Trandoshan dropship

The Trandoshan dropship was a large transport vessel used to deploy Trandoshan mercenaries and slavers on target ships.

Characteristics
The dropship was heavily shielded, able to withstand laser and light ordnance attacks. Only heavy projectiles and powerful missiles could breach the vessel's defenses. It was easily capable of withstanding fire from an EWHB-12 heavy repeating blaster.

The Trandoshan dropship had a volume approximately twice that of a LAAT/i gunship, though was much smaller than the CR25 dropship used on occasion by Republic forces.

The Trandoshan dropship raised its flight deck on a hinged mount at the rear of the craft when landed, to an angle of roughly 30 degrees. It is unknown what benefit this conferred for the craft or crew, although the raised portion could serve as a lookout post.

Mercenaries could be deployed without having the dropship land; the ship would hover over the desired site while the mercenaries rappelled directly to the surface.