Associations: Panaka, Captain Typho, Captain

The Royal Guards of the Naboo's Theed Palace carried standard blaster sidearms equipped with ascension guns. Fitted below the blaster barrel is a projectile launcher. During the Battle of Naboo, Captain Panaka and his troops armed these launchers with grappling hooks and cables to ascend the side of the Royal Palace and circumvent a corridor barricaded by Trade Federation troops.

Commander Luke Skywalker used a similar device during the Battle of Hoth, a magnetic harpoon gun. Luke fired this weapon and winched himself up to the underbelly of an Imperial walker. Using his lightsaber, Luke breached the walker's armor and deposited a well-placed proton mine that destroyed the Imperial vehicle.