Flexisteel
Flexisteel or flexsteel was a strong, durable material used in engineering. It was a stainless material that had metallic characteristics, but was very pliable as well.
Flexisteel was used by Beryl Chiffonage to form the tow cable of a power harpoon for the T-47 snowspeeders used by the Alliance at Echo Base on Hoth.
It was often used to make flexcord and could also be layered to form exceptionally durable starship armor plating. Flexisteel was used to create surgical devices such as scalpels.[1]
Corusca fishermen used cables made from flexisteel when mining Corusca gems on Yavin. They would typically attach an energy purse seine or flexisteel cable net with a thick mesh to several space-capable one-man skiffs and one trawler. The trawler would be used to provide propulsion for the entire group. Meanwhile, the skiffs would keep the net steady.
Appearances
- Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (as flexsteel)
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (Appears only in non-storyline event)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back junior novel
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy
Sources
- Star Wars Campaign Pack (as flexsteel)
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin (as flexsteel)
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
- Dark Empire Sourcebook
- The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Classic Campaigns
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition (as flexsteel)
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Hoth Limited (Card: Power Harpoon) (backup link)- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- The Essential Guide to Droids
"Yavin: The Big Red One Part 1" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed: Prima Official Game Guide (as flexsteel)
- Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
