XX-23 homing beacon
- "You're sure the homing beacon is secure aboard their ship? I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work."
- ―Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin to Darth Vader
The XX-23 homing beacon was an s-thread tracking device produced by Neuro-Saav Technologies and used during the Galactic Civil War.
The XX-23 was a small cylinder that broadcast a continuous signal that could be received by HoloNet s-threads. A dedicated computer would then be able to determine when the ship crossed an s-thread and plot its course with this information.
It could be attached to the hull of a ship via a molecular bonding agent. It would use a ship's heat and radiation emissions to power itself, making it more difficult to detect than other trackers.[1]
The homing device planted onboard Millennium Falcon by a HMOR homing droid was a variant of the XX-23 design.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First mentioned)
- Droids (1986) 8 (Indirect mention only)
- Empire 15 (First appearance)
Sources
- Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (First identified as XX-23 homing beacon)
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 85 (HOM4, Homing Beacons)
- The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett
- The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 30 HOM1-4
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