008 Heavy Landspeeder

In the galaxy of today governments depend more and more on their economy to remain in power. Their credits pay the wages of their soldiers, the fuel for the starships and keep their production lines going. So any danger to the flow of credits is also seen as a military problem. As many governments use slave labour to satisfy their need for raw materials, they also look to their military to keep the slaves in check.

It is for this purpose that the 008 Heavy Landspeeder was designed. It is at least as manoeuvrable as the X-34 landspeeder, so it can easily corner slaves, and the firepower on the 008 is sufficient to even make a band of Wookiees think twice about attacking the vehicle. Granted, it is nowhere near as fast as other speeders, but remember, all the 008 has to do is outrun the slaves. A slight design flaw causes the vehicle to become momentarily unstable when all of its weapons are fired simultaneously. This is due to the power draw-down in the lateral stabilizers.