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A Thorsen field driver was a component of a hyperdrive. Circa 0 ABY, the Thorsen field driver of a certain Rebel ship began to hiccup when reaching lightspeed. The crew theorized that, should it happen once more, they could suffer physical damage. They then decided to look for a spaceport with repair facilities and visited Scarlet Bloodhawk's port.[1]

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