Size: 6.3 meters long Manufacturer: Sienar Fleet Systems Type: Ground-targeting starfighter bomber Weapon: laser cannon Affiliation: Galactic Empire

A modified standard TIE fighter with a reinforced hull and elongated cockpit to support a bomb bay, the TIE/gt fighter gets its two-letter suffix from its role as a ground-targeting starfighter bomber.

During the early Empire, the TIE/gt was found in ground support squadrons before gradually being phased out of service by the newer TIE bomber, though even during the height of the Galactic Civil War, TIE/gt fighters could still be found in low priority deployments.

TIE/gt fighters typically operate with support from TIE/fc fighters, which provide scanner data for pinpoint accuracy. Large targets, such as buildings and capital ships, can successfully be attacked without the need for TIE/fc data.

The TIE/gt hull can carry 12 concussion missiles, but the modular launcher can also handle other special payloads, such as six proton torpedoes, 18 air-deployed mines, two cluster bombs and -- for special propaganda missions -- 20,000 plastic leaflets.