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The HoloNet transceiver, sometimes referred to as a holopod,[2] was a holoprojector communications device. A vareity produced by SoroSuub Corporation was called the hologram projection pod.
Design
This round device measured three meters in diameter, with a central holoprojector set into a hologram pod. Scanning and projection panels were located around the perimeter of the central projector, which could create an image many meters in height. A control panel was located on the side of the pod, along with cooling vents and a field limiter. The SoroSuub projection pod, like all other HoloNet transceivers, could receive and decode HoloNet transmissions sent along S-thread channels from anywhere in the galaxy. Because of the widespread implementation of the HoloNet, the projection pod had an effective range that spanned the entire galactic disc.
History and usage
SoroSuub projection pods were commonly installed on the bridges of Imperial Star Destroyers, and one was also found in the holoprojection chamber aboard Executor during the Galactic Civil War. Vader used this to communicate with Emperor Palpatine to report on the progress of the war.[3] During the Virgillian Civil War, the Virgillian Free Alignment installed a HoloNet transceiver in the Quasar Fire-class bulk cruiser Flurry which they had stolen from a captured Imperial vessel.[4] This was unusual enough that Navy commander of the Imperial fleet at Bakura noted that it was probably stolen.[5]
Appearances
"The Starfighter Trap" — Star Wars Gamer 1- Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
- Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- The Clone Wars: Transfer
- Rookies: No Turning Back
- "The Capture of Coh Veshiv" — The Far Orbit Project
- "Command Decision" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 11 (reprinted in Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club)
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Galoob minicomic
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Ertl minicomic
- Shadows of the Empire 5
- The Truce at Bakura
- X-Wing Rogue Squadron 9 (Mentioned only)
- "Introduction" — The Kathol Rift (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe) (as holopod)
- "A Grand Admiral Returns" — Heir to the Empire Sourcebook (reprinted in The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook)
- The Last Command (and unabridged audiobook)
- Specter of the Past (and unabridged audiobook) (as "hologram pad")
