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{{Quote|We could have stayed hidden in the swamps forever, if not for those accursed STAPs. They rooted us out of the trees like Gungans searching for gumbols.|[[Tobias Pall]]|The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels}}
  
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The '''Single Trooper Aerial Platform''' ('''STAP-1''' or '''STAP''') was an agile [[Repulsorlift|flying]] machine designed for use by the [[Trade Federation]]'s and [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]]' [[B1 battle droid]]s.
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The '''Single Trooper Aerial Platform''' ('''STAP-1''' or '''STAP''') was an agile [[Repulsorlift/Legends|flying]] machine designed for use by the [[Trade Federation/Legends|Trade Federation's]] and [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]' [[B1 battle droid/Legends|B1 battle droids]].
   
 
==Characteristics==
  
==Characteristics==
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[[File:STAP TCW.jpg|left|thumb|180px|A STAP in the color scheme of the Confederacy of Independent Systems]]
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[[File:STAP TCW.jpg|thumb|left|180px|A STAP in the color scheme of the Confederacy of Independent Systems]]
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Single Trooper Aerial Platforms were similar in design to personal [[repulsorlift]] airhooks used for both civilian and military purposes. Designed to travel fast, the STAP's only weapon was a twin [[blaster cannon]] connected to it. High voltage energy cells powered the machine.
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Single Trooper Aerial Platforms were similar in design to personal [[Repulsorlift/Legends|repulsorlift]] airhooks used for both civilian and military purposes. Designed to travel fast, the STAP's only weapon was a twin [[Blaster cannon/Legends|blaster cannon]] connected to it. High voltage energy cells powered the machine.
   
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Each STAP was piloted by a single [[B1 battle droid]] that stood on a long foot panel, gripping a pair of handles that controlled its weapons and were used to pilot the craft. B1 battle droids usually piloted these STAPs. STAPs utilized by the Trade Federation prior to the Clone Wars tended to be brown in color; Separatist STAPs were predominantly blue with white triangular markings.
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Each STAP was piloted by a single [[B1 battle droid/Legends|B1 battle droid]] that stood on a long foot panel, gripping a pair of handles that controlled its weapons and were used to pilot the craft. B1 battle droids usually piloted these STAPs. STAPs utilized by the Trade Federation prior to the Clone Wars tended to be brown in color; Separatist STAPs were predominantly blue with white triangular markings.
   
 
The STAP-1 was used for scouting and anti-personnel hunting operations, and would occasionally be used in open battle to harass enemy forces. Because of its open design, STAP units were vulnerable to enemy heavy weapons, making them rely on their speed and agility to dodge enemy fire.
  
The STAP-1 was used for scouting and anti-personnel hunting operations, and would occasionally be used in open battle to harass enemy forces. Because of its open design, STAP units were vulnerable to enemy heavy weapons, making them rely on their speed and agility to dodge enemy fire.
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There was also a [[Heavy Single Trooper Aerial Platform|heavy STAP]] with larger laser cannons and a missile launcher.
  
There was also a [[Heavy Single Trooper Aerial Platform|heavy STAP]] with larger laser cannons and a missile launcher.
   
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It was the counterpart to the [[Galactic Republic|Republic]] [[74-Z speeder bike]].<ref name="SW: TCW">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (video game)]]''</ref>
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It was the counterpart to the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] [[74-Z speeder bike/Legends|74-Z speeder bike]].<ref name="SW:TCW" />
   
 
==History==
  
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Single Trooper Aerial Platforms were used over 3600 [[Standard year/Legends|years]] before the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] by the forces of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|reconstituted Sith Empire]].<ref name="SWTOR">''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''</ref>
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[[File:ST-STAPs.jpg|thumb|right|180px|B1 battle droids riding STAPs over the plains of Naboo.]]
  
