of Sable Interplanetary
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
The Astra Cybernetic Consular
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
The great paradox of the protocol droid has always been the certain lack of decorum to proceedings lacking one, coupled with the distinct sense of embarrassment when one is central to any gathering. More a symbol than a tool, they regain their usefulness when the time comes to act as a translator, but generally are either unseen or comical.
Now there's a droid who serves as much more. The Astra Cybernetic Consular is a statement, a being, and a question to the galaxy. An intelligent and capable servant with advanced personality, the Astra is capable of more than polite gestures or interpretation. Invest in a companion who can understand, intuit, reason, and sympathize. Invest in the future, with us, the future's architects. We bear the story of those who challenge the edge of impossibility. We are Sable Interplanetary.
- Intent: To codify the rank-and-file protocol droid of Sable Interplanetary, for sale to The Ascendency and private buyers.
- Image Source: Nicolas Poitou
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: The Talif Cybernetic Operator
The Astra Cybernetic Consular
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Full Name: SID-3X Autonomous Strategic Cybernetic Consular
- Manufacturer: Sable Interplanetary
- Affiliation: The Ascendency, Sable Interplanetary
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: SID-39.4
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Duraplast, Ciado Protocol Frame, high-speed heuristic processors
- Classification: Third Degree
- Weight: Heavy
- Height: Average
- Movement: Bipedal
- Armaments: None
- Misc. Equipment:
- Scomplink
- Holoprojector/Recorder Unit
- Language/Translation Database
- Dedicated Reasoning: The Astra is a talented manager capable of running inductive and deductive logic patterns simultaneously. It is able to form its own opinions independent of its directives, and voice those opinions when appropriate. Its advice is often sage and insightful.
- Sinew of Wire: Though not capable of the same acrobatics as the Toseva Laborer, the Astra moves with an organic grace and fluidity. It can run, jump, and even slide along the ground for short distances with a running start.
- Superior Companion: As a dedicated protocol droid, the Astra is built to accompany and serve its master in any capacity they may require. It is singularly intelligent, and applies itself to this end fervently.
- Head in the Clouds: The Astra Consular is prone to moments of contemplation. Occasionally, while not involved in a vital task, the droid will become quiet and nonresponsive while still powered on. These 'epiphanies' are moments when the droid's own reasoning and understanding evolve of its own volition, as the Astra has happened upon a thought that has changed the way it views itself or the world around it. This is not a design flaw, per se, but rather a quirk of programming left in the Astra at the behest of Sable Interplanetary's Chairman. Regardless, it can be a bit unnerving when it happens, or briefly interrupt casual conversation.
The great paradox of the protocol droid has always been the certain lack of decorum to proceedings lacking one, coupled with the distinct sense of embarrassment when one is central to any gathering. More a symbol than a tool, they regain their usefulness when the time comes to act as a translator, but generally are either unseen or comical.
Now there's a droid who serves as much more. The Astra Cybernetic Consular is a statement, a being, and a question to the galaxy. An intelligent and capable servant with advanced personality, the Astra is capable of more than polite gestures or interpretation. Invest in a companion who can understand, intuit, reason, and sympathize. Invest in the future, with us, the future's architects. We bear the story of those who challenge the edge of impossibility. We are Sable Interplanetary.
