Flitknot speeder
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| Flitknot speeder | |
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Flitknot speeder[1] |
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| Length |
2 meters[2] |
| Maximum speed |
634 km/h[2] |
| Maximum altitude |
2 kilometers[2] |
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| Armament |
None[1] |
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1[1] |
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None |
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The Flitknot speeder, commonly known simply as the Geonosian speeder bike, was a model of speeder bike built by the Huppla Pasa Tisc Shipwrights Collective and used by the Geonosians.
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[edit] Characteristics
Unlike most Geonosian craft, the speeder could be easily piloted by non-Geonosians with minimal modifications. It was notable for its unusual pilot-forward design. The speeder structure flowed back aerodynamically from the pilot seat, ending in two stabilizer fins at the rear.
Standard models of the Flitknot speeder were fitted with pheromone systems that used the sensitive Geonosisan sense of smell to relay information on the performance and status of the vehicle, and had a multi-yoke system of control. Altitude was set by twisting the handlebar grips backwards to rise, and forwards to go lower.
The Huppla Pasa Tisc Shipwrights Collective used many of the same components for the Flitknot as they had done on the Nantex-class territorial defense starfighter, including the inertial compensator and the gravity generator used to keep the pilot seated.
[edit] History
The speeders were first put to use by Geonosian perimeter scouts to examine new meteor impacts or track acklays and merdeths. Standard models were not fitted with weaponry. Strike versions were equipped with a blaster cannon.
Sometimes the speeder bike was modified for use by a B2 super battle droid for scouting missions.
Count Dooku used a modified Flitknot during the Battle of Geonosis to escape from the Stalgasin Hive to his secret hangar. He only used the vehicle once, and abandoned it once he left Geonosis in his solar sailer. Dooku used another Flitknot during the Battle of Tatooine until a lightsaber battle with Anakin Skywalker which resulted in Skywalker stealing the speeder to escape the Dune Sea and head for Jabba the Hutt's Palace.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (novel)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
[edit] Sources
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 99
- The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
- Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
