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The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 54-55)

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Sham Hatwitch:

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== Municipal: Systems Control Droid ==

Genetech Corporation's string of highly successful supervisory and administrative units hit a snag with the PIP/2 systems control droid, a big-budget failure that briefly caused the company to return to its medical-supply roots.

Market research prodded Genetech to exploit a relatively untapped niche-control-board operation. Although a few modern computer systems are completely automated through artificial intelligence and microprocessors, many networks rely on old-fashioned central switchboards and keyboard input panels. The reasons for the latter setup are many, ranging from cost to security to convenience, but the humans and aliens who run the control boards are almost universally overworked. Inevitably, this leads to accidental goofs and anxiety-induced foul-ups.

The PIP/2 was rushed into development to replace these flawed workers with a fast and foolproof droid. For reasons unclear, Genetech invested a huge number of production credits in the line's creation, despite the fact that the droid could only be sold to a relatively small market. Numerous logistical delays compounded their problem. Before long, the company and its stockholders had an enormous stake in the PIP/2-if it didn't sell in record numbers, the fiscal year would be a disaster.

No droid model could be expected to fulfill such high expectations, but the PIP/2 failed in an extraordinarily spectacular fashion. Genetech advertised the unit as "glitch-proof," even going so far as to offer money-back guarantees to municipal and corporate buyers. To the company's horror, glitches seemed to be all the new droid was capable of.

The PIP/2's droid brain handled simple tasks with ease, but quickly became overtaxed when subjected to excessive stimuli-alarm bells and warning lights, for instance. The stressed unit would either switch itself off or punch the wrong buttons in a vain effort to keep up. In one case, a systems control droid crossed wired a habitation sphere's sewage drains with its water-flow piping, resulting in 1,013 cases of severe intestinal distress.

Genetech was quick to respond to complaints, recalling as many units as possible and installing new programming patches. These modified droids operated almost perfectly-their optics-covered heads could scan every section of the control board simultaneously, while their eight jointed limbs punched keys with enviable speed and precision. Unfortunately, the damage was done. The systems control line continued for two small years until its merciful discontinuation, while a chastened Genetech refocused its sales efforts on its core medical market until the public's memory of the PIP/2 had faded.

Occasionally, a galactic citizen might see one of the outdated droids still in use. The Holographic Zoo of Extinct Animals on Coruscant used a PIP/2 to control the holographic dioramas and keep visitors moving through the exhibit halls. When Han Solo's children became lost in the museum, the droid had a distinctly unpleasant encounter with an enraged Wookiee named Chewbacca.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Rotating Reception Antennae
* Sensor Feed Hookup
* Adjustable Optic Sensors for Control Board
* Eight Articulated Control Limbs
* Variable-height Telescoping Legs

==== Side View ====
* Primary Optic Sensors for Droid/Master Interaction
* Multitasking Cognitive Processor
* Vocabulator/Broadcast Speaker
* Multijointed Keypad Digits

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 54-55)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Commercial Service: C2-R4 Multipurpose Droid == Not every droid is made by a massive conglomerate like Cybot Galactica, or even an antiquated trading star like Serv-O-Droid. Some are slapped together by teams of eccentric inventors and anxious investors, who share a dream of hitting the big time by working outside the system. Sadly, close to 95 percent of these rollouts..."

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== Commercial Service: C2-R4 Multipurpose Droid ==

Not every droid is made by a massive conglomerate like Cybot Galactica, or even an antiquated trading star like Serv-O-Droid. Some are slapped together by teams of eccentric inventors and anxious investors, who share a dream of hitting the big time by working outside the system. Sadly, close to 95 percent of these rollouts are failures, and even the lucky survivors are usually bought out by large corporations or their subsidiaries. The C2-R4 Multipurpose Unit falls into the former category-it was a colossal flop from day one.

Years ago, a colony of Squibs decided the space detritus they'd been collecting for the Squib Merchandising Consortium could easily be assembled into functional automatons. Their excitement at creating something new was exceeded only by their anticipation of fervently haggling with consumers over the final retail price. With typical Squib enthusiasm, they set to work building a product that everyone would want. With typical Squib shortsightedness, they neglected to decide on a single overriding function or give any thought to aesthetic appeal. The result was a cobbled-together monstrosity only its creators could love.

The C2-R4's chassis was a scrapped R-series astromech shell. Welded onto either side were jutting collections of household appliances joined by snaking power cells and electronic leads. The body and head were studded with secondhand sensors, blinking diodes, and unidentifiable gizmos, and looked like the losing entry in a primary-school science fair.

The Squibs grabbed whatever programming matrices they could get their paws on, resulting in a schizophrenic mishmash of function and ability. The C2-R4 "specialized" in catalytic fuel conversion, enzymatic breakdown, chemical diagnostic programming, and bacterial composting. Furthermore, the appliances made them into mobile blenders, toaster ovens, and bang-corn air poppers. The upshot was that, when a C2-R4 fed trash into its sharp, grinding maw, it could produce a presentable four-course dinner for two.

But no one, not even Gamorreans, wanted meals made out of garbage. The disastrous washout of the C2-R4 line was a disappointment to the Squibs, but they enjoyed haggling with the bill collectors and remainder houses.

One unit ended up on Tatooine, where it was taken in by Wuher, gruff bartender of the Mos Eisley cantina. After the novice bounty hunter Greedo was fatally blasted by Han Solo, Wuher converted the C2-R4 into a makeshift distillery. He fed the unlucky Rodian's stiffening corpse into the droid's shredder, piece by piece. Allegedly, the resulting cocktail was exquisite.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Side View ====

* Four-piece Flatware Set (behind panel)
* Bang-corn Air Popper
* Enzymatic Converter
* Broadband Spectral Scanner
* Articulated Metal Extensors
* Heavy Manipulator Arms
* Tank Tread Locomotion

==== Front View ====

* Recharge Coupling
* Vocabulator
* Grinding Blades/Shredder Teeth Assembly
* Food Processor
* Chilled Drink Tumbler
* Toaster Oven
* Holographic Projector
* Radar Eye
* Chemical Composter
* Removable Refuse Module
* Floodlights

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 52-53)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Commercial Service: Robo‑Bartender == 'Setting 'em up and knocking 'em back' is how most rough‑and‑tumble freighter pilots prefer to spend the interminable stretches of downtime between cargo hauls and charter flights. If a starport's cantina is situated amidst a high‑tech urban zone or anywhere in the cosmopolitan Corporate Sector, it's a good bet that the bark..."

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== Commercial Service: Robo‑Bartender ==

'Setting 'em up and knocking 'em back' is how most rough‑and‑tumble freighter pilots prefer to spend the interminable stretches of downtime between cargo hauls and charter flights. If a starport's cantina is situated amidst a high‑tech urban zone or anywhere in the cosmopolitan Corporate Sector, it's a good bet that the barkeep is a droid.

Automated drink mixers, commonly known as robo‑bartenders, are in use wherever efficiency takes precedence over atmosphere. Droids can't empathize with a crestfallen customer over his lost love and have no interest in the local shockball team's win/loss record. On the other hand, they can whip up complicated concoctions in a twinkling and never forget an order.

This trade‑off explains why robo‑bartenders are usually found in busy starports. The proprietors of these establishments care little for customer loyalty, since dozens of new passenger ships arrive daily. Robo‑bartenders are a cheap and effective way to move patrons through the doors as quickly as possible.

Cybot Galactica's MixRMastR is the most common bartender on the market, followed closely by LeisureMech Enterprises' C5. The MixRMastR, less than 1 meter tall, is designed to be bolted directly to a table or countertop. Tubes extend through the base of the unit and into the floor, where they connect to drums of soda water and common alcohols. The droid's speedy processor takes drink orders, finds their matches in its extensive library of libation recipes, and siphons the appropriate ingredients into a glass. Drinks are dispensed, and money collected, through a retractable tray at center front.

Not every business owner can afford to place a robo‑bartender at every table. For them, Cybot Galactica offers a mobile version of the MixRMastR. This droid comes equipped with a tiny repulsorlift unit and two manipulator arms for fixing and carrying beverages. A rudimentary vocabulator and auditory sensor allow it to perform simple interactions with customers. Because of the automaton's small size and 3.5‑meter flight ceiling, it can easily navigate the busiest barroom.

Electronic sabotage is a constant headache for droid‑dependent tavern owners. Unscrupulous slicers can reprogram robo‑bartenders to delete their bar tabs or give them endless rounds 'on the house.' Pranksters have also been known to override the droids' safeties and order fictional cocktails with ingredients that are chemically incompatible.

The subsequent explosions are always met with roars of approval from the inebriated crowd.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Manipulator Arm (retracted)
* Photoreceptors
* Vocabulator
* Auditory Sensor
* Drink Dispensing Hatch

==== Side View ====
* Accounting Processor
* Drink Database
* Command Input Panel
* Serving Tray (extended)
* Repulsorlift Engine
* Short Range Receiver/Antenna

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 50-51)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Commercial Service: Automated Sabacc Dealer == Learning sabacc is easy. The game is played with sixty cards in four suits—sabers, staves, flasks, and coins—and sixteen face cards. Each card has a positive or negative value. The first player to reach a point total of twenty‑three is the winner. Mastering sabacc is a bit trickier. Knowing when to stand, when to fol..."

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== Commercial Service: Automated Sabacc Dealer ==

Learning sabacc is easy. The game is played with sixty cards in four suits—sabers, staves, flasks, and coins—and sixteen face cards. Each card has a positive or negative value. The first player to reach a point total of twenty‑three is the winner.

Mastering sabacc is a bit trickier. Knowing when to stand, when to fold, and when an opponent is bluffing are skills that can take a lifetime to master. The cards randomly shift values during play, requiring players to have quick reflexes and sharp minds. It is this beguiling combination of simplicity and intricacy that has made sabacc the most popular pastime in the galaxy and spawned a host of mechanical spin‑offs like LeisureMech Enterprises’ automated sabacc dealers.

While some casino owners still stick with organic dealers for that “personal touch,” droid dealers are cheaper to operate since they don’t earn an hourly wage. In addition, because most players don’t tip droids, more of their money is wagered—and lost—at the gaming tables. Finally, droids have high‑speed photoreceptors and sophisticated processors to keep track of every card that has been dealt and put into play, making them experts at spotting cheaters.

High‑class establishments such as Cloud City’s Test Casino use only the most decorous and genteel automated dealers; squalid dives such as Coruscant’s grossly misnamed Crystal Jewel employ something considerably rougher—LeisureMech’s RH7 CardShark.

The entire CardShark assembly is bolted to the ceiling, directly above the gaming table. The droid dealer, suspended in the center of the metallic saucer base, can raise and lower itself to a maximum extension of 1.5 meters. The dealer possesses specialized sensors, two skillful manipulator arms, and a “mouth” orifice where it can store sabacc decks.

When play begins, the dealer announces the house rules and the sabacc variant—Bespin Standard, Empress Teta Preferred, etc.—that will be played. The droid then shuffles the deck, passes out cards, and initiates the first round of betting. As play continues, the CardShark unit emits random electronic pulses that cause all cards not placed in the table’s interference field to fluctuate in value.

Six surveillance eyes keep a close watch on everyone’s hand. If a player is discovered with an illegal “skiffer” cheat card, he or she is forcibly ejected from the game with two heavy grasper arms. Force pikes, modulated to deliver moderate stun shocks, can extend to keep other patrons away from the cheater or to protect the dealer until bouncers can arrive.

Just like organic dealers, droids are occasionally ordered to cheat the customers to ensure a house victory. Owners who routinely engage in this practice play a risky game, since force pikes won’t stop a blaster bolt—and droid dealers are expensive to replace.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Droid Extended (for dealing) ====
* Overhead Surveillance Eyes
* Sensor Arrays
* Card‑flux Pulse Emitter
* Card Storage "Mouth"
* Dealing Arms

==== Droid Retracted (for ejecting cheats) ====
* Permanent Ceiling Mount
* Ejection Claws
* Stun Pikes (extended)

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 48-49)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: TT-8L ("Tattletale") == Serv‑O‑Droid’s TT‑8L, originally sold to the gentrified rich as a discreet vestibule snoop, makes a capable threat scanner and surveillance system. More than one dozen variants have been produced over the generations, from the slightly menacing Y7 to the gilded, bauble‑trimmed XSS. The TT‑8L, little more than an ey..."

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== Household Service: TT-8L ("Tattletale") ==

Serv‑O‑Droid’s TT‑8L, originally sold to the gentrified rich as a discreet vestibule snoop, makes a capable threat scanner and surveillance system. More than one dozen variants have been produced over the generations, from the slightly menacing Y7 to the gilded, bauble‑trimmed XSS.

The TT‑8L, little more than an eye on a stalk, quickly earned the nickname “tattletale.” The droid remains in a single fixed position throughout its operational life, typically someplace near a main doorway. An approaching visitor’s footfalls trigger the unit’s audio sensors, whereupon it peers carefully through a hidden peephole, matches the guest’s physical parameters to its internal database, and announces the newcomer’s arrival to its master, who can either admit the visitor or request further observation.

The obvious objection—that this job could be easily performed by a nonintelligent security holocom for much less money—explained why Serv‑O‑Droid initially marketed the TT‑8L to wealthy nobles accustomed to servants and hirelings. This elite sales strategy eventually reached its gaudy pinnacle in the fabulously ornate XSS.

Equipped with a snakelike body stalk cast from antique brass, the TT‑8L/XSS is bolted to the floor but allowed a limited range of movement through its multiple joints. Its blue‑tinted glass optical lens functions much like a pair of macroscopic bioconoculars and is protected by a bronze shutter when inactive. Its vocabulator is carefully modulated to deliver mellow and courteous diction. The droid’s entire 2.5‑meter length is a showcase for intricate scrollwork designs, sparkling silver adornments, and inlaid synthetic gemstones. A large number of XSS units were obtained by the Emperor’s personal staff and set up on the resort moon of Hesperidium.

The Y7 model was developed when Serv‑O‑Droid realized their observation machine had many potential uses beyond simple nosiness. Criminals, recluses, and paranoids had great need for a device that could interrogate suspicious callers and scan them for weapons. Instead of meekly secretive, this new model was directly confrontational.

A TT‑8L/Y7 is designed for direct installation in a door, door frame, or entranceway alcove. Its rigid body stem lacks the serpentine fluidity of the XSS frame, possessing only a single socket joint at the base of the trunk. For obvious reasons, all unnecessary ornamentation has been omitted in favor of a basic black shell of resilient durasteel.

The Y7’s central eye, shielded by a retractable blind, is capable of low‑light surveys, spotlight illumination, and scanning sweeps in the ultraviolet and infrared ranges.

Since the droid’s unremarkable intelligence matrix wasn’t always enough to please the truly distrustful, Serv‑O‑Droid installed a remote‑activation subroutine that allowed the Y7 to be directly controlled by a security guard at any time. One of the units watched over the foreboding entrance to Jabba the Hutt’s palace on Tatooine until Han Solo blasted it to tiny bits during the momentous Darksaber crisis.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Inset Gemstones (along seams)
* Optical Shutter
* Glass Optical Lens
* Audio Sensors
* Polished Bronze Fittings
* Hard Data Input Slot
* Illuminated Silver Base

==== Side View ====
* Antique Brass Body Shell
* Pivot Joints
* Internal Vocabulator
* Hydraulic Lifts

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 46-47)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: R-10 Household Droid == Engineered by the careful craftsmen of Lovolan, the R-10 household droid is a smoothly unobtrusive party waiter and drink server for the obnoxiously rich. The fact that the R-10 so often goes unnoticed – despite its jewel-encrusted design – is testament both to its quiet efficiency and to the ostentatious surroundings in..."

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== Household Service: R-10 Household Droid ==

Engineered by the careful craftsmen of Lovolan, the R-10 household droid is a smoothly unobtrusive party waiter and drink server for the obnoxiously rich. The fact that the R-10 so often goes unnoticed – despite its jewel-encrusted design – is testament both to its quiet efficiency and to the ostentatious surroundings in which it usually operates.

Lovolan’s first R-10s were produced at the request of Emperor Palpatine for use in the glittering pleasure palaces of the resort moon Hesperidium in the Coruscant system. The squat automatons were decorated with antique brass fittings, green bronze plating, polished greel-wood panels, and inset corusca gems – imitation gems, but quite dazzling nonetheless. The droids fit perfectly into Hesperidium’s elaborate fantasy environment of zero-gee fountains and singing warbleflowers, though some found their superfluous stylings too over-the-top.

Lovolan followed up the Hesperidium model with a more subdued unit designed for the affluent consumer. Done in tasteful black marble with a decorative brass rail, the newer R-10 met with great success among the wealthy, particularly the aristocrats in the Senex and Tapani sectors.

