Sko'saht
Character
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create a multi-purpose repair and astromech droid
Image Source: Wookiepedia
Canon Link: N/A
Primary Source: Astromech droid
Manufacturer: Slayn & Korpil
Affiliation: Open market
Model: S&K LGR&A-1 (Low Gravity Repair & Astromech Droid-1)
Production: Mass Produced
Modularity: High (Legs, repair tools, external plating, sensor systems)
Material: Durasteel, droid components
Classification: Second degree
Weight: 50kg
Length: 2 meters
Height: 0.7 meters
Movement: Six legs, thrusters for use in low gravity
Armaments: None but comes with an extremely low grade combat package for use against mynocks and other threats to the hull
Misc. Equipment: Standard astromech equipment, repair tools built into the legs, feet are magnetic, standard sensor suite, extensive repair database with suggested upgrades
High degree of reprogramming and upgrades available
Able to operate effectively in low gravity environments
Able to repair and upgrade ships
Can calculate hyperspace jumps and routes
Able to communicate in verpine and binary
Designed to repair and upgrade ships along with doing general maintenance
Is able to move easily across most terrain thanks to it’s numerous legs and thrusters
Easy to repair and upgrade thanks to it’s high degree of modular design
Thanks to the droids sticking out of the astromech pit in most starfighters it is able to access more of the craft for repairs
Only able to store 2 to 4 jumps depending on complexity
Transmitter is limited to only a few hundred meters
The droid is quite heavy
Because it is so long it isn’t able to fit fully into standard astromech pits so is way more exposed then most astromechs
Not hardened against EMP and ION damage to save costs
With the need for repair droids the engineers at Slayn & Korpil decided to remake an old design. Taking heavily from the Hatchling Maintenance droid the design is able to operate in low gravity environments such as the hull of a ship where it is able to do repairs along with getting mynocks or other parasites off the ships hull. The droid is large however and is best employed on capital ships though it is possible to use them on starfighters. Thanks to it’s high degree of modularity the LGR&A-1 is able to adapt to most missions and has an extensive database on ship repair. The plating, tools, legs, and sensor systems can be replaced though thanks to this the droid cannot be hardened against EMP and ION weapons thanks to the circuitry needing to be as standard as possible to facilitate easy changes. The astromech portion is also a little underwhelming thanks to this most being added on when the engineers discovered they had enough spare processing power to install a secondary limited nav computer. This isn't helped by the limited range of the droids built in transmitter since it is designed to be operating aboard ship. This can become an issue when the droid is working in various roles planetside.
