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{{Individual_ship_imperial|
name=''Gamma''-class assault shuttle|
image=[[Image:Gamma-class assault shuttle.jpg]]|
class=''Gamma''-class assault shuttle|
modifier=|
sysmods=|
length=30 meters|
width=13|
height=9|
max accel=|
mglt=|
max speed=|
engine=Telgorn IA/4 fusial thrust engines|
hyperdrive=<br>
*Class 2
*Backup Class 18|
hdsystem=|
poweroutput=|
power=Fabritech UL.2 power modulator|
shield gen=Novaldex deflector shield generators|
hull=Compartmentalized frame with tri-level armor plating|
sensor=|
target=|
navigation=Equipped, three jump limit|
avionics=Telgorn twin-tandem flight computers|
countermeasures=|
armament=<br>
*Turbolaser cannons (4)
*Ion cannons (2)
*Concussion missile launcher (1)
**15 concussion missiles, standard load
*Nordoxicon Wavefront-active tractor beam projectors (2)
*Power harpoon (1)|
complement=|
crew=5|
skeleton=1|
passengers=40 spacetroopers|
capacity=5 metric tons|
consumables=1 week|
othersystems=|
role=<br>
*Transport
*Boarding craft
*Convoy escort|
commission=|
firstsight=|
destroyed=|
retired=|
lastsight=|
battles=|
affiliation=Galactic Empire|
owners=|
namedcrew=|
captains=|
}}
The '''''Gamma''-class assault shuttle''' was an Imperial shuttle used to ferry spacetroopers into battle.

==History==
In a standard operation, a ''Gamma''-class assault shuttle would pull up near an enemy ship and take hold of it with either its tractor beam or power harpoon. It would then launch its spacetroopers to seize control of the vessel, sometimes crippling the ship beforehand with a few well-placed turbolaser shots.

These ships were composed of three sections. The first section was the command crew cockpit, where a crew of five not only controlled the shuttle, but monitored its spacetroopers as well. The second section, the main body, was where the spacetroopers were carried. There were forty holding compartments for spacetrooper armor, enough for an entire platoon.

While being stored in the assault shuttle, the spacetroopers' power armor was constantly being recharged. Each compartment was equipped with a fold-away door, allowing the shuttle to quickly launch its troopers into space.

To protect its valuable cargo of elite spacetroopers, assault shuttles were very well shielded. Unlike most combat ships, which devoted 25% of their power to shields, the shields of a ''Gamma''-class assault shuttle took up a full 62% of its power, with over half of that directed to the ship's front arc. This allowed assault shuttles to withstand heavy damage as they pulled up near hostile ships.

''Gamma''-class assault shuttles were both atmosphere and space capable. They were equipped with Class 2 hyperdrives (Class 18 backup). However, their capability for hyperspace travel was limited, because their nav computers could only hold enough data for three jumps.

==Modifications==

==Behind the Scenes==
''Gamma''-class assault shuttles were first described in the West End Games publication Imperial Sourcebook. A similar but distinct ship, the ''Gamma''-class ATR-6 assault transport, appeared in the X-wing series of computer games. At first, it was unclear whether the assault transport was intended to be the same thing as the assault shuttle, because the games were known to use alternate models and statistics for a number of ships. However, both the assault shuttle and assault transport appeared in Star Wars: X-wing Alliance, proving that they were separate ships. Unlike the ''Gamma'' shuttle, the ATR-6 has not been seen in sources outside the X-wing games.

X-wing Alliance also depicts the ''Gamma''-class shuttle using an ion cannon in a cutscene. It is not known if this is an error, or if this is a variant or retrofit.

The original Imperial Sourcebook did not give the ships any backup hyperdrives. The second edition of the Imperial Sourcebook called the weapons on the assault shuttle "laser cannons" and gave the ships Class 18 backup hyperdrives. Starships of the Galaxy redesignated their guns into "turbolasers."

==External Links==

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