Droids

About Droids

Most Droids, unlike Remotes, possess some level of sentience.

Droids are typically divided into five broad categories depending upon their function. These divisions are referred to as Class I through Class V and give a general idea of how a droid from a given class can be expected to behave, what capabilities it has, and what behaviors it is likely to exhibit.

Class I droids include perhaps the most advanced droids among their ranks, designed as they are for medical and health-related purposes.

Class II droids are designed for engineering and maintenance tasks. As such, they are more like self-aware tools than their peers among the other classes, though they can develop quirky personalities.

Class III droids are designed to interact with organic beings in a variety of fashions, from the protocol droids that are frequently employed in diplomatic circles to the governess droids that the especially wealthy sometimes rely upon to care for their children.

Class IV droids are by far the most restricted and heavily controlled, because they are designed for use in combat.

Class V droids are generally designed for the purpose of simple, non-electronic repairs and menial labor. Class V droids can generally be said to have the least advanced processors and cognitive function of any droid class.

Class I - Class V Droids

Maintenance Droid [Minion]

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Taking a multitude of forms, maintenance droids can appear in any shape imaginable, from spider-like machines to small, box-like automatons and even to large, vehicle-sized behemoths that repair bridges and the like.

Medical Droid [Rival]

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Medical droids take a variety of forms, from simple attendant droids capable of dressing flesh wounds or diagnosing basic illnesses up to elaborate and incredibly advanced surgical droids.

Astromech Droid [Rival]

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Astromech droids are relatively small, utilitarian droids designed to interface with and maintain machinery of varying complexities depending upon the model of the droid. Many technologies are designed with these sorts of droids in mind, and have sockets to allow a direct interface with the droid. Some ships are even designed with the intent of offloading certain computing functions to an interfaced droid (for example, some starfighters rely on interfaced astromech droids to serve as a navicomputers for hyperspace travel).

Protocol Droid [Rival]

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Retaining millions of languages at a time, Protocol droids are not only translators but also serve to prevent misunderstandings by ensuring cultural problems do not arise.

Antiquated Battle Droid [Minion]

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A generation ago, these frail-looking droids were the terror of the galaxy. Legions of them formed the Separatist armies during the Clone Wars, but the intervening years have not been kind to their design, which was inexpensive to begin with.

Security Droid [Rival]

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Security droids are typically programmed with significant knowledge of law enforcement protocols and often update using local databases when traveling to ensure that their actions are in accordance with planetary, system, and sector law. Typically, security droids are assigned to protect specific locations or individuals and will respond to any threat against their charge with appropriate, sometimes lethal, force.

Assassin Droid [Nemesis]

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Illegal virtually everywhere in the known galaxy, Assassin Droids are sophisticated killing machines that combine physical acumen with the mental faculties to apply it in a variety of different circumstances. Most importantly, however, these droids are designed without the universal restrictions that prevent droids from taking action against organic life. While they are incredibly deadly to those whom they are set to hunt, Assassin Droids are equally dangerous to those who create or employ them. These droids simply have no recognition of the value of life, and will destroy anyone or anything in their path if doing so benefits them in some way.

Recycling Droid [Minion]

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Using a powerful cocktail of natural and artificial enzymes contained within their bodies, these droids turn garbage, food scraps, and other organic refuse into a nourishing nutrient sludge that can make up the large part of many a colonist's daily caloric intake.

Standing around two meters high, Gyrowheel 1.42.08-Series consist of a broad, round body like a high-walled serving platter around 2.5 meters across covered by a retractable clamshell cover. Dexterous manipulator arms ring the droid's body, and a dull red photoreceptor constantly scans its surroundings for trash. The droid's body is perched on a single hard rubber wheel and is kept balanced by a sophisticated gyro-stabilization system.

SDMN Session Droid [Rival]

C-FH p. 50

Designed by focus group and committee, the Side Man droids are built to be as inoffensive and engaging as droid technology allows. They can be ordered from the factory with a number of add-ons and special programs tailored to their owner's particular needs, from an illusionist's assistant to a wail band's percussionist.

