Bookworm
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a much-needed enhancement to an old Aurora Industries' support drone
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source:
- Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
- Affiliation: Aurora Industries, Individuals and Factions that purchase it.
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: HAWK Drone
- Modularity: Yes
- Paint Job
- After-market parts
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
- Desh-Terenthium Alloy (Internal Skeleton)
- Titanium (Outer Covering)
- Internal Components
- Classification: Fourth Degree
- Weight: Light
- Height: Very Small
- Movement: Repulsorlift
- Armaments:
- Two (2) Integrated and Drone-scaled AI-LC "Leamonde" Laser Cannons
- Misc. Equipment:
- Sensors
- Scanners
- Holoscanner
- Power Scanner
- Terrain Mapping Scanner
- Shields
- Personal Energy Shield Emitter
- Can be projected around the HAWK Drone or its connected user for two minutes even under sustained blaster fire
- Requires a recharge time of twenty seconds after use before another shield can be projected
- Personal Energy Shield Emitter
- Power Generator
- Two Drone-scaled Ramuh Power Cores
- Support Equipment
- Liquid Cable Launcher
- Bacta Spray Dispenser
- Encrypted Holotransceiver and Projector
- Encrypted and Integrated Transceiver to connected user's helmet HUD
- Nanite-headed Scomp Link
- Allows HAWK Drone to interact with different models of computer uplinks and terminals
- Storage for spare ammunition packs, power cells, medpacs for connected user
- Resistances:
- Energy/Plasma Weaponry: High
- Kinetic: High
- Lightsabers: Average
- Sonic Weaponry: Average
- Ion/EMP Weaponry: Average
- Heat Protection: High
- Cold Protection: Low
- Corrosion Protection: Low
- Disruptor Protection: Low
- Radiation Protection: Average
- Carrying over the design feature from the Sparrow, HAWK Drones are lightweight enough and collapse into a disc small enough for a soldier to carry into combat on a backplate of their armor. This is especially true for armor systems designed by Vulcan Industries, a subsidiary of Aurora.
- Utilizing some of the latest weaponry from Aurora, the HAWK Drone is able to provide its connected user a more robust offensive capability with its two Leamonde Laser Cannons giving it increased firepower and versatility in a combat situation.
- In an improvement over the former design, the HAWK Drone's projected energy shield can take sustained blaster fire for two minutes for either itself or its connected user that it covers in a bubble-like shield for protection and has a much faster refresh time for continued uses. The shield can also be used by the connected user while in backpack mode for themselves.
- HAWK Drones are equipped with a multitude of support features for its connected user and an increased capacity for storage of vital combat supplies over its predecessor.
- While a bit more protected than the Sparrow, Ion and EMP weaponry will still short out the drone and require it being repaired and placed in its storage dock to recharge, knocking it out of a fight.
- If the Ramuh Power Cores are damaged, and their preservation field is knocked out, the Sianteria crystals within will sublimate and render the power core useless until the field is repaired, and a new crystal installed.
- While it can utilize the different firing modes of the Leamonde laser cannons, it does reduce its range when using the Sianteria mode.
The next offering from Aurora Industries' Droid Division as part of the Phase III modernization program, the HAWK Drone is intended as an upgrade to the old Sparrow Drones created by the company. The HAWK is designed around the same basic chassis as the Sparrow as the design team liked the aesthetic of the drone, but most of the internal components were upgraded to a next generation. The light laser cannons from the previous model were replaced with scaled-down Leamonde laser cannons and the shield projector was upgraded for a longer duration even under fire and a faster refresh rate.
A vast improvement for its support role is the HAWK has been equipped with a wider range of sensors and scanners than the Sparrow, along with an integrated link to its connected user's helmet HUD. Storage capacity was increased for weapon and medical supplies, and a bacta spray dispenser was installed for rapid combat healing of minor wounds. A final addition was the inclusion of a scomp link interface system specially designed by the company with a nanite-shifting tip that can mold itself to interface with any terminal or interface dock.
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