V-150 Planet Defender/Legends

"The ion cannon will fire several shots to make sure that any enemy ships will be out of your flight path."

- Leia Organa

The v-150 Planet Defender anti-orbital ion cannon was a heavy ion cannon built by Kuat Drive Yards. It was designed by Can Lar, who originally attempted to sell the design to CoMar Weapons. Before the introduction of the v-150, anti-orbital ion cannons were considered to be an engineering impossibility.

History
Originally an artillery piece from the Clone Wars-era, v-150 cannons were eventually acquired by the Rebel Alliance. At the time, a new v-150 cost 500,000 credits, while a used cannon could be acquired for only 100,000. V-150s were operated by a crew of 27, and held three months of supplies. They were usually powered by reactors located 40 meters underground, but a cannon on Hoth had its generator buried 1 kilometer below ground, with main reactors located at the main base, further away.

A Planet Defender was one of the many defenses in place at Echo Base, and proved to be an invaluable addition to the base's armament. Its generator was remotely connected to the base's main reactors, which were scavanged from a Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser. The cannon provided covering fire for the escaping transports against the Galactic Empire's orbiting Death Squadron, during the Battle of Hoth.

Its crew was made up entirely of Alliance troops from Alderaan. They were among the last to evacuate from Hoth, setting the cannon's power generator to self-destruct as they left to mask the sensor reading of their escape. However, the cannon itself was structurally intact and operational when Jaden Korr arrived in 14 ABY searching for the Disciples of Ragnos.

Appearances



 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Entrenched
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Star Wars: Demolition
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command comic
 * Retreat from Coruscant
 * Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy