- "As I sat watching the howlrunners, the walls of the safari dome seemed to melt away. For a brief moment, I was part of the pack, hunting and howling with these magnificent predators. I have spent the rest of my life trying to recapture that feeling, from the cockpit of a starfighter."
- ―Jo Ewsli, The Anthropology of Engineering
The Anthropology of Engineering was a work authored by the Incom Corporation engineer Jo Ewsli.[1] At some point by 0 ABY,[2] Ewsli had designed the I-7 Howlrunner starfighter, which was named after the omnivorous howlrunner creature of[1] the Wild Space[3] planet[4] Kamar. In The Anthropology of Engineering, the engineer,[1] who at one point had visited Kamar,[4] narrated how[1] he[4] had observed a pack of hunting howlrunners from inside a safari dome. In that passage, Ewsli also noted that he had experienced a moment where he felt like a part of the pack, and that he had subsequently strived for his entire life to design a starfighter that would help its pilot recreate the feeling.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The Anthropology of Engineering was mentioned in the 2003 reference book The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels by W. Haden Blackman.[1]
Sources[]
- The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion dates the events of Rebel Force: Trapped, which includes the appearance of an I-7 Howlrunner, to 0 ABY.
- ↑
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for Kamar system
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Essential Guide to Alien Species