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Droids Clone Wars Fan Sourcebook RYAN BROOKS, KEITH KAPPEL ©2009 Fandom Comics and ® & ™ where indicated. All rights re- Credits served. All material contained within this document not already under ownership of seperate parties are intellectual property of Fandom Comics. WRITERS Ryan Brooks, Keith Kappel The Wizards of the Coast logo is a registered trademark owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Original document design created by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. EDITORS Ryan Brooks, Keith Kappel The d20 System logo and d20 are trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. DESIGN Ryan Brooks Star Wars® and all related material are trademarks of LucasFilm Ltd. or their respective trademark and copyright holders. Unless WEB PRODUCTION Ryan Brooks otherwise stated, all original material held within this document is intellectual property of Fandom Comics. Fandom Comics is not affiliated in any way to LucasFilm, Ltd. or Wizards of the Coast, chapter VII Inc. ORIGINAL ARTWORK Aaron Johnson Some rules mechanics are based on the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook by Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, and Carmine Infantino, Douglas Chaffee, JD Wiker, the original DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® rules created Ian Fullwood, Jeremy Jarvis, by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and the new DUNGEONS LucasArts, LucasFilm LTD., 2 Jan Duursema, Joe Corroney, & DRAGONS® game designed by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Allies and opponents Pat Presley, Richard Chasemore, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adkinson. Droids OFFICIAL ARTWORK Rob Caswell Any similarities to actual people, organizations, places or events are purely coincidental. This document is not intended for sale and may not be altered, reproduced, or redistributed in any way without written consent from Fandom Comics. WWW.FANDOMCOMICS.COM WWW.WIZARDS.COM Chapter 7 Droids For millennia, droids have had a role in the growth and shaping of the galaxy. They have made life habitable or profitable in environments that would otherwise prove too hostile for organic life forms. On many worlds, they have helped to create a utopia where living beings never need toil. They provide a trusted sidekick for any being in the galaxy who might want one: scientists; pilots; medics; soldiers; merchants; and more. By the time of the Clone Wars, droids had become as ubiquitous as to go unnoticed by most passers-by. Droids had completely ceased to be a curiosity and were looked at with no more regard than one gave a caf-dispenser. However, droids played a critical role in the Clone Wars, making up the vast legions of the Confederate Army and provided logistical support for the forces of the Republic. The Clone Wars were a pivotal moment in droid history which resulted in decades of oppression that reached its low point during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion half a century later. chapter VII New Droid Manufacturers Genetech Corporation 4 Allies and opponents Originally a pharmaceutical corporation Droids during the formative years of the Old Republic, Genetech Laboratories first began dealing with droids when it staffed its factories with them. The CEO’s son became infatuated with the mechanical laborers. Years later, when he assumed control of his father’s shares and took control as CEO, he reorganized as Genetech Corporation, of which Genetech Laboratories was a branch. As a broader corporation, he was able to use the company’s good name to develop droids for the medical field. Over the centuries and many CEOs later, Genetech was creating a large variety of droids. The one thing they all still have in common, though, is that they are created to work alongside organic beings in a way that complements their masters, perhaps a lesson learned from the historic riots and anti-droid sentiment reputation in the underworld for quality, despite the dangerous that broke out when the factory workers of centuries past were criminals that populated the yard. Thirteen years before the Clone replaced. Genetech’s droids don’t put organics out of jobs; they Wars, when Shipyard Master Gzin ran the orbital yard, Golden assist them on the job, or at home. Nyss Shipyards was destroyed by a raiding party of Yinchorri Traits: Whenever Genetech Corporation droid rolls a natural warriors. 