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Sir, I noticed earlier the hyperdrive motivator has been damaged. It's impossible to go to lightspeed!C-3PO, to Han Solo
The hyperdrive motivator, also known as the Hyperdrive Control Unit, was the primary lightspeed thrust initiator in any hyperdrive engine system.[1] It was connected to a vessel's main computer system to monitor and collect sensor and navigation data in order to determine jump thrusts, adjust engine performance in hyperspace, and calibrate safe returns to normal space. It was shielded in a superconducting type of shield.[3]
Incom Corporation's T-65 X-wing starfighter utilized four GBk-585 hyperdrive units, one located in each engine. The motivators were wired together with dual shielded circuit and were synched to fire simultaneously.[1]
Components of the motivator included a sensor package and a power breaker.
Failure of some components like the above, might result to false propulsion readings; in turn that would result to fatal miscalculations of hyperspace jumps as they took into account the ship's speed.[4]
Appearances
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter (Codex entry)
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"The Final Exit" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 4 (also reprinted in The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4; Tales from the Empire; and Classic Adventures: Volume Four — The Best of the Journal) -
"Triple Cross" — Supernova - "Enemies for Life" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 4 (also reprinted in Classic Adventures: Volume Four — The Best of the Journal)
- "All the Extras" — Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook (Mentioned only)
- "The Farlander Papers" — Star Wars: X-Wing (Mentioned only)
- "The Great Herdship Heist" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead
- Otherspace
- Onslaught at Arda I
- Imperial Double-Cross
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (Mentioned only)
- "The Stele Chronicles" — Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Mentioned only)
- Battle for the Golden Sun
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
- The Empire Strikes Back radio drama — "The Millennium Falcon Pursuit"
- "The Longest Fall" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 11 (also reprinted in Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club)
- Star Tours (Mentioned only)
- "Black Curs Blues" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
- The Courtship of Princess Leia (and unabridged audiobook)
- Heir to the Empire (and unabridged audiobook)
- "Relic" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 6 (also reprinted in Classic Adventures: Volume Four — The Best of the Journal)
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Before the Storm (Mentioned only)
- Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest (Mentioned only)
- The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest (Mentioned only)
- The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
- The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy
Sources
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- Starfighter Battle Book: X-wing vs TIE Interceptor
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
- Heir to the Empire Sourcebook
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
- Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
- Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine
- Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, Second Edition
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- Cracken's Rebel Operatives
- The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
- The Star Wars Planets Collection
- "Stand and Deliver" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
- "Smugglers of the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 5
- Star Wars Technical Journal
- The Empire Strikes Back: The National Public Radio Dramatization
- The DarkStryder Campaign
- The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
- Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy
- Cracken's Threat Dossier
- Platt's Smugglers Guide
- The Far Orbit Project
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
- Suns of Fortune