Quadanium steel

Quadanium steel, or simply quadanium, was a metallic substance. It was used in the construction of ships and battle stations.

The hull of the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station was made of rectangular plates of quadanium. Some catalyst reactant cradles had a quadanium sheath. The First Order flagship Supremacy had quadanium armor plating. The solar arrays of TIE fighter wings were framed by rigid quadanium steel foil as well.

Quadanium was used the manufacture of various starship weapon and defensive systems such as LC-70 laser cannons, C-K10A rapid fire cannons, C-K12B rapid fire cannons, C-5B plasburst cannons, C-10 plasburst cannons, CM-2 Arana cluster missiles, PT-240 proton torpedos, T-350 torpedos, M-IO4 ion missiles, M-IO8 ion missiles, TU-C6 laser turrets, IT-11 ion turrets and S50C deflector shields.

In 3 ABY, it was commonly sold for thirty credits a unit by a wide variety of merchants throughout the galaxy including on Toshara. Kijimi, Tatooine and Akiva.

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