Inertial compensator

The inertial compensator, also known as the inertial damper or acceleration compensator, was a technology used in starships, especially in starfighters and other high-performance vessels. It compensated for the intense accelerations that a spaceship underwent in the course of its normal activities; without compensators, ships would either have to accelerate much more slowly, or kill their occupants with excessive g-forces.

Inertial compensators were often dialed back from full power by experienced pilots (from 97 to 95 percent), giving them just enough inertia to feel how the ship was performing without negatively impacting their ability to pilot the ship.

Inertial compensators were also used in simulators, making them more realistic by creating artificial sensations of acceleration.

Behind the scenes
Inertial compensators may or may not be the same as Repulsor-compensators.

It is possible that deceleration equalizers perform the opposite function to an inertial compensator.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 44: The Reaping, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
 * Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
 * Han Solo at Stars' End
 * The Force Unleashed novel
 * Allegiance
 * Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: Wraith Squadron
 * X-wing: Iron Fist
 * X-wing: Solo Command
 * The Courtship of Princess Leia
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Heir to the Empire
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge
 * Dark Empire II
 * Dark Apprentice
 * I, Jedi
 * X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Showdown at Centerpoint
 * Vector Prime
 * Dark Tide I: Onslaught
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * Balance Point
 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * Emissary of the Void
 * Star by Star
 * Dark Journey
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
 * Ylesia
 * The Final Prophecy
 * The Unifying Force
 * Fury
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Conviction
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Conviction