All R-10 units move about on four wheels and have a ventral droid-brain package that perceives the area in front of it through a single photoreceptor. Upon purchase, each R-10 is programmed with the complete blueprints of its owner’s mansion or villa, especially the locations of the kitchen, pantry, dining room, and wine cellar. Though the R-10 lacks a Basic-capable vocabulator, it is perfectly able to understand verbal commands.

The droid’s marble serving tray sits 0.72 meters off the floor, the perfect height for a guest to casually pick up a frosted glass of narcolathe as an R-10 slowly trundles by. The tray is electronically charged, which helps “grip” glasses in place and prevents accidental spillage. If needed, additional trays can swing up from the body and create a larger serving area for drinks or appetizers.

Retractable manipulator arms are located at the front and rear of the droid. Each hand has two fingers and a padded velvet palm, which is slightly sticky for delicate adhesive traction. A brush-tipped cleaning arm and a vacuum hose remain hidden behind forward compartments until needed, though accidents are very rare. R-10s come with a hardwired programming module that makes it nearly impossible for them to mistakenly spill a bottle or drop a goblet.

Roganda Ismaran, a former Emperor’s Hand who attempted to use the Eye of Palpatine against the New Republic, kept several R-10s in her personal dwelling on Belsavis. Her son Irek possessed a cybernetic implant that allowed him to use the Force to control machinery, and he frequently practiced his skills by forcing his mother’s R-10s to disobey their primary programming.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Electronically-charged Serving Tray
* Brass Rail
* Black Marble Panels (extend to serve more refreshments)
* System Ventilation
* Vacuum Arm
* Cleaning Arm
* Photoreceptor

==== Side View ====
* Serving Hands (extended)
* Serving Arms (extended)
* Inlaid Ornamentation
* Droid Brain

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 44-45)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: SE4 Servant Droid == When dining on bruallki, don’t use a three‑pronged fork. Always remember to crack the shell of a boiled suuri to release trapped steam pockets. And never serve plictro steak with chilled Algarian wine. After all, your guests might not even notice, but your SE4 servant droid will likely switch off its central processor and..."

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== Household Service: SE4 Servant Droid ==

When dining on bruallki, don’t use a three‑pronged fork. Always remember to crack the shell of a boiled suuri to release trapped steam pockets. And never serve plictro steak with chilled Algarian wine. After all, your guests might not even notice, but your SE4 servant droid will likely switch off its central processor and clatter to the floor in stunned horror.

Some wags have joked that the SE4 was designed for those who think protocol droids are too relaxed. Meticulous, persnickety, and fretful in the extreme, the automatons are nevertheless quite skilled at arranging large banquets and performing domestic duties in the dining room and beyond.

The SE4 is one of the oldest lines produced by Industrial Automaton. It has proven surprisingly resilient to the eccentricities of the economy and the quirky tastes of consumers. Like the similar 3PO units sold by IA’s arch‑rival Cybot Galactica, as long as they keep making them, people keep buying them.

Each droid possesses a shining humanoid frame and stands a bit short at 1.6 meters. Its joints are stiff and its posture flawless. The face, which looks slightly vacant, features two photoreceptors, two auditory sensors, and a vocabulator, all in human ranges. The SE4’s olfactory detector is quite sensitive, and it even has simulated tastebuds lining the inside of the left index finger.

Without these devices, proper preparation of recipes would be impossible.

Servant droids come hardwired with certain knowledge matrices, making them inherent experts at party planning, home economics, and the culinary arts. Their base behaviors are then modified with the installation of secondary skill modules, which can provide additional information on the local cuisine or detailed maintenance standards for a fifty‑room palatial estate.

Some owners use their SE4s as household handymen. With programming and experience, they can easily unstick a cabinet door or scrub l’lashï stains from a woven carpet, but anything more complicated—say, taking apart and reassembling a sputtering fusion furnace—is well outside their capacity and best left to a WED Treadwell. In a pinch, the droids can even serve as translators, since their intelligence units contain nearly one hundred of the most common galactic languages.

The current market value of a new SE4 is about twenty‑six hundred credits. Since the units can remain in active service for generations, picking up new dining tips and banquet customs with each passing year, most consumers feel they easily get their money’s worth.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Secondary Olfactory Sensor (cosmetic)
* Photoreceptors
* Vocabulator
* Primary Olfactory Sensor
* Insertion Slot for Skill Matrices
* Systems Access Port
* Pelvic Servomotor

==== Rear View ====
* Auditory Sensors
* Recharge Coupling
* Servomotor
* Simulated Tastebuds

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 42-43)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: U2C1 Housekeeping Droid == The U2C1 housekeeping droid is a cheap but efficient model popular with hotel managers and janitorial services. Despite its vaguely sinister appearance, the droid is a common enough sight that it attracts scant notice, a trait that has been exploited by an increasing number of thieves and gangsters. Manufactured by Publicte..."

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== Household Service: U2C1 Housekeeping Droid ==

The U2C1 housekeeping droid is a cheap but efficient model popular with hotel managers and janitorial services. Despite its vaguely sinister appearance, the droid is a common enough sight that it attracts scant notice, a trait that has been exploited by an increasing number of thieves and gangsters.

Manufactured by Publictechnic, the U2C1 was designed from the drawing board for commercial, not consumer, applications. As a result, attractive styling and pleasant personality programming were jettisoned in favor of simple utilitarian functionality. This helped keep costs down and allowed Publictechnic to maintain a decent profit margin while selling the droids as discounted 'fleet sales' to medium-sized businesses.

Each U2C1 has a flimsy bare‐bones humanoid frame cast from hardened blue plastic. Its hunched‐over head contains an optical slot, audio sensors, and a vocabulator capable of speaking Basic. All the behavioral and performance circuitry is contained in the head and neck; the droid's torso consists of an internal waste‐storage bin. Debris is expelled from the bin via a hinged ventral discharge hatch.

Both arms are made of black flex‐tubing and are used as powerful vacuum sweepers. The right arm features a vacuum attachment for cleaning upholstery, while the left contains a stiff wire brush for removing persistent stains. Most U2C1s work as robotic maids and janitors and perform the same duties night after night. They require little direct supervision.

Until recent years, Publictechnic's problems with the U2C1 were minimal. The droids' external parts snapped off easily, but replacement units were dirt cheap and serious user complaints were rare. Unfortunately, some enterprising criminal minds soon discovered that Publictechnic's housekeeping software was very easy to subvert. In one subsequent instance, a U2C1 was programmed to enter hotel rooms and suck up jewelry and credit vouchers. In another, a droid vacuumed a timer bomb into its belly and exploded outside the office of a Corporate Sector executive as it passed by on its way to buff the lobby floor.

Lady Valarian, the Whipid crime boss on Tatooine, used a U2C1 to keep tabs on her chief rival Jabba the Hutt. The little droid acted as spy, informant, and courier, using its status as the Hutt's palace housekeeper to deliver covert messages, while using the noise of its vacuum arms to prevent others from listening in. The U2C1 passed secret information to the Whipid hunter J'Quille, among others, but the droid's fate following Jabba's death is unknown.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Audio Sensors
* Optical Slot
* Vocabulator
* Waste‐storage Bin
* Discharge Hatch
* Wire Brush
* Upholstery Attachment

==== Side View ====
* Pelvic Servomotor
* Internal Performance Hardware
* Flex‐tube Sweeper Arms
* Plastic Frame

The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 40-41)

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: ZZ-4Z ("Zee Zee") == Once, butler droids were all the rage. Blue bloods and aristocrats, anxious for new ways to flaunt their good fortune, snapped up the toys and showed them off at receptions and dinner parties. When their interest faded, so did the market. The only butler droids still functional today are centuries‑old models like ZZ‑4Z, nickna..."

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== Household Service: ZZ-4Z ("Zee Zee") ==

Once, butler droids were all the rage. Blue bloods and aristocrats, anxious for new ways to flaunt their good fortune, snapped up the toys and showed them off at receptions and dinner parties. When their interest faded, so did the market. The only butler droids still functional today are centuries‑old models like ZZ‑4Z, nicknamed "ZeeZee."

ZeeZee is a JV‑2/D unit, manufactured by Serv‑O‑Droid during the heyday of the butler fad. Like his long‑vanished lotmates, ZeeZee is outfitted with all the necessary tools to attend to his master's every domestic whim.

The JV‑2/D is humanoid in shape, with a short stature and intentional slouch meant to imply subservience. Though ZeeZee has grown rusty and pitted over the years, the original models were coated with a burnished veneer of silver chromite. The droid's head contains an infrared lintscope, a genteel‑sounding vocabulator, and an internal databank packed with highbrow minutiae such as the proper way to fold an Oseoni greatcoat.

Butler droids are endlessly patient, unfailingly polite, and impeccably cultured. They are equipped to supervise entire household staffs of chefbots, cleaning robos, and chauffeur droids, and, while they can be quite snippy to their mechanical underlings, are obsequiously civil to their masters and invited guests.

ZZ‑4Z has had a long and checkered career as a domestic steward. Generations ago, he was willed to the dean of the Military Academy of Carida by a wealthy donor in the hopes that the deans may never forget the civility that all citizens must hold dear.

Stationed in the administrative annex at Cliffside, ZeeZee served as office secretary and personal valet for seventeen successive deans and was quite popular with the cadets, who could always count on the droid to relate amusing anecdotes highlighting the deans' private foibles.

One of ZeeZee's friends was Cadet Mako Spince. When Spince was expelled for destroying Carida's "mascot moon" with a gram of stolen antimatter, he took the butler droid with him to the blighted undercity of Nar Shaddaa. The ubiquitous squalor and filth pushed poor ZeeZee's tidiness circuits past their redline limits. Mako, tired of his carping, intentionally lost the droid in a sabacc game to a young Han Solo.

When Han left the Smugglers' Moon, he left ZeeZee behind. Sadly, the droid was neglected for more than a decade. But six years after the Battle of Endor, ZeeZee finally saw his master again, and was proud to announce the latest house guest: a curious gentleman named Boba Fett.

Unfortunately, the ensuing blaster fight tore him to pieces. It remains to be seen whether some enterprising being will repair ZZ‑4Z.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Photoreceptor
* Infrared Lintscope
* Olfactory Sensor
* Vocabulator
* Servomotor
* Auxiliary Power Cable

==== Rear View ====
* Auditory Sensor
* Supplementary Sensor Package
* Chromite Body Shell
* Recharge Port

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== Household Service: Guardian Droid ==

Cybot Galactica, famous for its protocol units, decided to blaze a new market niche with the creation of the GV/3 Guardian droid. The gleaming plaststeel canine was designed from the earliest concept sketches to be the ultimate protector, companion, and friend.

Four‑legged domesticated guard animals are common on countless inhabited planets. The Guardian's similarity to these watch creatures is no accident. Its personality programming is on par with that of a particularly bright beast; it cannot speak, but instead communicates a wide range of emotions through growls, roars, and yips. The droid can understand most simple commands if they are delivered in Basic.

The GV/3's metal body is heavyset and powerful. Hydraulic leg muscles allow it to easily outrun a fleeing burglar, or to pin a luckless intruder to the floor. The Guardian is strong enough to carry a standard human on its back. An array of solar collection panels allows the droid to store reserve energy throughout the day, dramatically reducing the amount of time wasted during repowering sessions.

As a terrifying attacker that is also a loving children’s pet, the Guardian must take special care never to accidentally injure its charges. Its twin rows of razor‑sharp, serrated incisors are fully retractable, snapping into place only when danger threatens. Its blaster is concealed in a sealed belly compartment, and it is usually set for stun in households - though this is seldom the case in industrial facilities.

At four thousand credits new, Guardian droids are appropriate units for any number of jobs. Wealthy landowners buy them to protect their estates from trespassers. Scientists and military types use them to guard installations and research laboratories. And indulgent parents purchase them as full‑time companions for their offspring. In all of these situations, the GV/3's preprogrammed loyalty imprint ensures its everlasting devotion. In fact, the tenacious droid will always sacrifice itself rather than relinquish whatever item it has been told to defend.

The product line has benefited from strong sales and favorable word‑of‑mouth. The children's market caught fire after a Guardian was featured in the popular holo‑series Revella's Journey: A Story of a Girl and Her Droid. Families now constitute the largest segment of GV/3 buyers.

Recently, a new use has been discovered for the Guardian droid: search and rescue. In a widely publicized incident, an SAR squad on Corellia used a GV/3 to save a team of four spelunkers trapped in the notorious Keen's Grotto catacombs. Cybot Galactica, mindful of the good press, is currently developing a modified version of the droid featuring enhanced detection sensors, an emergency transponder, a spotlight, and a weatherproof packet of survival gear.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====
* Infrared Photoreceptors
* Olfactory Samplers
* Limited Vocabulator
* Heavy Plasteel Plating
* Retractable Blaster Cannon (behind panels)
* Hydraulically‑powered Servomotors
* Durasteel Claws

==== Side View ====
* Retractable Signal Antenna
* Restraining Bolt Mount
* Solar Energy Panels
* Audio Sensors
* Triple‑reinforced Jaw Assembly
* Retractable Razor Teeth
* 360‑degree Head Pivot Joint
* Standard Recharge Port

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: Guardian Droid == Cybot Galactica, famous for its protocol units, decided to blaze a new market niche with the creation of the GW3 Guardian droid. The gleaming plastic canine was designed from the earliest concept sketches to be the ultimate protector, companion, and friend. Four-legged domesticated guard animals are common on countless inhabited pla..."

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== Household Service: Guardian Droid ==

Cybot Galactica, famous for its protocol units, decided to blaze a new market niche with the creation of the GW3 Guardian droid. The gleaming plastic canine was designed from the earliest concept sketches to be the ultimate protector, companion, and friend.

Four-legged domesticated guard animals are common on countless inhabited planets. The Guardian’s similarity to these watch creatures is no accident. Its personality programming is on par with that of a particularly bright beast; it cannot speak, but instead communicates a wide range of emotions through growls, roars, and yips. The droid can understand most simple commands if they are delivered in Basic.

The GW3’s metal body is heavyset and powerful. Hydraulic leg muscles allow it to easily outrun a fleeing burglar, or to pin a luckless intruder to the floor. The Guardian is strong enough to carry a standard human on its back. An array of solar collection panels allows the droid to store reserve energy throughout the day, dramatically reducing the amount of time wasted during repowering sessions.

As a terrifying attacker that is also a loving children’s pet, the Guardian must take special care never to accidentally injure its charges. Its twin rows of razor-sharp, serrated incisors are fully retractable, snapping into place only when danger threatens. Its blaster is concealed in a sealed belly compartment, and it is usually set for stun in households—though this is seldom the case in industrial facilities.

At four thousand credits new, Guardian droids are appropriate units for any number of jobs. Wealthy landowners buy them to protect their estates from trespassers. Scientists and military types use them to guard installations and research laboratories. And indulgent parents purchase them as full-time companions for their offspring. In all of these situations, the GW3’s preprogrammed loyalty imprint ensures its everlasting devotion. In fact, the tenacious droid will always sacrifice itself rather than relinquish whatever item it has been told to defend.

The product line has benefited from strong sales and favorable word-of-mouth. The children’s market caught fire after a Guardian was featured in the popular holo-series ''Revala’s Journey: A Story of a Girl and Her Droid''. Families now constitute the largest segment of GW3 buyers.

Recently, a new use has been discovered for the Guardian droid: search and rescue. In a widely publicized incident, an SAR squad on Corellia used a GW3 to save a team of four spelunkers trapped in the notorious Koen’s Grotto catacombs. Cybot Galactica, mindful of the good press, is currently developing a modified version of the droid featuring enhanced detection sensors, an emergency transponder, a spotlight, and a weatherproof packet of survival gear.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Infrared Photoreceptors
* Olfactory Samplers
* Limited Vocabulator
* Heavy Plasteel Plating
* Retractable Blaster Cannon (behind panels)
* Hydraulically-powered Servomotors
* Durasteel Claws

==== Side View ====

* Retractable Signal Antenna
* Restraining Bolt Mount
* Solar Energy Panels
* Audio Sensors
* Triple-reinforced Jaw Assembly
* Retractable Razor Teeth
* 360° Head Pivot Joint
* Standard Recharge Port

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: Model E == Designed by AccuTronics to interact with young children on playgrounds and secondary caregivers, the Model E has performed with distinction for well over a century. The line has long been out of formal production, but a few vintage units are still in use, watching the children and grandchildren of the adults whom they first helped raise. M..."

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== Household Service: Model E ==

Designed by AccuTronics to interact with young children on playgrounds and secondary caregivers, the Model E has performed with distinction for well over a century. The line has long been out of formal production, but a few vintage units are still in use, watching the children and grandchildren of the adults whom they first helped raise.

