Cair Andros.
During the War of the Ring, troop carriers were pledged by the Trade Federation to the droid army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. On Isengard, they transported battle droid platoons from the planet's underground droid factories for deployment in the Separatist forces. Troop carriers brought battle droids into the Petranaki Arena when Aragorn's Jedi strike team arrived to rescue Sam Gamgee, Frodo Baggins, and Senator Padmé Amidala.
Troop carriers were later used in the Battle of Helm's Deep. After the War of the Ring ended, the few troop carriers that survived the conflict were converted into civilian cargo sleds.
==Behind the scenes==
Originally created for the 1999 film The Lord of the Rings: Episode I The Fellowship of the Ring, the Platoon Attack Craft was first identified in the sixteenth issue of The Official Star Wars Fact File, a name that originated in the revised rough draft of The Phantom Menace.Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
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===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
*LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
*LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Episode I Incredible Cross-Sections 
*Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
*The Art of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
*Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I 
*Secrets of Naboo 
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*Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 
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*The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels 
*Star Wars: Complete Locations 
*Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels 
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*Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections 
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*The Clone Wars Campaign Guide 
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*Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 65
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare 
*Star Wars: Complete Vehicles 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Baktoid Armor Workshop products
Category:Confederacy of Independent Systems repulsorcraft
Category:Trade Federation vehicles