AC Series LE Droid [Rival]

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Programmed for both standard policing as well as fast response riot control duties, AC series droids are covered in imposing plate armor. Their heads have a single horizontal red band for a photoreceptor and they have only the merest hint of other facial features. Their personality matrix seems to have been programmed with the essence of every hard-nosed, uncompromising, "strike first and ask questions later" law officer in history. They are loud, brash, and skilled at physical intimidation.

DZ-70 Fugitive Tracker [Rival]

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Around two meters across, the DZ-70 is a small, spherical droid equipped with a powerful repulsorlift system that provides excellent agility and overland speed. The droid's hull is studded with photoreceptors and assorted sensors that give it an unrestricted, 360 degree view of its surroundings. Two powerful, retractable claws are housed in covered bays along the droid's bottom. The droid does everything in its power, including the use of lethal force, to bring a fugitive to justice.

K-9 Series Hunting Droid [Rival]

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Large, stoutly constructed droids roughly the size of a krayt-dragon hatchling, they have a distinctly canine appearance with their long bodies, wedge-shaped heads, and powerful tails. They are equipped with top-of-the-line sensors that allow them to hear frequencies well outside the ranges of most sentients as well as to see in the dark, perceive thermal emissions, and see over long distances. They are also one of the few droids equipped with advanced olfactory sensors, allowing the K-9 series to track by scent. They have crushing jaws full of sharp teeth, and their feet are equipped with retractable claws to help them take down their prey.

CG/KDY AT-ED [Rival]

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The All-Terrain Exploration Droid is a nonhumanoid, Class 2 droid built to operate in the harshest, most inhospitable environments. A long, lightly armored trapezoidal chassis perches atop a pair of reverse-articulated legs with broad, round feet and three grasping toes each.

The chassis is crowded with sensors, photoreceptors, microphones, and antennae. Mounted to the left side of the chassis is a powerful, long-range light that can zoom or flood its beam and can project light in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet spectra, and the ride side mounts a blaster for defense.

Exchequer Droid

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These droids are bipedal, humanoid automata similar in stature with sleek lines and nonthreatening facial features designed to put organic users at ease.

The real selling point of these droids is their powerful "Mercantiler" market-tracking computer system. The Mercantiler computer is programmed with a constantly updating database that tracks the variations in major currency conversions in the galaxy, along with an exhaustive price-and-value list of nearly every commodity bought, sold, or traded. This computer also has a constant holonet connection that monitors the major stock markets in the galaxy, keeping the droid continually updated on the latest financial news and information.

JC Series Pilot Droid

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Quite intelligent for a nonacademic droid, the JC series is equipped with powerful and versatile piloting software, a datalink that allows them to connect directly to a ship's internal systems, and upgraded servos, circuits, and myomer-synthetic musculature to make them incredibly agile.

While they are not built with direct combat in mind, they are equipped with a pop-up blaster pistol concealed in their right forearm along with the programming to use them, giving these droids some self-defense capabilities.

87-RM Scout Collector and Wanderer Scout Surveyor

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The 87-RM Scout Collector and Wanderer Scout Surveyor are companion droid units designed to work together in concert.

The 87-RM resembles a large (2.5 meters high) box, hovering off the ground on repulsorlifts. This boxy form is necessary; the 87-RM's guts contain a cryogenic cubical storage container large enough to hold — and flash-freeze into cryogenic hibernation — a Tatooine dewback. The 87-RM grabs stunned specimens with its heavy-lifting servo-arms and places them inside the container for freezing and transport.

The Wanderer Scout Surveyor is a slightly smaller (roughly human sized) droid with a spherical body and up to eight spidery legs. Their design allows for remarkable speed and agility, enabling them to track targets and incapacitate them with a powerful stun blaster. Once unconscious, the 87-RM swoops in to gather the specimen. A single 87-RM usually carries one to three Wanderers, and the droids can work in concert to herd and track down their prey.

Scout Collector

Wanderer Scout Surveyor