Post by Rose on Apr 24, 2007 17:52:06 GMT -5
Vibro-Ax
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Associations: Barada; Gamorrean; Snitkin, Pote
Jabba's fearsome skiff guards employed a powered polearm to force Luke Skywalker off the plank into the Great Pit of Carkoon. Little did the dimwitted enforcers realize it was they who were doomed. A vibro-ax is a type of bladed weapon that uses a compact ultrasonic generator to create vibrations along the cutting edge's surface. This drastically increases the weapons lethality, allowing it to lacerate with minimal exertion from the wielder. Similar vibration-based technology can be found in vibroblades, bayonets, and force pikes. When Lando Calrissian went undercover as a guard in the palace of Jabba the Hutt, waiting in disguise for the right moment to rescue Han Solo, his weapon was a SoroSuub BD-1 Cutter vibro-ax. The porcine Gamorrean Guards employed by the Hutt also used vibro-axes, albiet much cruder versions.