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AUTOMATIC CONQUEROR
AFFILIATION
Automatic Conquest Corps.
MANUFACTURER
Pre-Republic droidwrights.
CLASS
Heavy battle droid.
LOCOMOTION
Legs, bipedal. POWER SUPPLY
Sealed fission unit.
SENSORS
- 2x photoreceptor.
- 2x audio pickup.
- 1x motion detector.
SIZE
Height - 2.78 meters.
COMPOSITION
Kiirium and inoxium.
TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
- Vocabulator.
- Long-range encrypted comm system, limited to intra-system ranges.
- High-density punch-card reader/writer.
- Heavy armored casing.
- Head-mounted mind probe.
- 4x head-mounted spotlight.
- 2x forearm-mounted pulse-wave blaster cannon, 50 meters heavy damage, 150 meters light damage, detachable.
- 2x palm-mounted cutting laser, capable of cutting unarmored materials at up to 5 meters, armored materials at point-blank range.
DESCRIPTION
The Automatic Conqueror was, at one time, the pinnacle of military technology in the Galaxy. Designed by the science-slaves of a pre-Republic dictator, and reportedly fine-tuned by the conqueror himself, these kiirium-plated monstrosities were some of the deadliest, most sophisticated combat automata of their day, and formed the ranks of the fabled and reviled Automatic Conquest Corps.During the dictator's reign, ACs - as they were called - were churned out in vast quantities by the factory worlds of his empire. Mistrustful of his organic soldiers, and wishing to secure the unquestioning loyalty and invincibility of his armed forces, the dictator sought to build one of the Galaxy's earliest droid armies. Strong, durable and versatile, the ACs were a gleaming symbol of the dictator's power. Each unit was enormously costly, quickly draining the empire's considerable coffers with every one that marched off the assembly line, but the dictator would spare no expense.
ACs were designed as unstoppable heavy infantry. Sheathed in blast-proof kiirium armor and bristling with weapons, they dominated the battlefields of the day, ideally suited to the grinding set-piece trench wars which at that time characterized the average ground assault. Impervious to the feeble slug-throwers and beam-tubes wielded by conventional infantry, they were semi-autonomous in nature, guided by a simplistic cognitive matrix and a built-in high-density punch-card reader used to load battlefield information and strategic directives. Unlike some later war droids, ACs were designed to perform multiple battlefield roles, and all units had basic combat engineer, starship crewer and pilot functionality in addition to their infantry programming.
ACs could also be used to perform interrogations; equipped with a primitive mind probe - a device used in more sophisticated forms by modern interrogator droids - this device could feed simulated brain waves into an organic subject at point-blank range, inducing involuntary physical reactions which could be read and analyzed to determine a positive or negative response to questioning, although disciplined individuals could learn to suppress these reactions. The mind probes carried by Automatic Conquerors were used on prisoners to inquire about certain skill-sets which would be useful to the ACC.
Like most droids, ACs left without a memory wipe could accumulate combat experience and develop more sophisticated autonomous behavior; this could lead to insubordinate behavior, however, and thus memory purges were a matter of routine.
ACs could also be guided by an organic officer at a "command podium," which provided a battlefield commander with detailed tactical information and enhanced communications, being equipped with a high-powered encrypted comlink system and a (for the day) sophisticated battle computer, capable of formulating and executing tactical decisions without organic input, if necessary. The podium also allowed a commander - or the battle computer - to look through the photoreceptors of any individual AC, or even to assume direct control of them.
ACs were powered by a type of compact sealed fission unit which has since fallen out of common use. Although powerful and enduring enough to supply energy for millennia, they cost twice as much as the rest of the AC's components put together, and had to be disposed of once their fuel was finally expended. These devices were also designed to be extremely safe, and were armored to an even greater degree than the droids they powered. Being completely self-contained, they were designed to resist being opened, and had multiple redundant safety systems to prevent a catastrophic meltdown, either accidental or induced.
