A Launch Pod docks with Halcyon
Launch Pods represented compact spacecraft designed for boarding starships. Their purpose was to board other vessels, in contrast to an escape pod, which is used for leaving a ship.
These pods featured viewports so passengers could observe the outside, and they also had an astromech droid positioned on top of them. Passengers boarded the MPO-1400 Purgill-class star cruiser Halcyon from ground terminals by means of Launch Pods, which connected to the ship at the Deck 6 Launch Pod Dock.