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STAPs were used extensively during the [[Invasion of Naboo]] in [[32 BBY]], where [[Trade Federation Droid Army|Trade Federation forces]] used them to great effect against the [[Naboo]] security teams and to subjugate the local populace.<ref name="TPM" />
  
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[[File:ST-STAPs.jpg|thumb|left|180px|B1 battle droids riding STAPs over the plains of Naboo]]
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STAPs were used extensively during the [[Invasion of Naboo/Legends|Invasion of Naboo]] in [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]], where [[Trade Federation Droid Army/Legends|Trade Federation forces]] used them to great effect against the [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]] security teams and to subjugate the local populace.<ref name="TPM">[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']]</ref>
   
 
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Additional units were created at [[Mech factory|mech factories]] at the order of [[OOM-9]].<ref name="SW:GB">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]''</ref>
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Additional units were created at [[Mech factory|mech factories]] at the order of [[OOM-9/Legends|OOM-9]].<ref name="SW:GB" />
 
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Later, they would be used during the [[Clone Wars]], especially during the [[Dark Reaper Crisis]], on planets such as [[Raxus Prime]], alongside heavy armored vehicles.<ref name="SW: TCW" /> During the [[Battle of Teth]], STAPs were utilized by the Separatist forces against the clone troopers and [[All Terrain Tactical Enforcer|AT-TEs]] scaling the cliff wall. [[Anakin Skywalker]] managed to destroy all but one by knocking their droid pilots off, using the remaining STAP to reach the top of the cliff.<ref name="TCW film">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)]]''</ref> STAPs were again utilized by the Separatists on Naboo during the [[Blue Shadow Virus]] crisis. A small force of three battle droids riding STAPs were escorting a [[T-series tactical droid|tactical droid]] when the convoy was destroyed by [[Captain]] [[Gregar Typho|Typho]], [[Chrin]] and another member of the [[Royal Naboo Security Forces]].<ref name="BSV">{{TCW|Blue Shadow Virus (episode)|Blue Shadow Virus}}</ref> They were also deployed by the CIS during the [[Battle of Tirahnn (Clone Wars)|Battle of Tirahnn]].<ref name="GAW">''[[Galaxy at War]]''</ref>
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Later, they would be used during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], especially during the [[Dark Reaper Crisis]], on planets such as [[Raxus Prime/Legends|Raxus Prime]], alongside heavy armored vehicles.<ref name="SW:TCW" /> During the [[Battle of Teth/Legends|Battle of Teth]], STAPs were utilized by the Separatist forces against the clone troopers and [[All Terrain Tactical Enforcer/Legends|AT-TEs]] scaling the cliff wall. [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] managed to destroy all but one by knocking their droid pilots off, using the remaining STAP to reach the top of the cliff.<ref name="TCW film">[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' film]]</ref> STAPs were again utilized by the Separatists on Naboo during the [[Blue Shadow Virus/Legends|Blue Shadow Virus]] crisis. A small force of three battle droids riding STAPs were escorting a [[T-series tactical droid/Legends|tactical droid]] when the convoy was destroyed by [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Gregar Typho/Legends|Typho]], [[Chrin]] and another member of the [[Royal Naboo Security Forces/Legends|Royal Naboo Security Forces]].<ref name="BSV">{{TCW|Blue Shadow Virus (episode)|Blue Shadow Virus}}</ref> They were also deployed by the CIS during the [[Battle of Tirahnn (Clone Wars)|Battle of Tirahnn]].<ref name="GAW">''[[Galaxy at War]]''</ref>
   
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It later saw use during the [[Galactic Civil War]] when a small [[Jawa]] warlord named [[Wittin]] found a STAP and remote controlled B1 battle droid pilot. He then outfitted it with several modifications, such as a twin [[ion cannon]] to stop other vehicles as well as advanced armor upgrades. He then used this vehicle in [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure]]'s dangerous gladitorial game.
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It later saw use during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]] when a small [[Jawa/Legends|Jawa]] warlord named [[Wittin/Legends|Wittin]] found a STAP and remote controlled B1 battle droid pilot. He then outfitted it with several modifications, such as a twin [[Ion cannon/Legends|ion cannon]] to stop other vehicles as well as advanced armor upgrades. He then used this vehicle in [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba Desilijic Tiure's]] dangerous gladitorial game.
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
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An early form of the STAP dates back to the very first story treatment written by George Lucas in May of 1973. In it, the heroes travel through a dense jungle planet on "jet-sticks." This idea would go unexplored for over two decades before resurfacing in the revised rough draft of Episode I. In this version, the battle droids are said to ride STAPS, or Single Troop Armed Pogo Sticks. In developing the look of the STAP, Design Director Doug Chiang experimented with heavier versions of the vehicle, which appeared more like the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi. Ultimately, he borrowed the lightweight design of a hummingbird to establish the STAP's final look.<ref>{{DB|vehicle|stap|STAP (Single Trooper Aerial Platform)|archivedate=20100909161114}}</ref>
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LEGO produced many sets including the STAP. The first set that included the vehicle was "7121 Naboo Swamp" based on a scene in The Phantom Menace. The second was in the set "7654 Droids Battle Pack" which featured a redesign of the first STAP. The third was from the set "7675 AT-TE Walker" which was based on the scene during the Battle of Teth. The fourth was the promotional UK set "30004 Battle Droid on STAP", in which the design's basis was from the third, and the fifth is in the 2011 set "7868 Mace Windu's Jedi Starfighter" which includes the third's design for the STAP.
  
