Turtle Tanker

The Turtle Tanker was a starship used during the War of the Ring. Its enlarged, box-like hull was mostly utilized for storage and transport of medical equipment, rations or other cargo.
The legs of the Turtle Tanker stored the engines and doubled as feet when landing on solid terrain. The cockpit could be detached and used as a small independent craft; a secondary control panel within the main tanker allowed it to be piloted even without the cockpit.
==History==
In December 1982, on the planet of Stobar, a Turtle Tanker was commandeered by Claude Frollo, seeking to resurrect with the creature Gollum. The owner of the Tanker was exporting cargo from the fires of Mount Doom, which reacted with the Talisman of Finding given to Frollo by Mother Talzin. The judge speculated that Gollum's whereabouts were somehow connected to the volcano, leading him to compel the owner to take to Mount Doom in search for the creature.
However, during the arrival and minor sweep of mountain, the Talisman of Finding became inactive, depriving Frollo of his only lead. In a violent rage, Frollo threw the Sakiyan pilot into an escape pod and ejected him onto the volcano below, leaving Frollo to control the Turtle Tanker. Despite this, Frollo successfully landed the Turtle Tanker and managed to find Gollum.
Having regained his memories, his legs, and his previous physique after Talzin resurrected him with her spells, Gollum set out with Frollo again to seek vengeance on his old enemy, Jedi Master Frodo Baggins, who had defeated him during the Duel on Mount Doom in 1971. The duo set course for the planet Raydonia, apparently one of the planets supplied by the Turtle Tanker. When the ship landed, Gollum and Frollo proceeded to take hostages and slaughter several inhabitants of a Raydonian settlement, and Gollum used the Turtle Tanker to send a challenge to the Jedi, drawing Baggins into the fray.
When Frodo and Sam Gamgee arrived, Gollum and Frollo engaged them, quickly subduing them and bringing them aboard the ship. After helping the judge torture the Jedi Masters with a brutal beatdown, Frollo returned to the cockpit to take the Tanker into orbit. As the Tanker took off, it was secretly boarded by Frollo' former master and Hex Witch, Jinx, who had the intention of collecting a bounty (and getting revenge) on Frollo. The former Dark Witch managed to get Baggins and Gamgee back on their feet, resulting in a five-way duel in the cargo hold. Baggins, Gamgee and Jinx, having teamed up against the hunters, managed to flee the scene in the ship's cockpit before Gollum and Frollo could reach them, leaving the two stranded in the remaining portion of the ship. Fortunately, however, it was equipped with a secondary control panel, allowing Gollum and Frollo to pilot the Turtle Tanker away from the area.
==Behind the scenes==
The Turtle Tank design was inspired by Dave Filoni's pet turtle, Goji. 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Tanker classes
Category:Turtle Tankers