A directional landing beacon, also known as an automated beacon,[1] was a device that transmitted fixed signals that starships used to orient themselves in space.
Appearances
- Han Solo's Revenge
"Maze Run" — Star Wars Insider 131 (also reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1) (Mentioned only)- Splinter of the Mind's Eye (First appearance)
"Death Is Remotely Possible" — The DarkStryder Campaign (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe) (as automated beacon)
Sources
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
- Platt's Starport Guide (as directional beacon)
- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition (as directional beacon)
"Cracken's Rebel Operatives" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 10 (as directional beacon)- The Black Sands of Socorro (as directional beacon)
- Secrets of the Sisar Run (as directional beacon)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia