AT-PT
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| AT-PT | |
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| Manufacturer | Rothana Heavy Engineering |
| Model | All Terrain Personal Transport |
| Class | Mechanized Infantry/Walker |
| Height | ~3 meters (when not crouched) |
| Depth | 3 meters |
| Max Speed | 60 km/h |
| Hyperdrive | None, N/A |
| Crew | Pilot (1) |
| Passengers | 1 in emergency situations |
| Affiliation | Old Republic, Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance |
In the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe, the AT-PT (All Terrain Personal Transport) is a single seat light anti-infantry walker. The AT-PT first appeared in the novel Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn as a precursor to the Galactic Empire's AT-AT and the AT-ST.
The AT-PT appears in a number of Star Wars video games. Notably in the 12th level of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for the Nintendo 64 and PC. It can also be seen in the Nintendo GameCube titles Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader and Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (in the multi-player mode). The real-time strategy games Star Wars: Force Commander and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds feature the AT-PT as well.
In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the AT-PT was developed and used during the latter years of the Old Republic era. It was developed and produced by Rothana Heavy Engineering for use during the Clone Wars. It is lightly armoured and has twin blaster cannons and a concussion grenade launcher. The AT-PT's role was to accompany soldiers as mechanized support. To compensate for its light armor the it had superior agility and was able to operate in most terrain, climb inclines of up to 45 degrees, and cross obstacles which repulsorlift and treaded vehicles would be hindered by.
In Dark Force Rising AT-PTs appeared aboard one of the Dreadnaughts of the lost Katana fleet. Within the Expanded Universe, many of the concepts in the AT-PT were later re-used in the AT-AT, AT-AP, and the AT-ST.
[edit] References
- Dark Force Rising, 1st edition, 1992. Timothy Zahn, ISBN 0-553-08574-3
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Star Wars), 1st printing, 1996. Bill Smith, ISBN 0-590-02361-6
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Multiple Levels)
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| Entries in italics denote vehicles from the Expanded Universe | |
| Ground vehicles | |
| AT-ST | AT-AT | AT-TE | 74-Z Speeder Bike | Juggernaut | AT-PT | TIE crawler | |
| Starfighters | |
| TIE Fighter | TIE Interceptor | TIE Bomber | TIE Advanced x1 | TIE Avenger | TIE Defender | TIE/D fighter
TIE Hunter | TIE Phantom | Assault Gunboat | Missile Boat | Skipray Blastboat | A-9 Vigilance |
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| Capital ships | |
| Star Destroyer | Super Star Destroyer | Executor | Nebulon-B Frigate | Corellian Corvette
Lancer-Class Frigate | Interdictor Cruiser | Carrack-Class Light Cruiser |
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| Other | |
| Lambda-class shuttle | Death Star | Walker Dropship | World Devastator | Sun Crusher | |
| See also | |
| Star Wars air vehicles | Star Wars aquatic vehicles | Star Wars ground vehicles | Star Wars starfighters | Star Wars support craft |
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