"You have to follow your own path."
- Intent: The Mk-2 B-1 Battledroid is an upgraded version of it's predecessors, making it exceptionally deadly and combat oriented.
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- Manufacturer: The Techno Union
- Affiliation: The Techno Union, Closed-Market
- Model: B-1 Mk. II
Production: Minor
- Modularity: No
- Material: Duraplast Exterior, Chromium Finish, Titanium joints, Nightshadow Coating, Droid Circuitry
- Classification: Class IV
- Weight: 65 Kg
- Height: 1.93 M
- Movement: Bipedal
- Armaments:
- SE-14 Blaster Pistol
- 2x Thermal Detonator
- JT-12 Jetpack
- Misc. Equipment:
- Integrated Acumen Suite
- Droid Hive Mind: Unlike former versions of the B-1 Battledroid, these units share a real-time connection that instantly transfers information from one droid to another. This data sharing connection is only activated when droid's are within a battlefield's radius of each other.
- Personality Matrix: During the programming stages of development, a randomized personality matrix is used to give each battledroid a unique personality, referred to as a ghost. Unlike an AI, the droids are still limited on what they can think, apprehend, and conceive, however with this matrix they seem a bit more like living soldiers while still maintaining the effectivity of the battledroid.
- Soulless Soldier: As a combat unit droid's are incredibly effective. They have no fears, no disloyalties, and no needs to be nourished when deployed in combat. They cannot be routed or discouraged from completing their mission and will not surrender or voluntarily give up intel on their plans or their campaigns.
- Durable Droid: The droid's exterior is made of a decently resistant material, duraplast. This armor can withstand slugs, light blaster rounds, and even glancing explosions, however it cannot withstand any form of sustained assault.
- Tactical Programming: Normally battledroids of this make are programmed to overwhelm their enemies in mass numbers. While that main philosophy has not changed, the modern B-1 droids have proven minorly effective in small numbers.
- Weak Joints: The weakest part of the B-1 Battledroid is the joints that connect the droid's limbs. These limbs are not joined by a thick shielding of duraplast and instead are held together by a thin titanium frame that is considerably less durable.
- Low Agility: The B-1 Battledroids are not nimble by any means. They are best when moving through even terrain that does not provide many obstacles for them to maneuver around.
- Slow Chase: Though the droid's possess a power cell that enables them to give chase to a retreating unit, what the droid's lack in is speed.
During The Clone Wars the B-1 Battledroid was the backbone of the Separatist Army. An advanced mainline combat droid, they are programmed for warfare and extermination. Equipped with an E-5 blaster rifle and a SE-14 blaster pistol they are very prepared for most situations mainline infantry could deal with. With a thin skeletal frame, the droid's are considerably durable but not enough to withstand sustained assault.
The B-1 Battledroids are meant to be deployed in incredibly high numbers to compensate for their lack of agility and minor difficulties in small-group tactics. Though these droid's are more capable of damaging the enemy with smaller numbers they often fall short when not deployed in a forceful manner. One of the more favorable upgrades in the modern B-1's are the integrated personality matrix. This matrix gives the B-1's a more graspable personality and sense of individuality. In the past the soulless, emotionlessness of battledroids was often thought to be the cause of mental stress and detachment for the droid's commander's. To help with this the droid's are given a shallow imitation of life and personality.
