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| A99 AQUATA BREATHER |
| [Wesa goen underwater, okeyday?] |
| Database: Technology: Personal |
| 13 BE | Jedi 01 |
| Type: Underwater breathing device Manufacturer: Unknown Affiliation: Jedi Order Features: Compressed air tanks Regulator |
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| As part of their standard field gear, the A99 aquata breather allowed 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 fit snugly into a Jedi Knight's utility belt, the A99 aquata breather was a compact mouthpiece designed to supply its wearer with a breathable gas. The A99 had advanced filters to allow it to function underwater and in certain poisonous environments. Though the A99 proved useful during many watery missions, the Jedi tended to avoid such technological devices in order to minimize their dependance on anything but their own resourceful- ness. However, the A99 was only used for short periods in a specific environment, and could not protect the wearer if they were exposed to total vacuum. The A99 also had 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. |
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| Early concepts for the aqua breather found the Jedi attatching jellyfish to their faces in order to breathe underwater. This idea was later used for Yuuzhan Vong gnulliths in the New Jedi Order series |
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