Most Es saw service in schools and childcare centers. Some were stationed in recovery wards of pediatric medcenters, and still others used by psych-counselors for putting traumatized children at ease. And of course, more than a few were purchased by wealthy parents as presents for their privileged heirs.

Regardless of their background, no child can resist falling in love at their first sight of a Model E. The droids are designed to look as nonthreatening as possible. Standing under one meter tall, the humanoid frame is smooth, rounded, and appealing. The plastic-coated durasteel shell can easily withstand an errant smashball pitch or a jolly tumble from a tree limb. Es were manufactured in a variety of bright colors, including yellow, red, green, blue, orange, and pink.

Large, oiler photoreceptors stare from an oversized head that protects a cube-shaped personality matrix. While not particularly sophisticated, the matrix accomplishes its programming quite admirably.

Es are programmed to make friends and are highly skilled at reading the emotions of organic beings. Their voices are carefully modulated to sound mellow and genial. They can sing dozens of songs from numerous alien cultures and produce simultaneous musical accompaniment with their vocabulators. The droids’ databanks are filled with thousands of children’s sports, hobbies, and games, from Alderaan's Arch to zizzledy box, and they will readily lead a group of youngsters outside for an exercise walk, a nature lesson, or a spirited round of Hound the Hawk-bat. Model Es are also equipped to handle feedings, diaper changes, and emergency medicine, though their programming in these areas cannot compare to the complexity of the TDL Nanny Droid.

Over time, most children become emotionally attached to their Model E, which is why the droids seldom receive memory wipes. When several Es serve together for extended periods, they frequently become inseparable.

This loyalty can be exploited for personal gain. On the planet Kalorba, a weapons manufacturer once tried to coerce Q-E, 2-E, and U-E to assemble illegal blasters. The trio had operated the town nursery for nearly four generations, but were forced to obey when U-E's body was blasted to scrap. Fortunately, thanks to a resilient cognitive module, U-E was successfully reinstalled in the body of a freight droid once the criminal's plan was foiled.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== R2 Astromech (scale) ====

==== Front View ====

* Olfactory Sensor
* Oversized Photoreceptors
* Modulated Vocabulator
* Restraining Bolt
* Safety Light

==== Rear View ====

* Personality Matrix Housing
* Auditory Sensors
* System Ventilation Port
* Plastic-Coated Durasteel Chassis

==== QE Head Variation ====

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Household Service: TDL Nanny Droid == Infants and children need round-the-clock supervision, but work schedules frequently don’t allow parents to stay at home. For those with credit accounts big enough to afford one, AccuTronics' TDL nanny droid is the next-best alternative. By nature, droids are methodical, patient, and tireless, attributes that would seem to make t..."

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== Household Service: TDL Nanny Droid ==

Infants and children need round-the-clock supervision, but work schedules frequently don’t allow parents to stay at home. For those with credit accounts big enough to afford one, AccuTronics' TDL nanny droid is the next-best alternative.

By nature, droids are methodical, patient, and tireless, attributes that would seem to make them excellent choices for dealing with children. However, the earliest attempts to market nanny droids were widespread failures. "Sure," consumers complained, "the droid obeys orders and keeps a tight schedule. But where’s the warmth?"

The TDL nanny droid was designed from the start to address these concerns. Standing 1.9 meters tall, the silvery automaton sports a torso and multiple arms sheathed in soft brown synthskin. This artificial flesh is kept at normal human body temperature to comfort infants, and to ease the transition between natural mother and surrogate. A few deluxe TDL models can be customized to exude the mother’s familiar scent and pheromone pattern.

Each droid is equipped with four arms, making it easy to hold a baby while performing additional tasks. An internal basin holds 2 liters of refrigerated milk or formula—when needed, the fluid is pumped through a warming unit and into one of the four arms, where it passes into a detachable tube/bottle assembly.

The TDL features a limited AA-1 Verbobrain with a TranLang communications module, allowing it to understand millions of languages—though this feature is rarely utilized to its fullest. It is an expert in child-rearing techniques from thousands of alien cultures, although the AccuTronics company chose not to model the droids to resemble particular alien species. The droid possesses datalogs crammed with the most advanced theories on cognitive and social development. Nanny droids also make excellent school tutors for preadolescents.

Their vocabulators produce a firm but gentle voice that is often described as "grandmotherly." All corners, seams, and edges on the body are rounded off to prevent any accidental injury to the child.

The XL-Lioness version of the standard TDL contains a deadly surprise—behind the removable hands on the lower pair of arms are two blaster cannons. This model is marketed for politicians and celebrities who think their children are possible kidnapping targets.

Chief of State Leia Organa Solo purchased a Lioness TDL to protect her children at a secret base on Anoth, but had her technicians modify it beyond its original specs. The new version had four concealed blasters, one in each arm, and an unfolding laser screen to shield her charges from enemy fire. Sadly, the droid was destroyed in the line of duty while trying to protect Anakin Solo from an Imperial abduction attempt.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Heated Synthskin Arms
* Smooth Corners
* Photoreceptors
* Olfactory Sensor
* Modulated Vocabulator
* Auditory Sensors
* Detachable Lower Hands
* Recharge Port (behind panel)

==== Rear View ====

* Internal Child-Care Database
* System Access Panel
* Blaster Cannons in Lower Forearms
* Connection Point for Tube/Bottle Assembly

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Medical: FX Medical Assistant == Now obsolete, Medtech Industries' FX series was developed to serve as a nursing assistant for organic physicians. While a doctor intently lasers open an ailing patient’s chest cavity, the FX unit administers anesthesia, monitors vital signs, and hands over scalpels and sponges. But the skyrocketing success of all-in-one surgeon droids,..."

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== Medical: FX Medical Assistant ==

Now obsolete, Medtech Industries' FX series was developed to serve as a nursing assistant for organic physicians. While a doctor intently lasers open an ailing patient’s chest cavity, the FX unit administers anesthesia, monitors vital signs, and hands over scalpels and sponges. But the skyrocketing success of all-in-one surgeon droids, including Genetech's 2-1B, cut the legs out from under the medical aide market.

The FX droids, standing 1.7 meters tall, were designed for maximum utility. Cylindrical and essentially symmetrical on all sides, they bear no resemblance to the standard humanoid form. Mobility was not a key concern for Medtech's conceptual engineers—if a standard FX needs to get from one place to another, it has to be physically dragged.

Folded close against the body are twenty precise manipulator arms on a rotating base. Some are tipped with grippers, some with medical tools, and all can be customized to suit a particular task or surgical procedure. The limbs are lightweight and quite fragile, but since FXs are rarely subjected to rough conditions, this is not a significant drawback. When not in use, each arm lies flat in its protective torso groove.

Just above the delicate appendages is the droid’s primary grasping arm. This telescoping limb is much stronger than the rest and is used for heavier, everyday work. It can extend nearly one meter.

The FX’s head can rotate 360 degrees and is fitted with visual sensors and other scanning devices. The limited vocoder is capable of communicating only in droid or computer languages. Several monitor screens on the head and upper body can display printed information in Basic, or show charts, graphs, and schematics.

All FXs have an analytical computer and a respectable medical diagnostic package. If their scomp-link port is connected to a surgeon droid or a hospital mainframe, the FX operates with a much shorter lag time.

FXs are good droids—during their entire production run, Medtech Industries received astonishingly few complaints. But Too-Onebees and the newer Emdees are superior in almost every respect. FX units lacked the intelligence and the hardware to compete, and Medtech refitted the line years ago. They are still common, however, on thousands of planets throughout the Expansion Region and Outer Rim, and the cash-strapped Rebel Alliance was quite fond of the droids.

With the proper programming, Effexes make superior bacta-tank operators; despite their antiquity, many are owned by the Xucphra and Zaltin bacta conglomerates on Thyferra.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Monitor Screen
* Droid Language Vocoder
* Scomp-link Port
* Medical Diagnostic Sensors
* Analysis Processors
* Fine Manipulator Arm (extended)
* Protective Storage Groove
* Arm Rotator Base
* Stationary Base
* Telescoping Grasping Arm
* Control Board Manipulator (exchangeable for hypodermic injector)
* Medicine/Anesthesia Dispensing Hose

==== Fine Manipulator Arm (Detail) ====

* Front View
* Side View

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Medical: MD Medical Specialist == 2-1Bs might be the most advanced medical droids in the galaxy, but the various models in the MD series are by far the most common. Introduced decades ago, original Emdee units are still in widespread use, and new units are produced every day on the factory moon of Telti. The familiar body style is reminiscent of the newer Too-Onebee, w..."

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== Medical: MD Medical Specialist ==

2-1Bs might be the most advanced medical droids in the galaxy, but the various models in the MD series are by far the most common. Introduced decades ago, original Emdee units are still in widespread use, and new units are produced every day on the factory moon of Telti.

The familiar body style is reminiscent of the newer Too-Onebee, which isn’t surprising considering Industrial Automaton’s ownership of both products. Key differences in the MD units include more humanlike hands and the use of an insulated sheath to protect delicate mechanisms. They also are more dependent on mainframe computers for data and generally don’t function as well outside a hospital bay. All Emdees look largely alike, but each type has specialized attachments depending on its model number. Currently, there are ten models.

MD-0s are diagnostic units that examine symptoms and identify possible ailments from an internal database. Their dexterous hands sport two opposable thumbs, and they are equipped with thermometers, X-ray scanners, magnetic resonance imagers, and diagnostic gauges. On occasion, Emdee-0s are fitted with cognitive matrix analysis packages for analyzing psychological disorders.

Emdee-Ones serve as laboratory technicians for governments or large genetic research corporations. Programmed with advanced inquiry patterns, they isolate pathogens, detoxify poisons, and develop vaccines, usually under the supervision of an organic specialist.

Emdee-Twos are anesthesiologists. Their hands are modified breath masks, and they are experts in alien biological susceptibility to various anesthetic gasses. They also dispense epidural perigen and localized numbing agents.

Emdee-Threes work as pharmacists, measuring proper medicinal dosages and filling prescriptions. Some Hutt crime lords keep Emdee-Threes busy preparing their private stashes of glitterstim, lesai, and other illegal narcotics.

Emdee-Fours perform microsurgery, though they have since been supplanted in popularity by the more versatile Too-Onebee. Their fingertips contain near-microscopic extensions for careful, precise work.

Emdee-Fives, the most common Emdees, are general practitioner units advertised by IA as the "country doctors of space." Ideal for extended freighter missions, they can capably treat most injuries but lack the sophistication for cyborging or intensive surgery. Smaller, repulsorlift-driven variants of the Emdee-Five are used aboard cramped voyages where space is at a premium.

Industrial Automaton hasn’t let their distinguished MD line die off. Emdee-Sixes were built exclusively for the Empire. Emdee-Sevens, experts in emergency trauma, and two successive models were sold only as prototypes in limited sectors.

Emdee-Tens were introduced only recently, but are looking to be a breakout success. With each Emdee-Ten a specialist in a particular field such as cardiology, neurology, obstetrics, or dentistry, IA has endeared itself to niche practitioners and ensured the future of the MD series.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View (Emdee Series Basic Stock Model) ====

* Photoreceptors
* Vocabulator
* Transparent Body Sheath
* Connection Socket for Computer Tether
* Medical Diagnostic Computer
* Detachable Hands
* Surgical Gown

==== Special Models (Right Column) ====

* MD-0: Diagnostic Droid
* MD-2: Anesthesiologist
* MD-4: Microsurgery Droid

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Medical: 2-1B Surgical Droid == The 2-1B surgical droid was a joint venture between Industrial Automaton and a small medsensor company called Genetech. The droids were an instant hit and are now found in nearly every major clinic, emergency ward, and roving hospital ship. Droids possess several inherent advantages over organic surgeons—their hands are always steady,..."

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== Medical: 2-1B Surgical Droid ==

The 2-1B surgical droid was a joint venture between Industrial Automaton and a small medsensor company called Genetech. The droids were an instant hit and are now found in nearly every major clinic, emergency ward, and roving hospital ship.

Droids possess several inherent advantages over organic surgeons—their hands are always steady, their minds are always clear, and they never forget a preprogrammed procedure. But previous surgical models met with only modest success, since their limited intellects couldn’t deal with sudden complications or foresee unplanned side effects. Additionally, more close-minded patients refused to be operated on by droids.

Genetech could do nothing about the latter concern, but addressed the former quite handily. The 2-1B is an extremely intelligent unit, equipped with an advanced analytical and diagnostic computer. After three prototype knowledge matrices were completed, they were sent to the State Medical Academy on Rhinnal, where some of the finest physicians in the galaxy further refined their programming.

The 2-1B can diagnose impending cardiac arrest in a hibernating Pui-Ui, recall that the species possesses a fatal allergy to perigen, and deal with an enzyme eruption in the patient’s third liver heat by inserting an Intravenous Access Unit catheter or administering a mixed dose of lotromine and Clondex. This level of sophistication was previously unheard of in any surgical model.

The droid's gunmetal-gray body is unremarkable, even a bit ugly, but the 2-1B wasn't built for looks. Many of its internal components are visible through a translucent torso sheath. Each arm is long, delicate, and perfectly balanced. The gripping claws at the end of each limb are deceptively gentle for holding laser scalpels and other medical instruments. In some operating rooms, these hands are removed altogether and replaced with hypodermic injectors or cutting saws.

Each 2-1B comes with a five-meter computer interface tether that plugs into a chest-mounted access port. When the cable’s other end is attached to a medical mainframe, the droid can instantly download detailed historical data or search through patient archives. The earliest 2-1Bs were designed to be hardwired into place like heavy appliances, but newer versions can move about on two long legs.

Although all 2-1Bs share a common knowledge base, some have since become specialists in fields such as neurosurgery, cybernetic limb replacement, and alien biology. The vain and wealthy even employ them to resculpt their sagging faces and burn away unsightly pockets of body fat.

Several years after the introduction of the 2-1B, Genetech was run out of business by the larger Genetech Corporation, who filed a copyright-infringement suit based on the smaller company's suspiciously similar name. The successful surgical line continues to be manufactured under the aegis of Industrial Automaton.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Hydraulic Lines
* Precision Servomotor
* Multiwave Visual Sensors
* Vocabulator
* Interface Socket for Computer Tether
* Torso Sheath
* Attachment Point for Hypodermic Injector
* Precise Servogrip Pincers
* Knee Assembly

==== Rear View ====

* Analytical Computer
* Medical Diagnostic Computer
* Hydraulic System Pumps
* Wrist Rotator
* Gyro-Balanced Joints

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Protocol: LOM Protocol Droid == The corporate rivalry between Cybot Galactica and Industrial Automaton is legendary. No case better illustrates their boardroom backstabbing and petty mudslinging than the development of the controversial LOM protocol series. Cybot Galactica has long been the overwhelming leader in the protocol market, a position that Industrial Automato..."

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== Protocol: LOM Protocol Droid ==

The corporate rivalry between Cybot Galactica and Industrial Automaton is legendary. No case better illustrates their boardroom backstabbing and petty mudslinging than the development of the controversial LOM protocol series.

Cybot Galactica has long been the overwhelming leader in the protocol market, a position that Industrial Automaton wanted to challenge. Realizing they couldn't afford to struggle with Cybot's dominant 3PO model for the all-important human consumer, IA decided instead to get their feet wet by releasing a droid tailored for niche alien species. If sales met or exceeded expectations, IA had plans to produce a human-based protocol series within two years.

Work on the LOM project was swiftly approved and initiated. Mindful of the disaster their competitor had suffered with the Lurrian PD series, IA made sure not to define their buyers too narrowly. Their target market encompassed most insectoid aliens, such as the Brizzit, Verpine, Xi'Dec, and Yam'rii, and the LOM's features were sculpted to look generically 'insectile' to comfortably suit a wide variety of species phenotypes.

If things had stopped there, Cybot Galactica might have ignored the new product. But the LOM was a test bed for a future humanoid droid, and IA was determined to sink the 3PO by offering a comparable model for a better price. Their designers approached parts suppliers such as SyntheTech and, through some crafty deal-making, obtained many identical technical and peripheral components. The net result? From the neck down, the droid could easily be mistaken for a 3PO.

Like its rival, the LOM possessed an AA-1 Verbobrain and a TranLang III communications module packed with millions of galactic languages. Despite the bulbous compound eyes, internal photoreceptor pickups were keyed to the human visual spectrum. The droids were as intelligent and cultured as 3POs, but seemed less jumpy and more prone to passivity and well-mannered altruism.

Cybot Galactica was furious. The use of trademark hardware like the Verbobrain enraged them even more than the obvious cosmetic duplications. Within a day, an army of their best copyright attorneys were on the case.

