__NOEDITSECTION__ At the beginning, this spacecraft is the basic unit for resource transport. Although it has no armor and moves slowly, it can carry 5000 resource units at once. The small transporter is the first ship which makes it worth your while to raid neighbors with. You should never send it out without an escort. It can be shot down by a single Rocket Launcher and can result in a standoff with only 5 Solar Satellites or espionage probe, since it cannot destroy them at all.