LEGO produced many sets including the STAP. The first set that included the vehicle was "7121 Naboo Swamp" based on a scene in The Phantom Menace. The second was in the set "7654 Droids Battle Pack" which featured a redesign of the first STAP. The third was from the set "7675 AT-TE Walker" which was based on the scene during the Battle of Teth. The fourth was the promotional UK set "30004 Battle Droid on STAP", in which the design's basis was from the third, and the fifth is in the 2011 set "7868 Mace Windu's Jedi Starfighter" which includes the third's design for the STAP.
   
 
Some sources released around the time of [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']] said that organic beings could not use STAPs due to the radiation from the thrusters at leg-level, but this has apparently been [[retcon]]ned with several sources since presenting organics using STAPs with no adverse effects.
  
Some sources released around the time of [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']] said that organic beings could not use STAPs due to the radiation from the thrusters at leg-level, but this has apparently been [[retcon]]ned with several sources since presenting organics using STAPs with no adverse effects.
   
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In the [[2001]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'' and its [[2002]] [[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns|expansion pack]], STAPs serve as the "strike mech" unit for the Trade Federation. Players are provided them in several missions of the campaign, and more may be built at mech factories for 50 units of food and 100 units of [[carbon]].
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In the [[2001]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'' and its [[2002]] [[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns|expansion pack]], STAPs serve as the "strike mech" unit for the Trade Federation. Players are provided them in several missions of the campaign, and more may be built at mech factories for 50 units of food and 100 units of [[Carbon/Legends|carbon]].
   
 
Also, in the Star Wars MMO, ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'', both the digital deluxe and The Collector's Edition would feature the [[STAP (hoverbike)|Longspur STAP]].
  
Also, in the Star Wars MMO, ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'', both the digital deluxe and The Collector's Edition would feature the [[STAP (hoverbike)|Longspur STAP]].
   
 
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*[[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' junior novel]]
  
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*''[[The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Tethan Battle Adventure]]''
  
*''[[The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Tethan Battle Adventure]]''
 
*''[[The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi]]''
  
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*''[[Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide]]''
  
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*''[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''
  
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*''[[Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary]]''
  
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*{{LEGOCite|rots|7654|Droids Battle Pack}}
  
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*''[[Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections]]''
  
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*{{LEGOCite|tcw|7675|AT-TE Walker}}
  
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*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
 
*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide]]''
  
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*''[[The Clone Wars Campaign Guide]]''
  
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*''[[Galaxy at War]]''
  
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"We could have stayed hidden in the swamps forever, if not for those accursed STAPs. They rooted us out of the trees like Gungans searching for gumbols."
―Tobias Pall[src]

The Single Trooper Aerial Platform (STAP-1 or STAP) was an agile flying machine designed for use by the Trade Federation's and Confederacy of Independent Systems' B1 battle droids.

Characteristics

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A STAP in the color scheme of the Confederacy of Independent Systems

Single Trooper Aerial Platforms were similar in design to personal repulsorlift airhooks used for both civilian and military purposes. Designed to travel fast, the STAP's only weapon was a twin blaster cannon connected to it. High voltage energy cells powered the machine.

Each STAP was piloted by a single B1 battle droid that stood on a long foot panel, gripping a pair of handles that controlled its weapons and were used to pilot the craft. B1 battle droids usually piloted these STAPs. STAPs utilized by the Trade Federation prior to the Clone Wars tended to be brown in color; Separatist STAPs were predominantly blue with white triangular markings.

