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Owner |
Spacing Guild |
| Class |
Enormous Unit |
| Availability |
Special Deployment |
| In Service |
5000 |
| Out of Service |
na |
| Source |
Dune |
| Author |
Christian Meador |
| Last Updated |
March 27, 2005 |
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| Description: |
The Heighliner itself is a marvel of Ixian contriving. Internally it mounts hundreds of Holtzman repulsors, able to tractor ships in to their berthing positions. If necessary such repulsors could be used to defend the ship from attack. But the best defense for the Heighliner is to simply be elsewhere, which takes but a few turns concentration from the Navigator to achieve.
The Guild Navigator is one of the foremost defenses of these craft, and a prime reason that the loss of a Heighliner is almost an unheard of incident. The same limited prescience which guides the Heighliner between the vast emptiness between the stars also gives the Navigator forewarning of hostility – and more than just a little insight into how any specific danger may arise.
While the Heighliners carry no armament, their defensive screens are among the most powerful in known space. They also possess extremely powerful sensors, and they are one of the few units that possess the ability to conduct electronic warfare operations in the Imperium. Though there are very few situations that the Guild would allow the leasing of a precious Heighliner for that purpose.
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