In the modern day, ACs are not quite the threat they once were. Modern pulse-wave weapons and blasters have begun to render their once impervious armor vulnerable, although they are still considered thickly armored and extremely durable. Likewise, their centralized control system - while reliable and difficult to jam - is increasingly obsolete. The droids - when subjected to regular memory wipes - are noted as not being particularly creative, and will follow the instructions relayed by their command podium to the letter.
ACs are also slow and ponderous, meant for slower-paced warfare over modern tactics. They can be outrun by the average humanoid, although their numerous weapons generally cannot...
LEGALITY
Restricted. Ownership of ACs is subject to restrictions in nearly all civilized systems. Aside from existing laws covering the private ownership of combat droids, the age of the ACs has also made them subject to laws governing antiquities in some jurisdictions. It is, of course, extremely unlikely that any being would have the opportunity to acquire an AC in the first place, given the nature of these droids.
INTENT
These droids are intended to form the backbone of a piece of site lore I intend to submit, the Automatic Conquest Corps. ACs could serve as a non-aligned NPC adversary for characters and factions to fight, and I believe make a nice item to flesh out the pre-Darkness history of warfare in the Galaxy.
ADVANCED TECH
Yes. ACs are by no means a readily available piece of technology; acquiring one would be extremely difficult, and would more than likely involve fighting an army of other ACs to do so.Tech Admin note: the use of AC droids should occur only as part of a carefully planned and approved plot in an appropriate setting.
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[size=3][float_right][color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]AFFILIATION[/gfont][/color]
Automatic Conquest Corps.
[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]MANUFACTURER[/gfont][/color]
Pre-Republic droidwrights.
[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]CLASS[/gfont][/color]
Heavy battle droid.
[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]LOCOMOTION[/gfont][/color]
Legs, bipedal.[/float_right]
[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]POWER SUPPLY[/gfont][/color]
Sealed [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nuclear_power]fission[/url] unit.
[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]SENSORS[/gfont][/color]
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[*]2x [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Photoreceptor]photoreceptor[/url].
[*]2x [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Audio_sensor]audio pickup[/url].
[*]1x [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Motion_detector]motion detector[/url].
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[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]SIZE[/gfont][/color]
Height - 2.78 meters.
[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]COMPOSITION[/gfont][/color]
[abbr=Casing][url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kiirium/Legends]Kiirium[/url][/abbr] and [abbr=Internal frame][url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Inoxium]inoxium[/url][/abbr].
[color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]TOOLS & EQUIPMENT[/gfont][/color]
[list]
[*][url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vocabulator]Vocabulator[/url].
[*]Long-range encrypted comm system, limited to intra-system ranges.
[*]High-density punch-card reader/writer.
[*]Heavy armored casing.
[*]Head-mounted [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mind_probe]mind probe[/url].
[*]4x head-mounted [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Spotlight/Canon]spotlight[/url].
[*]2x forearm-mounted [url=http://www.thestarwarsrp.com/forum/index.php?threads/pulse-wave-blaster-technology.76766/]pulse-wave blaster[/url] cannon, 50 meters heavy damage, 150 meters light damage, detachable.
[*]2x palm-mounted [url=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Laser_cutter]cutting laser[/url], capable of cutting unarmored materials at up to 5 meters, armored materials at point-blank range.
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[center][color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]DESCRIPTION[/gfont][/color][/center]
The Automatic Conqueror was, at one time, the pinnacle of military technology in the Galaxy. Designed by the science-slaves of a pre-Republic dictator, and reportedly fine-tuned by the conqueror himself, these kiirium-plated monstrosities were some of the deadliest, most sophisticated combat automata of their day, and formed the ranks of the fabled and reviled Automatic Conquest Corps.
During the dictator's reign, ACs - as they were called - were churned out in vast quantities by the factory worlds of his empire. Mistrustful of his organic soldiers, and wishing to secure the unquestioning loyalty and invincibility of his armed forces, the dictator sought to build one of the Galaxy's earliest droid armies. Strong, durable and versatile, the ACs were a gleaming symbol of the dictator's power. Each unit was enormously costly, quickly draining the empire's considerable coffers with every one that marched off the assembly line, but the dictator would spare no expense.
