Quadanium steel

Quadanium steel,Star Wars: Card Trader or simply quadanium, was a metallic substance. It was used in the construction of ships and battle stations.Tarkin
The hull of the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station was made of rectangular plates of quadanium. Some catalyst reactant cradles had a quadanium sheath.Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary The First Order flagship Supremacy had quadanium armor plating.Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections The solar arrays of TIE fighter wings were framed by rigid quadanium steel foil as well.TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
Quadanium was used the manufacture of various starship weapon and defensive systems such as LC-70 laser cannons, C-K10A rapid fire cannons, C-K12B rapid fire cannons, C-5B plasburst cannons, C-10 plasburst cannons, CM-2 Arana cluster missiles, PT-240 proton torpedos, T-350 torpedos, M-1O4 ion missiles, M-1O8 ion missiles, TU-C6 laser turrets, IT-11 ion turrets and S50C deflector shields.
In 3 ABY, it was commonly sold for thirty credits a unit by a wide variety of merchants throughout the galaxy including on Toshara. Kijimi, Tatooine and Akiva.
==Appearances==
*Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue 
*Tarkin 
*Leia, Princess of Alderaan 
*Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
*Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission
*Rogue One Adaptation 1
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*Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
*Escape from Darth Vader 
*Star Wars Outlaws
*Aftermath: Life Debt 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
*Star Wars: Complete Locations
*Art of Coloring: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
*Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
*Star Wars: The Rebel Files
*Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections
*Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
*TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
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*Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
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*The Mandalorian: Allies & Enemies 
*Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection
==Notes and references==
Category:Steels