A snarl of lawsuits followed, forcing IA to put their future protocol plans on hold. The LOM sold well in limited release, but then a second headache arose. The droid 4-LOM, working as a valet aboard the cruise liner [[Kuari Princess]], suddenly became a master thief and one of the galaxy's most lethal bounty hunters. Cybot was quick to point fingers at IA's "shoddy craftsmanship," while IA blamed the Kuari Princess's shipboard computer for causing the mysterious programming glitch. Either way, it was a public-relations fiasco and it effectively buried the LOM series.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Servomotor
* VerboBrain Housing
* Vocabulator
* Photoreceptors
* Auditory Sensors
* Microwave Emitter/Sensor
* Olfactory Sensor
* Recharge Coupling
* Powerbus Cables
* Intermotor Actuating Coupling
* Reinforced Knee Joint

==== Rear View ====

* VerboBrain Housing
* Powerbus Cables
* Recharge Coupling
* Intermotor Actuating Coupling
* Reinforced Knee Joint

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Protocol: PD Lurrian Protocol Droid == The PD series was an embarrassing and costly disaster for Cybot Galactica, though not through any fault of its own. Rather, the company was blindsided by the vagaries of the market and the capriciousness of Imperial lawmakers. Niche marketing can generate big payouts when done correctly, and Cybot Galactica had a ripe target. The..."

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== Protocol: PD Lurrian Protocol Droid ==

The PD series was an embarrassing and costly disaster for Cybot Galactica, though not through any fault of its own. Rather, the company was blindsided by the vagaries of the market and the capriciousness of Imperial lawmakers.

Niche marketing can generate big payouts when done correctly, and Cybot Galactica had a ripe target. The alien Lurrians were innate geniuses at genetic manipulation and had amassed an ample treasury. Unfortunately, their frozen homeworld’s harsh climate was tough on droids, and the automatons had never caught on as a consumer product among the inhabitants of Lur. Cybot’s engineers decided to design a new protocol droid specifically for the Lurrian market.

The Lurrians were humanoid, so a stock protocol unit was used as a base. The exposed stomach wires, common to the 3PO series, were lightly shut behind plasteel plating, and all joints and seams were treated with weather-resistant industrial sealant. The shock-proof outer casing was produced in three bright colors — red, yellow, and orange — for better visibility against the snow.

The head was replaced with a new design, with stylized features more familiar to the wide-eyed Lurrians. Additionally, a jutting brow ridge prevented falling snow from obscuring the oversized photoreceptors. A standard AA-1 Verbobrain served as the droid’s intelligence bank, with sixty percent of the language programming removed in favor of an extensive library on genetics and DNA resequencing.

But the most innovative change was dictated by Lur's steep terrain. The Lurrians inhabit warrenlike cities bored into snowy ravines and glacier peaks by genetically engineered asgnat swarms. Since Lur's gale-force winds can buffet a repulsorlift vehicle straight into a cliff face, many of the natives traverse their vertical environment via primitive hook and line.

The PD's delicate hands were exchanged for heavy servogrips, allowing it to cope with the terrain. Fully detachable, the hands could be fired with a controlled burst from rockets located at the wrist joints. A line of thin, but strong, cable spooled out from a reel in each forearm and could easily pull the droid up to a new perch once the hands had secured a firm hold.

The Lurrians expressed strong interest in the PD design, and thousands were produced—only to go unsold when the Emperor quarantined the entire planet to keep Lur's genetic scientists under his thumb. With no market, Cybot Galactica sold the entire production line to a major wholesaler at a loss.

Despite their highly specialized environmental adaptations, the PD models are still perfectly serviceable protocol units, particularly if their buyer has an interest in genetics. Zorneth the Ithorian, codeveloper of the mind-altering savorium herb, kept a crimson PDA6 as his personal assistant aboard his herdship.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Plasteel Body Casing
* Auditory Sensors
* Snow Shield
* Computer Access Port
* Rocket Jet
* Oversized Photoreceptors
* Hands (detachable)
* Vocabulator
* Recharge Port
* Cable Reel (inside forearm)
* Weather-treated Joints
* Comlink (behind forearm panel)

==== Side View ====

* Snow Shield
* Rocket Jet
* Hands (detachable)
* Cable Reel
* Comlink

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== Protocol: 3D-4X Administrative Droid ==

Faced with Cybot Galactica's overwhelming dominance in the protocol market, many smaller companies attempted to mirror their competitor's success with their own entries. Those that tried to duplicate the 3PO precisely met with failure—without specific hardware such as the AA-1 Verbobrain, the droids couldn't match the newly defined industry standard. Wisely realizing that one-on-one competition with Cybot Galactica was beyond their abilities, Genetech Corporation developed a limited protocol unit with an emphasis on systems administration instead of interstellar diplomacy.

The 3D-4X administrative droid is most often employed as a personal assistant for businesspeople who require a traveling droid with the built-in initiative to handle many tasks on its own.
Unlike outwardly comparable models such as Serv-O-Droid's CZ secretary droid, the 3D-4X is highly intelligent, meticulously precise, and endowed with a distinctive personality that somehow manages to be both aloof and deferential at the same time.

The droid's internal database of nearly four and a half million forms of communication, combined with an exhaustive library of business, financial, and administrative issues, allows it to communicate effectively with executives from any number of planets and commerce systems. Frequently, 3D-4X units are used by their owners to initiate preliminary trade negotiations with a competing corporation or merchant house, though the droid lacks the authority to finalize a deal.

Its humanoid frame is covered with thick plating of silver chromite, buffed and polished to a blinding sheen. Under focused lighting, the droid glistens like a landing beacon; when outdoors under a hot sun, the droid is blistering to the touch. The unusual head is shaped like the blunt end of a test tube and contains a vocabulor and a single photoreceptor. A laser pointer is built into the right index finger, while a sophisticated comm unit hangs from the neck. Various storage compartments lie concealed beneath sliding body panels.

Genetech utilized the factory world of Mechis III for the production of the 3D-4X, where one of the units was appropriated by then-administrator Hekis Durumm Perdo Kolokk Baldikarr Thun.
Administrator Hekis allowed Fourex to run most of the day-to-day operations, and pressed the droid into menial service as a personal waiter, ordering it to deliver three hot meals to his office each day and an order of stim-caf at the top of every hour. Perhaps chafing under such rudimentary duties, Threedeefourex gladly accepted modified programming when the assassin droid IG-88 arrived on Mechis III and conscripted the entire mechanical population into his service. Immediately after, Threedeefourex delivered something unexpected along with the daily production summaries and status reports—his master's death.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Storage Compartments (behind panels)
* Systems Power Couplings
* Microphone/Stenographic Recorder (behind panel)
* Recharge Coupling
* Internal Business Database
* Direct Cranial Uplinks
* Photoreceptor
* Vocabulator
* Auditory Sensors
* Communications Scrambler/Transmitter
* Laser Pointer
* Hidden Storage Compartment
* Circuitry Cooling Cables
* Polished Chromite Shell

==== Rear View ====

* Storage Compartments (behind panels)
* Recharge Coupling
* Communications Scrambler/Transmitter

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Protocol: Em Teedee == {{Quote|Greetings. I am a Miniaturized Translator Droid specializing in human/Wookiee relations. I am fluent in over six forms of communication...|Em Teedee}} These formal, precise-sounding greetings are the low switches on the tiny computing device known as Em Teedee. And if the prim tones sound familiar, it's no coincidence—Em Teedee was prog..."

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== Protocol: Em Teedee ==

{{Quote|Greetings. I am a Miniaturized Translator Droid specializing in human/Wookiee relations. I am fluent in over six forms of communication...|Em Teedee}}

These formal, precise-sounding greetings are the low switches on the tiny computing device known as Em Teedee. And if the prim tones sound familiar, it's no coincidence—Em Teedee was programmed by none other than C-3PO. One half of the most famous droid duo in the New Republic.

When Lowbacca the Wookiee decided to attend Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4, his uncle Chewbacca foresaw a problem. Wookiees can't vocalize Basic speech, and few humans can understand the barking, growling language of Shyriiwook. To spare his nephew frustrating miscommunications, Chewbacca and C-3PO collaborated to build a compact, self-aware translation module.

Using the finest components from the Thikkiiana fabrication facility on Kashyyyk, Chewie assembled a metallic silver oval slightly longer than his hand. Flat on the back and rounded on the front, the device was studded with sensory inputs that resembled a crude face.

Twin yellow photoreceptors provided visual data and could adjust to different light wavelengths and magnifications; they could also provide adequate illumination to light up a dark passageway.

Between the eyes, a rough protuberance covered an array of specialized sensors including olfactory and temperature receptors. A perforated, oval vocoder grille completed the facial features and gave the droid an open-mouthed, surprised appearance.

See-Threepio took great pride in programming his tiny new counterpart. Due to his small size, Em Teedee could hold only a few of the knowledge patterns contained in C-3PO's AA-1 Verbobrain, but they were sufficient. The miniature droid was given complete glossaries of Shyriiwook, Basic, and a few other languages, as well as information on Wookiee customs and traditions.

Realizing that Em Teedee could be useful in other capacities as well, Chewbacca made sure to install limited databases on planetary geology, starship repair, and hyperspace navigation. The small droid could link to any computer network via an interface port. Lowbacca could also switch off Em Teedee with a multiposition circuit breaker on the droid's back.

Lacking locomotors of any kind, Em Teedee initially relied on others to get him from place to place. Lowbacca firmly affixed him to a belt of syn-fibers he wore around his waist, though the droid's outer casing was built to withstand sudden shocks should he be accidentally dropped.

Eventually Em Teedee was fitted with a maneuverable array of microrepulsorl jets that allowed him to fly through the air like a seeker ball.

Em Teedee's success as a miniaturized translator has sparked industry interest. There are unconfirmed rumors that Cybot Galactica plans to mass produce a similar design for the consumer market.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Side View ====

* Multi-position Circuit Breaker
* Shock-resistant Outer Casing

==== Front View ====

* Specialized Sensor Cluster
* Photoreceptors/Illuminators
* Internal Language Glossaries & Databanks
* Vocoder Grille
* Computer Interface Port

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== Protocol: M-3PO Military Protocol Droid ==

The M-3PO military protocol unit is a small but important subset of Cybot Galactica’s total 3PO output. In the years since their introduction, the metal experts have become increasingly common in Alliance military garrisons and starfighter bases, much to some soldiers’ dismay. The droids might look different from their diplomatic counterparts, the disgruntled grunts complain, but they’re no less annoying.

Despite their "military" designation, M-3PO units aren’t built for combat. Instead, the droids are administrative organizers acquainted with the rules, regulations, and procedures of over six million military and paramilitary organizations both past and present, including honor codes, ceremonial protocols, and historical military doctrines.

M-3PO units often specialize in equipment requisitioning, barracks billeting, duty roster planning, and personnel file management. Though they never shirk their duties, they are notorious sticklers for paperwork and going through "proper channels." Since most military bureaucracies are hopelessly sluggish, a simple order for two dozen blaster rifles can take a regiment’s M-3PO weeks to fill.

The droids have standard 3PO bodies painted black, and clamshell-shaped heads appropriated from Cybot Galactica’s discontinued KW traffic controller line. Two red photoreceptors glow from the dark cavity between the upper and lower halves of the head where most of the communication and sensor equipment is stuffed. M-3POs are susceptible to all the physical shortcomings of the 3PO series, including stiff joints and poor balance.

The quartermaster of Rogue Squadron during the New Republic’s fight to capture Coruscant was an M-3PO unit nicknamed "Emtrey." Years earlier, the droid had been cobbled together at Echo Base on Hoth with parts from three junked M-3POs. This radical rebuild allowed his assemblers to make some unique modifications to Cybot Galactica’s basic design.

Emtrey was programmed with commodities-brokering software and given a second "scrounging" personality, allowing him to engage in bribery, bartering, and black-market transactions. Furthermore, upon hearing a verbal code phrase, Emtrey slumped into an inactive wait-state so that his memories and trade files could be accessed remotely. The only way to rouse him from this stupor was to depress the red reset button hidden at the top of his neck post.

Emtrey fulfilled a dual role, executing the squadron’s day-to-day administrative duties while simultaneously keeping an eye on Tycho Celchu, a suspected Imperial pawn, at the behest of New Republic General Airen Cracken. Following Celchu’s exoneration, Emtrey stayed on with the squadron and served with distinction for many more years.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Military Database Computer
* Auditory Sensors
* Photoreceptors
* Reset Button
* Olfactory Sensor
* Support Piston
* Restraining Bolt Mount
* Recharge Coupling
* Servomotor
* Powerbus Cables
* Intermotor Actuating Coupling
* Reinforced Knee Joint

==== Side View Head Detail ====

* Military Database Computer
* Auditory Sensors
* Photoreceptors
* Reset Button
* Olfactory Sensor
* Support Piston
* Restraining Bolt Mount

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Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:The Essential Guide to Droids right == Protocol: 3PO Protocol Droid == Cybot Galactica's 3PO protocol droids are among the most humanlike automatons ever developed--a triumph, one might think. Unfortunately, human beings can be nervous, flighty, and borderline neurotic. Some 3POs are all that and more, thanks to the highly advanced neural network of the SyntheTec AA-1 Verbobrain. This superior cognitive mod..."

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== Protocol: 3PO Protocol Droid ==

Cybot Galactica's 3PO protocol droids are among the most humanlike automatons ever developed--a triumph, one might think. Unfortunately, human beings can be nervous, flighty, and borderline neurotic.

Some 3POs are all that and more, thanks to the highly advanced neural network of the SyntheTec AA-1 Verbobrain. This superior cognitive module doesn't just allow for intense content parsing or number crunching, though it performs those functions with ease. The Verbobrain, designed to produce flawless interpreters and impeccable diplomats, permits a droid to develop genuine emotions and a surprisingly original personality. Cybot Galactica was actually forced to install credibility dampers in their 3PO units to ensure unembellished translations, and they recommend regular memory wipes to iron out any unexpected quirks.

The standard TranLang III communications module features over six million languages, including obscure dialects, trade vernaculars, security codes, and droid communications. The vocabulor speech/sound system allows the 3PO unit to reproduce nearly any sound it hears with the proper intonation and timbre, though the droid's humanoid construction limits its ability to duplicate nuances of alien sign language, such as the subtle lekku flicks of Twi'leki. By analyzing speech construction and noting repeating patterns, 3POs can often translate previously unknown languages, making the droids invaluable tools for anthropologists and linguistic researchers.

3PO units are widely used by ambassadors, politicians, consuls, and members of royalty as personal attachés in diplomatic or social settings. In a galaxy with thousands of alien species and millions of distinct cultures, no senator wants to trigger war with the Kian'thar, for example, by accidentally twisting a simple greeting into a personal insult. Not only are 3POs unrivaled in speaking alien tongues, but they are experts in etiquette, decorum, customs, posture, religious rituals, and table manners.

3POs stand 1.7 meters tall and are encased in a glittering, burnished body shell of gold, silver, white, and a handful of other hues. They possess photoreceptors, auditory pickups, broadband antenna receivers, microwave detectors, and olfactory sensors. The primary circuit breaker — a master on/off switch — can be accessed at the back of the neck. The droids require frequent oil baths to keep their joints and couplings in prime working condition.

Cybot Galactica has made 3PO droids in one form or another for over a century. Recently they have introduced a similar line of protocol units, the C series. Whether this line was commissioned to cash in on the fame of New Republic personality C-3PO is speculated, but officially denied. These new droids have been produced exclusively on the factory moon of Telti, and their model numbers range from C-1 to C-9.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Front View ====

* Servomotor
* Logic Functions Computer
* Microwave Emitter/Sensor
* Photoreceptors
* Broadband Antenna Receiver
* Vocabulor
* Auditory Sensors
* Primary Circuit Breaker
* Olfactory Sensor
* Restraining Bolt Mount
* Recharge Coupling
* Powerbus Cables
* Intermotor Actuating Coupling
* Reinforced Knee Joint

==== Rear View ====

* Broadband Antenna Receiver
* Primary Circuit Breaker
* Powerbus Cables
* Intermotor Actuating Coupling
* Reinforced Knee Joint

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== Astromech: R2 ==

{{Quote|No job is over this little guy's head.|Ad slogan from the R2 product launch}}

With those bold words, the R2 unit moved from risky design concept to record-breaking phenomenon, dominating the small-droid market like a bantha at an Ewok picnic. Everyone, it seemed, wanted an R2, and for a time [[Industrial Automaton]] could do no wrong. As ''MechTech Illustrated'' put it, the new product was "one of the most versatile, multitalented droids we've ever seen. The R2 unit can do it all."

Like its forerunners, the R2 was designed to work in and around space vessels as a diagnostic and repair unit. Bui unlike the clunky P2 and R1 , this waist-high droid fit perfectly into the standard astromech socket of a military starfighter. This was a radical move-previously, all such droids had been dedicated government models. The R2 quickly became as popular with Old Republic fighter jocks as it was with the public al large.

