Ion turret

An ion turret was a turret-mounted ion weapon that could be equipped to starships. The Rokana Raiders developed a technology that supercharged the ions used in ion weaponry. This was done by channeling ambient ionic energy into a ship's mounted ion turrets and ion missiles thus greatly increased the effectiveness of the weapons. By 3 ABY, this technology had been outlaws by the Galactic Empire.

In 3 ABY, the thief Kay Vess paid a starship mechanic and supplied them with the materials required to equip the Trailblazer, her EML-850 light freighter, with an IT-11 ion turret. Later that same year, Vess recovered Rokana Raiders' supercharged ion technology from an encryption sealed container in the Khepi system.

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