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The MSP80 Pteropter (or Pteroptor) hover pod was an airspeeder model used by Trandoshan hunters on the moon of Wasskah to hunt their prey as sport during the Clone Wars.
Description
A hoverpod preparing to lift off
The MSP80 had a rotary repeating blaster cannon and three landing legs that folded up during take-off. The speeder was open in the back, with no safeguards.[3]
History
The speeders were usually parked on the landing platform of the floating fortress. When the hunting games began, three Trandoshans got on each speeder, flew into the jungle and started searching for their prey.[3] One of these vehicles was hijacked by a group of Padawans that had survived multiple hunts; after capturing Smug, a Trandoshan guard/sniper, they mind-tricked him to call his comrade Krix and ask for transportation. Krix arrived only to find that he had stepped into a trap. The Padawans knocked him and Smug unconscious and took the vehicle.[4]
Appearances
- Kinect Star Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Padawan Lost" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Wookiee Hunt"
- Onslaught at Arda I (Indirect mention only)
Sources
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Padawan Lost on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
- Clone Card: Garnac on StarWars.com (content obsolete and backup link not available) (First identified as MSP80 Pteroptor hover pod)
- "50 Great Reasons to Rewatch Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season Three" — Star Wars Insider 125
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles (First identified as MSP80 Pteropter hover pod)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Three
- Garnac in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
