An electro-dart was a type of dart designed to temporarily stun an organic target by sending an electric current through the victim's body. The salvagerHurd Coyle utilized electro-darts in the time soon after the rise of the Galactic Empire. When Coyle rescued the clone trooper pilotHOB-147, who had been stranded in space for several weeks, the salvager was forced to subdue the clonetrooper twice with electro-darts because HOB-147 acted aggressively toward the smuggler, whom he falsely believed was working for the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
The electro-dart was type of dart intended to temporarily stun an organic being by sending an electric current through the target's body. The weapon was composed of a clear cylinder attached to a needle, which stuck into its target and transmitted the electric current upon contact. The electro-dart was fired from a hand-held dart shooter.[1]
HOB incorrectly assumed that he was aboard a Confederacy of Independent Systems craft and attacked the battle droids. Coyle, having entered the sickbay, shot the clonetrooper with an electro-dart to stop him from destroying all of his droids. Coyle relocated the incapacitated HOB-147 elsewhere aboard the ship and left him to regain his faculties. Unbeknownst to HOB-147, Coyle was transporting a group of fugitive Jedi younglings to the Outer Rim. When HOB came to, he found himself being watched by Nia, one of the younglings aboard the vessel. The clone grabbed her, but Coyle walked into the room and shot the trooper with another electro-dart. With HOB-147 paralyzed again, Coyle took Nia out of the room for her protection.[1]