Contributing to age-old tensions between the land-dwelling
Naboo and the
Gungans is the martial nature of the amphibious species. Although the Naboo do maintain a security force made up of loyal volunteers, they do not have a standing military force the size of the
Gungan Grand Army. When the Naboo and the Gungans joined forces to repel the
Trade Federation invaders off their planet, the Grand Army employed their unique alien arsenal in the battle.
Among the ground weapons used was this organically crafted Gungan catapult. Having the same "grown" look as the rest of Gungan technology, the catapult was pulled into battle by slow but reliable falumpaset beasts. When in place, the catapult hurled plasmic energy balls -- or "boomas" as the Gungans call them -- at the enemy.