- Intent: To update the Z-6 riot baton to keep up with Factory standards and support continued usage
- Image Source: Polycount - fan art by garcellano
- Canon Link: Z6 riot control baton
- Primary Source: Z6 riot control baton
- Manufacturer: First Order Military Engineers
- Affiliation: First Order
- Model: Z6-B riot control baton
- Modularity: No
Production: Limited
- Material: Titanium grip, body, & conductor vanes
- Classification: Riot Baton
- Size: Average (1.5 meters long, 15 cm wide)
- Weight: Light (~5 kg)
- Conductor Vanes - Two prongs stick out in the front of the Z6-B riot baton. Similarly to the Z6, the prongs can be electrified using a switch on the side of the baton and used to parry lightsabers.
- Adhesion Grip - The grip on the Z6-B can be magnetically linked with a trooper's gloves to allow enhanced spinning ability.
- Lightweight: The Z6-B riot baton is light and relatively easy to handle compared to many swords and daggers.
- Spinning Blade: Through the adhesion grip on the Z6-B baton, a trooper's gloves can be paired with the baton to allow the weapon to be spun in combat without straining the trooper's wrist.
- Tratior-Proof: When electrified, the Z6-B can be used to counter lightsabers.
- Blunt Force: The Z6-B does not have the sharpened end of a sword, and is consequently highly ineffective when dealing with armored, insulated targets. Additionally, while the Z6-B can knock out and incapacitate a foe, it is nearly impossible to kill an enemy with a single strike.
- Electric Bluff: When not electrified, the Z6-B loses a significant amount of its offensive ability, and can easily be cut apart by a lightsaber.
As the First Order rebuilt, they began to seek a more economically viable and up to date version of the Z-6 riot control baton.
Being one of the most senior riot troopers in the Order, in both experience and rank, FN-999 was brought in with the engineering committee to discuss their changes. The engineers and FN-999 both agreed that the riot baton's electric vanes and adhesion grip should not be changed, while making the baton about ten centimeters shorter to save mass-production costs. The original betaplast structure was replaced by titanium, which was cheaper yet still very durable. After a month of drafts and tests, the Z6-B riot baton entered service in the place of the Z-6.
