Delta-Class T-3C

With its starkly geometric hull shape and folding, batlike wings, an approaching Delta-class T-3C shuttle is an ominous sight. The sense of dread it inspires proves warranted when it lands and deploys its deadly passengers. The Delta-class did not see much use in the early days of the Empire, being outpaced in popularity by the more versatile Lambda-class. But Krennic's eye for bold architecture favored the design and he has kept one in active use for over a decade.

Although there are better-appointed shuttle designs available, Director Krennic prefers the stark, unadorned simplicity of the Delta-class model. Sienar Fleet Systems, a longtime supplier of the Imperial military and the manufacturers of the ubiquitous TIE-series fighter, initially developed the T-3C as a side project, an exploratory canvas for its designers never intended for implementation. When Krennic saw the concept he became enamored with it, and Sienar advanced it into production.

With its starkly geometric hull shape and bat-like wings, the approach of Delta-class T-3C shuttle is an imposing sight. Once it lands and deploys its passengers - the cruel director Krennic and his squad of elite troopers, all sense of dread proves extremely warranted.

### **TROOP CABIN**

Unlike other long-range Imperial craft, Krennic's shuttle has few onboard amenities. The half-dozen death troopers typically transported as Krennic's personal guard are hardened soldiers. Simple crash seats and storage straps offer little, or no, comfort.

### **MULTIFUNCTIONAL WINGS**

Like other vessels in the Sienar Fleet Systems and Cygnus shuttle program, the Delta-class features articulated wing design. The folding lateral wings reduce the vessel's hangar and landing pad footprint when stowed, and add atmospheric stability and deflector shield transmission planes when deployed. To maintain contact with Imperial command during deep space flights, the huge wings contain HoloNet and subspace transmitter antennae, as well as power boosters. Each wingtip also features a defensive laser cannon and active sensor nodes.

### **EXECUTIVE LANDING**

Krennic's distinctive shuttle broadcasts security clearances that allows it entry at otherwise restricted landing ports. Krennic's pilots do not offer hailing signals, regardless of protocols or courtesy. Instead, the automated transponder passes along everything a listener would need to know: that shuttle ST 149 is on Tarkin Initiative business, with an Imperial advanced weapons director aboard.

### **LANDING CONFIGURATION**

A quartet of landing gears deploys as the shuttle's wings fold up into stowed configuration. The central ramp hisses down, allowing access to the pyramidal primary hull. The compact shuttle has little inferior space - much of its volume is taken up by fuel supply and power plant.

### **TALL WINGS**

Imperial shuttlecraft typically maximize the space requirements of the primary hull by externalizing shield and communications systems into their sizable wing assemblies. The planar surfaces of the foils are ideal transmitters for energies related, but not limited, to hyperspatial signals, subspace radionics, and deflective mantles. The wing structures are also lined with heat dispersal systems. The ship's central computer manages these functions to prevent signal interferences.

### **TOUCHDOWN MODE**

Republic Sienar Systems coaxed the design team from Cygnus Spaceworks to develop their Abecederian line of executive shuttles before the Empire came to power. Their output from their Mid Rim design studios shares many hallmark features - elegant lines, tri-foil symmetry, and articulated wings that fold during landing. The Cygnus design lead, Lamilla Tion, was a sculptor fascinated with paper-folding. She incorporated the variable geometry landing system into each of her designs at great expense, not only to compress each ship's docked footprint, but also as an artistic acknowledgment of her spiritual beliefs.

### **KRENNIC'S CRAFT**

Though Orson Krennic admires the geometry of his ship, he is no sentimentalist. The vessel is merely a tool, albeit an elegant one. It bears no proper name other than its identifier, ST 149. Krennic's aide de camp, Captain Dunstig Pterro, quietly exhibits a greater affection for the craft, privately nicknaming it the Pteradon. The shuttle is afforded its own docking bay adjacent to the Overbridge of the Death Star, as well as private landing platforms at the Tarkin Initiative facilities on Eadu and Scarif. Much to Krennic's chagrin, these bays are secondary to the ones allocated for the use of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin.