Ships in these squares and ships that enter these squares are pulled from Hyperspace and cannot enter Hyperspace again while in one of these squares.
Whenever another Starship enters a Gravity Mine's square or any adjacent square (Either in Realspace or Hyperspace), the mine activates, creating a zone that fills the mine's square and all adjacent squares (A 3x3 square area) with a mass shadow. Hundreds of mines can be spread throughout an engagement zone in order to create a field of overlapping mass shadows.Ī ship equipped with a Gravity Mine Launcher can deploy a Gravity Mine into an adjacent square as a Standard Action. Unlike Interdiction ships, Gravity Mines are small and difficult to detect with sensors. Cheaper to produce and expendable, these Gravity Mines create a mass shadow (Similar to the Gravity Well Projectors used on the old Interdictor -Class Star Destroyers) that pulls ships out of Hyperspace and keeps them out. Rather than continuing the tradition of using massive Interdiction Starships, the Empire has come to rely on Gravity Mines instead.
With the remnants of the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet hiding throughout the galaxy and Roan Fel loyalists spreading dissent throughout the galaxy, Darth Krayt's Empire needs ways to block Hyperspace routes and pull ships back into Realspace. Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Legacy Era Campaign Guide
