Weapon
Ascension gun
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Legends. This article is part of Legends: the expanded-universe stories that Lucasfilm set apart from canon in 2014.
An ascension gun was any weapon that carried a grappling hook launcher, commonly in conjunction with a liquid-cable launcher or a syntherope tether.
Text and facts from the “Ascension gun/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.
Facts
- Cost
- 1,200 credits (Available for military use only)
- Size
- One-handed weapon
- Weight
- 2 kg
- Capacity
- 50 shots
- Close-range stun setting available
- 2 uses of syntherope
- Range
- Blaster:
- Optimum: up to 30 m
- Maximum: up to 90 m
- Ascension cable:
- Maximum: up to 45 m
- Purpose
- Also functions as vertical tether or zipline
Appearances
24 works, in story order
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
- Queen in Disguise
- Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace novelization
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace junior novelization
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace Movie Storybook
- The Hidden Enemy
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- Clone Cadets
- Lair of Grievous
- Counterattack
- Citadel Rescue
- Padawan Lost
- The General
- Escape from Kadavo
- The Unknown
- Heart of Evil: Destruction (mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Darth Vader and the Lost Command 1
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (first appearance)
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
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