Magnetomic gription boot

For other uses, see gription (disambiguation).

The magnetomic gription boots, or simply the gription boots, were a special type of magnetic boot worn by the Galactic Empire's range troopers assigned to the 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport on the planet Vandor. The heavy-duty gription boots were magnetized, allowing Vandor's range troopers on security duty to inspect the conveyex whilst the transport was in motion. Jedi Knight Cal Kestis also utilized gription boots during a mission to infiltrate a Haxion Brood base, acquired from a member of Haxion Brood he and the Nightsister Merrin had killed prior.

Description[]

Magnetomic gription boots were specialized magnetic boots utilized by Imperial range troopers assigned to^[2] the 20-T Railcrawler conveyex transport operating on the planet Vardos.^[3] The boots were composed of standard armored footwear similar to the one worn by stormtroopers, but surrounded with servomotors on each ankle^[4] needed to operate the boots while the powerful magnets on their soles were on,^[5] causing the boots to normally weigh 4.5 kilograms each.^[4] The boots were linked to an interface control, which was typically located on a trooper's vambrace armor plate^[6] and could instantly activate both boots' mag-seals with the press of a button, visually indicated by twin lights on each shin. A handle at the front shin allowed troopers to carry their boots with ease when not using them. Although the oversized servomotor and magnet assemblies appeared rough at first glance, they were designed to allow for ease of maintenance in the troopers' harsh operating deployments away from any dedicated technicians.^[4]

History[]

Jedi Knight in exile Cal Kestis utilized gription boots^[7] between 12 BBY and 11 BBY,^[8] during a mission to infiltrate a Haxion Brood base. Kestis had acquired the boots from a member of Haxion Brood he and the Nightsister Merrin had killed prior—one of the best salvages the Stinger Mantis crew had made to that date.^[7]

In 10 BBY,^[9] captain Denwade Banevans and his squad of range troopers utilized magnetomic boots as part of their standard equipment. During guard duty on a conveyex carrying a cargo of coaxium fuel they were attacked by a group of smugglers attempting to steal the coaxium and successfully utilized their boots to stay secure on the train and fight them off; however the smugglers detached a carriage and removed it on board an Y-45 armored transport hauler.^[1]