Padawan Menace
DESIGNATION: BB-4001A
NAME: Colyn "BB" Pendago (assumed identity)
ALIAS: Scorpius (CryptNet handle)
FACTION: Rebel Alliance (formerly Red Ravens Crime Syndicate)
RANK: Captain, Rebel Alliance Militia
SPECIES: LeisureMech BB series Human Replica Droid (HRD)
AGE: 23 solar years (since first activation)
SEX: Male (masculine persona)
HEIGHT: 4'6"
WEIGHT: 105 lbs
EYES: Golden Brown
HAIR: Dark Brown
SKIN: Mahogany tone (synthskin)
FORCE SENSITIVE: N/A (droid)
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
- Droid Brain. BB is fluent in 3 million forms of communication, has the benefits of an eidetic memory, and can run calculations ten times faster than a baseline human mind.
- Customization (Remote slicer). BB's internal anatomy was modified to include a remote slicer chip, which includes commlink functionality.
- Anosmia. BB lacks any olfactory sense.
- Vulnerable to Ion Energy. Ion energy, such as from restraining bolts or ion pistols, will disrupt his droid systems, leading to malfunction and possible data degredation. This could result in temporary or permanent loss of function, memory loss or fragmentation, or corrupted programming.
- Persona Non Grata. As a droid, the galaxy at large views him as a non-citizen on the belief that droids are property rather than people.
A pre-teenaged human male who stands approximately 4'6" and possesses the sturdy build of a physically active child. He is heavier than he appears, owing to his metallic alloy construction. Its current synthskin covering is a dark flesh tone, beneath which is an artificial padding designed to mimic muscle or fat on an actual human body. His actual skeleton and interior plating is a lightweight metal alloy that is somewhat blue in color. Lubrication fluid between the skin and padding layers gives the appearance of bleeding whenever the synthskin layer is compromised, but a close inspection would reveal that the viscous liquid is more of a burgundy or red-plum color than the deep red associated with human blood. The synthetic fibers of his hair are mahogany brown and coarse in texture, typically flared out from his head in a style known as an 'afro'. His eyes are made from cloned organic matter intended for use in human organ replacement surgery, cybernetically augmented so to be able to connect and interface with his droid brain. The irises are brown in color.
BIOGRAPHY:
Having been built as a custom order, it is first necessary to understand why someone would ask to construct a child android. Folken and Liadrin Pendago were a wealthy and affluent couple, with Folken having come from a fairly well-to-do merchant family and Liadrin being an heiress to a fortune amassed by her family's work in founding a medical corporation. The couple were looking forward to conceiving their first child when a skyswoop accident Liadrin paralyzed and unable to bear children. Retreating away from society in depression, Liadrin became a recluse and Folken felt as though his marriage may be irreparably damaged by the series of unfortunate events. Not surrendering his appeals to maintain Liadrin's spirits, Folken commissioned LeisureMech Enterprises to build a custom order class 3 android based on their BB-4000 series human replica droid. His specification was for a child android that could serve as a companion and nurse droid for his estranged wife.
Construction of the custom model, which was designated as BB-4001A, began at the LeisureMech foundries in the Corporate Sector, with the finished HRD being brought on-line for the first time in the Pendago family home to the belief that it's name was Colyn Pendago. Colyn made an awkward entrance into the lives of the stuggling Pendago family, but came to be viewed as a valued and beloved family member. He stayed by Liadrin Pendago's side without complaint, saw to her every need, and provided her with an emotional support that filled a gap in the Pendago household. Sadly, that changed just 12 years later. The Pendago's were returning from a vacation on Coruscant when their starcruiser ran afoul of pirates. As a parting gift after the raid, the pirates blew open the airlocks, causing all aboard the Pendago’s ship to be sucked out into vacuum.
And so he drifted. Days, weeks, perhaps longer, his droid systems on the verge of failure, when he was salvaged by a Tynnan junker who was startled at the discovery of such a human-like droid. Fitted with a restraining bolt, BB-4001A eventually made his way out to Nar Shadda, where he was sold to the Hutts as a curiosity for his child-like appearance. He was lost in a bet shortly after, at which time he became the property of a Kushiban bounty hunter named Max, who saw potential in the HRD and had him modified into a slicer droid. For the next seven years, BB-4001A worked as a slave for Max, slicing networks across the rim in pursuit of bounties. Max had grown arrogant however, and on job had crossed one of the Hutts in a deal. That private little war came back to haunt the Kushiban, and BB-4001A was able to escape when mercenaries arrived to collect Max's head.
It wasn't until that first bit of freedom that BB-4001A realized it had no concept of a life alone. Going into work for himself in the slums of Nar Shadda, BB began work completing droid repair, at which time he was able to salvage an abused G2 repair droid as an assistant. Life on Nar Shadda is hard and BB eventually learned to be hard as well, acquiring and repairing a broken carbine for what was often dubbed a 'Nar Shadda home security program.' Eventually, his past work with Max and possession by the Hutts came back to haunt him as well. Pressed into work as a slicer, BB began to build a name for himself on the CryptNet under the alias "Scorpius".
As Scorpius, BB recently took a job on Antecedent for a client and encountered the runaway gunslinger, [member="Daiya"], and the Ithorian scientist, [member="Mir Nehrahn"]. The group blasted their way out of Antecedent aboard a stolen CEC XR-95 light freighter bound for Sanctuary. Broke, with debts piling up, and debt collectors drawing near, the crew turned to crime and the Red Raven Syndicate in order to make ends meet.
The theft of a Mon Calamari starcruiser was the end of the line for the droid. Through wanton murder, the droid hit his lowest point since his activation. But it was a job. It paid a debt. And so he had gone through with it, emerging with enough credit to buy his freedom from the Hutts who claimed ownership of him.
And he found that freedom left a bitter taste in his mouth. For what price freeom? He had sold his soul for the chance to be his own droid -- his own person -- as all people ought to have an inherent right to be.
So he left the Ravens, and struck out to pursue a different path. One that would work for equality for all.
SHIP:
Shield-class RAV-101 REDEMPTION Medical Frigate
KILLS:
None, currently.
BOUNTIES COLLECTED:
None, currently.
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ROLE-PLAYS:
Sanctuary: Be Bop a Daiya (Red Ravens)
All In The Game (Red Raven Dominion of Aduba III)
Party Monsters (Red Ravens)
Gone Fishing (Red Ravens)
Dobriy Vecher (Rebel Alliance)
Dobroe Utro (Rebel Alliance)
Breaking the Unions (ACA Invasion of Rebel Alliance at Geonosis)
Ryloth's Last Gleaming
Bigger, Harder, Faster