Escape Pod

The escape pod is as common on star ships as life boats are on Sailing ships. Escape pods come in all shapes and sizes as do star ships. Escape pods commonly seat between 2 and 20 people although the size which seats 6 is the most common. Escape pods are equiped with food, water and surival equipment to allow the survivors to survive in nearly any environment. The pods were equiped with limited engine thrusters which could propell the pod towards the nearest planet, this is controled by a small computer system inside.

C3P0 and R2D2 used an escape pod to escape from the blockade runner and to take the plans of the death star to Obi wan Kenobi on Tatooine. Droids are not usally allowed to escape using pods because it is deemed more important to save organic lifeb however with princess Leias authorisation they were allowed to escape.

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