When plugged into the rear of a Y-wing or X-wing, an R2 unit monitors flight performance, pinpoints and fixes technical problems, and boosts power from the shipboard systems. II can store up lo ten sets of hyperspace coordinates in active memory, and many have the intelligence to perform engine startup and pre-flight taxiing. Each R2 operates flawlessly in the vacuum of interstellar space.

The Intellex IV computer features over seven hundred different spacecraft configurations. The R2's sensor package is equally impressive, incorporating a full-spectrum transceiver and electromagnetic, heat, motion, and life-form detectors. The droid can also inspect small, enclosed spaces with an extendible- and fully maneuverable-video sensor.

Since the outer shell was streamlined, buyers were overwhelmed when they discovered the array of tools tucked away beneath the chassis. Standard equipment on an R2 includes two manipulator arms, an electric arc welder, a circular saw, a holographic projector, an internal cargo compartment, and a fire extinguisher. In addition, IA made the droids easy to adjust and upgrade-modified R2s have sported such diverse items as underwater propellers, laser pointers, zero-gee maneuvering jets, remote sensor limpets, and inflatable life rafts.

The R2's personality is obliging, quick-wilted, and sincere. If the droids go loo long without memory wipes they sometimes develop headstrong self-reliant streaks, but many owners actually I prefer to have companions willing to offer candid second opinions.

Sales of the R2 certainly haven't been hurt by the fact that the famed R2-D2 has become one of the most famous figures in the Galactic Civil War. So far, IA has not played up Artoo-Detoo's heroics in its advertisements — to avoid alienating New Republic leaders — but the R2 line remains the only vintage astromech series still in active production.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Side View / Front View ====

* Grasping Arm Compartment
* Electromagnetic Field Sensor Unit Holographic Projector
* Auditory Sensors
* Processor State Indicator
* Radar Eye
* Access Panels
* Data Card Input
* Infrared Receptor
* Function Indicators
* Spacecraft Linkage Data Slot
* Computer Interface/Lubricant Arms Compartment
* Interference Pulse Stabilizers
* Spacecraft Linkage & Repair Arms
* Charge Arm
* Compartment
* Loudspeaker
* Third Tread (extended)
* Motorized Treads
* System Ventilation
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells

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== Astromech: P2 and R1 ==

The P2 and R1 models were Industrial Automaton's first stabs at creating a new line of consumer-market astromechs. Though both droids were modest hits in their day, with the benefit of hindsight they appear as awkward baby steps compared to the giant leap forward that was the R2.

The P2 was an astromech prototype, sold exclusively to the Old Republic merchant fleet on a trial basis. Massive, cumbersome, and sluggish, it nevertheless showcased many of the sleek design features that would become common with later models in the R series. The droid had three wheeled legs, a rotating head dome, and retractable manipulator arms that folded into a cylindrical armored hull.

Sporting a primitive version of the Intellex ship-configuration computer, the P2 made a capable maintenance unit for bulk cruisers and container vessels, while its buzzsaw and laser welder helped it perform simple repair jobs. But the droid was clumsy, slow to learn, and could only communicate through its video display screen or a computer link.

Most captains, however, were pleased with the units. IA was finalizing plans to publicly release the P2 when they were slapped with a technology infringement lawsuit. Though the case was eventually dropped, legal delays and bad publicity killed the P2 line. IA was forced to start fresh.

The R1 was a natural evolution of the P2, despite its unconventional appearance. To save costs during its draining courtroom battles, IA reused the tall, black body shells from its Mark II Reactor Drone series. This gave the R1 natural shielding against the most intensive radiation.

Each R1 possessed an advanced Intellex III computer, containing a detailed catalog of 500 starship configurations. Furthermore, the droid was the first IA astromech with the ability to calculate navigational coordinates for a single hyperspace jump.

Due to their size, most R 1 s were stationed aboard Capital warships and large freighters. Their array of retractable tools turned them into adequate technicians, but many buyers complained about the droids' obstinate personalities and lethargic method of locomotion treaded unipod, which frequently broke down and stranded the unit in one spot. IA promised to address these concerns in their next model.

One major breakthrough introduced with the R1 was the beeping, whistling electronic language known as Droidspeak. This information dense vernacular allowed R1s to communicate efficiently with other droids and data networks and would soon be recognized as a distinctive and endearing hallmark of the entire R series.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== P2 Astromech Droid - Front View ====

* Heavy Grasper Arm
* Function Indicators
* Auditory Sensors
* Radar Eye
* Sensor Package
* Third Tread (retracted)
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads
* Buzz Saw (retracted)
* Mainframe Connection Socket
* Folding Work Arms

==== R1 Astromech Droid - Side View ====

* Mark II Reactor Drone Shell
* Sensor Package
* Access Panels
* Comlink Antenna
* Treaded Unipod
* Binary Acoustic Signaler
* Video Display Screen (behind panel)
* Retractable Manipulator Repair Arms (behind panels)
* Rotation Point

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== Astromech: R5 ==

How do you fix what isn't broken? Answer: you don't. Industrial Automaton tried anyway with the R5, resulting in its first true astromech flop.

The R5 was commissioned with no specific market or function in mind, and IA's insistence on cutting corners left the model bereft of the R2's "do anything" versatility. The company had created a new droid not because customers wanted one, but simply because they could. Dismal first‑quarter sales figures were a bracing wake‑up call to Industrial Automaton and a warning bell to the rest of the industry.

One word described the R5: cheap. That simple word, however, was interpreted quite differently by dealers and consumers. The former pointed out that the R5 was the least‑expensive astromech in the marketplace; the latter responded that a shoddy, shabby, inferior droid like the R5 wasn't worth half that price even on its best day.

It didn't help matters that the model's behavioral circuitry matrix was prone to unwelcome glitches over time, causing many R5s to acquire caustic and disagreeable personalities. Buyers also reported problems with chronic overheating, jammed servos, loose bearings, and blown motivators. After a few lamentable sales seasons, each one worse than the last, IA quietly retired the R5 line.

Like most other astromechs in the R series, the R5 featured a heavy grasper arm with a twenty‑five‑kilo lifting capacity and a fine manipulator arm with less than one‑micrometer placement accuracy. It moved about on three wheeled legs and was outfitted with a holographic projector, arc welder, circular saw, and fire extinguisher. A row of three tiny photoreceptors and sensors replaced the large radar eye found on earlier models.

While the droids could be purchased in bulk for next to nothing, their one‑jump hyperspace capacity made them nearly useless as starfighter counterparts. Undaunted, the Rebel Alliance did some serious installing and reprogramming on their large stable of R5s. When they were finished, the modified units could hold six, seven, even ten sets of navigational coordinates in active memory.

But the droids' personality problems remained, and a few pilots didn't like the larger target profile their "flowerpot" heads offered to an enemy's laser cannons.

Trusty R2s remained the combat droid of choice. Wedge Antilles, legendary commander of Rogue Squadron, used R5‑D2 ("Mynock") as his X‑wing's astromech during the bloody Battle of Borleias. Mynock's terrified screeching grew so annoying, however, that an irritated Wedge soon had him memory‑wiped and renamed R5‑6B ("Cafe").

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Side View ====
* Head Rotation Point
* Holographic Projector
* Broadband Antenna/Receiver
* Electromagnetic Field Sensor Unit
* Access Panels
* Infrared Receptor
* Photoreceptors (3)
* Auditory Sensor
* Computer Interface/Lubricant Arms Compartment
* Spacecraft Linkage & Repair Arms
* Loudspeaker
* Polarity Sink
* Interference Pulse Stabilizers
* Systems Diagnostic Input Receptors
* Third Tread (extended)
* Motorized Treads
* System Ventilation
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells
* Heat Exhaust

==== Front View ====
* Spacecraft Linkage & Repair Arms
* Loudspeaker
* Polarity Sink
* Interference Pulse Stabilizers
* Systems Diagnostic Input Receptors
* Third Tread (extended)
* Motorized Treads
* System Ventilation
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells
* Heat Exhaust

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== Astromech: R3 and R4 ==

Flush with the staggering success of the legendary R2, Industrial Automaton scrambled to capitalize on their newfound dominance. The R3 and R4 lines were specially models tailored for two wildly disparate markets — high-tech government agencies and low-income urban consumers.

Outwardly, the R3 aped its popular predecessor, right down to the brightly colored trim on its white metal chassis. The most obvious difference was its head, a clear dome of durable plastex. The transparent hemisphere gave the internal sensor package greater range and proudly showed off the R3's claim to fame- a newly updated Intellex V computer system.

The Intellex V contained on impressive database with detailed statistics on every vessel in the Old Republic navy. Armed with this information, the R3 worked effectively with gunnery crews, security troopers, and naval chiefs of operation aboard large-scale Capital warships. Though not primarily designed as a starfighter plug-in, the unit could still hold up to five hyperspace jumps in active memory.

Due to the specialized and sensitive nature of the R3's programming, sales of the high-priced model were restricted to recognized government militaries. The Old Republic purchased 125 million of the droids during IA's first production run, and the Empire later used R3s aboard its Star Destroyers and Death Star battle stations.

The R4 was a successful attempt to capture a new market prospect— the Outer Rim city-dweller who might not hove an X-wing parked in her bock lot, but who could really use a hand with her souped-up landspeeder. Accordingly, the R4 was simpler, tougher, and cheaper than previous R-series models.

To save money on production, items such as the video display screen and miniature fire extinguisher were omitted. The droid's Intellex VI computer was advanced, but geared toward common repulsorlift designs and specs for commercially available space transports. The R4 was almost never used as a starfighter astromech — a good thing, as it could only hold coordinates for a single hyperspace jump in active memory.

The droids were rugged and able to shrug off the nicks and dents common to a working garage environment. IA was pleased to discover that, with regular maintenance checks, the R4 outlasted its design parameters for operational life, weather endurance, and lime elapsed between recharge sessions.

Mass-market buyers liked the R4, as did the freedom fighters of the Rebel Alliance. The model's low cost and knowledge of general-purpose vehicles were appreciated by the resource-poor Rebels, and soon the droids' conical heads were familiar sights in Alliance bases and Mon Calamari hangar boys. A few R4s, rigged with nonstandard magnetic fault sensors, were used by the Empire lo detect flaws and weaknesses in the Death Star's atmosphere containment fields.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== R3 Astromech Droid - Front View ====

* Computer Interface/Lubricant Arms Compartment
* Capital Ship Linkage Arms
* Function Indicators
* Plastex Head Dome
* Sensor Wands
* Auditory Sensors
* Intellex V Computer
* Radar Eye
* Electromagnetic Field Sensor Unit
* Third Tread (retracted)
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads
* Recharge Coupling
* Polarity Sink
* System Ventilation
* Loudspeaker
* Charge Arm Compartment

==== R4 Astromech Droid - Front View ====

* Grasping Arm Compartment
* Repair Arms
* Auditory Sensors
* Radar Eye Access Panels
* Holographic Computer
* Third Tread (retracted)
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads
* Recharge Coupling
* Heat Exhaust
* System Ventilation
* Loudspeaker

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== Astromech: R6 and R7 ==

The Battle of Endor radically shifted the political balance of power. With the Emperor dead, the second Death Star destroyed, and the Imperial fleet in disarray, the citizens of the galaxy made a fresh start under the banner of the New Republic. Industrial Automaton seized the opportunity to build up their corporate image, still tarnished by the failure of the R5.

First, the company approached the Republic's leaders and hammered out a lucrative military contract. IA agreed to design and build a new state-of-the-art astromech for exclusive use in a proposed starfighter called the E-wing. Unfortunately, the project would take several years to complete. To fill the gap, the R6 unit was released to the general public with widespread distribution and an inescapable advertising campaign.

The R6 had been on the drawing board for years, and IA engineers had solved all the bugs that had made its predecessor such a headache. The new droid perfectly replicated the R2's pleasant personality and array of hidden gadgets. Its processor was a significant step up, capable of storing up to twelve hyperspace jumps in memory. Finally, the unit was priced to move—though more expensive than R4 or R5, it actually cost less than the original R2. Consumers bought them in droves, until the brilliant campaign of Grand Admiral Thrawn shattered a brief stretch of peace and prosperity.

On the heels of Thrawn came the unstoppable armies of the cloned Emperor Palpatine, and the R7 was suddenly needed more than ever. Industrial Automaton, working closely with the E-wing designers at Frei-Tek, Inc., had nearly completed their dedicated military droid. But before final testing could be completed, the units were pressed into active service fighting the Emperor's World Devastators on Mon Calamari.

The R7 is the most sophisticated astromech available anywhere. It performs multitasking operations at blinding speed and can hold an incredible fifteen sets of hyperspace coordinates in active memory. The droid is fully armored against power surges and can withstand a near-direct hit from a class-one ion cannon. It sits behind the cockpit of an E-wing fighter in a sealed compartment and greatly augments the ship's flight performance.

This is perhaps the R7's greatest weakness as well—designed specifically for the E-wing, the droid works poorly with other starfighters. IA fully anticipated this, but considered skill to be an acceptable trade-off for versatility.

Jedi Master Luke Skywalker briefly owned an E-wing and its astromech counterpart, R7-T1. He never felt comfortable with either the vessel or the droid, and ceased using both following the crisis in the Koornacht Cluster.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== R6 Astromech Droid – Front View ====

* Charge Arm Compartment
* System Ventilation
* Spacecraft Linkage & Repair Arms
* Loudspeaker
* Computer Interface/Lubricant Arms Compartment
* Infrared Receptor
* Holographic Projector
* Radar Eye
* Auditory Sensors
* Access Panels
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads

==== R7 Astromech Droid – Front View ====

* System Ventilation
* E-wing Linkage Arms Behind Retractable Panels
* Loudspeaker
* Primary E-wing Linkage Slot
* Flight-performance Monitors
* Grasping Arm Compartment
* Function Indicators
* Radar Eye
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads
* Heat Exhaust
* Systems Diagnostic Input Receptors

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== R5 ==

How do you fix what isn't broken? Answer: you don't. Industrial Automaton tried anyway with the R5, resulting in its first true astromech flop.

The R5 was commissioned with no specific market or function in mind, and IA's insistence on cutting corners left the model bereft of the R2's "do anything" versatility. The company had created a new droid not because customers wanted one, but simply because they could. Dismal first‑quarter sales figures were a bracing wake‑up call to Industrial Automaton and a warning bell to the rest of the industry.

One word described the R5: cheap. That simple word, however, was interpreted quite differently by dealers and consumers. The former pointed out that the R5 was the least‑expensive astromech in the marketplace; the latter responded that a shoddy, shabby, inferior droid like the R5 wasn't worth half that price even on its best day.

It didn't help matters that the model's behavioral circuitry matrix was prone to unwelcome glitches over time, causing many R5s to acquire caustic and disagreeable personalities. Buyers also reported problems with chronic overheating, jammed servos, loose bearings, and blown motivators. After a few lamentable sales seasons, each one worse than the last, IA quietly retired the R5 line.

Like most other astromechs in the R series, the R5 featured a heavy grasper arm with a twenty‑five‑kilo lifting capacity and a fine manipulator arm with less than one‑micrometer placement accuracy. It moved about on three wheeled legs and was outfitted with a holographic projector, arc welder, circular saw, and fire extinguisher. A row of three tiny photoreceptors and sensors replaced the large radar eye found on earlier models.

While the droids could be purchased in bulk for next to nothing, their one‑jump hyperspace capacity made them nearly useless as starfighter counterparts. Undaunted, the Rebel Alliance did some serious installing and reprogramming on their large stable of R5s. When they were finished, the modified units could hold six, seven, even ten sets of navigational coordinates in active memory.

But the droids' personality problems remained, and a few pilots didn't like the larger target profile their "flowerpot" heads offered to an enemy's laser cannons.

Trusty R2s remained the combat droid of choice. Wedge Antilles, legendary commander of Rogue Squadron, used R5‑D2 ("Mynock") as his X‑wing's astromech during the bloody Battle of Borleias. Mynock's terrified screeching grew so annoying, however, that an irritated Wedge soon had him memory‑wiped and renamed R5‑6B ("Cafe").

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Side View ====
* Head Rotation Point
* Holographic Projector
* Broadband Antenna/Receiver
* Electromagnetic Field Sensor Unit
* Access Panels
* Infrared Receptor
* Photoreceptors (3)
* Auditory Sensor
* Computer Interface/Lubricant Arms Compartment
* Spacecraft Linkage & Repair Arms
* Loudspeaker
* Polarity Sink
* Interference Pulse Stabilizers
* Systems Diagnostic Input Receptors
* Third Tread (extended)
* Motorized Treads
* System Ventilation
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells
* Heat Exhaust

==== Front View ====
* Spacecraft Linkage & Repair Arms
* Loudspeaker
* Polarity Sink
* Interference Pulse Stabilizers
* Systems Diagnostic Input Receptors
* Third Tread (extended)
* Motorized Treads
* System Ventilation
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells
* Heat Exhaust

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== R3 and R4 ==

Flush with the staggering success of the legendary R2, Industrial Automaton scrambled to capitalize on their newfound dominance. The R3 and R4 lines were specially models tailored for two wildly disparate markets — high-tech government agencies and low-income urban consumers.

