Empion mine

The Empion mine (a portmanteau of EMP and Ion) was a deep-space mine designed to pull ships from hyperspace and disable them.

The mine consisted of four components: an array of sensors to detect ships in hyperspace; a gravity well projector to pull them from lightspeed; an electromagnetic charge to disable the vessel and a hyperwave transceiver to report detonations to the minelayer.

Following the evacuation of the Folor training base, Wraith Squadron was struck by an Empion mine placed along one of the probable escape routes from the moon, the Zsinj Corellian Corvette Night Caller having laid the mine. However, in the time taken for the corvette to arrive and capture its quarry, the newly-formed squadron managed to plot a successful attempt to capture the ship. The Wraith's then travelled in the corvette to recover the other mines to prevent other New Republic forces from being struck by the weapons.