Republic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an advanced battle droid to fulfill a multitude of roles on the homefront, and abroad.
- Image Source: The Mandalorian | Lucasfilm - Hosted on Discussingfilm.Net - Rehosted On Imgur due to Source Server Issues.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable.
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles, SW: Saga-edition RP Rulebook, B2 Super Battle Droid, New Republic Security Droid (Type One.)
- Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation - Robotics Division; Centax II Orbital Foundries, Deep Space Manufactorum(s,) Etc.
- Affiliation: Republic Engineering Corporation - Security Forces, Closed-Market.
- Model: REC/SBD-01 "Evocati" - Series Combat Platform / Or Battle Droid.
- Modularity: Yes;
- External Equipment: Equipable Armament; Ranging from One-handed to Two-handed Weapons. (Classification(s): Small Arms, Light and Heavy Weapons,) Etc.
- Visual Appearance: Ornamental Affections, Camouflage Scheme, Enamel Colour Scheme(s,) Etc.
- Supplemental Armour and Attachments: Combat Webbing, External Armour Attachments, Etc.
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Designed: 859 ABY.
- Fabricated: 860 ABY.
- In-Service: 860 ABY.
- Cost: 85,000 ''7 Galactic Credit Standard.
- Value: 125,075 ''7 Galactic Credit Standard (Known Black Market Value.)
- Estimated Current Production Run: ~150,120 Combat-ready Battle Droids, with more in production.
- Material:
- Cortosis-woven Duranium,
- Reinforced Duraplast,
- Durasteel,
- Manganesse Brass,
- Synthmesh,
- Ruusan Copper,
- Rubber,
- Laminanium,
- Blaster-reflective Armour,
- Anit-Ion Mesh (Faraday Cage,) and Various Insulating Compounds.
- Various Droid Components (Internal and External.)
- Classification: Fourth Degree.
- Role: Mechanized and Heavy Infantry.
- Weight: Heavy Rating.
- Mass: 90 Kilograms.
- Height: 1.90 Metres - Average Rating.
- Gender: Masculine Programming.
- Photoreceptor and Sensor Colour: Ochre Yellow.
- Movement: Bipedal Propulsion.
- Armaments:
- External Electric Defense Grid - Melee and Anti-Tamper Defensive Measures.
- Internal Self-Destruction Mechanism.
- Neural Pacifier Beam Emitters - Non-Lethal.
- Electrical Filament - Non-Lethal.
- Misc. Equipment:
- Cognitive Module: [Droid Brain.]
- Tactical Logic Matrix, with Combat Subroutines, Combat Database Retrieval System, and Heuristic Quantum RAM Processors.
- Memory Cores, with Integrated Memory Wipe Modules (Anti-Tampering) and Combat, Battle and Warfare Upgrades.
- Synchronized Fire Circuits - Fire-linked Unit Cohesion.
- Photoreceptor(s,) with Integrated Floodlights.
- Audio Sensor(s) with additional Audiofilaments.
- Remote Computer Uplink [Triple Pyrowalled, and Encrypted Military Access.]
- Lifeform scanner - Detects Conventional Stealth Systems.
- Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System.
- Com-signal Detector.
- Dedicated Energy Receptor.
- Electromagnetic Field Receptor / EM Analyzer.
- Full-Spectrum Transceiver.
- Ionization Buffer.
- Military-Grade Motion Tracker.
- Olfactory Sensors.
- Vocabulator, with an Integrated Translation Computer.
- Internal Hardened and Redundant Systems.
- Chassis:
- Gyroscopic Stabilizer System.
- Servomotor Central, with Servoprocessors, and Servomotors.
- Internal, and Armoured Fusion Power Core, with External Refuel/Recharge Couplings.
- Secondary, or Redundant Power Batteries.
- Internal Comlink (Short-ranged) with Integrated Comms Scrambler/Transmitters - Variable Military Encryption Keys.
- Internal Repair Unit, with IMR Modules, and a Self-Sustaining Unit.
- Polarity Sink(s,) with Integrated Degaussing Modules.
- Locked Access Reactivation Terminal - Triple Pyrowalled, with Military Encryption Keys.
- Internal Fire Suppression System.
- Emergency Reactivator.
- Integrated Radiation Shielding.
- Integrated Rust Inhibitor.
- Internal Hardened and Redundant Systems.
- Synthetic Rybcoarse Musculature - Strength Increase
- Magnetic Thigh Armour Plating.
- Armatures and Appendages:
- Retractable Computer Probe, with additional Scomp Link, and Integrated Security Domination Interface.
- Magnetic Feet Modules.
- Mechanical Hands, with Opposable Digits.
- Wrist-integrated Holoprojector, with Encrypted HoloNet Access, and Holo-map capabilities.
- Cognitive Module: [Droid Brain.]
- Resistances (Optional):
- Kinetic Weaponry (Ballistic Weapons): High.
- Directed Energy Weaponry (Not Including Disruptors): Very High.
- Disruptor Weapons: None.
- Electrical and Ion Weaponry: Very High.
- Lightsabres: Average.
- Plasmatic Melee Weaponry (Non-Lightsabre): High.
- Melee Weapons and Shrapnel: High.
- Sonic Weaponry (Including Hard Sound): Average.
- Corrosive Weapons: High.
- Elemental Weapons (Extreme Cold): None.
- Elemental Weapons (Extreme Heat): Low.
- Blaster-reflective Armour - Increased Energy Weapon Resistance.
