Extraxt from the Rebel Alliance Sourcebook: [...] Though not specifically designed as such, medium transports can also carry passengers. A few have been converted into miniature hospitals [...] End of extract.
Due to the many places of conflicts during the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance could not afford to send a hospital frigate (modified Nebulon-B) to every single battlescene. Furthermore, these starships were expensive and very rare in numbers. So, the Alliance technicians who are famous for modifying starships to the Rebels' pleasures, converted some of the older Gallofree Yards Medium Transports into miniature hospitals. The most difficult part, however, was to close the ship's hull construction, as the standard Gallofree transport's hull is left open in order to easier load the cargo modules. But for carrying passengers, the ship had to keep an atmosphere. Using extra hull platings, the technicians managed to modify these ships to carry passengers.
The transport's additional hull plating increases the hull strength for better resisting damage. Also a backup hyperdrive and a small nav computer have been installed to give the ship the necessary independence. However, some of the common weapon emplacements had to be removed to grant the modifications.
Although not as large as the famous Medical Frigates, these refitted transports are essential for the Forces of the Alliance and its soldiers. With the transports medical equipment aboard, chances for healing of a wounded soldier are tremendously high, almost reaching the niveau of the larger frigates. More than two dozens medics and a complement of medical droids, bacta tanks and operating theatres make these ships an indispensable part of the fleet.
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| Stats: | Christopher Deck |
| Illustration: | Mike Jackson in Gamemaster Handbook, West End Games. |