The STAP-1 was used for scouting and anti-personnel hunting operations, and would occasionally be used in open battle to harass enemy forces. Because of its open design, STAP units were vulnerable to enemy heavy weapons, making them rely on their speed and agility to dodge enemy fire.

There was also a heavy STAP with larger laser cannons and a missile launcher.

It was the counterpart to the Republic 74-Z speeder bike.[9]

History

Single Trooper Aerial Platforms were used over 3600 years before the Battle of Yavin by the forces of the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire.[10]

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B1 battle droids riding STAPs over the plains of Naboo

STAPs were used extensively during the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY, where Trade Federation forces used them to great effect against the Naboo security teams and to subjugate the local populace.[8]

This section of the article assumes 100% game completion of Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. Any alternate stories may be noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. The events in this section may or may not have been confirmed as canon within the Star Wars Legends continuity.

Additional units were created at mech factories at the order of OOM-9.[6]

Assumption ends here.

Later, they would be used during the Clone Wars, especially during the Dark Reaper Crisis, on planets such as Raxus Prime, alongside heavy armored vehicles.[9] During the Battle of Teth, STAPs were utilized by the Separatist forces against the clone troopers and AT-TEs scaling the cliff wall. Anakin Skywalker managed to destroy all but one by knocking their droid pilots off, using the remaining STAP to reach the top of the cliff.[11] STAPs were again utilized by the Separatists on Naboo during the Blue Shadow Virus crisis. A small force of three battle droids riding STAPs were escorting a tactical droid when the convoy was destroyed by Captain Typho, Chrin and another member of the Royal Naboo Security Forces.[12] They were also deployed by the CIS during the Battle of Tirahnn.[13]

It later saw use during the Galactic Civil War when a small Jawa warlord named Wittin found a STAP and remote controlled B1 battle droid pilot. He then outfitted it with several modifications, such as a twin ion cannon to stop other vehicles as well as advanced armor upgrades. He then used this vehicle in Jabba Desilijic Tiure's dangerous gladitorial game.

Behind the scenes

An early form of the STAP dates back to the very first story treatment written by George Lucas in May of 1973. In it, the heroes travel through a dense jungle planet on "jet-sticks." This idea would go unexplored for over two decades before resurfacing in the revised rough draft of Episode I. In this version, the battle droids are said to ride STAPS, or Single Troop Armed Pogo Sticks. In developing the look of the STAP, Design Director Doug Chiang experimented with heavier versions of the vehicle, which appeared more like the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi. Ultimately, he borrowed the lightweight design of a hummingbird to establish the STAP's final look.[14]

LEGO produced many sets including the STAP. The first set that included the vehicle was "7121 Naboo Swamp" based on a scene in The Phantom Menace. The second was in the set "7654 Droids Battle Pack" which featured a redesign of the first STAP. The third was from the set "7675 AT-TE Walker" which was based on the scene during the Battle of Teth. The fourth was the promotional UK set "30004 Battle Droid on STAP", in which the design's basis was from the third, and the fifth is in the 2011 set "7868 Mace Windu's Jedi Starfighter" which includes the third's design for the STAP.

Some sources released around the time of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace said that organic beings could not use STAPs due to the radiation from the thrusters at leg-level, but this has apparently been retconned with several sources since presenting organics using STAPs with no adverse effects.

In the 2001 video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and its 2002 expansion pack, STAPs serve as the "strike mech" unit for the Trade Federation. Players are provided them in several missions of the campaign, and more may be built at mech factories for 50 units of food and 100 units of carbon.

Also, in the Star Wars MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, both the digital deluxe and The Collector's Edition would feature the Longspur STAP.

Appearances

Non-canon appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Essential Guide to Warfare
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
  3. ↑ StarWars STAP in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Official Star Wars Fact File
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I Incredible Cross-Sections
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  7. ↑ The New Essential Chronology establishes on page 40 that the Invasion of Naboo happens in 32 BBY.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars video game
  10. ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic
  11. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
  12. ↑ TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Blue Shadow Virus"
  13. ↑ Galaxy at War
  14. ↑ Databank title STAP (Single Trooper Aerial Platform) in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)

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