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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.
