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Dump Box Deployment - ('Dune: Judge of the Change)
A dump box or dump-box was an irregularly shaped cargo contained which had ablation surfaces and a suspensor damping system. They were used to dump material from space onto a Planet surface.[1] Dump boxes were used during the joint Harkonnen-Corrino Siege of Arrakeen.[2]
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- ↑ Dune - Terminology of the Imperium: DUMP BOXES: the general term for any cargo container of irregular shape and equipped with ablation surfaces and suspensor damping system. They are used to dump material from space onto a planet's surface.
- ↑ Dune - Chapter 24: But there were more than two thousand ships down on Arrakis at the last count--not just lighters, but frigates, scouts, monitors, crushers, troop- carriers, dump-boxes ...