JX40 Jailspeeder The JX40 Jailspeeder was a mobile detention wagon produced by the Tagge Company and employed by the Security Police of the Corporate Sector . It was designed for transporting up to forty - five prisoners at a time , but the vehicle could also serve as a mobile barricade to hinder the movement of rioters . The vehicle was equipped with grenade launchers , steam jet s , and stun panel s for use in its anti - riot capacity . The vehicles were in use by 3 BBY during the reign of the Galactic Empire . Characteristics . The JX40 Jailspeeder was a large repulsorlift mobile detention wagon that measured fourteen meters in length and could travel up to ten meters off the ground at a maximum of one hundred and sixty kilometers per hour . The vehicle had an access ramp at its front which dropped down and was located below a series of viewports . It required a crew of two , but as a transport it could carry up to forty - five passengers , as well as a pair of technicians . The passenger spaces were made up of " prisoner stations " consisting of a set of stationary binders that would hold each of an individual ' s limbs in place , with the arms above the head . The mobile detention wagon was not as heavily armored as some other Corporate Sector Authority Security Police vehicles , but had a coating of conductive polymer on its outermost layer which could be charged with stun energy . These stun panel s had adjustable power settings , some of which stunned attackers , and others that caused physical harm . The repulsorwagon had room for five hundred kilograms of cargo and also came equipped with spotlights and steam jet s . The vehicle was armed with three grenade launchers that each had a maximum range of three hundred meters ; the launchers normally used fragmentation grenade s as ammunition , but could also fire other types of grenades . One launcher was located on either side of the front end of the vehicle , while the third was a turret on top of the speeder . Role . The Jailspeeder was used by the Corporate Sector Authority Security Police , who maintained law and order in the Corporate Sector . It was primarily used for the transport of prisoners and generally would not arrive at a crime scene until after the situation there had been brought under control by the Security Police . The technicians on board would be required to position each detainee into their " prisoner station " where they could then be interrogated while being transported to a nearby Security Police station . The vehicle could also be used in riot control , acting as a barrier which could block protesters and push them back , holding any who resisted and were detained . The speeder ' s equipment could be used to control the crowd in such situations , with the steam jets being used to drive attackers away . History . The JX40 was designed and produced by the Tagge Company , which was a founding member and voting sponsor of the Corporate Sector Authority . It did not offer the vehicles for public sale , only supplying them to the Security Police . In 3 BBY , one of these speeders was summoned to an altercation at Mondder Spaceport on the planet Etti IV , where the Imperial Agent Jahan Cross and the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca had gotten into a brawl with several locals who believed the smugglers had cheated them in a game of sabacc . The fight was broken up by the Security Police and the locals were arrested and loaded into the JX40 , although Cross and the smugglers avoided incarceration due to the agent ' s diplomatic immunity . Behind the scenes . The JX40 Jailspeeder was first described in " Han Solo and the Corporate Sector Sourcebook " , a sourcebook for West End Games ' " " that was written by Michael Allen Horne and released in 1993 . It later made an appearance in the 2011 comic book " Agent of the Empire — Iron Eclipse , Part 1 " , which was written by John Ostrander and illustrated by Stéphane Roux .