Situated within the central spire of the
Jedi Temple was the fully-stocked
Temple hangar bay. The hangar was
filled with the Order's Jedi Starfighters,
ready for take-off at a moment's notice.
After the crisis at Naboo, the Jedi
introduced the Delta-7 starfighter, and
assigned one to each Jedi in the
Temple. The hangar bay was created
to house the ships. The compact
space was efficiently used, with star-
fighters lined along the inner circumference of the darkened chamber. To launch individual fighters, a retractable landing pad slid into position. The Temple also included tracking systems for its starfighters, and diagnostics to keep track of assigned starfighters. Delta-7's coded green were general-use, while red were for individual Jedi.
Once a starfighter took off, the Jedi pilot would rendezvous with the group of hyperspace transport rings kept in orbit above Coruscant, which allowed the starfighter to blast into lightspeed. The Delta-7 could land at a number of other hangar bays within Jedi bases scattered throughout the Republic. As the Separatist crisis escalated, such outlying stations saw increased use. When the Delta-7 was introduced to the Jedi arsenal, it was quickly distributed to hangar facilities on Kamparas, Eriadu and elsewhere to better defend the Republic in the growing conflicts. |
