LAVr QH - 7 Chariot The LAVr QH - 7 Chariot was a command speeder produced by Uulshos Manufacturing . Characteristics . Uulshos Manufacturing ' s LAVr QH - 7 Chariot was a modified military landspeeder intended for use in situations where proximity to combat zones and imminent danger were not expected to occur . The main aim of the Chariot was to protect important command personnel while they coordinated soldiers and operations , but not to lead from the front . Measuring 11 . 8 meters , the Chariot was more heavily armored that other equivalent landspeeders , with layered armor plates to protect from low powered blaster bolts , and an armored canopy above a blast deflection plate . Retractable view plates covered side observations ports . Five repulsorlift engines drove the Chariot , with ventral mounted repulsorlift altitude / angling jets . The Chariot could achieve speeds of one hundred kilometers an hour , and had a flight clearance of eight meters . Some models were rated at speeds of 350 kilometers an hour . The interior of the Chariot was filled with computers running battle - assistance programs , allowing the commander to keep track of their units in the field . The computer incorporated advanced tactical displays using holographic technology to produce completed schematics and battlefield displays for the onboard officers , along with constant data updates . A full dedicated sensor and communications array allowed the commander to keep track of , and coordinate , up to a dozen units . A full communications uplink kept the commander in contact with any orbiting starships , fitted with a signal scrambler to ensure outgoing transmissions were impossible to intercept and decode by enemy agents . The communications suite incorporated a long range comm transceiver mounted atop the Chariot , as well as a subspace scrambler / transceiver , a comm analysis amplifier / receptor , and a low - frequency encryptor . The rear of the Chariot was full of electronic countermeasure equipment to protect the Chariot from targeted electromagnetic attacks and other disruption tactics . The systems were shielded , and back - up systems were present in case of damage or failure . The Chariot ' s only weapon was a single , forward mounted Mk 2 / S laser cannon that could only fire in the direction that the speeder was traveling in at the time . The weapon was slung below the Chariot , and dropped out of a hatch below the main cabin . Chariots were crewed by three personnel ; the driver , the commander , and a guard who doubled as the senior aide to the commander as well as the gunner . If necessary , an entire command staff could fit into the Chariot , and the communications array was staffed by four communications droid s . Beneath the commander ' s chair was a switch that activated a self - destruct timer . The presence of the self - destruct was not generally advertised , and the timer could be set for up to ten minutes to destroy the vehicle and the battle records stored in its computers . History . One of the more common command speeders in use by the Imperial Army , Chariots were employed to allow a commander to enter a battlefield and flee it again without placing the commander in direct peril . The common usage of the Chariot was not down to its battlefield performance , but instead was due to the low cost - per - unit of the vehicle . Chariots were rarely unescorted while in the field , often keeping pace with advancing infantry , repulsorcraft and walkers which meant that the Chariot ' s primary weapon was rarely fired . Chariots were a favored method of evacuating from a battlefield by veteran officers who had fought in the Clone Wars ; they remembered LAAT / i dropships drawing too much anti - aircraft fire during extractions . In general , Chariots were deployed to support artillery and repulsorlift platoon s , and occasionally to scout units for special mission profiles . Chariots were favored by generals traveling to the front lines , and they were often employed to ferry the general to the front lines to conduct face - to - face briefings with field officers in safety . Grand Admiral Thrawn instigated a program of upgrading and modifying the units under his command . Chariots had the underslung laser cannon removed and replaced with a more versatile swivel laser cannon . The weapon was more powerful that the standard weapon , but was still underpowered and unsuited to direct combat . In addition , many of the vehicles found their back up computer systems stripped out and installed into other landspeeders . In 9 ABY , a Chariot coordinated the search for Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade after the pair crashed in the dense forests of Myrkr . Skywalker destroyed the Chariot in Hyllyard City by using his lightsaber to cause a ten - meter - tall stone arch to fall on it .