To ferry priority personnel between ships of the Imperial fleet, the Empire uses modified TIE bombers to act as shuttlecraft.
帝国把改装过的TIE轰炸机用作穿梭机,在帝国舰队的飞船间运送优先人士。
衍生宇宙
The TIE shuttle, or TIE/sh, is a variant of the basic TIE bomber / TIE boarder twin-pod starfighter dedicated for the transport of personnel. It is used to transport command level officers from ships of the fleet. Lower ranking officers typically use the TIE/sh, while flag officers usually use the larger Lambda-class shuttle. The TIE/sh has passenger space for two, plus a pilot. It can carry a metric ton of cargo if necessary. It is not built for combat, as it is not very maneuverable and only sports a single laser cannon. During the search for the Rebels around the Battle of Hoth, the Imperial Death Squadron extensively used TIE shuttles to transport face-to-face messages between ship officers.
TIE穿梭机,即TIE/sh,是基本TIE轰炸机/TIE登舰机这种双舱星际战斗机的变体,专门负责运送人员。它被用于在舰队飞船间运送指挥级别的军官。低级军官一般使用TIE/sh,高级军官通常使用更大的“兰姆达级”穿梭机。TIE/sh可搭载两名乘员,加一名飞行员。如果需要,它可装载一公吨货物。它不是为战斗设计的,因此没有很好的机动性,且只有单门激光炮。在霍斯战役前后搜寻义军时,帝国死亡分舰队普遍使用TIE穿梭机在飞船军官间面对面传送消息。
幕后
A TIE shuttle is essentially a TIE bomber without the bomb-chute, a design that dates back to the original Star Wars when a twin-pod boarding vehicle was to be seen among the Imperial forces, but ultimately ended up as an unused concept in Episode IV.
TIE穿梭机基本就是没有投弹口的TIE轰炸机,其设计可追溯到最早的《星球大战》。当时,一种双舱登舰交通工具预备出现在帝国部队中,但这个设想最终在《第四部》中未被采用。
Never again will a citizen of this galaxy watch a moonrise in quite the same way. He will stare at that moon, and remember that the Empire is firmly in control. ----Grand Moff Tarkin