EasyRide passenger airspeeder
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| EasyRide passenger airspeeder | |
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EasyRide |
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| Length |
8 meters[1] |
| Maximum speed |
191 km/h[1] |
| Maximum altitude |
3.4 km[2] |
| Armament |
None[2] |
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| Passengers |
6 (depends on species)[1] |
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The EasyRide passenger airspeeder also know as the Coruscant Taxi was an air vehicle used to transport passengers on the most prominent worlds of the galaxy, most notably Coruscant and Malastare.
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[edit] Characteristics
An air taxi would employ a compact, focused, medium-grade repulsor to elevate it to the very highest skyscraper. A radial battery of low-powered antigravity devices gave it excellent navigational control in open air, allowing it to swoop with accuracy around the tall buildings of the cityworld, and dock skillfully at its destination.
The most common model was the Hyrotii Corporation EasyRide passenger airspeeder. It was eight meters long and was piloted by qualified air taxi pilots, including Republic Judicials such as Rayno Vaca. These pilots were required to pass difficult tests that proved their ability to navigate their craft through the cityscape with skill.
[edit] History
All important traffic on Coruscant was air traffic, since the original ground levels have been abandoned in the distant past, so the various air taxi-models fit the need for speedy transports that could bypass the skyways of the capital world.
Around 4 ABY, many EasyRides had been put into service by the Galactic Empire as cheap patrol craft on Imperial Center.[3]
By 137 ABY, EasyRide airspeeders were still in use on Coruscant.[4]
[edit] Appearances
- Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
- Episode I: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
- Star Wars Republic: Infinity's End
- Star Wars: Zam Wesell
Would-Be Saboteur Captured—HoloNet News Vol. 531 53
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- The Clone Wars: Departure
- Republic Commando: Triple Zero
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (First appearance) (Special Edition)
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Star Wars Legacy: Claws of the Dragon
[edit] Sources
- Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
- Episode I: Incredible Cross-Sections
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 34 (TAX1-2, Coruscant Air Taxi)
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 43 (TAX3-4, Coruscant Air Taxi)
- Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Coruscant air taxi in the Databank