Outwardly, the R3 aped its popular predecessor, right down to the brightly colored trim on its white metal chassis. The most obvious difference was its head, a clear dome of durable plastex. The transparent hemisphere gave the internal sensor package greater range and proudly showed off the R3's claim to fame- a newly updated Intellex V computer system.

The Intellex V contained on impressive database with detailed statistics on every vessel in the Old Republic navy. Armed with this information, the R3 worked effectively with gunnery crews, security troopers, and naval chiefs of operation aboard large-scale Capital warships. Though not primarily designed as a starfighter plug-in, the unit could still hold up to five hyperspace jumps in active memory.

Due to the specialized and sensitive nature of the R3's programming, sales of the high-priced model were restricted to recognized government militaries. The Old Republic purchased 125 million of the droids during IA's first production run, and the Empire later used R3s aboard its Star Destroyers and Death Star battle stations.

The R4 was a successful attempt to capture a new market prospect— the Outer Rim city-dweller who might not hove an X-wing parked in her bock lot, but who could really use a hand with her souped-up landspeeder. Accordingly, the R4 was simpler, tougher, and cheaper than previous R-series models.

To save money on production, items such as the video display screen and miniature fire extinguisher were omitted. The droid's Intellex VI computer was advanced, but geared toward common repulsorlift designs and specs for commercially available space transports. The R4 was almost never used as a starfighter astromech — a good thing, as it could only hold coordinates for a single hyperspace jump in active memory.

The droids were rugged and able to shrug off the nicks and dents common to a working garage environment. IA was pleased to discover that, with regular maintenance checks, the R4 outlasted its design parameters for operational life, weather endurance, and lime elapsed between recharge sessions.

Mass-market buyers liked the R4, as did the freedom fighters of the Rebel Alliance. The model's low cost and knowledge of general-purpose vehicles were appreciated by the resource-poor Rebels, and soon the droids' conical heads were familiar sights in Alliance bases and Mon Calamari hangar boys. A few R4s, rigged with nonstandard magnetic fault sensors, were used by the Empire lo detect flaws and weaknesses in the Death Star's atmosphere containment fields.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== R3 Astromech Droid - Front View ====

* Computer Interface/Lubricant Arms Compartment
* Capital Ship Linkage Arms
* Function Indicators
* Plastex Head Dome
* Sensor Wands
* Auditory Sensors
* Intellex V Computer
* Radar Eye
* Electromagnetic Field Sensor Unit
* Third Tread (retracted)
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads
* Recharge Coupling
* Polarity Sink
* System Ventilation
* Loudspeaker
* Charge Arm Compartment

==== R4 Astromech Droid - Front View ====

* Grasping Arm Compartment
* Repair Arms
* Auditory Sensors
* Radar Eye Access Panels
* Holographic Computer
* Third Tread (retracted)
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads
* Recharge Coupling
* Heat Exhaust
* System Ventilation
* Loudspeaker

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== R2 ==

{{Quote|No job is over this little guy's head.|Ad slogan from the R2 product launch}}

With those bold words, the R2 unit moved from risky design concept to record-breaking phenomenon, dominating the small-droid market like a bantha at an Ewok picnic. Everyone, it seemed, wanted an R2, and for a time [[Industrial Automaton]] could do no wrong. As ''MechTech Illustrated'' put it, the new product was "one of the most versatile, multitalented droids we've ever seen. The R2 unit can do it all."

Like its forerunners, the R2 was designed to work in and around space vessels as a diagnostic and repair unit. Bui unlike the clunky P2 and R1 , this waist-high droid fit perfectly into the standard astromech socket of a military starfighter. This was a radical move-previously, all such droids had been dedicated government models. The R2 quickly became as popular with Old Republic fighter jocks as it was with the public al large.

When plugged into the rear of a Y-wing or X-wing, an R2 unit monitors flight performance, pinpoints and fixes technical problems, and boosts power from the shipboard systems. II can store up lo ten sets of hyperspace coordinates in active memory, and many have the intelligence to perform engine startup and pre-flight taxiing. Each R2 operates flawlessly in the vacuum of interstellar space.

The Intellex IV computer features over seven hundred different spacecraft configurations. The R2's sensor package is equally impressive, incorporating a full-spectrum transceiver and electromagnetic, heat, motion, and life-form detectors. The droid can also inspect small, enclosed spaces with an extendible- and fully maneuverable-video sensor.

Since the outer shell was streamlined, buyers were overwhelmed when they discovered the array of tools tucked away beneath the chassis. Standard equipment on an R2 includes two manipulator arms, an electric arc welder, a circular saw, a holographic projector, an internal cargo compartment, and a fire extinguisher. In addition, IA made the droids easy to adjust and upgrade-modified R2s have sported such diverse items as underwater propellers, laser pointers, zero-gee maneuvering jets, remote sensor limpets, and inflatable life rafts.

The R2's personality is obliging, quick-wilted, and sincere. If the droids go loo long without memory wipes they sometimes develop headstrong self-reliant streaks, but many owners actually I prefer to have companions willing to offer candid second opinions.

Sales of the R2 certainly haven't been hurt by the fact that the famed R2-D2 has become one of the most famous figures in the Galactic Civil War. So far, IA has not played up Artoo-Detoo's heroics in its advertisements — to avoid alienating New Republic leaders — but the R2 line remains the only vintage astromech series still in active production.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== Side View / Front View ====

* Grasping Arm Compartment
* Electromagnetic Field Sensor Unit Holographic Projector
* Auditory Sensors
* Processor State Indicator
* Radar Eye
* Access Panels
* Data Card Input
* Infrared Receptor
* Function Indicators
* Spacecraft Linkage Data Slot
* Computer Interface/Lubricant Arms Compartment
* Interference Pulse Stabilizers
* Spacecraft Linkage & Repair Arms
* Charge Arm
* Compartment
* Loudspeaker
* Third Tread (extended)
* Motorized Treads
* System Ventilation
* Recharge Coupling
* Power Cells

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== P2 and R1 ==

The P2 and R1 models were Industrial Automaton's first stabs at creating a new line of consumer-market astromechs. Though both droids were modest hits in their day, with the benefit of hindsight they appear as awkward baby steps compared to the giant leap forward that was the R2.

The P2 was an astromech prototype, sold exclusively to the Old Republic merchant fleet on a trial basis. Massive, cumbersome, and sluggish, it nevertheless showcased many of the sleek design features that would become common with later models in the R series. The droid had three wheeled legs, a rotating head dome, and retractable manipulator arms that folded into a cylindrical armored hull.

Sporting a primitive version of the Intellex ship-configuration computer, the P2 made a capable maintenance unit for bulk cruisers and container vessels, while its buzzsaw and laser welder helped it perform simple repair jobs. But the droid was clumsy, slow to learn, and could only communicate through its video display screen or a computer link.

Most captains, however, were pleased with the units. IA was finalizing plans to publicly release the P2 when they were slapped with a technology infringement lawsuit. Though the case was eventually dropped, legal delays and bad publicity killed the P2 line. IA was forced to start fresh.

The R1 was a natural evolution of the P2, despite its unconventional appearance. To save costs during its draining courtroom battles, IA reused the tall, black body shells from its Mark II Reactor Drone series. This gave the R1 natural shielding against the most intensive radiation.

Each R1 possessed an advanced Intellex III computer, containing a detailed catalog of 500 starship configurations. Furthermore, the droid was the first IA astromech with the ability to calculate navigational coordinates for a single hyperspace jump.

Due to their size, most R 1 s were stationed aboard Capital warships and large freighters. Their array of retractable tools turned them into adequate technicians, but many buyers complained about the droids' obstinate personalities and lethargic method of locomotion treaded unipod, which frequently broke down and stranded the unit in one spot. IA promised to address these concerns in their next model.

One major breakthrough introduced with the R1 was the beeping, whistling electronic language known as Droidspeak. This information dense vernacular allowed R1s to communicate efficiently with other droids and data networks and would soon be recognized as a distinctive and endearing hallmark of the entire R series.

=== Info Boxes ===

==== P2 Astromech Droid - Front View ====

* Heavy Grasper Arm
* Function Indicators
* Auditory Sensors
* Radar Eye
* Sensor Package
* Third Tread (retracted)
* Power Cells
* Motorized Treads
* Buzz Saw (retracted)
* Mainframe Connection Socket
* Folding Work Arms

==== R1 Astromech Droid - Side View ====

* Mark II Reactor Drone Shell
* Sensor Package
* Access Panels
* Comlink Antenna
* Treaded Unipod
* Binary Acoustic Signaler
* Video Display Screen (behind panel)
* Retractable Manipulator Repair Arms (behind panels)
* Rotation Point

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== Introduction ==

What would Star wars be without droids?

In the mld-1970s, to sell George Lucas's risky idea to potential movie studios, artist Ralph McQuarrie worked up a series of conceptual paintings.

One depicted the slender, golden C-3PO and the rotund R2-D2 cresting a desert dune. The two robots in the painting conveyed an air of eerie otherworldliness, but In the final film, the warm bickering between the two grounded the proceedings In the familiar humor of Abbott and Costello. The robots — or droids, as Lucas called them — became some of the most human characters of the classic trilogy.

The Expanded Universe of comics, novels, and games jumped in to swell the ranks of Star wars droids. When the first edition or The Essential Guide to Droids hit bookstores in 1998, it became clear that droids could fill any niche, from childcare to bartending. No matter what problem the inhabitants of the Star Wars galaxy might face, they could be sure of one thing — there was probably a droid for it.

Then came the prequels. Helped along by the vivid imaginations of a new generation of concept artists, the droids of the prequels wormed their way into nearly every frame of film. A unicycle droid pulled a rickshaw on Tatooine, while another served hot plates in a retro diner on Coruscant. Droids Installed panes of glass, tinkered with Podracers, and delivered babies.

And, of course, droids made menacing, implacable soldiers. The Separatists' use of factory-built battle droids raised an interesting question of moral ambiguity, especially after the Republic assembled an army of vat-grown clones to oppose them. This conflict came to a head in Revenge of the Sith, when the heroes suddenly became the hunted and droids turned out not to be the true bad guys after all.

The New Essential Guide to Droids is proud to present all the key automatons from both the classic trilogy and the prequel trilogy, as well as notable Expanded Universe players, and a few nostalgic gems from decades gone by.

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{{Quote|Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness!|C-3PO to R2-D2}}

When Star Wars: A New Hope unspooled across theater screens over two decades ago, the audience's first glimpse of the strange denizens inhabiting this 'galaxy far far away' wasn't of a hot-tempered princess or a black-garbed Dark Lord. It wasn't of a self-assured smuggler or a wide-eyed farmboy. It wasn't even of a Jawa, Ewok, or Wookiee. The individuals George Lucas chose to inaugurate his epic space saga looked like a stiff golden statuette and a squat, warbling fireplug. They were droids, and as See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo, the peculiar pair would become one of the most beloved movie duos of all time.

The word 'robot', derived from a Czech term meaning 'forced labor', was coined in 1920. It wasn't long before the silver screen took notice. In 1926, Fritz Lang's silent classic Metropolis introduced the first-a statuesque stunner named Maria whose graceful art-deco lines would later help inspire the conceptual design of C-3PO. A number of memorable movie mechanicals followed, including the mute brute Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still, the delightfully deadpan Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet, HAL 9000, the coldly calculating computer from 2001, and Yul Brynner's turn as a haywire theme-park attraction in Westworld. All were unforgettable characters, but their advanced silicon brains couldn't hide the fact that they were hardware without heart and software without soul. Lacking personalities audiences could identify with, movie robots fell into two neat categories: subservient drones and emotionless menaces.

Star Wars broke that mold. Artoo and Threepio were bickering buddies more akin to Laurel and Hardy than clockwork and cogwheels. Thanks largely to the men inside the metal, actors Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels, the droids were just as human as anyone else in the cast-and they got all the best lines, too. Threepio might be a sophisticated translation machine fluent in over six million forms of communication, but it is his exasperated response to a door slamming shut in his face ("how typical") that elicits a sympathetic laugh. And despite the fact that Artoo could speak only in whistles, sound engineer Ben Burtt created a warmly expressive nonverbal language by mixing synthesized electronic tones with the sound of his own voice.

See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo may have greeted us at the door, but more droids- many more-waited for us in the dusty corners of Mos Eisley and the cavernous hallways of the Death Star. The movie trilogy's 'lived-in" design scheme meant that most of these whirring gadgets hod rust spots and flaking paint jobs, but their appearances were always funny, intriguing, and bizarre, from the gleefully sadistic torturer in Jabba the Hutt's boiler room to the marching carton aboard the Jawa sandcrawler that unaccountably blurted out ·gonk, gonk.'

The sheer variety of sizes, forms, and appearances hammered home one obvious fact — when folks in the Star Wars universe have a problem, they build a droid. Specialized robots fill every conceivable niche from trash collection to surgery, and it has taken twenty years of novels, comics, computer games, television cartoons, and newspaper strips to showcase their full product range.

The Essential Guide to Droids is proud to present one hundred of these universal gizmos. We like to think we covered all the cool ones.

'''Daniel Wallace — Detroit, Michigan'''

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== Table of Contents ==

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| Introduction
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page XI)|XI]]
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| A Guide to Major Manufacturers
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 1)|1]]
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|colspan="2"|
==== Astromech ====
|-
| P2 and R1
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 6)|6]]
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| R2
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 8)|8]]
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| R3 and R4
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 10)|10]]
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| R5
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 12)|12]]
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| R6 and R7
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 14)|14]]
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|colspan="2"|
==== Protocol ====
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| 3PO Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 16)|16]]
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| M-3PO Military Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 18)|18]]
|-
| Em Teedee
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 20)|20]]
|-
| 3D-4X Administrative
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 22)|22]]
|-
| PD Lurrian Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 24)|24]]
|-
| LOM Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 26)|26]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
==== Medical ====
|-
| 2-1 B Surgical Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 28)|28]]
|-
| MD Medical Specialist
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 30)|30]]
|-
| FX Medical Assistant
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 32)|32]]
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|colspan="2"|
==== Household Service ====
|-
| TDL Nanny Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 34)|34]]
|-
| Model E
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 36)|36]]
|-
| Guardian Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 38)|38]]
|-
| ZZ-4Z ('ZeeZee')
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 40)|40]]
|-
| U2Cl Housekeeping Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 42)|42]]
|-
| SE4 Servant Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 44)|44]]
|-
| R-10 Household Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 46)|46]]
|-
| TT-8L ('Tattletale')
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 48)|48]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
==== Commercial Service ====
|-
| Automated Sabacc Dealer
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 50)|50]]
|-
| Robo-bartender
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 52)|52]]
|-
| C2-R4 Multipurpose Unit
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 54)|54]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
==== Municipal ====
|-
| Systems Control Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 56)|56]]
|-
| 12-4C-41 Traffic Controller
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 58)|58]]
|-
| 5T Tree Feeder
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 60)|60]]
|-
| Inferno Firefighting Robo
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 62)|62]]
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| Robo-hack
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 64)|64]]
|-
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==== Business ====
|-
| SCM-22 Stenographer
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 66)|66]]
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| CZ Secretary Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 68)|68]]
|-
| TT-40 Library Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 70)|70]]
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| Memory Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 72)|72]]
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==== Heavy Industrial ====
|-
| EVS Construction Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 74)|74]]
|-
| GRZ-6B Wrecker Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 76)|76]]
|-
| FLR Logger ('Lumberdroid')
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 78)|78]]
|-
| LIN Demolitionmech
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 80)|80]]
|-
| 8D8 Smelting Operator
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 82)|82]]
|-
| 11-17 Miner Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 84)|84]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
==== Agricultural ====
|-
| CD-2 Harvester
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 86)|86]]
|-
| Decon III Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 88)|88]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
==== Courier/Transport ====
|-
| Messenger Droid and Message Drone
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 90)|90]]
|-
| Drone Barge
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 92)|92]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
==== Labour ====
|-
| Asp
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 94)|94]]
|-
| CLL-8 Binary Load Lifter
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 96)|96]]
|-
| X10-D Draft Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 98)|98]]
|-
| J9 Worker Drone
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 100)|100]]
|}

