John Locke
V U L K A N
- Intent: To submit a combat droid for productions, use and sale by Locke and Key Mechanics
- Image Source: Pinterest
- Canon Link: N/a
- Primary Source: N/a
- Manufacturer: Locke and Key Mechanics
- Affiliation: Company Name: Locke and Key Mechanics | Closed Market
- Model: Legionnaire Droids
Production: Mass-Produced.
- Modularity: No
- Material: Armourplast, Myomer, Reinforced Duraplast, Quadanium Steel
- Classification: Fourth Degree
- Weight: 90kg
- Height: 2m
- Movement: Repulsorlift, Bipedal
- Armaments:
Missiles (effecitvely to wrist rockets) - Grenades
- Vibroblade/Blaster Combo
- Shield
[*]Misc. Equipment:
- Tough as Nails: The droids are built with a skeleton of Quadanium Steel overwhich is layered the Myomer Actuation System, the electric muscles providing the droids with a stronger, smoother movement. Over the Myomer the droids are encased with a laminate armour composed of layers of armourplast and reinforced duraplast backed with Quadanium Steel. Backed by personal energy shields, these droids can take a beating and still keep fighting, just what you need out of a war droid.
- We are Legion: The Legionnaire Droids are not designed to be deployed as solo fighters, but as a group, from a squad upto an entire army. Their combat is built around the Legion Networking Software, making it easy for them to share sensor data and tactical information between themselves, allowing them to fight better and prove to be more capable than other mass-produced combat droids.
- These two hands: Although the Legionnaire's normally come combat ready with their blade-blasters and shields the droids do come equipped with two standards hands, which allows them to use any other common weapon that they might find or be asked to use. If they are connected to a database they can download hte information on the usage of more exotic weapons, if not, then like anyone else, trial and error might be the best way to learn
- I see you: A variety of sensors allow the droids to spot and target potential targets, by sharing the information each of them sees with the legion networking software they are able to build a detailed picture of the battlefield around them, and share that information with one another, and with the chain of command. Pretty useful if you need someone to watch your back.
- EMP/Ion: The reinforced Duraplast used in the construction of the armour provides the droids with some level of resistance to EMP and Ion based attacks.
- Powerful: The Myomer Actuation System replicates human motion, but is faster an more powerful than human muscle. Punching through walls and obstacles is no problem for the droids, within reason of course.
- Skating: The droids contain microrepulsors fitted into their feet, allowing them to almost skate across surfaces, increasing their speed in straight lines.
- Ion: The droids have some resistance to EMP and Ion based attacks, some. However a strong attack will still shut them down, leaving them useless until they are rebooted.
- Internal Storage: Missiles and Grenades are stored internally, which means shots that penetrate the droids armour in the chest area, or shake it up enough can cause the munitions to explode, taking the droid with them, and potentially those surrounding it.
- Weak Node: The Legionnaires are built heavily on the sharing of information via the networking software. If one of the droids were to be compromised or fed false information this can spread through the entire network right up the chain of command.
- Weak Joints: As with any bipedal droid the droids limbs are their weakest point, where the armour is necessarily the thinnest so that the droid's movement is unimpaired.
- Gymnast, bah: The Legionnaire droids are roughly analogous to a soldier in a suit of power armour. fast and powerful, but agile they are not.
War droids were always an interesting proposal, the B1-B's that were the mainstay of the Confederacy were everywhere, the backbone of their military, however the CIS was not hte only galactic group that looked to droids to supplement their military forces. It was a lucrative market and one that Locke and Key Mechanics wanted to make a mark on.
Utilising their experience building power armours John and his designers built a series of droids designed to be able to stand up to power armoured forces which seemed more prevalent on the battlefield these days. Built from the ground up to match powersuit wearing opponents, the droids are able to move fast and take hits before they go down, but lack manoeuvrability to dance around opponents. Instead they are meant to stand as a tank, or behind cover although they are capable of hand of hand combat. The droids greatest advantage is their ability to work together, sharing data and tactical information to give them an advantage.
