The Neimoidian transport functioned as a troop transport utilized by the Trade Federation.
In contrast to C-9979 landing craft, typical Neimoidian transports were initially created to carry living soldiers instead of battle droids, having already served within the Neimoidian armed forces for a number of years. These transports lacked hyperdrives; however, they possessed the capability to execute brief jumps in space from an orbital position to a planetary surface, or to rapidly relocate between different locations on the surface.