GR-75 medium transport

The **GR-75 medium transport**, also known as the **Gallofree medium transport** or **Rebel transport**, was a clamshell-hulled transport designed and constructed by Gallofree Yards, Inc.. They were lightly armed with a clamshell-like hull to protect the cargo pods it carried. They could not reach anymore than 650 kilometers per hour and had a class 4 hyperdrive.

They were used by the Rebel Alliance before and during the Galactic Civil War. In the early days of the rebellion, one was destroyed on a supply mission to Teralov and two more were destroyed in the Battle of Atollon. At least ten transports served at the Battle of Scarif, and later in the war thirty served as escape craft during a partially successful attempt to evacuate rebel forces from an assault on Hoth, in which thirteen were able to escape. At least sixteen also participated in the decisive Battle of Endor. Many GR-75 transports served in the Battle of Jakku.

## Characteristics

GR-75 medium transports, sometimes referred to as Gallofree transports, were dedicated transports built by Gallofree Yards, Inc. at a length of ninety meters. Equipped with a class 4 hyperdrive and a class 15 backup they were able to reach speeds of 650 KPH. The defenses of a GR-75 transport consisted of both deflector shields, but the GR-75 Combat Retrofit program subsidized by Gallofree Yards meant four twin laser cannons could be added. Unlike the more protective dorsal armor, the cargo pods and their containment fields offered little protection for the transport's internal systems.

GR-75 transports had a clamshell-like durasteel hull consisting of a central spar and keel. They could carry up to 19,000 metric tons, 1,000 more as encumbrance, of cargo pods which are held in place by heavy magnetic shields. Other than cargo, livestock and passenger could also be carried in ray shielded pods. The transport was controlled from a small bridge situated towards the rear of the craft, and it had seven sublight engines at its rear. The average crew of a GR-75 transport consisted of a pilot and co-pilot, an engineer, a cargo master and three more crew members.

## History

In 4 ABY, the Alliance fleet amassed near Sullust in preparation to attack the second Death Star. At least sixteen GR-75 transports were among the starships present. They soon traveled to the Endor system to begin their assault, but were ambushed by Death Squadron. However, in a turn of events, rebel starfighters were able to fly into the Death Star via its exhaust ports and destroy it. Following the Battle of Cawa City seventeen days after, GR-75 transports were stationed with the rebel flagship *Home One* at Muster Point: Vergence. An additional GR-75 carrying Shara Bey and a number of other rebels arrived and docked into the flagship. The fleet, still including GR-75 transports was later at Muster Point: Stalwart. By 5 ABY, the Alliance, now the New Republic, had chased remaining loyalist forces of the Empire to Jakku. The New Republic Defense Fleet, including GR-75 transports, engaged the Empire in an assault that claimed some of the GR-75s present. Nevertheless, the New Republic won, and the Empire surrendered shortly after.

Several vessels fell into the hands of the Second Union who used them to land troops and attack vehicles in ground battles.