Ultra - Light Assault Vehicle / Legends The Ultra - Light Assault Vehicle ( ULAV ) was a tiny landspeeder first used in the Clone Wars . Characteristics . Sienar Fleet Systems ' Ultra - Light Assault Vehicle was a compact , fast , and agile repulsorlift assault vehicle . Measuring seven meters in length , the ULAV was crewed by two : a driver and a gunner . New ULAVs cost between 20 , 000 and 50 , 000 credits ; used ULAVs traded for between 12 , 900 and 22 , 000 credits . Despite being a small craft , the ULAV mounted an impressive weapons array . Forward - mounted weapons were controlled by the driver , and included twin Mk 2 / S laser cannon or double light blaster cannons , and a concussion grenade launcher with a magazine of six grenades or a Mk 1 / S concussion missile launcher with a magazine of three Mk 1 / S concussion missile s . The gunner controlled the rear - mounted weapon , which was usually either a Mk 3e / S medium blaster cannon or heavy blaster cannon . The rear - mounted weapon was the ULAV ' s biggest design flaw . Although it had a firing arc of one - hundred and eighty degrees , it could not fire in front of the ULAV , requiring the driver to maneuver the ULAV into an optimum firing position by slewing the craft around . With the rear of the craft facing the enemy , the gunner was able to fire several shots before the driver had to move the craft out of the way of return fire . The ULAV could reach speeds of four hundred kilometers an hour , but had inefficient repulsorlift engines resulting in a ground clearance of only 0 . 6 meters , which could cause problems when the vehicle traveled through underbrush or rocky outcroppings . It had a cargo capacity of between five and twenty - five kilograms , and a week ' s worth of consumables . When the ULAV entered service with the Alliance to Restore the Republic , Alliance technicians only had to perform minor modifications to make them effective combatants , including increasing the power flow and adding ray shielding . History . Ultra - Light Assault Vehicles were developed by Sienar and employed as rapid assault craft ideally deployed from dropships and large transports . During the Clone Wars , the Galactic Republic utilized ULAVs , which were effective against the Confederacy of Independent Systems ' droids formations , breaking through their lines where they were able to employ their forward and rear - mounted weapons in target - rich environments . With the transition of the Republic to Galactic Empire , ULAVs were deployed extensively in the early years until they were phased out in favor of larger , more powerful ground vehicles with primary forward - facing weapons , such as walkers . The decommissioned vehicles could not be sold : the craft was too small and underpowered to be used by image - conscious commercial concerns , planetary defense forces , or police forces , and the cargo capacity was too limited to appeal to criminals or pirates . The ULAV fleet was forgotten and stored in warehouses across the galaxy with other heavy equipment . On the planet Hiffis , a commando raid netted a huge fleet of ULAVs along with other equipment . The Alliance classified them as Combat Assault Vehicle s , and they were the smallest and quickest craft in the Alliance ground fleet . During the early years of the New Republic , four ULAVs were assigned to the CR90 corvette " FarStar " during its mission to track down Moff Kentor Sarne in the Kathol sector .