B2 Super Battle Droid

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B2 SUPER BATTLE DROID

Affiliation:
Formerly Confederacy of Independent Systems

Manufacturer:
Baktoid Combat Automata

Class:
Battle Droid

Locomotion:
Legged, two legs
Power Supply:
Rechargeable power cell, 72 hour duration

Sensors:
2x photoreceptors
2x audio sensors

Size:
1,93 meters

Composition:
Duranium and phrik plating

Tools and Equipment:
  • Built-in double blaster cannon (Standard version)
  • Built-in rocket launcher (B2-HA models only)

DESCRIPTION
One of the main design flaws of the standard B1 battle droid was its reliance on a Droid Control Ship to provide a signal; if the ships were disabled, the battle droids would become useless. To remedy this, the super battle droid did not rely on such a signal and had a greater capacity for independence. However, the droid still operated best with a command signal, otherwise, they tended to forget about enemies as soon as they moved out of visual range. Additionally, the sturdy duranium and phrik frame of the super battle droid was larger and more heavily armored than those of a B1.

Unlike its predecessor, the B2's delicate processing unit and signal receptor were buried deep inside the torso, offering much more protection from enemy fire. Small fully-automatic dual laser cannons were mounted on their right forearms or even both forearms as seen in the Mission to Rugosa. The B2-HA model's left forearm was replaced by a rocket launcher. They could use external weaponry (except in rocket launcher configuration), though their large hands had difficulty with smaller blasters. Instead, they were equipped with special blasters that only responded to signal emitters built into the hands. For the sake of efficiency, they used many B1 parts. Their feet were also outfitted with specialized equipment for difficult terrains, such as climbing claws. Their arms also were modular, capable of exchanging their laser cannons for other specialized weaponry.

When they were not using their built-in laser cannons, they had their right forearm locked upright.

As heavy infantry droids, B2s could take much more punishment than their flimsy predecessors. Even after being defeated, they could detach their torsos and keep up an attack although this was detrimental to their combat skill. Despite such traits, some models seemingly suffered low heat tolerance and were subject to bursting into flame upon contact.

Most post-Battle of Geonosis B2 droids were capable of communicating with each other using an oversimplified version of Galactic Basic Standard.

LEGALITY
Restricted. Despite their exceptional rarity, they're still battle droids, so to possess one a person needs to have special permissions.

INTENT
Like with the B1 and BX models, I thought it could be possible to still find droids of this type, so I gave the writeup to give others the chance to either create a character with these droids, or make tech plots to obtain them.

ADVANCED TECH
YES. Due to their exceptional rarity, a plot is needed to retrieve one or more of these droids. For one droid, a 2 or 3 thread tech plot would work.

 
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Archiving this, as I prefer to have a member of staff responsible for "tentpole" technologies such as this.
 
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