The Intruder Class assault DropShips are designed to carry out raiding or assault operations. Although smaller than Union Class vessels, the Intruder is more heavily armed, which makes it ideal for high-risk combat situations. The Intruder is equally at home fighting in space or on the ground, a capability enhanced by the pair of small-craft bays that allow the DropShip to carry fighters or shuttles.
         Although the Intruder is classified as an attack craft, it has facilities for a company of marines, used for boarding operations, ground combat, and to ensure the ship’s security. The craft’s huge cargo bay, capable of holding more than 800 tons of cargo, can be modified to allow the transportation of a company of light vehicles, effectively transforming the vessel into a combined-arms transport. A trio of large training bays provide the marines and crew with facilities for target practice and exercise. The Intruder also has a well-equipped medical facility that comprises an operating theater, intensive care ward, and a dispensary.
         The Intruder also carries a sophisticated and well-equipped command center, from which the marine commander can control the activities of his troops and any others operating with them. These extensive facilities rival those of the command versions of the Union and Overlord, although they are best suited to operations involving forces of battalion size or smaller.
         Andurien AeroTech, a division of Free Worlds Defense Industries, is the largest producer of the Intruder. Andurien’s production facility was badly damaged during the civil war in the 3030’s, but the Free Worlds League reconstructed the facility, which resumed production in 3046. Initially, the yard simply continued to produce the standard Intruder, but a new version of the Intruder began trials late came out in 3056 and has remained in production ever since. In the 3080s, the Tharkad AeroSpace Group reverse engineered the design from captured Intruders and upgraded their factory to produce it as well.