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== Table of Contents ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Introduction
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page XI)|XI]]
|-
| A Guide to Major Manufacturers
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 1)|1]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
==== Astromech ====
|-
| P2 and R1
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 6)|6]]
|-
| R2
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 8)|8]]
|-
| R3 and R4
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 10)|10]]
|-
| R5
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 12)|12]]
|-
| R6 and R7
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 14)|14]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Protocol ===
|-
| 3PO Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 16)|16]]
|-
| M-3PO Military Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 18)|18]]
|-
| Em Teedee
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 20)|20]]
|-
| 3D-4X Administrative
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 22)|22]]
|-
| PD Lurrian Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 24)|24]]
|-
| LOM Protocol Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 26)|26]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Medical ===
|-
| 2-1 B Surgical Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 28)|28]]
|-
| MD Medical Specialist
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 30)|30]]
|-
| FX Medical Assistant
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 32)|32]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Household Service ===
|-
| TDL Nanny Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 34)|34]]
|-
| Model E
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 36)|36]]
|-
| Guardian Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 38)|38]]
|-
| ZZ-4Z ('ZeeZee')
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 40)|40]]
|-
| U2Cl Housekeeping Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 42)|42]]
|-
| SE4 Servant Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 44)|44]]
|-
| R-10 Household Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 46)|46]]
|-
| TT-8L ('Tattletale')
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 48)|48]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Commercial Service ===
|-
| Automated Sabacc Dealer
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 50)|50]]
|-
| Robo-bartender
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 52)|52]]
|-
| C2-R4 Multipurpose Unit
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 54)|54]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Municipal ===
|-
| Systems Control Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 56)|56]]
|-
| 12-4C-41 Traffic Controller
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 58)|58]]
|-
| 5T Tree Feeder
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 60)|60]]
|-
| Inferno Firefighting Robo
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 62)|62]]
|-
| Robo-hack
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 64)|64]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Business ===
|-
| SCM-22 Stenographer
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 66)|66]]
|-
| CZ Secretary Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 68)|68]]
|-
| TT-40 Library Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 70)|70]]
|-
| Memory Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 72)|72]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Heavy Industrial ===
|-
| EVS Construction Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 74)|74]]
|-
| GRZ-6B Wrecker Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 76)|76]]
|-
| FLR Logger ('Lumberdroid')
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 78)|78]]
|-
| LIN Demolitionmech
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 80)|80]]
|-
| 8D8 Smelting Operator
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 82)|82]]
|-
| 11-17 Miner Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 84)|84]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Agricultural ===
|-
| CD-2 Harvester
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 86)|86]]
|-
| Decon III Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 88)|88]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Courier/Transport ===
|-
| Messenger Droid and Message Drone
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 90)|90]]
|-
| Drone Barge
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 92)|92]]
|-
|colspan="2"|
=== Labour ===
|-
| Asp
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 94)|94]]
|-
| CLL-8 Binary Load Lifter
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 96)|96]]
|-
| X10-D Draft Droid
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 98)|98]]
|-
| J9 Worker Drone
| [[The Essential Guide to Droids (Page 100)|100]]
|}

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== Table of Contents ==

Introduction xi

A Guide to Major Manufacturers 1

=== Astromech ===
P2 and R1 6
R2 8
R3 and R4 10
R5 12
R6 and R7 14

=== Protocol ===
3PO Protocol Droid 16
M-3PO Military Protocol Droid 18
Em Teedee 20
3D-4X Administrative 22
PD Lurrian Protocol Droid 24
LOM Protocol Droid 26

=== Medical ===
2-1 B Surgical Droid 28
MD Medical Specialist 30
FX Medical Assistant 32

=== Household Service ===
TDL Nanny Droid 34
Model E 36
Guardian Droid 38
ZZ-4Z ('ZeeZee') 40
U2Cl Housekeeping Droid 42
SE4 Servant Droid 44
R-10 Household Droid 46
TT-8L ('Tattletale') 48

=== Commercial Service ===
Automated Sabacc Dealer 50
Robo-bartender 52
C2-R4 Multipurpose Unit 54

=== Municipal ===
Systems Control Droid 56
12-4C-41 Traffic Controller 58
5T Tree Feeder 60
Inferno Firefighting Robo 62
Robo-hack 64

=== Business ===
SCM-22 Stenographer 66
CZ Secretary Droid 68
TT-40 Library Droid 70
Memory Droid 72

=== Heavy Industrial ===
EVS Construction Droid 74
GRZ-6B Wrecker Droid 76
FLR Logger ('Lumberdroid') 78
LIN Demolitionmech 80
8D8 Smelting Operator 82
11-17 Miner Droid 84

=== Agricultural ===
CD-2 Harvester 86
Decon III Droid 88

=== Courier/Transport ===
Messenger Droid and Message Drone 90
Drone Barge 92

=== Labour ===
Asp 94
CLL-8 Binary Load Lifter 96
X10-D Draft Droid 98
J9 Worker Drone 100

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Introduction xi
C2-R4 Multipurpose Unit 54

A Guide to Major Manufacturers 1

Municipal
Systems Control Droid 56
12-4C-41 Traffic Controller 58
5T Tree Feeder 60
Inferno Firefighting Robo 62
Robo-hack 64

Astromech
P2 and R1 6
R2 8
R3 and R4 10
R5 12
R6 and R7 14

Business
SCM-22 Stenographer 66
CZ Secretary Droid 68
TT-40 Library Droid 70
Memory Droid 72

Protocol
3PO Protocol Droid 16
M-3PO Military Protocol Droid 18
Em Teedee 20
3D-4X Administrative 22
PD Lurrian Protocol Droid 24
LOM Protocol Droid 26

Heavy Industrial
EVS Construction Droid 74
GRZ-6B Wrecker Droid 76
FLR Logger ('Lumberdroid') 78
LIN Demolitionmech 80
8D8 Smelting Operator 82
11-17 Miner Droid 84

Medical
2-1 B Surgical Droid 28
MD Medical Specialist 30

FX Medical Assistant 32
HoUSEHOlD SERVICE

Agricultural
CD-2 Harvester 86
Decon III Droid 88

TDL Nanny Droid 34
Model E 36
Guardian Droid 38

ZZ-4Z ('ZeeZee') 40

SE4 Servant Droid 44

Labour
Asp 94
CLL-8 Binary Load Lifter 96
X10-D Draft Droid 98
J9 Worker Drone 100

R-10 Household Droid
TT-8L CT attletale') 46 48

Commercial Service
Robo-bartender 52

Automated Sabacc Dealer 50

Courier/Transport
Messenger Droid and Message Drone 90
U2Cl Housekeeping Droid 42 Drone Barge 92

Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 9)

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== General Airen Cracken ==

Airen Cracken was born on the world of Contruum 51 years ago. As a boy he worked on his parent's farm. His parents noticed that he had a natural affinity for machinery and allowed him to tinker with the farm's equipment.

Eventually, nearby farmers often asked him to fix their machinery for them. He was happy to learn more and went to help people willingly. His reputation as a master mechanic grew, and soon people paid him for his efforts.

The payments made him uncomfortable at first. His mother always remembered the day he said, "When you get paid for doing something you love to do, it's like stealing." But his love of tinkering with machines woo out: he took the money because he wanted his skills to become his trade. That way he could play with machines all day.

By the time he was a young man, Cracken opened his own mechanic's shop. He handled all manner of machinery - landspeeders, water purifiers, holo-vids. He hired men and women who loved to work with machinery as much as he did. The shop took on an almost magical quality. There seemed nothing that Cracken's crew couldn't fix. His customers viewed him as a master wizard, and his employees apprentices.

Cracken married Josta, a woman from the Corellian Sector who ended up on Contruum by accident (another story all by itself. Josta gave birth to two children and the family lived in contentment for many years.

But as all narratives of this time change with the actions of the Empire, so the arrival of Palpatine's forces on Contruum irrevocably altered Cracken's life.

Imperial Command wanted the world's borium supply. It was thought that the farming world would offer little resistance. Imperial Command underestimated the planet's rugged Identity. Contruum's history is full of invasions, and each one ended with the inhabitants of Contruum throwing the invaders back into space.

Cracken organized his employees into a guerrilla force specializing in mechanical sabotage; Josta established safe bases in the mountain ranges where children and the elderly hid.

Cracken and his people set about to make the Imperial stay more trouble than it was worth. They crippled docked starships, ruined the Empire's borium mining operations, destroyed landing bays, and blew up troop supplies. At the scene of each act of sabotage they left a hydrospanner with a simple message carved into it "Cracken's Crew Says Hello."

The Crew soon acquired a reputation among the Imperial forces. It became the Imperial commander's obsession to track down the saboteurs. The Contruum natives used this time to build up their own militia. Soon Contruum's forces and the Imperials were engaged in a full-scale war. After years of fighting, the sector's Moff decided that he had already invested too many men and credits into the operation and pulled out.

Although a great celebration took place across Contruum, troubling thoughts raced through Cracken's mind. He knew that his world had thrown off Imperial influence because it was insignificant. But across the galaxy, many other people ~were less lucky. The Empire would kill and destroy until it was satisfied.

After talking the matter over with Josta, he decided that he would leave Contruum and join the Rebellion. Most of his Crew decided to go with him. They boarded a freighter and set off for the stars, posing as merchants plying the star lanes.

Hydrospanners with Cracken's greeting began showing up all over the galaxy. Cracken's reputation eventually landed him a commission in the Alliance. He organized many campaigns, usually on desolate and difficult worlds where his ingenuity was invaluable. He worked his way up through the ranks of the Rebellion. For his efforts he has twice received the Nebula for bravery.

== Info Boxes ==

=== General Airen Cracken ===
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|-
| style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;" |
'''DEXTERITY: 3D'''
* Blaster: 5D+1
* Brawling Parry: 4D
* Heavy Weapons: 3D+2
'''KNOWLEDGE: 3D'''
* Alien Races: 3D+2
* Bureaucracy: 4D
* Technology: 6D
| style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;" |
'''MECHANICAL: 3D'''
* Starship Gunnery: 5D
'''PERCEPTION: 3D'''
* Command: 5D+2
* Hide/Sneak: 4D+2
* Search: 5D+1
'''STRENGTH: 2D'''
* Brawling: 3D+1
| style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;" |
'''TECHNICAL: 4D'''
* Comp. Prog./Repair: 6D
* Demolition: 5D+1
* Repulsorlift Repair: 5D
* Security: 6D+1
* Starship Repair: 5D+2
|}

Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 9)

2025-07-23T04:40:26Z

Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:Cracken's Rebel Field Guide right == General Airen Cracken == Airen Cracken was born on the world of Contruum 51 years ago. As a boy he worked on his parent's farm. His parents noticed that he had a natural affinity for machinery and allowed him to tinker with the farm's equipment. Eventually, nearby farmers often asked him to fix their machinery for them. He was happy to learn more and went to help pe..."

[[Category:Cracken's Rebel Field Guide]]
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== General Airen Cracken ==

Airen Cracken was born on the world of Contruum 51 years ago. As a boy he worked on his parent's farm. His parents noticed that he had a natural affinity for machinery and allowed him to tinker with the farm's equipment.

Eventually, nearby farmers often asked him to fix their machinery for them. He was happy to learn more and went to help people willingly. His reputation as a master mechanic grew, and soon people paid him for his efforts.

The payments made him uncomfortable at first. His mother always remembered the day he said, "When you get paid for doing something you love to do, it's like stealing." But his love of tinkering with machines woo out: he took the money because he wanted his skills to become his trade. That way he could play with machines all day.

By the time he was a young man, Cracken opened his own mechanic's shop. He handled all manner of machinery - landspeeders, water purifiers, holo-vids. He hired men and women who loved to work with machinery as much as he did. The shop took on an almost magical quality. There seemed nothing that Cracken's crew couldn't fix. His customers viewed him as a master wizard, and his employees apprentices.

Cracken married Josta, a woman from the Corellian Sector who ended up on Contruum by accident (another story all by itself. Josta gave birth to two children and the family lived in contentment for many years.

But as all narratives of this time change with the actions of the Empire, so the arrival of Palpatine's forces on Contruum irrevocably altered Cracken's life.

Imperial Command wanted the world's borium supply. It was thought that the farming world would offer little resistance. Imperial Command underestimated the planet's rugged Identity. Contruum's history is full of invasions, and each one ended with the inhabitants of Contruum throwing the invaders back into space.

Cracken organized his employees into a guerrilla force specializing in mechanical sabotage; Josta established safe bases in the mountain ranges where children and the elderly hid.

Cracken and his people set about to make the Imperial stay more trouble than it was worth. They crippled docked starships, ruined the Empire's borium mining operations, destroyed landing bays, and blew up troop supplies. At the scene of each act of sabotage they left a hydrospanner with a simple message carved into it "Cracken's Crew Says Hello."

The Crew soon acquired a reputation among the Imperial forces. It became the Imperial commander's obsession to track down the saboteurs. The Contruum natives used this time to build up their own militia. Soon Contruum's forces and the Imperials were engaged in a full-scale war. After years of fighting, the sector's Moff decided that he had already invested too many men and credits into the operation and pulled out.

Although a great celebration took place across Contruum, troubling thoughts raced through Cracken's mind. He knew that his world had thrown off Imperial influence because it was insignificant. But across the galaxy, many other people ~were less lucky. The Empire would kill and destroy until it was satisfied.

After talking the matter over with Josta, he decided that he would leave Contruum and join the Rebellion. Most of his Crew decided to go with him. They boarded a freighter and set off for the stars, posing as merchants plying the star lanes.

Hydrospanners with Cracken's greeting began showing up all over the galaxy. Cracken's reputation eventually landed him a commission in the Alliance. He organized many campaigns, usually on desolate and difficult worlds where his ingenuity was invaluable. He worked his way up through the ranks of the Rebellion. For his efforts he has twice received the Nebula for bravery.

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|-
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'''DEXTERITY: 3D'''
* Blaster: 5D+1
* Brawling Parry: 4D
* Heavy Weapons: 3D+2
'''KNOWLEDGE: 3D'''
* Alien Races: 3D+2
* Bureaucracy: 4D
* Technology: 6D
| style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;" |
'''MECHANICAL: 3D'''
* Starship Gunnery: 5D
'''PERCEPTION: 3D'''
* Command: 5D+2
* Hide/Sneak: 4D+2
* Search: 5D+1
'''STRENGTH: 2D'''
* Brawling: 3D+1
| style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;" |
'''TECHNICAL: 4D'''
* Comp. Prog./Repair: 6D
* Demolition: 5D+1
* Repulsorlift Repair: 5D
* Security: 6D+1
* Starship Repair: 5D+2
|}

Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 8)

2025-07-23T04:14:49Z

Sham Hatwitch: Created page with "Category:Cracken's Rebel Field Guide right == Fellow Rebels In The Field == I've been told that a lot of you are familiar with my exploits and that you consider me something of a legend. I don't see why you should. Every one of you are heroes, and some day your stories will be legendary as well. Your membership in the Alliance shows that you have tremendous bravery, conviction, and character. However, I do hav..."

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== Fellow Rebels In The Field ==

I've been told that a lot of you are familiar with my exploits and that you consider me something of a legend. I don't see why you should. Every one of you are heroes, and some day your stories will be legendary as well. Your membership in the Alliance shows that you have tremendous bravery, conviction, and character.

However, I do have a few years on most of you. Rebel HQ thought it would be advantageous if I passed on some of my field experience.

The Rebel Alliance, of course, does not have the resources and funds to go shopping for supplies. Sometimes it receives new equipment or donations from systems or corporations that have thrown their loyalty to the cause, and for that the Alliance is grateful, but for the most part troops make do with what is at hand.

This datafile was written with this understanding. What few supplies the Alliance has must be carefully doled out to major operations. This datafile is for those of you who pave the way for the major offensives by getting behind Imperial blockades, making diplomatic contacts with beleaguered star systems, running covert operations to obtain documents, and other important missions.

In short, this datafile is for the Rebel on the go who doesn't have much backing him up.

The information herein depends on a familiarity with technology. We live in an age of technological marvels - and dangers. You must all become familiar with the way things work. It is not enough that machines do tasks for you, for with that attitude you are imprisoned by the abilities of the machinery. You must be able to make the machine do what you need it to do. If you can't handle technology, you're no better than a Throg-bellied, soft-spined, blue-haired Angroosh who doesn't stand a chance in the Alliance the minute things get rough.

Technology, however, can be seductive. Over my lifetime I've seen a proliferation of cybernetic enhancements in black market trade. Too many people, especially the youngsters, want to get an edge over the universe with electronic implants. While a prosthetic to replace a lost organ or limb is a valid choice, the desire to rebuild your body simply to be better . . . I don't think I need to spell this out, but you're giving up part of yourself when you do that. And you can't give up yourself without paying a steep price.

I've included some of the cybernetic packages in this volume so that you're aware of what's out there- not so you'll run out and buy one. You should know that there still exists a great prejudice in the galaxy against cyborgs. To be part machine is to earn the distrust of almost everyone you run into. From what I've seen of what happens to people who start to rely on these machines, the mistrust is well founded.

