OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: The purpose of this submission is to provide the Confederacy of Independent Systems with a what could essentially be considered a highly advanced droid to be used in multiple capacities- with and without the support of
- Development Thread: Soon™
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Designer: Xhal Taleed
- Manufacturer: Geonosian Industries
- Model: Fire Support Drone
- Affiliation: The Confederacy of Independent Systems
- Modularity: Yes; Grenade ammunition type
- Production: Mass
- Material: Dura-Armor, Agrinium
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Fourth Degree
- Weight: 89 Kilograms
- Height: 1.83 Meters
- Movement: Repulsorlift (maximum altitude of 25 meters)
ARMAMENTS
- [x1] High Powered Rotary Blaster Cannon (effective range of 375 meters)
- [x1] Grenade Launcher (10 grenades, effective range of 150 meters)
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
- [x1] Shield Generator
- [x1] Advanced Droid Brain
- [x1] Binary Vocabulator
- [x1] NeuroSaav K-64 Targeting System
- [x1] Full-Spectrum Transceiver
- [x1] EnhanceScan General-Purpose Scanner
DESCRIPTION
In bullet form for now, just so I have an idea of what I want to include. Mostly weaknesses right now.
- Shield generator works best only for the front of the droid, when the droid is low to the ground, and immobile.
- Most effective when commanded by a central computer, but capable of limited independent action.
- Scanners, sensors, and targeting system allow it to detect and deal with a variety of threats, but make the droid prone to data overload in the event it attempts to do too much simultaneously.
- Rotary cannon takes a few seconds to open fire and may overheat from prolonged, continuous use.
- More eventually, I think.
The T-CED's primary armament is its rotary blaster cannon. Although powerful and somewhat more accurate than most rotary cannons, the primary drawback of it is the time it takes to warm up before firing. There is a noticeable (and probably exploitable) pause between the time the rotary cannon starts spinning and when it starts flinging blaster bolts like no tomorrow. There is also the inherent risk of the weapon overheating from prolonged use. The secondary, final armament on the T-CED is its grenade launcher. There is nothing innately special about the grenade launcher, seeing as it is just a device that flings grenades over long distances. The ammunition for the grenade launcher is interchangeable, allowing the T-CED to launch a wide variety of explosives. There is an inherent risk in storing explosives in such a small droid. If an individual knowledgeable in droid design schemes and mechanics were to properly identify the part of the droid holding the grenades and hit it with a sufficiently strong laser blast, the results would be... Explosive.
The T-CED operates best when linked to a command and coordination computer. However, that was not part of the original design and added in the later stages of production, when Xhal had already put in an advanced droid brain. Though the droid functions best when in a hive mind with fellow units, it is more than capable of carrying itself and functioning independently. Independent actions would be the scope of its abilities, then, as it no longer always knows what allied units are thinking or doing. This will sometimes lead to scenarios wherein too many T-CEDs spoil the objective, most likely by mistakenly ramming into each other.
In addition to its weapons and shield generator, the T-CED comes equipped with a variety of miscellaneous equipment. The NeuroSaav K-64 Targeting system was highly advanced for its time and continues to be a reliable system to employ. The T-CED has very few problems with missing shots or friendly fire. Like the famous R2 unit, the T-CED also comes equipped with a Full-Spectrum transceiver, a full suite of sensors that allow it to detect a wide variety of phenomena. There is also the EnhanceScan general-purpose scanner that comes built into the droid, allowing it to actively scan for things such as comm signals, lifeforms, and other droids. Despite the advanced nature of the T-CED's droid brain, it is possibly for a droid to overload and shut down due to attempting to take in too much information at once.