- Internalized and Hardened Systems - Partial, and Continued Operation Despite Sustained Damage.
- Advanced Warfighter Battle Droid - Heuristic Processors, and Extensive Combat Database.
- Integrated Security and Data Retention Protocols - Anti-Tampering Modules, with Electric Defense Grid.
- Non-Lethal Neural Pacifier - Maser Projectile Alternative.
- Cortosis-weave Filaments - Increased Energy Weapon, and Lightsabre Resistance
- Semi-Autonomous, or Semi-Sapient Combat Platform.
- Battlefield Self-Repair and Minor Regenerative Properties - Laminanium Reinforcements.
- Integrated Polarity Sinks, with Degaussing Modules.
- Comprehensive Countermeasure Suite - Various Anti-Tampering, and Security Protocols.
- Self-Sustaining and Regenerative Properties - Laminanium Reinforcements, and Internal Repair Systems.
- Advanced Warfighter Droid - Advanced Battlefield Tactics and Strategies, as well as Redundant Systems.
- Limited EM and Ion Hardening; Proximity and Power Dependant.
- Blaster-reflective armour, and Cortosis-weave Filaments.
- Integrated Strength Enhancements - Can wield Heavy, and Light Weapons with Relative Ease.
- No Integrated Ranged Weaponry - Limited to Non-Lethal and Melee Weapons; Must Equip a Ranged Weapon.
- Regenerating Armour - Extremely Slow Armour Plating Regenerating Rate.
- Limited EM and Ion Hardening; Proximity and Power Dependant.
- No Artificial Intelligence Capabilities.
- Exploitable Joints - Less Armoured than the External Plating.
- Limited Lightsabre Resistance - No Penetrating Blows, Glancing Blows Only.
- No Disruptor Resistance.
- Extreme Cold Intolerance - Seized Systems and Operations.
The REC/SBD-01 "Evocati" - Series Battle Droid was the newest technological offering from the Republic Engineering Corporation. The conceptual birth of the Evocati came about from an unspoken demand from their customer base, who were looking for top-of-the-line replacements for their Organic Soldiers. Naturally, they perused the various companies that populated the marketplace and found the available selection wanting. This presented a rare opportunity for the Corporation, who was chomping at the bit to take advantage of this profitable situation. Thus, Republic Engineering didn’t waste a moment in assigning Design Teams to creating what they believed would be the epitome of widely available, advanced Battle Droids on the modern market.
When this monumental endeavour began, the Design team decided to harken back to an aesthetic that was popularized in the early years of the New Republic, after they had beaten the Galactic Empire and inherited a fragmented Galaxy. From what data they could recover about this capable Security Droid, there were several key influences in its visual appearance that stoked the powerful feeling of nostalgia, all the while presenting something new. There were hints of the infamous HK-47 Assassin Droid that were woven into the Chassis, whilst the armature extremities were reminiscent of the KX-Series Security Droid. With both droids in abundance, and the New Republic’s predilection of repurposing warspoil, rather than letting it go to waste.
While the Republic Engineering Corporation had plenty of material to draw from, they settled on the same aesthetic design - but with modern advancements and materials.
Thus, the Design team poured every ounce of their technical knowledge into the creation of the droid. Their first step was to ensure that the Combat chassis was rated for the stresses of frontline warfare, and to this end they mimicked the compositional properties of the B2 Super Battle Droid’s external shell. As Phrikite was an expensive and rapidly depleting resource amongst the stars, the Corporation elected to utilize the more readily available Cortosis - which would be woven into the armoured shell, giving it a significant boost against energy weapons, and a decent resistance against the formerly exotic Lightsabre. In addition to the impregnated Cortosis fibres, the external armour plating was further reinforced by a blaster-reflective compound - making the droid capable of shrugging off all but the heaviest energy weapons with relative ease.
From there, the Evocati was outfitted with a vast array of anti-piracy hard and software to keep the droid from falling into enemy hands. This included a layer of redundancy and hardened systems that made disabling the droid difficult, let alone slicing into its central processes without the proper authorization. The droid was also outfitted with a self-destruct mechanism that would trip when all of its internal security measures and redundant systems failed, where the fusion core would be forced into a critical state - turning the droid into an improvised and expensive bomb. These systems were further enhanced by the inclusion of an electrical defense grid, that would energize it’s external armour plating - delivering quite the numbing jolt to anyone seeking to access the Droid’s internal systems, or fight the machine in hand to hand combat.
To round out the Droid’s innate capabilities, the cranial module was outfitted with a vast array of sensor nodes and vision filters, that made it an almost perfect approximation of an Organic Soldier. It was capable of hearing, like any non-artificial creation, and had an olfactory sensor installed - all of which benefited the machine as it could detect the deployment of harmful gases and vapour. A benefit to their Organic comrades, to be sure.
One of the most interesting additions to the Evocati was the various programming upgrades that made them capable warfighters. It was an alternative to training that not only saved valuable time, but precious war material as well that would’ve been doubtlessly lost in the process. These upgrades allowed for the Droids to become Combat Veterans as soon as they stepped off the production line. This was due to the exhaustive archive of information that’d be installed within their various memory cores, giving them both practical and theoretical knowledge of battlefield tactics that they could draw from. However, these upgrades weren’t perfect, nor did they create the perfect soldier after they stepped off the assembly line.
Sure, they were capable and advanced warfighters - but only through earned experience would these Droids truly become worthy of their epithet.
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