Gravity well
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A gravity well was a location from which a gravity field emanated. Though they existed in realspace, gravity wells were an obstacle to hyperspace navigation. They could be naturally-occurring, or created with a gravity well projector or a Gravity Well Station . A gravity well could stop a fleet within a close proximity from entering hyperspace.
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[edit] Vagaari ship net
Main article: The Vagaari possessed gravity well projectors known as ship nets on some of their ships which were used to prevent their victims fleeing to hyperspace. Chiss Commander Thrawn and his warriors of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force managed to capture one of these devices from the Vagaari and later put it to use in the Outbound Flight crisis.
[edit] Immobilizer 418 cruiser
The Sienar Fleet Systems Immobilizer 418 cruiser, commonly referred to as an interdictor cruiser, was equipped with a number of gravity well projectors. While active, these projectors prevented ships in the vicinity of an interdictor cruiser from being able to execute jumps into hyperspace while also forcing ships traveling in hyperspace back into realspace.
[edit] Gravity Well Station
An Imperial Gravity Well Station was a space station built to emit a gravity well from the use of a Gravity well projector inside the Gravity Well Station
[edit] The Maw
The Maw was a cluster of black holes located near the Kessel system. The Maw contained a large number of Gravity wells due to the large number of Black Holes.
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Gravity well projector in the Databank
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
- Imperial Sourcebook
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
