Inside the prow was a forward deflector augmenter and sensor array for extra protection further up the front of the vessel, located behind the spotlight. A deflector shield generator was located on top of the craft, with a main forward deflector projector located slightly in front of it. The blaster turret power cells were located in front of and beneath the gunner. The turret provided a 240-degree field of fire and could also be maneuvered from the crew compartment, while an elevating footplate raised the gunner into position.
Armament and defenses Ī single stormtrooper gunner protected the lander during its final approach to the drop zone, scanning the terrain from an elevated dorsal turret mounting a F-Z0 antipersonnel blaster cannon. It was also possible to destroy an AAL by setting it to self-destruct, something Jarek Yeager showed during the rescue of Tamara Ryvora. The troop cabin was also large enough to accommodate a pair of 125-Z treadspeeder bikes. On the outside were two pairs of terrain sensors near the stern. The lower sides of the craft included atmospheric ducting, heat exchanger fins, atmospheric processing, and life support systems, as well as the forward repulsor array used during landing. The lander had two pairs of robust landing gear underneath for hard landings, and had one ramp actuator on either side of the front to stabilize the craft when the ramp was lowered. Assault lander pilots were not generally concerned by the exposed vantage point, but complained of the ship's lack of maneuverability compared to that of a starfighter.
The transport was maneuvered by a single veteran TIE pilot in a small, rectangular space above the vessel to provide maximum visibility, but could be controlled via consoles in the crew compartment below-albeit with less precision. The cockpit was located near the stern, and was so narrow that the pilot was required to stand when operating the lander. On top of the front section of the craft, there was a troop compartment emergency hatch. Located directly behind the searchlight was a forward deflector augmenter and sensor array. It featured a disembarkation ramp at the front of the vessel, where two squads of stormtroopers in a low-light troop compartment (to preserve trooper's night vision) would disembark as a bright spotlight above the ramp brightened the landing zone, dazzling the enemy in the process.
Measuring 17.83 meters in length, it carried an additional gunner and veteran TIE pilot. The Sienar-Jaemus Army Systems's Atmospheric Assault Lander was a combat-zone rapid-deployment transport designed to ferry twenty stormtroopers into combat in less than thirty seconds. Atmospheric Assault Landers were used to deploy stormtrooper forces.
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