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The most important step is always the next one
- Intent: To supplement the Mandalorian Military's limited numbers with a dependable battle droid
- Image Source: "Sentry Sketch" by Jose Borges
- Canon Link: None
- Primary Source: None
- Manufacturer: MandalMotors and MandalTech
- Affiliation: Mandalorian Major Factions, Closed-Market
- Model: Hokan'yc-Class Battle Droid
Production: Minor
- Modularity: Paint
- Material:
Mandalorian Steel - Micronized Beskar
- Durasteel
- Droid Parts
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- Classification: Class Four Battle Droid
- Weight: 1.5 Tons
- Height: 2.5 Meters
- Movement: Bipedal
- Armaments:
Right Arm Mounted Repeating Blaster Cannon - Wrist Rockets
- Left Arm Dedicated Heavy Plasma Cannon
- Crushguant
- Wrist Mounted Full Sized Vibroblade
[*]Misc. Equipment:
- Advanced Droid Brain
- Advanced Targeting Array
- Advanced Scanners
- Vocalizer
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Energy Shield Projector
- Bulwark: An energy shield projector located on the right arm of the Hokan'yc-class droids can project a shiled large enough to protect most of its body and anyone behind them. The shield only protects against energy attacks however and removes weapon functionality from the right arm.
- Weapons Platform: An advanced assault droid, Hokan'yc-class droids sported an impressive array of weapons, much like their Mandalorian counterparts
- Lumbering: Slow and lumbering, the Hokan'yc can't even keep up with a soldier's sprint at full speed.
- Ion Weapons
- EMP
- Heavy: Heavy and unwieldy, the Hokan'yc-class battle droid is best used on stable ground as it will sink into mud, sand, snow, and water
Designed by Mandalorian engineer and shipwright Arthur Morgan, the Hokan'yc-class battle droid, colloquially known as "Cut ups", was the Mandalorian answer to a lack of able bodied men and women for the military. Equipped with several weapons and a shield projector, they acted as bulwarks for Mandalorian troops, often deployed in pairs alongside fireteams to act as heavy fire support. A powerful plasma launcher took up the droid's entire left arm with its right arm also dedicated to numerous weapons. Micronized beskar throughout its frame allowed the droid to move its body freely, but its weight kept it from reaching any high speeds.
The droids performed admirably in testing, however it was noted that their design kept them from being useful in non-solid terrain which was a task better suited to other droids that rolled into use after the Second Mandalorian Excision. Despite its shortcomings, it would go on to become one of the more popular droids put into service by the Mandalorian Empire and the droid entrusted to keeping order on large battlecruisers and military bases throughout Mandalorian Space.
