Droid Friends that Float. -

By n0c73m, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG

Ok so I'm currently playing a defel Bounty Hunter Assassin; with the droid companion motivation. For this slot the Gm and i were looking throught the books trying to find something like the DRK-1 droids from the old D20 Star Wars system. Closest we found was the "eye in the Sky droid" and the holocam droids. Then i saw the cover of Far Horizons and got very excited. Because lo and behold, there on the cover was my old friend DRK. or something tha tlook very close to it. However the only thing i found in the books was the KD fugative trakcer droids. which are WAY to big to be the droids on the cover. (1.4 meters), so im asking here hoping someone knows..... what are those droids, and where can i find them.

First comment.

Also, use one of the remotes in SM and describe it as the droid you want.

IIRC there is something in one of the splatbooks or maybe I dreamt it.. I'm AFB at the mo, if someone doesn't ninja me I'll let u know

EDIT: Aren't they surveillance drones/droids?

Edited by ExpandingUniverse

First comment.

Also, use one of the remotes in SM and describe it as the droid you want.

OR.. use Special Modifications and build your own

Special Modifications has the floating sphere remote droids you're thinking of.

There are 4 types, wich are as follows:

Generic Remote [Minion]

1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1

Soak 2; Wounds 5; Def. 0/0

Skills (Group Only): Perception

Talents. none

Abilities: Droid. (no eating, sleeping etc.)

Silhouette 0

Equipment: none

Base prize: 400 Credits, rarity 2

Butterbug Remote [Minion]

1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1

Soak 2; Wounds 3; Def. 0/0

Skills (Group Only): Mechanics, Melee

Talents. none

Abilities: Droid. (no eating, sleeping etc.)

Vulnerable to Blasts (add 2 Boost to checks made with weapons with the Blast quality targeting minion groups of butterbug remotes,

Silhouette 0

Equipment: Mircro-tools and drills (Melee; Damage 2; Critical 3; Range [Engaged]; Pierce 2

Base prize: Credits 700, rarity 4

Service Patch Remote [Minion]

1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1

Soak 2; Wounds 5; Def. 0/0

Skills (Group Only): Computers, Mechanics

Talents. Technical Aptitude 1

Abilities: Droid. (no eating, sleeping etc.)

Silhouette 0

Equipment: built-in toolkit.

Base prize: 900 Credits, rarity 3

Shield Remote [Minion]

1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1

Soak 2; Wounds 6; Def. 1/1

Skills (Group Only): Vigilance

Talents. Body Guard 1

Abilities: Droid. (no eating, sleeping etc.)

Silhouette 0

Equipment: General purpose scanner.

Base prize: 1100 Credits, rarity 5

Edited by RicoD

Then i saw the cover of Far Horizons and got very excited. Because lo and behold, there on the cover was my old friend DRK. or something tha tlook very close to it. However the only thing i found in the books was the KD fugative trakcer droids. which are WAY to big to be the droids on the cover. (1.4 meters), so im asking here hoping someone knows..... what are those droids, and where can i find them.

I believe that those were Recon Remotes. See http://swrpg.viluppo.net/equipment/gear/76/ and look on page 57 of Dangerous Covenants.

Looking at Far Horizons, see [1] for a full list of all the items that FFG provides in that book. The only droid or remote they list that appears to me like it might fit the picture you see on the FFG page at [2] would be the “DZ70 Fugitive Tracker Droid”, see [3] for the listing. Of course, this does look a lot more like the old DRK or “Sith Probe Droid”, see [4].

So, I’d say that it’s up to you and your GM. What do you want it to be?

[1] http://swrpg.viluppo.net/books/book/14/

[2] https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2014/5/8/far-horizons/

[3] http://swrpg.viluppo.net/adversaries/adversary/1463/

[4] http://www.starwars.com/databank/sith-probe-droid

Edited by bradknowles

There's the RMD-20 in Keeping The Peace, pg 50.. tweak it a bit I reckon ;) stats as follows:

1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1

Perception, Vigilance

Abilties: Droid (yadda, yadda, yadda), silohuette: 0

Equipment: recording holo-cam