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The waveskimmer,[1] also known as an assault skimmer,[3] was a small repulsorcraft used by Imperial aquatic assault stormtroopers.[1]
Characteristics
The waveskimmer was able to move under the sea[1] and surf on waves.[4] It was a single person vehicle,[1] but two people could manage to ride the vehicle.[4]
It carried no weapons, but the seatroopers would fire their infantry weapons while driving the waveskimmer.[1] However, a version with a mounted sonic blaster was used on the planet Alluuvia.[2]
Twin-pod paracapsules could be used to drop two waveskimmers and two seatroopers from a starship in orbit.[4]
History
The Imperial Aquatic Garrison was an undermanned garrison on the waterworld Sedri. It had fifteen waveskimmers assigned to the base, at least three of them were single person vehicles.[1]
During the Galactic Civil War, the Strike-class medium cruiser Ion Storm dropped some single person waveskimmers over Sedri, but these weren't usually carried aboard as the cruiser had stopped in an Imperial depot en route to requisition the appropriate equipment.[4]
The Imperial Mobile Base in Elrood carried ten waveskimmers equipped with sonic blasters.[2]
Behind the scenes
The vehicle appears first in pages 8,9 and 17 of Battle for the Golden Sun (1988), it appears again in pages 76-77 of Secrets of the Sisar Run (1997). The stat block is too brief and doesn't contain information about the manufacturer. It is just named waveskimmer or single person waveskimmer, which leads to some confusion.
The vehicle appears also in pages 42 and 47 of Operation: Elrood (1996), but the stat block states a speed of 70 km/h and adds a sonic blaster to the vehicle (other stats are the same). The waveskimmer is used on the waves in the previous appearances and is meant to be used underwater in Operation: Elrood, so 70 km/h may be either the underwater speed or the speed of the version equipped with the sonic blaster. It could also be a typo as 70 km/h is the speed of another vehicle in the same section.
Appearances
- Operation: Elrood
- Battle for the Golden Sun (First appearance)
Sources
"Recon & Report: The Journey to Coruscant" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 2 (reprinted in The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4)- Lords of the Expanse
- Secrets of the Sisar Run
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
