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The '''LAVr QH-7 Chariot''' was a command [[Landspeeder/Legends|speeder]] produced by [[Uulshos Manufacturing/Legends|Uulshos Manufacturing]].

==Characteristics==
[[Uulshos Manufacturing/Legends|Uulshos Manufacturing's]] LAVr QH-7 Chariot was a modified military [[Landspeeder/Legends|landspeeder]] intended for use in situations where proximity to combat zones and imminent danger were not expected to occur. The main aim of the Chariot was to protect important command personnel while they coordinated [[Soldier/Legends|soldiers]] and operations, but not to lead from the front.<ref name="ISB" />

Measuring 11.8 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]],<ref name="ISB2" /> the Chariot was more heavily armored than other equivalent landspeeders,<ref name="ISB" /> with layered armor plates to protect from low powered blaster bolts, and an armored canopy above a blast deflection plate. Retractable view plates covered side observations ports. Five [[Repulsorlift/Legends|repulsorlift]] [[Engine/Legends|engines]] drove the Chariot, with ventral mounted repulsorlift altitude/angling jets.<ref name="EGVV" /> The Chariot could achieve speeds of one hundred [[Kilometer/Legends|kilometers]] an [[Standard hour/Legends|hour]], and had a flight clearance of eight meters.<ref name="ISB2" /> Some models were rated at speeds of 350 kilometers an hour.<ref name="FUCG" />

[[File:ChariotLAV_schem.jpg|thumb|left|LAVr QH-7 Chariot schematics]]
The interior of the Chariot was filled with [[Computer/Legends|computers]] running battle-assistance programs, allowing the commander to keep track of their units in the field.<ref name="ISB" /> The computer incorporated advanced tactical displays<ref name="FUCG" /> using [[Hologram/Legends|holographic]] technology to produce completed schematics<ref name="HESB">''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''</ref> and battlefield displays<ref name="EGVV" /> for the onboard [[Officer/Legends|officers]], along with constant data updates. A full dedicated [[Sensor/Legends|sensor]] and communications array allowed the commander to keep track of, and coordinate, up to a dozen units. A full communications uplink kept the commander in contact with any orbiting [[Starship/Legends|starships]],<ref name="HESB" /> fitted with a [[signal scrambler]] to ensure outgoing transmissions were impossible to intercept and decode by enemy agents. The communications suite incorporated a long range [[comm transceiver]] mounted atop the Chariot, as well as a [[subspace scrambler/transceiver]], a [[comm analysis amplifier/receptor]], and a [[low-frequency encryptor]]. The rear of the Chariot was full of electronic countermeasure equipment to protect the Chariot from targeted electromagnetic attacks and other disruption tactics.<ref name="EGVV" /> The systems were shielded, and back-up systems were present in case of damage or failure.<ref name="ISB" />

The Chariot's only weapon was a single, forward mounted [[Mk 2/S laser cannon]]<ref name="MBC" /> that could only fire in the direction that the speeder was traveling in at the time.<ref name="ISB" /> The weapon was slung below the Chariot, and dropped out of a hatch below the main cabin.<ref name="EGVV" />

Chariots were crewed by three personnel; the driver, the commander, and a guard who doubled as the senior aide to the commander<ref name="ISB" /> as well as the [[Gunner/Legends|gunner]]. If necessary, an entire command staff could fit into the Chariot, and the communications array was staffed by four [[Communications droid/Legends|communications droids]].<ref name="EGVV" /> Beneath the commander's chair was a switch that activated a self-destruct timer. The presence of the self-destruct was not generally advertised, and the timer could be set for up to ten [[Standard minute/Legends|minutes]] to destroy the vehicle and the battle records stored in its computers.<ref name="ISB" />

