The Scout Wheelbike was a military reconnaissance vehicle, a modification of a civilian Gallis-Tech design.
A wheelbike was essentially a single large wheel about two meters in diameter, with in the pilot and propulsion systems inside it.
While the underlying civilian version had two seats, the militarized Scout Wheelbike was a single-pilot vehicle, replacing the passenger pillion with a a repeating blaster.
The Gallis-Tech Scout Wheelbike was one of several types of wheelbike used by the COMPNOR Regiment deployed on Sedesia, due to the planet's weather being hostile to repulsorcraft.
The pilots had originally been trained to ride speeder bikes, and had heavier armor and enclosed helmets suitable for the role, but lacked specific wheelbike training.