Approved Tech Revenant Destroyer Droid.

[Aithne Charr]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Image Source: [/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px]http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071009040111/starwars/images/5/5d/DroidekaMarkII.jpg[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Intent:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] The Intent of making this would be to provide Aurora with a new droid system as well as an advancement on the age old droideka design that he reworked to include a new form of tech. This would allow greater battlefield superiority without any loss of defensive capabilities. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Development Thread:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Manufacturer:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] Aurora Industries - Cybernetics Division[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Model:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] AIC-001 Revenant Battle Droid[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Affiliation:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] Approved Clients + Confederated Systems Alliance[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Modularity:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] (Shielding requires a dev thread before alteration)[/SIZE]

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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Shielding[/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Powercells[/SIZE]
  

[SIZE=14.6667px]Production:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] Minor Produced[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Material:[/SIZE]

• [SIZE=14.6667px]Matrix Armor shelling around the blasters and powersource with durasteel leg-prones[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=14.6667px]Optical wiring as well as energy transfer wiring[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=14.6667px]Si-Cryo Powercell[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=14.6667px]Prometheus Droid Brain[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Classification: Fourth Degree[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Weight: [/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px]90 KG[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Height:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] 1.6 Meters when Deployed, 1.4 when rolled up.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Movement:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] Quadrupedal when deployed, rolling/wheeled when rolled up.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Armaments:[/SIZE]

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  [SIZE=14.6667px]One Charric Based Maser as the top central blaster. [/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Two Ion Based Blasters as the two under the Charric blaster[/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Twin Blaster Cannons on each arm.[/SIZE]
  

[SIZE=14.6667px]Misc. Equipment: [/SIZE]

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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Light Ion Shielding Projector[/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Heavy Ray Shielding Projector[/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Variable and adjustable joints to allow it to retreat into ball form[/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Advanced Targeting systems, including a self-thinking droid brain to allow for a level of inventiveness during battle without it needing to be controlled. (Codenamed, AI Prometheus)[/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Photoreceptors able to variant between heat, magnetosphere, and ‘night’ vision. This being to allow sight without a worry on such situations being a danger. Also built in which to avoid the use of Flash Bangs in corrupting the visual data. [/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Gyroscopic stabilizers to ensure the droid does not topple over while in rolling mode. [/SIZE]
  
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  [SIZE=14.6667px]Faraday case system in its ‘brain’ as well as an anti-electromagnetic failsafe in order to protect it from EMP and Ion based weaponry without it fully shutting down. [/SIZE]
  

Strengths:

• Droid Brains, snug in their case: Because of the Faraday system put in place, the brain of the droid is protected against EMP and Ion based weaponry, atleast more so than the rest of the droid itself. This is to ensure that the droid brain is able to be recovered should need be. Along with this though, the droid brain itself has a failsafe to ensure others do not get their hands on it without Aurora personnel there. The Droid brain requires a code in order to be accessed, otherwise it will without hesitation terminate itself. (This is assuming it is not destroyed by sustained EMP or Ion Damage.)
• Dual layer Shielding: The Droid operates on a level that is drastically different from its predecessor variants. Unlike the Droidekas of past, the Revenant operates with the idea of givng itself stronger Ray shielding and a secondary light ion shielding layer. This is meant to provide a bit of minimal direct ion weaponry damage such as from Ion Rifles (But not pulses from EMPs) and heavier defense against laser based weaponry. This provides no shielding from physical weaponry though.
• Power and Versatility: Because of the three different types of weaponry placed on the droid, it offers an otherwise unseen adaptability that the droid would previously not had. The first addition being that of the Maser based laser cannon(Only term i can think of) which provides a higher kinetic punch and has been known to disarm unsuspecting or even unskilled Jedi. Along with this is two Ion based cannons under the maser one to deal with shielding and even other droids far more effectively.

