Approved Droid R63 Ranger Droid

[Helix]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create the Helix Privateers' update special forces
• Image Source: Chatgpt-edited version of this
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Helix Privateers
• Affiliation: Helix Privateers
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: R63 Ranger Droid
• Modularity: Yes
• Production: Limited
• Material: Helsteel, Helglass, Shiftsteel, Storm Iron

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• Classification: Fourth-Degree
• Weight: Average
• Height: Average
• Movement: Bipedal
• Armaments:
  • OMT "Rhapsody" Neutron Carbine (Squad Standard Armament)
  • MZL "Headhunter" Combat Shotgun (1-2 per squad)
  • GLS "Nemesis" Warbow (Squad Standard Armament)
  • QTZ "Keelhaul" Vibrosword (Squad Standard Armament)
  • MT2 "Steelbreaker" Ferro-Plasma Driver (1-2 per squad)
  • E-55L Blaster Rifle (2-3 per squad)
  • GMG "Dissuader" Offensive Grenades (Four per droid)
  • LMR "Falcata" Blaster Cannon (Typically 1 per squad, carried in disassembled state)
• Misc. Equipment:
  • Integrated 6N7 "Aftershock" Counterballistics Computer
  • Integrated ZRB "Clairvoyance" Holodroid Projector
  • Integrated Holographic Disguise Matrix
• Resistances:
  • Energy: Very High
  • Kinetic: Very High
  • Lightsabers: High
  • Sonic: High
  • Flame: Average
  • Cold: Average
  • Ion: High
  • Radiation: Very High

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Intelligent and adaptable soldiers
• Excel at complex and difficult missions

STRENGTHS

• Martial Perfection: Each Ranger possesses many accumulated lifetimes' worth of expertise in the art of murder. They enjoy a level of intelligence, lethality and skill that most organic troops can only dream of.
• Killing Machines: Ranger droids are swift, lethal, strong, and incurably prone to showing it off. They more than possess the physical abilities to back up their skill.

WEAKNESSES

• Skirmishers: While tougher and deadlier than the rank and file, Rangers are typically only deployed in small numbers for a specific purpose. They will not long survive open, protracted combat against greater numbers.

DESCRIPTION

A next-generation update on the now-obsolete holo-infiltrator models, the Ranger is the result of numerous lessons learned on the battlefields of the 900s.

Like its predecessor, the R63 is a peerless killer. Each is host to centuries of accumulated combat data, combining the lifetime experience of generations into a single mind. Each is an expert in infiltration, assassination, stealth, hand-to-hand combat, marksmanship, irregular warfare, ambush tactics, and a myriad other disciplines essential for their role.

R63 models are armored in expensive, supernaturally-reactive metals of proprietary Helix make. These provide excellent durability against most small arms fire, along with a minor self-repair capability and the ability to change color to match their surroundings.

Ranger droids retain both the H4X's holographic disguise matrices, and their ability to perfectly imitate sounds or voices they have heard before. These models also take it a step further, as each individual Ranger bears an integrated holodroid generator. This allows these machines to "summon" a limited quantity of reinforcements for the purposes of drawing fire, holding positions, or simply completing tasks where more sets of hands are needed.

Likewise, the R63's physical capabilities tread well into the realm of the superhuman. These machines are capable of breaking humanoid bones with their bare hands, performing dizzying feats of acrobatics, and dodging between the heartbeat-thin gaps in automatic fire.

R63s are typically called upon when mission parameters are too complex, restrictive, or simply too dangerous and difficult for the rank and file. As such, they are uncommonly deployed and even more rarely seen.

Nonetheless, it is rare for enemy forces to be aware of their presence in a given AO at all. R63 droids prize the quiet kill, and favor weapons such as the Nemesis Warbow or Rhapsody Neutron Carbine.

When pressed into open battle, Ranger droids are more than a match for most forms of organic soldiery. Their natural skillfulness, matched with inbuilt trajectory calculation software, ensures that they rarely miss, and are even more rarely in one place long enough for return fire to connect.

Like many of Helix's newer, more complex droids, Rangers have developed their own subculture. In their case, this centers largely around the hunt, rugged survivalism, and the artful kill. It is seldom enough for a Ranger droid to win; it must win with style if it intends to enjoy the respect of its peers.

Many of these droids adorn themselves with cloaks, hoods, and the occasional war trophy, though more practical individuals prefer to simply paint their chassis in a variety of personalized colors. Like the similar practices of the B1-HL infantry, observers have noted the ironic similarity between this practice and the culture of the ancient Grand Army of the Republic.

 

[Renn Vizsla]

Good afternoon, I will be the judge reviewing your submission today,

Nice submission, clean and simple Commando Droids,

Pending Approval

John Locke

 

[MANIAC]

Helix , Renn Vizsla

Nice sub again.

Approved.