ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ɢᴜɴ
"Don't get your star-spurs all in a twist"
—Spacer's proverb
—Spacer's proverb
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Expand on a canon technology and create a utilitarian fashion accessory for space cowboys everywhere
- Image Source:
- Canon Link: Star Spur
- Permissions: N\A
- Primary Source:
- Manufacturer:
- Affiliation: Starship pilots
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Star-spur
- Modularity:
- Can swap buckles & straps
- Can be attached to nearly any boot
- Can be attached to virtually any ejection seat
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Durasteel (Spurs)
- Reinforced Coarseweave (Straps)
- Leather (Straps\optional)
- Duraplast (Electronic protection)
- (Separate)
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Inbuilt Gription boot sole
- Gription cable-locking mechanism
- Gription sole-attachment mechanism
- Adjustable straps
- Includes detachable safety cables
- Safety:
- These Star-spurs serve to reduce the risk of injury during ejection from vehicles. Each "spur" contains a metallic sphere within, which becomes locked to a duracable pre-flight. If the pilot is forced to eject, The cable retracts and pulls the pilot's legs inward toward the seat to prevent flailing and injury of the limbs. These can then be disengaged upon landing, or the spurs can be removed by hand if they become locked through a post-ejection malfunction.
- Kick:
- While relatively light as not to hinder movement while walking, These spurs do still add some additional weight to the back of the foot, in addition to being a sizable metal object attached tightly to a boot. With this in mind, some pilots are trained to utilize these spurs with a back kick during emergencies.
- Sound:
- Each "spur" contains a metallic sphere within, which becomes locked to a duracable pre-flight. When not locked to it's safety cable however, The ball tends to "jingle" in it's casing while the pilot is walking or otherwise moving. This means that, should a starfighter pilot find a need for stealth post-ejection, they may need to remove the spurs first.
- Twisting:
- According to some spacers, it is possible to catch one's spurs in the straps of the other. This most commonly occurs when a pilot uses the spur to scratch an itch on opposite foot, or the star-spurs have been improperly measured, leading an oversized spur with loose straps. This led to the popular saying; "Don't get your star-spurs in a twist" , which is often used mockingly at the expense of newer, sometimes clumsy pilots, or those who have been angered. The latter is not known to dissuade the victim.
Star-spurs were once ornaments worn by pilots. But by the 800s ABY period, Star-spurs had become as much a spacer's utility as it was a pilot's status symbol. Various starship designers would begin manufacturing starfighters, star-bombers and other individual craft with Ejection Seats that featured an egress system. Using a pair of safety cables attached to the seat before flight, The pilot's feet would be loosely bound to the seat by locking a small internal ball with gription panels to the end of the cable.
In the event that the pilot was forced to eject, The cables would automatically retract enough to bind the pilot's legs to their seating as to prevent flailing of the limbs and therefore further potential injury during ejection.
This thrust the Star-spur from it's status as a mere decoration to a vital safety mechanism that now sees widespread use throughout the galaxy. In some cases, Bounty Hunters and Smugglers who personally pilot their own craft will wear their star-spurs even away from their personal craft. The slight "jingle" sound produced while walking has become associated with gunslingers in the outer rim territories, becoming as much a symbolic warning of the rough life they lead on backwater worlds, as it is a valued safety mechanism and symbol of a starfighter's grace in the core.