20 on their aid another check, they provide an extra standard Traits: Subtract 2 from the DC of any Mechanics checks used action to the character they are aiding that must be used by the to make any hardware modifications or additions to anything end of the character's next turn. produced by Golden Nyss. Go-Corp/Utilitech Kalibac Industries Headquartered on the aristocratic world of Etti A member of the Techno Union, Kalibac IV, Go-Corp and its subsidiary Utilitech join Industries was a small droid manufacturer many other droid manufacturers who have with headquarters on Coruscant and Procopia. set up shop there, such as Cybot Galactica. Their history was plagued with copyright Go-Corp is best known for “droiding” vehicles infringement suits from Cybot Galactica, so they can act independently without an who claimed Kalibac used their proprietary chapter VII organic pilot, while Utilitech focuses on designs in Kalibac droids. The legal muscle processors and personality matrices. Over the exerted by Cybot Galactica leading up to the years, the ruling class grew exceedingly lazy, eventually turning Clone Wars kept Kalibac from significantly to droids to run much of their corporation for them while they expanding, though the droids they did market counted their credits. For a time, a number of MerenData EV- were considered to be of the finest quality. Series Supervisor Droids ran the factories, and many other aspects Ironically, the designs were frequently 5 of the company, resulting in a number of innovative designs knocked-off by outlaw droid techs and sold and amazing efficiency. These designs included the critically to unsuspecting consumers. The imitations Allies and opponents Droids acclaimed WA-series and Todo series droids. However, the EV- were almost always inferior, sullying Kalibac’s reputation when series staff was liquidated when scandals revealing their near- customers sought tech support. Droids actually built by Kalibac torture of organic engineers and workers came to light. are exceptionally helpful toward their masters and authorized Traits: Once per encounter, a Go-Corp/Utilitech droid can allies. ignore the movement penalty associated with difficult terrain Traits: Once per encounter, Kalibac droids provide an until the beginning of its next turn, or move through a square additional +2 bonus to any skill check made to aid another’s skill occupied by an enemy, though they will still draw attacks of check. opportunity as normal. PublicTechnic Golden Nyss Shipyards PublicTechnic is a small droid manufacturing Golden Nyss Shipyards had a reputation of cobbling together new firm based on Sennatt, in Bothan Space. equipment with a variety of off-the-shelf hardware. Golden Nyss Through careful manipulation and blackmail, was known for catering to smugglers and pirates, often providing they were able to secure exclusive contracts illegal modifications to a variety of mid-sized craft. They were with many government agencies for labor not a droid-manufacturer, per say, though they were known droids. With a captive market, PublicTechnic for “droiding” a variety of equipment and vehicles. They had a began manufacturing labor droids related to city clean-up and repair, as well as industrial droids for or Superior Tech (SV 24) feats, instead of just one. The advanced tedious labor. Fortunately for the blackmailed officials of many droid’s damage threshold is increased by 5, and its movement governments, PublicTechnic built the droids to be especially speed increases by 1. The sale price for advanced droids is at meticulous in the performance of their duties, checking and least double the stock price of a standard model. The repair double checking their work. and maintenance costs associated with an advanced droid are Traits: Whenever a PublicTechnic droid is called upon to make doubled, and any repair DCs are increased by 5. a Perception check for any reason, they may choose to increase the length of the action required 1 step (free action to swift Droid Template: Archaic action, swift to move, move to standard, etc) in exchange for the Although rare, some droids remain in service after thousands of option of re-rolling the check and taking the better result. years. Even though they remain functional, archaic droids are generally inferior to their modern-day counterparts. An archaic Rebaxan Columni droid can be obtained for 50% of the cost for a current model, but Rebaxan Columni is a corporation run by has its damage threshold lowered by 5. The DC for all Mechanics the Chadra-Fan, a small, rodent-like species and Use Computer checks used to repair the droid are increased of beings that are friendly, but also skittish by 10. Additionally, any built-in weaponry on an archaic droid is if met with violence. A young start-up incapable of scoring a critical hit against non-archaic droids and chapter VII corporation during the decades leading up equipment. to the Clone Wars, their first great success came in securing a contract with the Separatists for its MSE-4 Mouse Droid. By Droid Template: Junker the end of the Clone Wars, the Chadra-Fan were confident they Droids that have been cobbled together with inferior parts, or had worked out all the kinks of the design, and manufactured that have been denied routine maintenance over an extended billions of the MSE-6 model before doing proper market research. period of time can be considered junk droids. A junk droid has The design failed to cross-over, and drove Rebaxan Columni to its damage threshold reduced by 5, and must develop a quirk (SD 6 bankruptcy. Their entire inventory was sold off to the Galactic 18) each time the droid takes damage that exceeds its damage Allies and opponents Droids Empire at fire sale prices.