Solar collector

Solar collectors also called solar arrays, solar-collecting arrays, and solar gather panels, were devices that captured solar radiation for producing energy. The wing panels of the TIE/LN starfighters used by the Galactic Empire had six solar arrays each, with energy accumulator lines running back and forth beneath the panels. The collected energy was then channeled through a reactor to fire emissions from a high-pressure radioactive gas stored in a ventral fuel tank. The TIE/fo space superiority fighter of the First Order used similar, yet improved, technology.