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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Create a modification for droids based on cannon devices such as the tractor rifle, and legends devices such as the CIS portable tractor beam. It would also be useful to both labor and mining droids, as well as security droids. (last one for now, I promise).
- Image Source: https://www.deviantart.com/ociacia/art/Robotic-arms-499586098
- Canon Link: Tractor beam projector.
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Baktoid Industries
- Affiliation: Baktoid Industries
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: V-82 Droid Tractor Arm
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Material: Armorplast, Plasteel, Electrical Components.
- Tractor Beam Projector. The V-82 Droid Tractor Arm could produce a tractor beam which could target an object up to 35 meters away. The arm is capable of lifting the object up to 30 meters vertically, and can pull or push the object within a 35 meter radius of the projector. The pull or pushing of an object cannot exceed 10 meters per second, meaning the item pulled or pushed cannot be thrown around too quickly. The position of objects moved by the arm is influenced by hand gestures the droid makes. The Droid Tractor Arm can lift a 0.1-150 kg object for a 1 post cooldown, a 151-300 kg object for a 2 post cooldown, or a 301-500 kg object for a 3 post cooldown. Each use of this modification drains the droid's current battery life by 1 hour.
- Duel Purpose. The V-82 Droid Tractor Arm can act as both a prehensile arm for a droid, and a tractor beam projector. It's tractor beam functions can only be activated while the hand of the arm is wielding no objects.
- High Power Consumption. The V-82 Droid Tractor Arm is a useful tool, but quite inefficient when used frequently. Droids which use rechargeable power cells will find their battery life being quickly drained by excessive use. Meanwhile, droids which use fusion reactors may cause permeant damage to their arms if overused.
The V-82 Droid Tractor Arm is a modification that is commonly added to both loader and mining droids. This attachment either adds or replaces an existing arm to/from the droid. The droid tractor arm uses tractor beam technology similar to that of the Tractor Rifle, to assist droids in moving around either a large number of items or especially heavy items. The arm could come in a number of shapes and sizes, with some appearing to be humanoid in shape while others had a look reminiscent of blasters. Baktoid Industries is the primary producer of these modified arms, and began developing them some time after the Clone Wars.
Frequent use of the tractor beam projector can cause extra power consumption for the droid, and also requires a short 'cooldown' period after each use. This period is extended based on the weight of the object being lifted by the tractor beam. The tractor beam produced by this arm is an invisible force field, but those with HUD systems which can pick up on heat signatures or energy signatures will be able to detect the tractor beam.
This modification can never directly target a player character in PvP.
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