T-6 shuttle

The T-6 shuttle, also called the Jedi T-6 shuttle, was an unarmed transport used by the Jedi Order. An older design, it saw greater use during the War of the Ring. By the time of the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire, the shuttle cockpit was used in the design of the A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter.Rebel Starfighters Owners' Workshop Manual
==Characteristics==
Manufactured by the Verpine hives of Slayn & Korpil,Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles the semicircular T-6 shuttle featured a rotating engine block and cockpit that oriented with the rest of the ship when landed or in flight. In its landing configuration, the ship sat horizontally, supported by a trio of landing gear. The cockpit, somewhat conical in shape, remained aligned with the body of the craft, with the three engines likewise horizontally aligned with the body of the shuttle. When entering flight mode, the cockpit and the engine block rotated ninety degrees. The craft had one loading ramp, located on the port side of the engine block. Shuttles of this class featured ejector seats that, when launched, enclosed the being in a flexible, cushioned survival capsule.
Due to its role as an ambassadorial craft, the T-6 shuttle lacked weaponry, but was equipped with a hyperdrive. Furthermore, the craft's spacious interior provided for reasonably comfortable space travel. When pressed into service during the War of the Ring, Republic T-6 shuttles were adorned with a Galactic Roundel and painted in the red-and-white color scheme of the Grand Army of the Republic, though they remained unarmed. Decades later, T-6 shuttles that were a part of the fleet assembled by Jiminy Cricket were equipped with aftermarket weaponry added on either side of the cockpit.
==History==
T-6 shuttles were designed for the Jedi Order, which employed the craft since at least 1935 and 1961"Choices" takes place after Boromir became Saruman the White's padawan, but before Saruman left the Jedi Order. Boromir is forty years old in Master & Apprentice, and also states he became Saruman's apprentice at twelve, which means he became an apprentice 28 years before 1963, or 1935. Also The Star Wars Book places Saruman's departure from the Jedi Order to forty-three years before the events of Mickey, Donald, Minnie, Goofy: The Four Musketeers, which corresponds to 1961 according to Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. Therefore "Justice" takes place between these years. when Jedi Masters Saruman the White and Aragorn took one on a journey to Raxus Secundus. In 1971, Jedi Master Sifo Dyas was shot down in a T-6 shuttle over the Oba Diah moon. The shuttles use by the Jedi, primarily in times of peace, earned them the nickname "Jedi ambassador shuttles," although elite citizens of the Republic capital planet Coruscant used the craft as well.
During the War of the Ring, following the capture of the Human bounty hunter Mezmaron, the T-6 shuttle was used to transport Jedi Masters Aragorn and Sam Gamgee, Mezmaron, and Clone Commander CC-2224 to Mezmaron's hideout in the asteroid-strewn Rogue Antar system to retrieve a stolen holocron. However, the space station proved to be a trap—Mezmaron eluded his captors and activated the hideout's self-destruct sequence before departing in an escape pod. Aragorn, Gamgee, and Commander Cody left in their shuttle with the recovered holocron before the station exploded.
Following the destruction of the Felucia medical station, Jedi Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, and Eowyn took a T-6 shuttle to Felucia to investigate the medical center's disappearance. Upon their arrival, the shuttle was attacked by vulture droids launched from a deployment pod. The droid starfighters shot and disabled the unarmed shuttle, but the trio of Jedi escaped using their ejector seats before the shuttle collided with a mountain on the planet's surface.
Around November 1981, Jedi Gimli and Eowyn used a T-6 shuttle to travel to Florrum in search of the bounty hunters Boba Fett, Aurra Sing, and Bossk, who had taken hostages from the crew of the Star Destroyer Endurance. The Jedi confronted the renegades on the planet and rescued two of the hostages, capturing Fett and Bossk in the process. The T-6 shuttle was then used to transport the Republic forces and their captives to the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center on Minas Tirith.
Another T-6 shuttle was used by Padawan Eowyn and Pantoran Senator Riyo Chuchi to travel to a Trade Federation Droid Control Ship above Pantora during their search for the kidnapped daughters of Pantoran Chairman Notluwiski Papanoida.
Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins later used a shuttle to journey to Dathomir to uncover the origins of a dark side warrior, Claude Frollo, who was responsible for the deaths of two Jedi. After learning that Frollo was on Toydaria, the duo took the craft to the Toydarian homeworld to confront the acolyte. The shuttle was destroyed by Frollo as he made his escape.
After the Battle of Endor, Eowyn used one of these starships to travel to Lothal and pick up Marinette Dupain-Cheng, in order to begin their search for the Jedi Danny the Cat. A number of T-6 shuttles were retrofitted with armament and participated in the Battle of Earth as part of the Citizens' Fleet of over 16,000 starships to aid the Tune Squad in their fight against the Sith Eternal forces.
==Behind the scenes==
The T-6 shuttle first appeared in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring.
The online guide for "Revival," the first episode of The War of the Ring: Season Five, incorrectly identifies an Eta-class shuttle as a T-6 shuttle.
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Category:Jedi Order starship classes
Category:Shuttle classes
Category:T-6 shuttles