Life support/Legends
Life support was a system that made the interior of a starship or other vehicle capable of supporting life. Ships like the TIE/LN starfighter did not have this system, so the pilot's suit had to have it. However, the X-wing starfighters had life support. Most ship-based life-support systems could only operate for a few hours or so before needing to be recharged. Gax was one of the many corporations that produced such systems. Life support systems utilized technology that allowed it to produce necessary chemicals and gases needed to sustain on-board life such as oxygen and nitrogen; it also filtered out toxic gases and chemicals such as carbon dioxide and ammonia.
Life support systems were mostly made to support Human life, because a good number of species breathed very similar if not identical gas mixtures, though multiple variants were created for different alien species.
They came in many varieties and were very complex systems, requiring very skilled technicians to repair or even utilize the system, though most life support systems ran alongside regular ship systems; meaning if the ship took a hit to the power generator and the ship loses power, it would switch the life support to backup power, running on charged power cells, until either power depletion caused the life support to fail or ship power was restored.
Appearances
Sources
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Starfighter Battle Book: X-wing vs TIE Interceptor
- Wanted by Cracken
- Dark Empire Sourcebook
- Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine
- The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
- Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide
- Star Wars Technical Journal of the Rebel Forces
"Smuggler's Log" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
"Wanted by Cracken" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
- Star Wars Technical Journal
"A Buyer's Guide to Alternative Starships" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
- Galladinium's Fantastic Technology
- Flashpoint! Brak Sector
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- The DarkStryder Campaign
- Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, Second Edition
- Heroes & Rogues
- The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
"Fizzi's Slightly Used Starships" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 9
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
- TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Limited Collector's Edition
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- Introductory Adventure Game
- Pirates & Privateers
- Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
- Lords of the Expanse
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- Platt's Smugglers Guide
"Special Military Unit Intelligence Update" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Stock Ships
- Hideouts & Strongholds
- The Far Orbit Project
- Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
"Darth Malak" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
- Suns of Fortune
- Strongholds of Resistance