For the rapid transportation of ground troops and to facilitate hasty evacuations, the Rai Collective utilize the ATX Hostile Environment Deployment Transport, or HED for short. A sturdy and reliable craft, the ATX is an ubiquitous sight within the Collective’s widespread forces. The HED acts as the primary mode of transport for Peacekeepers.
Despite the danger they regularly face, these craft are very lightly armed; they carry a single chin-mounted photon turret for covering their passengers as they embark or deploy. The aircraft has no means of defending itself from enemy fighters or vehicles, so in full-scale war, they either are escorted, or not used at all.
Though they lack firepower, HEDs are heavily armored, coated in thick composite ceramic carbon plating, and equipped with a powerful conversion shield array. Regularly deployed into hot zones, they must be able to withstand heavy ground fire when dropping off or picking up passengers. In addition, the craft is quite fast, with a max acceleration of 185 G’s, making it a difficult target for hostile aircraft to engage and anti-air weapons to target.
While not necessarily up to the task of full-scale warfare, these craft nonetheless perform admirably in service across the galaxy.