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'''Keen's Grotto''' was the location of a notorious catacomb complex on [[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]]. A team of four [[Spelunking|spelunkers]] became trapped there, necessitating rescue by a Corellian search and rescue squad, who deployed a [[GV/3-series guardian droid]] to save them. This incident became widely publicized, leading [[Cybot Galactica/Legends|Cybot Galactica]] to produce a modified version of the guardian droid with enhanced detection [[Sensor/Legends|sensors]], emergency [[transponder]], [[Spotlight/Legends|spotlight]], and a packet of weather-proof [[Survival pack|survival | '''Keen's Grotto''' was the location of a notorious catacomb complex on [[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]]. A team of four [[Spelunking|spelunkers]] became trapped there, necessitating rescue by a Corellian search and rescue squad, who deployed a [[GV/3-series guardian droid]] to save them. This incident became widely publicized, leading [[Cybot Galactica/Legends|Cybot Galactica]] to produce a modified version of the guardian droid with enhanced detection [[Sensor/Legends|sensors]], emergency [[Transponder_beacon/Legends|transponder]], [[Spotlight/Legends|spotlight]], and a packet of weather-proof [[Survival pack|survival gear]].<ref name="EGtD">''[[The Essential Guide to Droids]]''</ref> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
{{Quote| In order to get through Keen's grotto, we had to lay on our stomachs and worm-crawl for what seemed like a football field... eventually the ceiling got so close to the floor that we had to take our helmets off and push them in front with our noses... eventually the ceiling got so close that we couldn't move forward unless we turned our heads sideways.|[[Daniel Wallace]]|url=http://boards.theforce.net/threads/new-essential-guide-to-droids.21671810/page-12#post-24370113}} | {{Quote| In order to get through Keen's grotto, we had to lay on our stomachs and worm-crawl for what seemed like a football field... eventually the ceiling got so close to the floor that we had to take our helmets off and push them in front with our noses... eventually the ceiling got so close that we couldn't move forward unless we turned our heads sideways.|[[Daniel Wallace]]|url=http://boards.theforce.net/threads/new-essential-guide-to-droids.21671810/page-12#post-24370113}} | ||
Keen's Grotto is a real location in Indiana, where ''[[The | Keen's Grotto is a real location in Indiana, where ''[[The Essential Guide to Droids]]'' author [[Daniel Wallace]] once went spelunking with several college roommates, an experience he would later recall as being "unrelentingly miserable."<ref name="TF.N">{{JCFcite|postnum=24370113|board=Literature|thread=New Essential Guide to Droids|user=[[Daniel Wallace|Dan Wallace]]|PTtime=Jul 13, 2006 at 8:20 PM|accessdate=4/9/2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409082832/http://boards.theforce.net/threads/new-essential-guide-to-droids.21671810/page-12}}</ref><ref name="Geekosity">[http://geekosity.blogspot.com/2007/06/forgotten-easter-eggs-im-not-huge-fan.html Forgotten Easter Eggs] at [http://geekosity.blogspot.com/ Daniel Wallace's Geekosity]</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
* | *{{EGCite|D|Guardian Droid}} | ||
==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
Revision as of 20:59, 23 February 2023
Keen's Grotto was the location of a notorious catacomb complex on Corellia. A team of four spelunkers became trapped there, necessitating rescue by a Corellian search and rescue squad, who deployed a GV/3-series guardian droid to save them. This incident became widely publicized, leading Cybot Galactica to produce a modified version of the guardian droid with enhanced detection sensors, emergency transponder, spotlight, and a packet of weather-proof survival gear.[1]
Behind the scenes
- " In order to get through Keen's grotto, we had to lay on our stomachs and worm-crawl for what seemed like a football field... eventually the ceiling got so close to the floor that we had to take our helmets off and push them in front with our noses... eventually the ceiling got so close that we couldn't move forward unless we turned our heads sideways."
- ―Daniel Wallace
Keen's Grotto is a real location in Indiana, where The Essential Guide to Droids author Daniel Wallace once went spelunking with several college roommates, an experience he would later recall as being "unrelentingly miserable."[2][3]
Sources
- The Essential Guide to Droids ("Guardian Droid")
Notes and references
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Droids
- ↑
New Essential Guide to Droids on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by Dan Wallace on Jul 13, 2006 at 8:20 PM; accessed April 9, 2018) (backup link)
- ↑ Forgotten Easter Eggs at Daniel Wallace's Geekosity