It flew above the canyon where Cassian Andor and Ruescott Melshi were hiding, having just escaped from the facility, narrowly missing them.

Ī TIE Reaper was used as part of the forces sent to respond to the mass uprising on the Narkina 5 Imperial Prison Complex. History Ī TIE Reaper narrowly evades a torpedo strike while flying through a debris field.Įarly in the reign of the Galactic Empire, the Ninth Sister of the Inquisitorius used a TIE Reaper as her personal transport. The two units complemented each other at the Imperial security complex on Scarif, where they operated alongside Surface Command and the Imperial Army's Scarif Deployment battling rebel forces. The TIE Reaper was similar in design to the TIE/sk x1 experimental air superiority fighter, also known as the TIE striker, a streamlined TIE variant specialized for in- atmosphere missions, such as patrolling important Imperial ground-based installations.

From the seats, a single pilot could operate the craft, which had a T-s9a targeting computer, SFS N-a1 Navcon navigation system, and two SFS L-s9.3 laser cannons. Its Class 1 hyperdrive could be accessed from the cockpit, which housed three seats lined alongside the front-facing window and uncluttered space behind. Thrust was provided by the dropship's 90 MGLT twin ion engines, with the vessel having a maximum speed of 950 kph. The vessel was also equipped with shields, ejector seats, and life-support systems, and it held enough consumables for five days. At 24.2 meters long, 16.5 meters wide, and 4.7 meters high, a new TIE Reaper cost 140,000 credits, while a used one cost 65,000 credits. Thus, the attack lander featured two streamlined flat, pointed, horizontal wings, which had a large horizontal stabilizer hinged between and functioned also as solar collectors. The transport was designed specifically to ferry elite troops to flashpoints on a battlefield.

Also known as the TIE Reaper, the starship was manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems, as with all craft of the TIE line, and used by the Galactic Empire. The TIE/rp Reaper attack lander was a troop carrier variant of the TIE line.

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