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A marauder is a Peacekeeper craft from the fictional Farscape universe.

Function:
Marauders are the primary recon/commando dropship in the Peacekeeper fleet. They have excellent scanner equipment and good stealth capabilities, and are typically used as scouts and troop transports for boarding missions. Each Marauder is heavily shielded and carries up to 5 highly trained and well armed Peacekeeper commandos.

Capacity:
While the inside of the ship has never been shown, it can be assumed it can fit a great deal of people. In Terra Ferma, the ship was shown to be able to carry 32 people(30 peacekeeper commandos, Captain Braca and Commandant Grayza.

When a ship lands, people leave through an elevator system located in each of the three landing stalks.

In a combat situation a marauder can deploy its commandos through a bottom hatch without having to land. Marauders have a reported top speed of Hetch 7.

Weaponms:
Marauders are equipped with pulse cannons and missiles. It also has an immobilizer pulse that can be used to disable ships. Such marauders are usually part of a Retrieval Squad , often used to capture and enslave Leviathans .