Weaknesses:

• Can't take a punch: Though the Shielding is stronger against energy weaponry, it is only stronger against energy weaponry. This means physical weapons the size of rifles and larger will tear the droids to pieces should they be used on it and even worse they are more than easily ram able.
• Still a Droid: While the shielding and the faraday case help protect the droid, it is still a droid and Ion based weaponry as well as EMPs can affect it in rather significant ways should constant barrage or damage be leveled on the droid from these sources. This presents the droid with one of its most common weaknesses found among those of its creation.
• Aint a Rock Climber: Difficult terrain that includes any jumps or moving up rock faces is absolutely impossible for these. While stairs are still possible, never expect these things to be useful when you are in rocky terrain that its ball form cannot navigate and that its walker form would become stuck or lodged in. As such these are best used in plains, buildings, cities and ships, rather than on anything that requires extensive movement through climbing or jumping.
• Only Able to fire a gun: The Droideka, due to its lack of hands, will only ever be able to fire the weaponry it has attached to it. This makes its usefulness all the more situational due to the fact it cannot open doors, or operate any consoles that are placed before it. Meaning that trapping the is far easier than other war droids.
• Got to turn: The Droideka, due to its set up, cannot turn its body without turning the entire thing. This slows down its reaction to fast moving targets that can skirt around it, thus leaving it open to being taken from behind. This means the use of these droids in more open areas could leave it heavily at a disadvantage if the target is able to get close and around the droid itself.

[SIZE=14.6667px]Description:[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]The Creation of the Revenant Class Destroyer Droid started with the recovery of an age-old weapon of fear that once killed as many Jedi as a Sith could come to credit from its sheer firepower alone. This is, of course, the Droideka Droid of the now long dissolved Confederacy of Independent Systems. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Once a weapon of war, the model Solan had found was while still an intact long sense out of power and left to rust away with time. Luckily it hadn’t due to some mystical force that somehow kept one still together, but he did not have time to contemplate how this stayed together so he got straight to work on the flaws. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Firstly there was the problem of the shield not being able to distinguish the floor from a wall, which had plagued its earlier counterparts when the force had been used against the droids. This was not an easily rectified problem, in fact it was near impossible to do so Solan had devised a solution to the problem the droid’s programming to counter the issue that led to this. The moment its course or position would be altered by some means other than its own, as long as this force acting on it is sudden. The Droid is to curl up into its rolling mode in order to better reposition it. Now granted this feature has flaws of its own though the droid would remain operational afterward assuming it wasn’t gunned down while in its rolling mode.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Which led solan to realize the second problem with the Droidekas. There was no little protection while rolling which he would not have. As such he added more armor to the sides not only to protect it but they acted as stabilizers. Now rather than one single disk the rolling mode appeared more cylindrical which would allow for better stabilization and recovery if ever it did happen to be forced on its side. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Lastly came oddly enough the power regulation. The Droid’s shields, when met with too much power, cut out and left it as vulnerable as it had been without the very things keeping it protected. This meant that there was needed for a stronger shielding and in addition to this a larger payload in terms of firepower. This presented a flaw, though, which while the new dual layer shielding would protect it from laser based means of attack as well as some ion based protection in which to protect it from such attacks, but left it only protected by its armor when it came to pulse based electro-magnetic weaponry and physical projectiles. It made for a very power consuming weapon of war. This led to the addition of separate power cells which in the end created a very expensive droid. Much like the old droidekas and how they had cost 200 times the price of a B1 battle droid, these cost quite a bit more as they were now weapons targeted not for front line combatants but to be versatile and very capable shock units that could clear out enemy forces with the drop of a hat.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]As such that fire power led Solan to a rather interesting weapon choice, leaving its standard loadout of twin blaster cannons on each arm, the droid was given three more blasters and the droid brain itself as well as the optics were moved to center mass. This was done to achieve greater protection of the droid but also to give the droideka two new weapons. First the bottom two blasters would instead of firing the traditional blaster bolts, ion charged bolts for dealing with shielding and other droids. But the most dangerous weapon on it was the top central blaster. This was instead capable of firing maser energy, much like that of a Charric blaster that the Chiss used though had been able to spread throughout the galaxy. Maser technology offered a stronger and more precise punch with the sacrifice of some range. But the true power behind it was that a Lightsaber wielding foe, if not expecting a Charric based blast would find their saber likely blasted out of their hands if not careful. Thus it presents what could be considered a new weapon against force users in an old package. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.6667px]Primary Source:[/SIZE]