ACs were designed as unstoppable heavy infantry. Sheathed in blast-proof kiirium armor and bristling with weapons, they dominated the battlefields of the day, ideally suited to the grinding set-piece trench wars which at that time characterized the average ground assault. Impervious to the feeble slug-throwers and beam-tubes wielded by conventional infantry, they were semi-autonomous in nature, guided by a simplistic cognitive matrix and a built-in high-density punch-card reader used to load battlefield information and strategic directives. Unlike some later war droids, ACs were designed to perform multiple battlefield roles, and all units had basic combat engineer, starship crewer and pilot functionality in addition to their infantry programming.
ACs could also be used to perform interrogations; equipped with a primitive mind probe - a device used in more sophisticated forms by modern interrogator droids - this device could feed simulated brain waves into an organic subject at point-blank range, inducing involuntary physical reactions which could be read and analyzed to determine a positive or negative response to questioning, although disciplined individuals could learn to suppress these reactions. The mind probes carried by Automatic Conquerors were used on prisoners to inquire about certain skill-sets which would be useful to the ACC.
Like most droids, ACs left without a memory wipe could accumulate combat experience and develop more sophisticated autonomous behavior; this could lead to insubordinate behavior, however, and thus memory purges were a matter of routine.
ACs could also be guided by an organic officer at a "[url=http://www.thestarwarsrp.com/forum/index.php?threads/acc-command-podium.77311/]command podium[/url]," which provided a battlefield commander with detailed tactical information and enhanced communications, being equipped with a high-powered encrypted comlink system and a (for the day) sophisticated battle computer, capable of formulating and executing tactical decisions without organic input, if necessary. The podium also allowed a commander - or the battle computer - to look through the photoreceptors of any individual AC, or even to assume direct control of them.
ACs were powered by a type of compact sealed fission unit which has since fallen out of common use. Although powerful and enduring enough to supply energy for millennia, they cost twice as much as the rest of the AC's components put together, and had to be disposed of once their fuel was finally expended. These devices were also designed to be extremely safe, and were armored to an even greater degree than the droids they powered. Being completely self-contained, they were designed to resist being opened, and had multiple redundant safety systems to prevent a catastrophic meltdown, either accidental or induced.
In the modern day, ACs are not quite the threat they once were. Modern pulse-wave weapons and blasters have begun to render their once impervious armor vulnerable, although they are still considered thickly armored and extremely durable. Likewise, their centralized control system - while reliable and difficult to jam - is increasingly obsolete. The droids - when subjected to regular memory wipes - are noted as not being particularly creative, and will follow the instructions relayed by their command podium to the letter.
ACs are also slow and ponderous, meant for slower-paced warfare over modern tactics. They can be outrun by the average humanoid, although their numerous weapons generally cannot...
[center][color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]LEGALITY[/gfont][/color][/center]
Restricted. Ownership of ACs is subject to restrictions in nearly all civilized systems. Aside from existing laws covering the private ownership of combat droids, the age of the ACs has also made them subject to laws governing antiquities in some jurisdictions. It is, of course, extremely unlikely that [i]any[/i] being would have the opportunity to acquire an AC in the first place, given the nature of these droids.
[center][color=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]INTENT[/gfont][/color][/center]
These droids are intended to form the backbone of a piece of site lore I intend to submit, the Automatic Conquest Corps. ACs could serve as a non-aligned NPC adversary for characters and factions to fight, and I believe make a nice item to flesh out the pre-Darkness history of warfare in the Galaxy.
[CENTER][COLOR=#ffffff][gfont=Plaster]ADVANCED TECH[/gfont][/COLOR][/CENTER]
Yes. ACs are by no means a readily available piece of technology; acquiring one would be extremely difficult, and would more than likely involve fighting an army of other ACs to do so.
Tech Admin note: the use of AC droids should occur only as part of a carefully planned and approved plot in an appropriate setting.
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