A99 AQUATA BREATHER
Type: A99 aquata breather
Manufacturer: Unknown
Owner: Jedi Order
Use: Breathing mask
Features: Compressed air tanks, regulator
Debut: The Phantom Menace
As part of their standard field gear, the A99 aquata breather allows a Jedi to survive underwater for up to two hours - this little device proved useful to the Jedi ambassadors forced to flee down to the swampy Naboo during the planet's blockade crisis.
A small breather that fits snugly into a Jedi Knight's utility belt, the A99 aquata breather is a compact mouthpiece designed to supply its wearer with a breathable gas. The A99 has advanced filters to allow it to function underwater, in a vacuum, and in certain poisonous environments. Though the A99 proved useful during many watery missions, Jedi tended to avoid such technological devices in order to minimize their dependance on anything but their own resourcefulness.
The A99 also has a number of variants to accommodate a variety of alien physiologies. Jedi Master Plo Koon wore a more ornate, specialized version of a breather, which supplied him with gases vital to his Kel Dor physiology. Qui-Gon Jinn and his padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, utilized A99 breathers when their negotiations concerning the Naboo blockade failed, and they ended up following Jar Jar Binks down to the Gungan's underwater city. |
