- "I was just admiring your ship, sir."
"Don't admire it too closely. Its security system has a habit of blasting snoops." - ―Ezra Bridger and Bossk
The Hound's Tooth was a modified Corellian Engineering Corporation YV-666 light freighter used as the personal starship of Bossk, a Trandoshan bounty hunter.
Description[]
The Hound's Tooth was a modified YV-666 light freighter manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation.[1] The elongated, rectangular hull was topped with the ship's command bridge, giving the pilot a commanding view through the segmented viewport.[6] A deflector shield generator was situated below the bridge, and a forward ramp allowed access into the interior, as did a side ramp close to the aft maneuvering fins. A rather grim painted mascot adorned the side of the forward hull, depicting a female Trandoshan standing betwixt the ship's name in Aurebesh, with a battle-axe strapped to her back, a blaster in one hand and a Wookiee's severed head in the other.[5][7]
Within, the vessel's lower decks were taken up by the engines, power core, and weapon systems.[6] It was equipped with a quad laser cannon turret, an ion cannon, and a concussion missile launcher. The Hound's Tooth could reach speeds of up to 1,190 kph, and had a class 1.5 hyperdrive. Bossk used his ordinary-looking freighter to store his huge collection of weapons, interrogation tools, and gruesome trophies from his years as a bounty hunter. He transformed the YV-666's cargo bays into high-security prison cells, and installed an advanced security system that ensured anyone attempting to break in would be blasted.[5] One of the cargo holds, residing on the ship's upper level,[2] was transformed into a launch bay for his personal Z-95-AF4 Headhunter, Nashtah Pup.[8]
History[]
Bossk used the Hound's Tooth as his personal starship,[4] modifying the ordinary-looking vessel for his far-from-ordinary work as a bounty hunter.[5]
In 20 BBY, members of Krayt's Claw, including Boba Fett, Dengar, C-21 Highsinger, Latts Razzi, and Asajj Ventress used Bossk's ship to travel to the Quarzite space station orbiting the planet Quarzite to accept a job.[9]
During the Age of the Empire, Bossk flew the Hound's Tooth to the Outer Rim planet of Lothal to collect a bounty on the Dug criminal Gronson Takkaro. For much of that trip, the ship remained at the spaceport of Lothal's Capital City.[1] At another time, the ship suffered an explosion that forced Bossk to abandon the freighter in his personal Z-95-AF4 Headhunter, the Nashtah Pup.[8]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Battlefront II (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty" (First appearance)
- "The Lost Nightsister" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark
- "The Lost Nightsister" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark audiobook
- Ezra's Gamble
- Bounty Hunt
- Hyperspace Stories 7
- "Tooth and Claw" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
- "Tooth and Claw" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook
- "Wait for It" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
- "Wait for It" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back audiobook
- Bounty Hunters 2
- War of the Bounty Hunters 2
- Age of Rebellion - Princess Leia 1
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ezra's Gamble
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Starships and Speeders
- ↑ Rebel Journal by Ezra Bridger
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Hound's Tooth in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hound's Tooth in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars — A concept for the nose art on Bossk's ship, the Hound's Tooth. on Tumblr (backup link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Hound's Tooth Expansion Pack (Card: Nashtah Pup)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bounty"