Post by Rose on Apr 26, 2007 0:36:15 GMT -5
Twin-Pod Cloud Car
Basic Information -
Homeworld: Bespin
Size: 7 meters long
Manufacturer: Bespin Motors
Type: Storm IV Cloud Car
Affiliation: Cloud City
Associations: Lobot; Twin-Pod Cloud Car
Maintaining order in the skies of Cloud City is a small fleet of atmospheric vehicles known as cloud cars. The streamlined brick-colored craft consists of twin cockpits or pods connected by a repulsorlift and engine block. The lightly armed vehicle has a pair of laser cannons recessed into the snouts of the twin-pods. The Bespin Motors Storm IV twin-pod cloud car is an atmospheric vehicle that employs both ion and repulsorlift engines. The native Cloud City company imports a miniature version of the Quadex Kyromaster ion engine for the cloud car, the same model also used in the Alliance B-wing starfighter. To reduce engine heat, the Kyromaster lacks a cover, allowing maximum air-cooling. Like skyhoppers, cloud cars employ the dual engine system to achieve incredible speeds and low orbital flight ceilings. Their twin cabins are pressurized; the pilot sits in the port pod, while the gunner sits in the starboard one.