Kelliak Arms and Armor Company
Kelliak Arms and Armor Company, commonly known as KAAC, was a repulsorcraft manufacturer. They developed and manufactured the Freerunner with the intent of selling it to the Imperial Military. However, the Empire did not purchase the vehicle, causing a financial disaster for Kelliak that caused the company to go bankrupt.
Description
Kelliak Arms and Armor Company, commonly abbreviated to KAAC, was a repulsorcraft manufacturer. The company went out of business during the early years of the Galactic Empire due to the commercial failure of their latest product, the Freerunner.[1]
History
Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars,[2] in the early years of the Galactic Empire, Kelliak developed and manufactured the Freerunner, a repulsorlift vehicle with a free-rotating fun platform mounted on the main chassis. The platform allowed the Freerunner to mount various weapon types to meet different mission profiles and the needs of the vehicle's owners.[1]
Kelliak advertized the Freerunner as the "ultimate in fast, flexible firepower," and boasted that it has the "freedom to meet any combat situation with the appropriate countermeasure."[1] Kelliak designed the Freerunner to function as a scout, escort and frontline combat unit.[2] The intent was to sell the Freerunner to the Imperial Military.[1] However, the Freerunner suffered from a case of bad timing since the Empire had made a decision to focus on tracked vehicle and walker designs.[2] The vehicle design and advertizing campaign failed to convince the Imperial Military, who passed on it.[1]
Kelliak took a huge loss of the Freerunner and ended up selling the entire stock to arms merchants and undercover Alliance to Restore the Republic agents.[1] With no major contracts from the Empire, and the financial disaster of the Freerunner, Kelliak went bankrupt.[2]
Appearances
"Side Trip" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 12 (Mentioned only) (as KAAC)- Dark Force Rising (First mentioned) (as KAAC)
- Dark Force Rising audiobook (Mentioned only) (as KAAC)
Sources
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
- Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- "Repulsortank Battlefield" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 9
- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- Rules of Engagement: The Rebel SpecForce Handbook
- "Special Military Unit Intelligence Update" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Classic Adventures: Volume Four - The Best of the Journal
- The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide
The Battle of Turak IV on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)