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Heat shield
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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.
A heat shield was an armor enhancement that increased shielding against fire. The Mark I, II, III, & IV versions in turn allowed for a considerable increase in protection. During the height of the Galactic Empire, heat shields were often seen on probe droid drop pods. These same shields were affixed to modified Tech 4 PDVs during Operation Death-Hunter. These modified vessels were designed to carry Death-Hunter Cyborgs and the shields allowed safe crash landings on worlds where the cyborgs were assigned. Incom Corporation's Y-4 Transport was equipped with a one-meter thick heat shield and layers of spray-on ablative coating to deal with heat resistance encountered during planetfall.
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