Harpoon and tow cable
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The harpoon and tow cable, or power harpoon, was an improvised weapon system developed by Beryl Chiffonage and employed by the Rebel Alliance during the Battle of Hoth using tactics invented by Chiffonage and Luke Skywalker.
Operated by the gunner onboard a snowspeeder, the harpoon, tipped with a fusion disc, would be fired at the leg of an Imperial AT-AT walker. The pilot of the snowspeeder would then make several rotations around the walker to wrap the flexisteel cable around its legs. The walker would then become ensnared and fall over, effectively neutralized. Harpoons and tow cables were able to bring down a few AT-ATs at Hoth and were the Alliance's only effective method of dealing with the lethal Imperial walkers.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 24: Knights of Suffering, Part 3
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
"A Credit for Your Thoughts" - Star Wars Gamer 2 (as Tow cable)
- Heir to the Empire
[edit] Sources
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
- Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Hoth Limited (Card: Power Harpoon)
Star Wars Trading Card Game – The Empire Strikes Back (Card: Go for the Legs) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Trading Card Game – The Empire Strikes Back (Card: Lieutenant Wes Janson) (Mentioned only)
