Watith hyperspace prediction lattice

The Watith, a species from the Unknown Regions, had access to a type of hyperspace prediction technology which the Chiss believed could be built into the Watith's freighters. Around 18 BBY, a Watith freighter called the Saltbarrel had one such lattice built into the space between the inner and outer hulls. The lattice was at least four meters long and consisted of white metal ribs which resembled the torso of a huge sea monster.

That year, an engagement between the Saltbarrel and the Chiss heavy cruiser Springhawk resulted in the capture of the freighter, the death of its crew and the sequential destruction of the Saltbarrel. However, before the freighter's destruction, the crew of the Springhawk removed as much the lattice as they could for further study. Which they ultimately brought it to the Chiss's Universal Analysis Group on the planet Sposia and presented it to the Stybla family patriarch Stybla'mi'ovodo and Supreme General Ba'kif. Having just a portion of the lattice, the exact usage and limits of the device were unknown to the Chiss at that time.

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