Pod-Racing

Pod-Racing was a popular sport in the less-developed regions of the galaxy. It has been called "the ultimate test of skill and daring on Tatooine," and was certainly one of the most dangerous sports ever invented, killing many racers.
Pod-racers were small, one-man repulsorcraft, composed of an anti-gravity pod propelled by one or more pairs of large turbine engines. The engines were not physically connected to each other, being linked instead by power couplings consisting of plasma discharges. The engines were connected to the pods themselves by means of long, Steelton cables. 
==Characteristics==
Besides housing the racer's pilot, each pod contained a repulsorlift engine that kept the craft at a specific, low-level altitude. The turbine engines were incredibly powerful, and were connected by an energy binder that kept them from flying apart. Pod-racing was popularized in the Outer Rim Territories during the last decades of the Galactic Republic. Its underground nature, great excitement, and almost gladiatorial propensity for carnage held immense appeal to all manner of folk living on the fringes of society.
Because of the reflexes needed to control the pod as it raced around the course at breakneck speeds, as well as the dexterity needed to control the pod racer, many pod racers were nonhumans. Inhuman physical attributes, as well as extra pairs of hands, came in handy when trying to control the pod at its top speed of around 900 km/h. 
= Foot Note =
This is used within a RESOLUTION Plot and is so part of the RSN Universe of Star Wars lore.
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