IH unit

An IH unit was a piece of technology that allowed for objects to be heated. A rectangular box with panels on the sides and various components on top, including a cylindrical piece, the device included a circular grate with multiple small round openings in the center and an outer ring with protrusions. Two thin rods extended upward. When objects were placed on top of it, the IH unit flashed red underneath.

Two decades after the Imperial unification, the Sullustan shopkeep at Tono's Teahouse on the planet Genbara owned a GNK power droid with an IH unit attached to the top. When a nearby village was attacked by Bandit Troopers, a former Sith known as the Ronin used the power droid's IH unit to boil water in a kettle and asked the shopkeep to repair his damaged astromech droid R5-D56 by the time the water boiled.

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