Friday 13 November 2009

Star Wars Ships: Droch Class Boarding Ship / Pod Hunter

The Droch Class Boarding Ships belonged to the Separatists and were first seen in the Clone Wars episode, Rising Malevolence from Season 1.

Also known as Pod Hunters, they were equipped with four large forward facing spikes. These were used to lock on to objects such as Escape Pods and crush them. The atmosphere would vent out the damaged Escape Pods with the unfortunate occupants being blown out into space. Clone Troopers also referred to the Pod Hunters as juicers for this very reason.

The ship was first seen at the Battle of Abregado when used to hunt down the Escape Pods of Plo Koon's Triumphant. The vessel had previous been knocked out by a new Ion Cannon Weapon from The Malevolence.

Each Pod Hunter typically carried around 6 Battledroids who would assist with the damaging of captured craft.

Droch Class Boarding Ships were manufactured by The Colicoid Creation Nest based at Colla IV.



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