I also want you all to think about the importance of information. The new kids coming up think this war is all about zipping around in under-armored starfighters. The real battle is fought with information! How do they think the Alliance won the battle of Yavin? Skywalker wouldn't have been able to do Bantha poot with his X-wing if he hadn't gotten those plans to the Rebellion!

Anyway, these are the random recollections of a man who spent a great deal of time making it up as he went along. I pray that you find the same success that I did.

May the Force be with You,

General Airen Cracken

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| Section One: General Airen Cracken
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 8)|Datapage 8]]
|-
| Section Two: Computers
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 10)|Datapage 10]]
|-
| Section Three: Equipment
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 13)|Datapage 13]]
|-
| Section Four: Jury-Rigging
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 22)|Datapage 22]]
|-
| Section Five: Prosthetics
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 29)|Datapage 29]]
|-
| Section Six: Vehicles
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 42)|Datapage 42]]
|-
| Section Seven: Weapons
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 63)|Datapage 63]]
|}

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== Contents ==

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| Section One: General Airen Cracken
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 8)|Datapage 8]]
|-
| Section Two: Computers
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 10)|Datapage 10]]
|-
| Section Three: Equipment
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 13)|Datapage 13]]
|-
| Section Four: Jury-Rigging
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 22)|Datapage 22]]
|-
| Section Five: Prosthetics
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 29)|Datapage 29]]
|-
| Section Six: Vehicles
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 42)|Datapage 42]]
|-
| Section Seven: Weapons
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 63)|Datapage 63]]
|}

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| Section Two: Computers
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 10)|Datapage 10]]
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| Section Three: Equipment
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 13)|Datapage 13]]
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| Section Four: Jury-Rigging
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 22)|Datapage 22]]
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| Section Five: Prosthetics
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 29)|Datapage 29]]
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| Section Six: Vehicles
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 42)|Datapage 42]]
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| Section Seven: Weapons
| [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 63)|Datapage 63]]
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=== Temptation of Evil ===

The use of prosthetics is especially dangerous to those who believe in and use the Force. The unnatural combination of man and machine makes tapping the Force harder, but also opens the person to the temptations of the Dark Side once the Force has been called upon. Each prosthetic has a set number of '''cyber points'''.

When a character calls upon the Force, he must roll a die. If the number is higher than the character's total cyber points, the Force may be used as described in the game. If the roll is equal to or lower than the point total, the character cannot use the Force.

Characters with any cyber points receive double the normal amount of Dark Side points.

=== Trauma ===

Characters with prosthetics also risk severe mental trauma as a result of becoming part machine. The effects of trauma should be determined on an individual basis by the gamemaster.

== Computer Languages ==

In our world, a piece of information is either in a computer file or it isn't. The computer technology of the Star Wars universe is very different, thanks to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) brains for Droids. By working with Droids, programmers and computer linguists created what they called Holistic Data Transfers, or HDTs.

HDTs are a means of writing data files in a kind of "information shorthand." HDT languages are so sophisticated they take up very little memory, but they allow a dataflie to give a computer user more data about a topic than it actually has.

HDTs build an element of artificial intelligence directly into datafiles. In effect, it makes a "guess" about the information requested based on the data it possesses. The more data it possesses, the more accurate the deductions and the broader the scope of the deductions.

The larger the file, the less chance the computer will have to guess. Large files can be broken down into smaller files if necessary.

The Death Star technical readout of lOD (such as the one carried by R2-D2 in A New Hope) will have just about any information the user is looking for. The file could be broken down into two 4D files and a 2D file. Each one of these smaller files would have less chance of providing the necessary information.

=== Data in the Game ===

All files are rated in terms of die codes. For simplicity there are no pip values - just straight die codes: 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, and so on up to 13D. Most files will have a die code of 4D or less, although a few files have more complete information.

Computer files are very specific. Examples of files include the Death Star, X-wing fighters, R2 Astromech Droids and Hoth system. The cost for such files varies depending upon the importance of the information and the power of the program. Files with larger die codes are much more expensive than smaller files. It will be nearly impossible for Rebels to buy a file greater than 4D without resorting to underground contacts and other illicit means.

Typical file costs:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 1D
| 100 Credits
|-
! 2D
| 400 Credits
|-
! 3D
| 600 Credits
|-
! 4D
| 1,000 Credits
|-
! 5D
| 4,000 Credits
|-
! 6D
| 6,000 Credits
|-
! 7D
| 10,000 Credits
|-
! 8D
| 40,000 Credits
|-
! 9D
| 60,000 Credits
|-
! 1OD
| 100,000 Credits
|-
! 11D
| 400,000 Credits
|-
! 12D
| 600,000 Credits
|-
! 13D
| 1,000,000 Credits
|}

Currents limits of technology do not allow files greater than 13D.

In addition to cost, the Rebels must go to someplace where they can get the file. A quest could be built around retrieving several different datafiles.

=== Data Storage ===

Computers have a limitation on the amount of information they can store. Common pocket computers can store 5D at most (although many store less), while portables can store up to 20D.

== Info Boxes ==

=== Example of Enhancement Cost ===

A character is improving his Perception and related skills two pips with a Sensory Package. The package's base cost is 300 credits. On the first line, see that the cost is 3 (starting die code) times 2 (pip increase) times 300 (base cost)

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Skill/Attribute
! Starting Die Code
! Formula
! Cost
! New Die Code
|-
| Perception
| 3D
| 3 x 2 x 300
| 1,800
| 3D+2
|-
| Bargain
| 3D
| 3 x 2 x 300
| 1,800
| 3D+2
|-
| Command
| 3D+1
| 3 x 2 x 300
| 1,800
| 4D
|-
| Con
| 4D+2
| 4 x 2 x 300
| 2,400
| 5D+1
|-
| Gambling
| 3D+2
| 3 x 2 x 300
| 1,800
| 4D+1
|-
| Hide/Sneak
| 3D
| 3 x 2 x 300
| 1,800
| 4D+1
|-
| Search
| 3D
| 3 x 2 x 300
| 1,800
| 3D+2
|-
|colspan=3 style="text-align:right;"|Total =
|colspan=2|13,200 credits
|}

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== Prosthetics ==

Prosthetics are one of the many wonders of the Star Wars universe. Prosthetics can replace badly damaged tissue, limbs, or internal organs.

Other prosthetics actually enhance a person's abilities, either by allowing him to link directly to a computer (such as Lobot does) or making him stronger or faster.

However, while these prosthetics are available, they are not very widely accepted. The average galactic citizen feels that the distinction between being and machine must remain definite. As machine intelligence advances, the feelings of mistrust and fear grow stronger and stronger. The memories of assassin Droids are too clear.

This judgment extends to the use of prosthetics. People with prosthetic ''replacements'' are considered a little less than human (or whatever their race), and are often viewed with pity or mistrust. Prosthetic recipients reportedly are less in tune with their natural motivations, attitudes and emotions.

For these reasons, prosthetic recipients often go to great lengths to hide artificial limbs and other alterations (Luke Skywalker's artificial hand is a secret to all but his closest friends).

The use of prosthetic ''enhancements'' is an abomination to most people. It is widely believed that no amount of improvement is worth giving up part of oneself and one's being. Tools are available to make you a better shot or give you a better computer programming skill why permanently mutilate yourself?

Enhanced beings often face persecution and curtailment of common civil rights if the enhancement is known. Incidents of mental imbalance among prosthetic recipients are well known. Those with enhancements will often try to hide the fact to make their comings and goings less conspicuous.

These cybernetic enhancements are not meant to be a shopping list for characters. Criminals and others who don't care what society thinks will be outfitted with this machinery, but the players' characters shouldn't be.

=== Installing Prosthetics ===

Because of the dangers involved, prosthetics replacements are closely regulated on most worlds, with a long counseling and observation period mandated for recipients. Prosthetic enhancements have been banned or are restricted to those who can afford very expensive permits. [[Darth Vader]] is a well known example of both the corrupting influence of enhancements and the ability of the powerful to receive special privileges.

Often, individuals seeking enhancements must go to renegade doctors and risk receiving inferior equipment. Others, such as Lobot, are able to secure financing from a large corporation or other wealthy entity. The sponsor assures quality enhancements and psychological counseling, while the recipient must agree to an extended period of servitude. After the period of service is completed, the individual is free, but still faces discrimination throughout the galaxy. The Empire has also covertly equipped some of its agents with cybernetic enhancements, although the number of agents is unknown.

=== Replacements ===

The primary use of prosthetics in the Star Wars universe is to replace limbs and organs damaged beyond repair. Replacements duplicate the abilities of the natural organ or limb. They do not enhance performance in any way. Replacements are fully explained on [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (Page 29)|Datapage 29]], "Replacement Prosthetics." The cost listed is the flat fee for the replacement. The cost is not figured by the pip, as enhancements are, because replacements do not increase attributes and skills.

=== Enhancements ===

{{Quote|He's more machine, now, than man -twisted, and evil.|Obi-Wan Kenobi, speaking about Darth Vader}}

Cybernetic enhancements are available to the desperate of the galaxy. They represent technology at its twisted worst. The technology improves a person's abilities, but reduces their humanity. A cybernetic enhancement makes the recipient less empathic toward other beings and increases his chance to be consumed by the Dark Side of the Force.

An enhancement can be an attachment (such as Lobot's cyborg construct) or a package, which increases an attribute and the related skills. The following section explains the costs for enhancement packages.

==== Enhancement Costs ====

When a person buys an enhancement package, he increases one attribute by a number of pips or die codes. Every skill under the attribute increases by the same number of pips or die codes.

Every package has a base cost. Use the following formula for the attribute and every skill under the attribute:

'''Base cost x pip increase x starting die code of attribute or skill (ignore pips)'''

Each individual skill must be paid for in addition to the attribute. For purposes of determining costs, each full die code of increase equals three pips. The operation must include all skills and the attribute - a character cannot avoid paying the full price of the operation.

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Speeder Bike can be improved from 3D+2 to 4D+2, 5D+2, or 6D+2.

Jury-rigging requires a successful technology roll. The difficulty is determined by the degree of improvement.

== Adding New Abilities ==

Specialized devices can be made from spare parts or an existing item can be modified to have an ability it never had before (for example, juryrigging a blaster so that the user gets bonus dice to hit a target). Changes of this nature are described on a case-by-case basis in this book, with the difficulty listed in the description.

== Equipment Failure ==

Jury-rigged equipment has a chance of failure. The more a piece of equipment is pushed past its original design specifications, the greater the chance of failure. When someone is using a juryrigged piece of equipment, he should roll the extra dice gained from the jury-rigging after the dice he would normally roll (alternately, use different colored dice for the normal roll and the jury-rigged dice).

For example, a blaster with a base damage of 4D and a jury-rigged additional damage of 1D would roll the four dice and then the bonus one die separately.

If any of the bonus dice come up as a one (1), the jury-rigged device has been pushed beyond its limitations and may break down. Roll on the Jury-Rig Breakdown Table.

The bonus dice must always be rolled when the jury-rigged device is used. Therefore, there is always a risk of failure. Bonus dice are never lost as a result of multiple actions in the same round.

=Info Boxes=
== Jury-Rigging Difficulties ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Improving Die Code
! Difficulty
|-
| 1D
| Moderate
|-
| 2D
| Difficult
|-
| 3D
| Very Difficult
|}

== Jury-Rig Breakdown Table ==
Jury-rigged items are divided into four broad categories because different types of equipment break
down differently. The categories are: Lethal, Non-Lethal, Vehicles, and No-Dice.
When a player rolls a one on a jury-rig bonus die, the game master makes a secret roll on 1D. He then checks the proper table below to determine the result.
=== Lethal ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 1
| The item explodes, doing damage equal to the amount of the jury-rig bonus.
|-
! 2
| The item is broken and cannot be repaired.
|-
! 3
| The item stops working, but need only be slammed hard against something to work again. It takes an action to do this.
|-
! 4, 5, 6
| The item is fine.
|}

=== Non-Lethal ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 1
| The item is broken and cannot be repaired.
|-
! 2
| The item stops working, but need only be slammed hard against something to work again. It takes an action to do this.
|-
! 3, 4, 5, 6
| The item is fine.
|}

=== Vehicles ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 1
| All power systems shut down and the vehicle drops like a stone. A Moderate skill roll for the craft is necessary for a safe emergency landing, otherwise the vehicle crashes.
|-
! 2
| The vehicle bucks. An Easy skill roll is necessary to keep the vehicle from careening out of control.
|-
! 3, 4, 5, 6
| The vehicle is fine.
|}

=== No-Dice ===
No-Dice devices do not get bonus dice. All No-Dice
devices have a base difficulty to build (noted in the
description). The level of success on the building roll
determines when another skill roll has to be made to
keep the machine functioning. The device will function
properly until the next check is necessary. To
increase suspense, don't tell the player how long the
device will work when he makes his roll. Instead,
when the next check is due, just tell him to make
another roll.
* If the roll is below the difficulty level, roll on the "Non-Lethal" table. If the item continues to work, roll another No-Dice check in one minute.
* If the roll's success equals the building difficulty level, roll again in 15 minutes.
* If the roll's success is one level higher than the difficulty, roll in one hour.
* If the roll's success is two levels higher, roll again in six hours.
When a roll fails, the jury-rigged device falls apart, complete with sparks and sound effects provided by the gamemaster.

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Computers on capital starships can store up to 30D, while planetary computer systems store up to 100D of information.

=== Reading the File ===

The player may make a standard [[computer programming]] roll or have the datafile do the search for him. To have the datafile search for information, the character needs to make a Very Easy computer programming roll. If he succeeds, the computer calls up the datafile. The gamemaster then sets the difficulty number for getting the requested information, and the player rolls the datafile's die code to see if the information is available. If the roll succeeds, the gamemaster gives the information to the player. The Rebel may not spend a Force Point to increase the value of the roll.

=== Portables ===

Most decent computer programmers will be better at manipulating a datafile than the file is at manipulating itself. With pocket computers (or datapads) and most other computers, the memory die code may be substituted for the character's die code.

However, expensive portable computers actually enhance the programmer's skill by adding additional dice to the character's computer programming roll.

=== Combining Files ===

Characters can combine files on the same topic. Because of the strange computer language of the Star Wars universe, breaking files down into small chunks is easy, but reassembling them is hard. To reassemble two files, a computer programming roll is required. The difficulty is set by the total die codes of the files that the Rebel is trying to combine. Both files must be within one die code of each other, and the new file is increased by only one die.

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! Total Die Code
! Difficulty
|-
| 2D
| Easy
|-
| 3D
| Moderate
|-
| 4D
| Difficult
|-
| 5D or more
| Very Difficult
|}

If the roll is failed, each file loses a die code of information.

For example, a character has a 3D file on Bespin and another 2D file on Bespin. The die code total is 5D, so the character must make a Very Difficult computer programming roll to combine the files. If he succeeds, the new Bespin file will be 4D. If he fails, each file will lose a die code, so he will have one 2D file and one 1D file on Bespin.

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Computers on capital starships can store up to 30D, while planetary computer systems store up to 100D of information.

=== Reading the File ===

The player may make a standard [[computer programming]] roll or have the datafile do the search for him. To have the datafile search for information, the character needs to make a Very Easy computer programming roll. If he succeeds, the computer calls up the datafile. The gamemaster then sets the difficulty number for getting the requested information, and the player rolls the datafile's die code to see if the information is available. If the roll succeeds, the gamemaster gives the information to the player. The Rebel may not spend a Force Point to increase the value of the roll.

=== Portables ===

Most decent computer programmers will be better at manipulating a datafile than the file is at manipulating itself. With pocket computers (or datapads) and most other computers, the memory die code may be substituted for the character's die code.

However, expensive portable computers actually enhance the programmer's skill by adding additional dice to the character's computer programming roll.

=== Combining Files ===

Characters can combine files on the same topic. Because of the strange computer language of the Star Wars universe, breaking files down into small chunks is easy, but reassembling them is hard. To reassemble two files, a computer programming roll is required. The difficulty is set by the total die codes of the files that the Rebel is trying to combine. Both files must be within one die code of each other, and the new file is increased by only one die.

{|class="wikitable"
! Total Die Code
! Difficulty
|-
| 2D
| Easy
|-
| 3D
| Moderate
|-
| 4D
| Difficult
|-
| 5D or more
| Very Difficult
|}

If the roll is failed, each file loses a die code of information.

For example, a character has a 3D file on Bespin and another 2D file on Bespin. The die code total is 5D, so the character must make a Very Difficult computer programming roll to combine the files. If he succeeds, the new Bespin file will be 4D. If he fails, each file will lose a die code, so he will have one 2D file and one 1D file on Bespin.