Electro magnetic pulse launcher
Production information
Manufacturer	Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc[1]
Model	Electro magnetic pulse launcher[1]
Usage and history
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era[2]
Affiliation	Galactic Republic[2] Grand Army of the Republic[2]

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The Electro magnetic pulse (EMP) Launcher was a devastating weapon when used against the battle droid forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems as they were able to both deactivate droids by shorting out electronics and destroy their interior circuitry with powerful EMP waves. Clone jet troopers used these as their primary weapon.

CharacteristicsEdit

The Merr-Sonn Electro magnetic pulse launcher was an ion weapon capable of disrupting Confederacy of Independent Systems battle droids. Upon impact with a solid object, the projectile would detonate, dealing ion damage to the droids circuitry.^[1] The electricity would short-circuit the droids' neural network and render the droid useless.^[3] Droids hit by a blast from an EMP launcher had a tendency to fly apart as the electromagnetic couplings for their limbs were overloaded by the pulse. The Galactic Republic's Grand Army clone jet troopers used the EMP launcher on battlefronts throughout the Clone Wars.^[2]

Behind the scenesEdit

The EM Pulse Launcher appears in the Star Wars: Battlefront video game series, first as the Jet Trooper's primary weapon and then as a generic EMP launcher. It also appears in the 2004 novel Republic Commando: Hard Contact.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Battlefront (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
• Republic Commando: Hard Contact
• Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

SourcesEdit

• Battlefront: Prima Official Game Guide
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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