==History==
[[File:Chariotyavin.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A QH-7 Chariot]]
One of the more common command speeders in use by the [[Imperial Army/Legends|Imperial Army]],<ref name="EGVV" /> Chariots were employed to allow a commander to enter a battlefield and flee it again without placing the commander in direct peril.<ref name="FUCG" /> The common usage of the Chariot was not down to its battlefield performance, but instead was due to the low cost-per-unit of the vehicle.<ref name="EGVV" /> Chariots were rarely unescorted while in the field,<ref name="ISB" /> often keeping pace with advancing [[Infantry/Legends|infantry]], [[Repulsorcraft/Legends|repulsorcraft]] and [[Walker/Legends|walkers]]<ref name="EGVV" /> which meant that the Chariot's primary weapon was rarely fired.<ref name="ISB" /> Chariots were a favored method of evacuating from a battlefield by veteran officers who had fought in the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]]; they remembered [[Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry/Legends|LAAT/i]] dropships drawing too much anti-aircraft fire during extractions.<ref name="FUCG" /> In general, Chariots were deployed to support [[Artillery line|artillery]] and [[repulsorlift platoon]]s, and occasionally to [[Scout/Legends|scout]] units for special mission profiles.<ref name="EGVV" /> Chariots were favored by [[General/Legends|generals]] traveling to the front lines, and they were often employed to ferry the general to the front lines to conduct face-to-face briefings with field officers in safety.<ref name="FUCG" />

[[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends|Thrawn]] instigated a program of upgrading and modifying the units under his command. Chariots had the underslung laser cannon removed and replaced with a more versatile swivel laser cannon.<ref name="HESB" /> The weapon was more powerful than the standard weapon,<ref name="EGVV" /> but was still underpowered and unsuited to direct combat. In addition, many of the vehicles found their back up computer systems stripped out and installed into other landspeeders.<ref name="HESB" />

In [[9 ABY/Legends|9 ABY]], a Chariot coordinated the search for [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] and [[Mara Jade Skywalker|Mara Jade]] after the pair crashed in the dense forests of [[Myrkr/Legends|Myrkr]]. Skywalker [[Rescue on Myrkr|destroyed]] the Chariot in [[Hyllyard City]] by using his [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] to cause a ten-meter-tall stone arch to fall on it.<ref name="HttE">''[[Heir to the Empire]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Rookies: Rendezvous]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 9: Revolt of the Battle Droids]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids]]''
*''[[Shadow Stalker]]''
*[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye 4|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' 4]]
*{{Journal|7|The Battle for Gap Nine}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide|story=Operation: Recovery|stext=''Operation: Recovery''}}
*''[[The Glove of Darth Vader]]''
*{{Journal|3|Explosive Developments}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters|story=Two for the Price of One}} {{C|As "Chariot Light Assault Vehicle"}}
*''[[X-Wing: Iron Fist]]''
*''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The Last Command]]''
*[[The Last Command (unabridged audiobook)|''The Last Command'' audiobook]]
*''[[X-Wing: Isard's Revenge]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Crimson Empire]]''

==Sources==
*''[[Imperial Sourcebook]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Death Star Technical Companion]]''
*''[[Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One]]'' {{Po}}
*''[[Heir to the Empire Sourcebook]]''
*[[Wanted by Cracken (sourcebook)|''Wanted by Cracken'']] {{ID|command speeder}}
*[[Death Star Technical Companion (Second Edition)|''Death Star Technical Companion'', Second Edition]]
*[[Imperial Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Imperial Sourcebook'', Second Edition]]
*''[[Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion]]''
*{{Journal|3|Blasters for Hire}}
*''[[The Star Wars Planets Collection]]'' {{Po}}
*''[[Heroes & Rogues]]''
*{{Journal|9|Repulsortank Battlefield}} {{ID|command speeder}}
*''[[The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]''
*''[[Gamemaster Toolkit: Live-Action Adventures]]''
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised]]'' <!-- December 1996 -->
*{{Journal|12|Imperial Garrisons}}
*''[[Lords of the Expanse]]''
*{{Topps|set=1997 Topps Star Wars Vehicles|cardname=Chariot Lav}}
*''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Behind the Magic]]''
*{{TCG|set=Battle of Yavin (TCG)|sformatted=''Battle of Yavin''|link=https://swtcg.com/Content/Images/Cards/BOY/Chariot_Light_Assault_Vehicle.webp?v=2|cardname=Chariot Light Assault Vehicle}}
*{{FFCite|100|LAV1-2, ''Chariot LAV''}}
*''[[A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded]]''
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]''
*''[[The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' {{C|See ''Chariot LAV''}}

==Notes and references==
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