Hi all.

Running my first game and wanted some advice.

My players are going to be finding an old cave system and at some point turning it into a secret lair/base of operations. Since they are villains, they will probably want to use droid labour to keep it secret. I can't find any construction droids in the published books. I was thinking that the PCs could purchase/loot/steal an few construction droids, and an expert architect droid to manage them.

I figured the architect bot should retail for about 10,000 credits. 25% more than a protocol droid and in line with the exchequer droid in Enter the Unknown.

For the construction bots, something like the PK series worker droids in the gamemasters kit. But there are no prices for them, so I was thinking around 6000credits. Cheap as droids go, but they aren't much good without a supervisor to manage them.

Do these seem reasonable?

The players are going to need to purchase materials and tools as well. Are there any resources for base building? I've found the homesteading rules in Far horizons, but its a bit basic for what I'm interested in.

Lead by Example and Fully Operational (Age of Rebellion) have modular base structures you could crib off of if not use as-is. Fully Operational has construction vehicles. Fully Operational and Strongholds of Resistance have stats for droids, some of which might fit your plan well. Strongholds of Resistance also has a base somewhat similar in concept to what you are describing: Defiant Core base, built out of an old, crashed, Recusant -class and the subterranean caverns near it. Fully Operational has the Sapper specialization and some construction tools, both of which might be helpful as inspiration or straight usefulness.

The architect bot is a good idea. 6k sounds about right for the worker droids.

Don't forget that if your players are villains, they might not have a problem hiring a work crew, then spacing them when the work is complete. Plenty of secrecy, plus you are only out the signing bonuses.

Pretty sure there is some sort of drilling/mining droid droid in one of the books, but I don’t remember which.

There is some bulky worker droids in the Debts to pay (Edge GM kit)

GT-Series Construction Droid, not sure what book it is from, but I found the stats for it on the FFG RPG fandom wiki.

8 minutes ago, SuperWookie said:

GT-Series Construction Droid, not sure what book it is from, but I found the stats for it on the FFG RPG fandom wiki.

Fully Operational.