• [SIZE=14.6667px]http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Droidek[/SIZE]
• [SIZE=14.6667px]http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Charri[/SIZE][SIZE=14.6667px] [/SIZE]
• [SIZE=14.6667px]http://starwarsrp.net/topic/78975-si-cryo-hybrid-power-core/[/SIZE]
• http://starwarsrp.net/topic/70930-project-prometheus/

 

[Gir Quee]

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[Gir Quee]

Manufacturer: Aurora Industries - Cybernetics Division

Please hyperlink "Aurora Industries" to the approved company submission.

One Charric Based Blaster as the top central blaster.

Charrics seem to work on different properties than a blaster. I'd probably just turn this into a charric or maser of some variety.

Thermal Shielding Projector

If the implication is that this is stronger than the average shield? If so, you may want to consider reading this thread.

This presented a flaw, though, which while the new Thermal shielding would protect it from physical means of attack as well as some electro-magnetic protection in which to protect it from such attacks.

Electro-magnetic seems a bit vague to me. What sort of attacks are we talking about? Traditional blasters, EMP, etc?


As per the most recent revision of the droid template, this needs a "Strength" and "Weaknesses" section as well.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]

The reason that i had used Thermal shielding over normal deflector shielding was in turn to focus more on heat based weaponry like blasters, sabers, and so on. Though i can switch it to Particle and Deflector shielding if you so require? Up to ya.

As for Electromagnetic weaponry. that means anything that works on the bases of causing damage through... electro-magnetism... err... that doesnt sound right. What i mean is Ion Grenades, Ion Weaponry, High Altitude Nuclear Detonations, EMP Bursts. All that stuff... its kinda just a basic overview of anything having to do with EMP like effects.

 

[Gir Quee]

The reason that i had used Thermal shielding over normal deflector shielding was in turn to focus more on heat based weaponry like blasters, sabers, and so on. Though i can switch it to Particle and Deflector shielding if you so require? Up to ya.

I can usually get behind anything so long as it is properly balanced.

One option I can see is having the shield being more specialized to provide more protection than normal against heat weaponry while providing lesser protection against other types of weapons in comparison to standard shields.

Another option might be to specify that this thermal shield is somewhat stronger than an average shield, but also has a slower recharge time (in keeping with the depiction of thermal shields that Admiral Trench used).

As for Electromagnetic weaponry. that means anything that works on the bases of causing damage through... electro-magnetism... err... that doesnt sound right. What i mean is Ion Grenades, Ion Weaponry, High Altitude Nuclear Detonations, EMP Bursts. All that stuff... its kinda just a basic overview of anything having to do with EMP like effects.

The way it currently reads looks good. I'd note that while this can provide some protection from such weapons, this doesn't mean that it is invulnerable to them.


I could be missing this, but it looks to me that this still needs a "strengths" and "weaknesses" section.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]\

Ya, i haven't had the chance to sit down and think about the strengths and weaknesses so that they are balaned, ill get to it soon.

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Solan Charr"], it's all good. Let me know when you're ready to continue.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]

Added Strengths and Weaknesses

 

[Gir Quee]

Can't take a punch: Though the Shielding is stronger against energy weaponry, it is only stronger against energy weaponry. Physical based weapons will still push through the shielding if anything larger than a low caliber round is fired at it. This means most rifles, and larger will tear the droids to pieces should they be used on it and even worse they are more than easily ram able.

Still a Droid: While the shielding and the faraday case help protect the droid, it is still a droid and Ion based weaponry as well as EMPs can affect it in rather significant ways should constant barrage or damage be leveled on the droid from these sources. This presents the droid with one of its most common weaknesses found among those of its creation.

These should probably be listed as strengths, rather than weaknesses.

If we look at canon battle droids (the average standard to compare this to), not many of them have shielding or EMP protection. While these features may not be maxed out, they would be an advantage, rather than a disadvantage, when compared to the baseline battle droid.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]


They are listed as strengths...

