Scrambling charge

A scrambling charge was a device that blocked a communications system from receiving and transmitting data. It could be set to activate after a certain time from its placement had passed, making it harder to be detected.

In 5 BBY, a scrambling charge was used during the heist on the Imperial dam on the planet Aldhani; rebel operatives Vel Sartha and Cinta Kaz planted a charge at the dam's comms tower to take out the base's communications and isolate it from the nearby Alkenzi Air Base. However, the sabotage was discovered by Corporal Kimzi, the communications officer on duty, leading to a firefight between Sartha and Kaz's fellow rebels and Imperial Army troopers.

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