Ablative heatshield
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An ablative heatshield was designed to allow an individual to survive re-entry into a planet's atmosphere from orbit. During the Galactic Civil War, a bounty hunter used an ablative heatshield and a parachute to jump from orbit to the surface of the planet Dantooine to rescue a child.[1] Stormtroopers also employed ablative heatshields to perform orbital drops,[3] and larger shields were mounted on Warlord Dropships to enable the craft to survive high speed atmospheric re-entry.[2] Members of Wraith Squadron and the Jedi Order utilized individual atmospheric intrusion pods mounted with ablative heatshields during their infiltration of Coruscant via atmospheric insertion during the Yuuzhan Vong War in 27 ABY.[4]
Appearances
"A World to Conquer" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 2 (as ablative shield)- The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream (as ablative heat shield)
Sources
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, Second Edition
- Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- "Scouts' Dispatch" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 13
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition