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'''Power couplings''' were important parts of [[Starship/Legends|starships]], vehicles, and other smaller devices.
'''Power couplings''' were important parts of [[Starship/Legends|starships]], vehicles, and other smaller devices.


Power couplings in [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]] enable the craft's [[Power pack|power cells]] to share and balance energy output.<ref name="SWS" />
Power couplings in [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]] enable the craft's [[Power pack|power cells]] to share and balance energy output.<ref name="SWS" />
The term also referred to devices used to power objects on planets, such as the power coupling [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] flew through in their pursuit of [[Zam Wesell/Legends|Zam Wesell]] on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]]. Power couplings were used to hold [[Podracer/Legends|podracer]] engines together and transfer power between them. Power couplings were also used as part of a melee weapon called the [[San-Ni staff]] which held together three metal rods that could be whipped around the wielder's body in combat.<ref name="Jedi Academy Training Manual">''[[Jedi Academy Training Manual]]''</ref>


[[Kel-Mar]], [[Modog]] and [[Dekk]] were prime manufacturers of power couplings. Dekk created the [[Dekk-6 power coupling]] line.
[[Kel-Mar]], [[Modog]] and [[Dekk]] were prime manufacturers of power couplings. Dekk created the [[Dekk-6 power coupling]] line.
"Hooking up a power coupling", while perhaps not consistent with the actual assembly of the device, was regardless used by several companions of the [[Meetra Surik|Jedi Exile]] to describe intimate relationships and presumed sexual intercourse.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[A Revelation]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars Episode I: Racer]]''
*{{Film|I}}
*''[[Star Wars: Racer Revenge]]''
*{{Film|II}}
*[[Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' junior novel]]
*{{TCW|The Gungan General}}
*{{CWACite|10|Chain of Command (comic)|Chain of Command}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|4|The Final Exit}}
*{{Journal|4|The Final Exit}}
*{{WEGCite|book=The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4|story=The Final Exit}}
*{{WEGCite|book=The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4|story=The Final Exit}}
*''[[The Paradise Snare]]''
*''[[The Paradise Snare]]''
*''[[A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale]]''
*{{Shortstory|story=A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale|book=Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina}}
*{{GamerCite|1|Fair Prey}}
*{{GamerCite|1|Fair Prey}}
*''[[Scoundrel's Luck]]'' {{C|As "power flux coupling"}}
*''[[Scoundrel's Luck]]'' {{C|As "power flux coupling"}}
*''[[Imperial Double-Cross]]''
*''[[Imperial Double-Cross]]''
*[[Allegiance (novel)|''Allegiance'']]
*[[Allegiance (audiobook)|''Allegiance'' audiobook]]
*''[[Choices of One]]''
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead]]''
*''[[Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead]]''
*{{GalaxyCite|10|Sandbound on Tatooine}}
*{{GalaxyCite|10|Sandbound on Tatooine}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=Better Than Nothing|stext=''Better Than Nothing''}}
*{{WEGCite|book=Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook|story=Better Than Nothing|stext=''Better Than Nothing''}}
*''[[Shadows in the Force]]''
*{{Film|V}}
*{{Film|V}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]] {{1stm}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]] {{1stm}}
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*{{Journal|8|Counterstrike (Adventure Journal)|Counterstrike}}
*{{Journal|8|Counterstrike (Adventure Journal)|Counterstrike}}
*{{Journal|8|Blaze of Glory (short story)|Blaze of Glory}}
*{{Journal|8|Blaze of Glory (short story)|Blaze of Glory}}
*''[[Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
*''[[Assault at Selonia]]''
*''[[Assault at Selonia]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II: Rebirth]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion]]''
*''[[The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy]]''
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*''[[Stock Ships]]''
*''[[Stock Ships]]''
*''[[C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid]]''
*''[[C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Jedi Academy Training Manual]]''
*{{InsiderCite|131|Things To Look Out For In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D!}}
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Energy technology]]
[[Category:Energy technology]]
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[[Category:Starship power systems]]

Latest revision as of 09:57, 6 February 2023

Power couplings were important parts of starships, vehicles, and other smaller devices.

Power couplings in starfighters enable the craft's power cells to share and balance energy output.[1]

Kel-Mar, Modog and Dekk were prime manufacturers of power couplings. Dekk created the Dekk-6 power coupling line.

Appearances

Sources

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Star Wars Sourcebook
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