ROCKET

The ROCKET was a rocket pack model manufactured by Zim Systems and used by the Galactic Republic's Rocket-Jumper Elite Advance Unit. It had four rocket outriggers used for controlling midair pitch and roll and generated thrust via the use of a chemical fuel cell. The latter allowed for the operation of the rocket pack in outer space but also introduced the risk of fatal explosion if hit by a shot in combat.

Introduced around 11,000 BBY, the ROCKET saw continued service with the Republic rocket-jumpers for at least seven thousand years, and its famed use by the unit led to rocket packs in general being a romanticized, if outdated, mode of transportation by the time of the Galactic Empire. In 5 ABY, the weapons collector Doctor Itlar noted that the majority of the ROCKET units were still functional by that time.

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