The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology

The third book in Del Rey's Essential Guide series, The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology featured an in-depth look at one hundred different devices from works that had been published before and during 1997, ranging from thermal detonators and Wookiee bowcasters to Lobot's cyborg implant and the Empire's top-secret cloaking devices.
==Media==
===Editions===
*; November 4, 1997; Del Rey; US paperback
*; January 1, 1998; Boxtree Ltd; US paperback
*; February 6, 1998; Boxtree Ltd; UK paperback
===Cover gallery===
File:Essentialguidetoweaponsandtechnology.jpg|Paperback
File:EGWT Pl.jpg|Polish - Ilustrowany przewodnik po broniach i technice Gwiezdnych wojen
File:EGWT Pl2.jpg|Polish re-edition
File:TEGTWAT.jpg|Russian - Иллюстрированная энциклопедия. Звёздные войны. Оружие и военные технологии
==Table of contents==
*Introduction
*A Guide to Major Manufacturers
===Ranged weapons===
*Blasters (DH-17 blaster pistol)
*Blaster rifle (E-11 blaster rifle)
*Heavy blaster pistol (DL-44 heavy blaster pistol)
*Sporting blaster (Defender sporting blaster)
*Light repeating blaster (T-21 light repeating blaster)
*E-Web repeating blaster
*Jawa ionization blaster
*Bowcaster
*Beam tube (Emperor-4 beam tube)
*Ssi-ruuvi paddle beamer
*Disruptor (DX-2 disruptor pistol, DXR-6 disruptor rifle)
*Sonic pistol (Sd-77 sonic pistol, Sg-82 sonic rifle)
*Wrist rockets (MM9 rocket system)
*Spray stick
*Projectile weapons (Oriolanis Striker Projectile Pistol, Dressellian Projectile Rifle)
*Flame projector (C-22 flame carbine, CR-24 flame rifle, ZX miniature flame projector)
*Dart shooter (Stealth-2VX palm shooter, PRP-502 hold-out dart shooter)
*Flechette launcher (FWG-5 flechette pistol, FC-1 flechette launcher)
*Missile tube (PLX-2M portable missile launcher)
*Thermal detonator (Class-A thermal detonator)
*Grenades (G-20 Glop grenade, C-22 fragmentation grenade, WW-41 CryoBan grenade)
*Grenade mortar (MobileMortar-3)
*Blaster artillery
*Anti-vehicle artillery
*Anti-infantry battery
===Melee weapons===
*Lightsaber
*Staffsaber
*Gaderffii
*Force pike (Controller FP)
*Vibro-ax (Clan Groogrun vibro-ax, BD-1 Cutter vibro-ax)
*Vibroblade (Treppus-2 vibroblade, Vibroknuckler)
*Ryyk blades
*Stun baton (Merr-Sonn stun baton, KZZ riot armor)
*Individual field disruptor (Evasive-13 individual field disruptor)
===Starship and planetary weapons and defenses===
*Proton torpedoes (MG7-A proton torpedo, MG7 proton torpedo launcher)
*Concussion missiles (ST2 concussion missile, ST2 concussion missile rack)
*Laser cannons (KX9 laser cannon, AG-2G quad laser cannon)
*Deflector shield generator (ISD-72x deflector shield generator dome, Chempat Shield Generator)
*Ion cannons (NK-7 ion cannon)
*Tractor beam projector (Q7 tractor beam projector)
*Turbolasers (XX-9 heavy turbolaser, System IV)
*Proton grenade (7-PrG proton grenade)
*Diamond boron missile (MS-15 diamond boron missile)
*Cluster bomb (CL-3 antistarfighter cluster bomb)
*Mine (Defender ion mine, 3HX3 timer mine)
*Planetary ion cannons (v-150 Planet Defender)
*Planetary turbolaser (w-165 planetary turbolaser)
*Cloaking device (prototype cloak field generator)
*Orbital nightcloak
*Planetary shields (SLD-26 planetary shield generator)
*Superlaser
*Sun Crusher
*Galaxy Gun
===Sensors and communications===
*Starship sensor array (Universal transceiver package and "Screamer" active jammer, ANq-51 sensor array computer, Txs-431 flight control console)
*Com-scan (OrC-19 com-scan integrator console)
*Electrotelescope (VXI-3 electrotelescope)
*Portable scanner (EnhanceScan general-purpose scanner)
*Surveillance tagger (SureSnoop)
*Sensor beacon (SE-Vigilant automated sensor beacon)
*Sensor jammers (4x-Phantom Short-Range Sensor Jammer, 220-SIG Tactical Combat Jammer)
*Homing beacon (XXt-26 S-thread tracker)
*Comlinks (C1 personal comlink, 3-MAL personal comlink, PAC20 Visual Wrist Comm)
*Cybernetic implant comlink/pager (At-cyb husher mike)
*Subspace transceivers (Frequency Agile subspace transceiver)
*HoloNet transceiver (Hologram projection pod)
===Security devices===
*Stuncuffs (SC-401 stun cuffs)
*Stun nets (RL-40 stun net launcher)
*Shock collars (Security collar)
*Nerve disruptor (Agonizer-6 nerve disruptor)
*Universal Energy Cage
*Man trap (R-TechApp Man Trap)
*Automated laser trap (Class VI automated laser projector)
*Rank cylinder
*Electronic lock breaker (OutlawTech lock breaker)
*Security scanners (57C holocam)
*Bioscan (Athakam/RSMA bioscan unit)
*Holographic image disguiser (CQ-3.9x holographic image disguiser)
*Molecularly bonded armor and anticoncussion field (Molecular-bond armor sheath and Rampart-class anticoncussion generator)
===General equipment===
*Common hand tools, (F-187 fusioncutter, ReliaCharger power calibrator, FastTurn-3 Hydrospanner)
*Breath mask (Roamer-6 breath mask)
*Vaporator (GX-8 water vaporator)
*Electrobinoculars (Model TD2.3 electrobinoculars)
*Beamdrill (G2-GE beamdrill)
*Glow rod (Industrial glow rod)
*Recording rod (PersonalAssistant-4x recording rod)
*Harpoon and tow cable (Power harpoon launcher)
*Hologram projector (CS-Mark 12 holoprojector)
*Jet, rocket, and repulsor packs (Z-6 jetpack)
*Medpac (FastFlesh medpac, GLiS Emergency Medpac)
*Bacta tank
*Remote (Marksman-H combat remote)
*Seeker (Mark VII "Inquisitor" Series Seeker Droid)
*Datapad (Companion2000)
*Borg Construct Aj^6
*Carbon-freezing chamber (Class three carbon-freezing chamber)
*Holocron (Jedi holocron)
*Ssi-ruuvi Entechment Rig
*Organic gill
*Magwit's Mystifying Hoop
*Infrared motion sensor (NiteSite infrared motion sensor)
==Appearances==
==Notes and references==
==External links==
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