Droid Brains, snug in their case: Because of the Faraday system put in place, the brain of the droid is protected against EMP and Ion based weaponry, atleast more so than the rest of the droid itself. This is to ensure that the droid brain is able to be recovered should need be. Along with this though, the droid brain itself has a failsafe to ensure others do not get their hands on it without Aurora personnel there. The Droid brain requires a code in order to be accessed, otherwise it will without hesitation terminate itself. (This is assuming it is not destroyed by sustained EMP or Ion Damage.)

Heated Shielding: Thermal Shielding, while meant for normally larger creations, was incorporated into the droid in order to provide a stronger defense against energy and ion based weaponry, of course while still providing minimal defense against physical weaponry such as Vibroblades and Slugthrowers. The Shielding itself is specifically designed to face the more common weaponry of the galaxy for that reason.

The weakness parts are that the shields cant do jack crap against vibroblades, slugthrowers, or anything physical being sent at them unless its a pistol round. As detailed at the end of "Cant Take a Punch." Then the fact that it is a droid, the point "Is still a droid." Is suppose to mean that it is still susceptible to a pretty heavy degree, the Faraday case only protects the brain, not the rest of the electronics and catching it with its shields down or overloading those shields leaves it quite literally defensive. Hell even when the shields are up, EMP bursts and Ion Pulse weaponry will still bleed off past the shields as they are not designed to stop them, screwing up targeting, power supply, movement, and even possibly frying the blasters themselves causing a backfire that could destroy the blaster cannons.

PS note about the part of the Heated shielding strength that mentions Ion based weaponry. We are talking about Ion Pistols and blaster Rifles, not pulse weaponry or EMPs. In the case of both it is harder to stop the effect and as such the shields will not absorb the damage like a dedicated Ion Bolt, causing bleed off onto the droid.

 

[Gir Quee]

They are listed as strengths...

I see that. What I'm trying to say is that essentially, what you have listed is a documentation of the exact amount of your "strengths". They do not make actually do anything to balance the overall submission out.

For everything that this droid does better than average, it should do something worse than the average droid (like your mobility example).

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]

Give me some time to think then.

 

[Ellie Mors]

[member="Gir Quee"] [member="Solan Charr"]
What is the status of this submission?

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Braith Achlys"]

Had exams last few days so im behind on the edits, but im working on it.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]

Added two more, think thats enough?

 

[Gir Quee]

That last weakness you added looks solid. In any case...

Heated Shielding: Thermal Shielding, while meant for normally larger creations, was incorporated into the droid in order to provide a stronger defense against energy and ion based weaponry, of course while still providing minimal defense against physical weaponry such as Vibroblades and Slugthrowers. The Shielding itself is specifically designed to face the more common weaponry of the galaxy for that reason.

From what I've been able to find, thermal shielding does not provide any protection against ion weapons. You would probably be able to get the same effect by using an ion shield and a Ray shield.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]

Opps, right, ill add that in in a little bit... surprised that i made that mistake.

If i do add a weaker ion shield layered under the thermal shielding, would it require another weakness?

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Solan Charr"], we generally don't like to see things that are highly resistant to all damage types for gameplay balance purposes. We may make exceptions if the submission is really lacking in another aspect (like being immobile or having very few weapons). If you intend to move the submission towards either one of those areas, I can get behind this submission being highly resistant to everything.

Otherwise, I suggest using ray shields and an ion shield. Not having a particle shields (or shields against physical weapons) means that this droid has little chance of being reported for being invulnerable. But that does not mean that it's utterly defenseless against the lowest of such weapons because it is armored.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Gir Quee"]

I was gonna say, ya adding a level of ion shielding, even with the thermal shielding already, would leave this thing near completely under threat of use by Physical based weapons. ...

(In other words, im gonna be doing the ray and ion idea, being that thats basically what i have here already. Ill get to work on editing it to reflect this as soon as i can

 

[Gir Quee]

[member="Solan Charr"], it's been about a week now since the last post in here. Do you feel ready to continue with the sub? Or should I move this into the archives for the time being?