Orbitblade-2000


The Orbitblade-2000, an armored transport designed for aerospace travel, was produced by zZip Motor Concepts. This repulsorlift vehicle measured four-meter in length. It accommodated a single pilot, two passengers, and could haul 200 kilograms of freight. Its maximum operational altitude was one hundred and fifty kilometers. Its speed was limited to sixty hundred and fifty kilometers per hour when flying below ten kilometers; however, it could reach a thousand and fifty kilometers per hour at higher altitudes.

This vehicle featured a front-mounted concussion missile launcher, a rare armament for private vehicles. Its light weaponry meant it was not typically used by military or law enforcement, but rather by corporate security and criminal organizations, including the Bounty Hunters' Guild. Despite its light armament, it featured armor protection on par with Incom Corporation's T-47 airspeeder, famously used by the Alliance to Restore the Republic on Hoth. A key difference from the T-47 was the Orbitblade's environmentally sealed cockpit, allowing its occupants to survive in hazardous atmospheres, such as the poisonous one found on Drackmar.

Sources

  • Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
  • The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
  • The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett

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