Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
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Intent: The fourth in a line of probe droids, this one for customs and small-scale interdiction purposes
Development Thread: None
Manufacturer: Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering Corps
Model: Naboo Interdiction and Customs Inspection (INCIS) Probe Droid
Affiliation: Royal Naboo Defense Force, Theed Hangar, Galactic Alliance
Modularity: No
Production: Minor
Material: Durasteel, electronics
Classification: Second-degree/class two
Weight: 360kg
Height: 2.2m at longest dimension
Movement: Engine comparable to a starfighter (class 2) or a standard probe droid’s maneuvering pod, minus the hyperdrive.
Armaments: None. In extreme conditions, with time and effort, sensor gear could be removed and replaced with a basic warhead. This would be a last-ditch defensive option and a total waste of a good probe.
Misc. Equipment:
- Full-spectrum sensor package specialized for short-range penetrating scans (<1km).
- High-powered short-range lifeform sensors.
- High-powered comm suite, including tightbeam laser communications.
- Miniature pulse-mass interdiction functionality (radius 1km).
Strengths:
- Allows customs and patrol officers to generate in-depth scan data without a flyby's risk of lives.
- Using tightbeam laser comms, can transmit data despite virtually any communications jamming, within line of sight.
- Capable of recognizing internal anomalies, such as regions of static-damping or sensor fuzz.
- Capable of ultra-short-range interdiction (radius 1km), comparable to a small pulse-mass mine.
- Disposable.
Weaknesses:
- Extremely obvious and easily targeted when actively scanning.
- Mission profile requires close proximity to the scan subject.
- Quite fragile, comparable to your average probe droid or a very light starfighter.
- If communications are being jammed and the tightbeam laser comm is required, line of sight is paramount. Planetary curvature, nebular density, and atmospheric interference can all obstruct the probe's ability to relay its findings.
The INCIS probe has two basic mission profiles.
In its first mission profile, the INCIS is deployed to perform a customs scan on a vessel. This generally occurs when some risk might preclude a manned flyby, or when multiple vessels must be scanned in a short amount of time. The INCIS makes a close flyby, generally 500 metres from the subject vessel, and commences an in-depth scan. This mission profile subjects the INCIS to considerable potential risk, and though it is nimble enough to partially evade some short-range weapons, it is highly vulnerable to Mandalorian Vulcan cannons, flak cannons, or antimissile octets.
In its second mission profile, either as a result of actions under the first mission profile or due to other incidents, the INCIS pursues a fleeing vessel. It activates an ultra-short-range interdiction field, comparable to a miniature pulse-mass mine, and prevents the fleeing ship from escaping into hyperspace. The INCIS was designed for interdiction efforts against single civilian ships and personal transports. It is easily outpaced by interceptors and easily destroyed by many military ships. With a one-kilometre radius, its interdiction bubble is many orders of magnitude smaller than the effects of normal interdiction technology. It's even dwarfed by the SSC's tactical interdictor, whose mini-bubble has an approximate radius between ten and fifteen kilometres. The INCIS' mission, then, is to chase down a target and keep it in realspace long enough for customs vessels to intercept and disable. Like Hapan tube-launched pulse-mass mines, the INCIS can generate short-range interdiction for ten to fifteen minutes.
Primary Source: Some elements adapted from the Naboo SIARC probe. Interdiction functionality comparable to Hapan tube-launched pulse-mass mines or even Imperial gravity mines.
