Restricted Droid 2400-Series Auto-Excavator

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2400-SERIES AUTO-EXCAVATOR

AFFILIATION
Various.

MANUFACTURER
Blackwell Automata.

CLASS
Mining droid.

LOCOMOTION
Wheeled.POWER SUPPLY
Onboard fusion generator.

SENSORS

• 28x photoreceptor.
• 4x audio receptor/sonar sensor.
• 2x mineral scanner.
• 1x fracture detector.

DIMENSIONS
Length - 24 meters.

COMPOSITION
Duranium.

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

• 2x heavy manipulator arm.
• 1x internal molecular furnace.
• 1x internal ingot casting plant.
• 1x integrated long-range comlink.
• 1x reader socket.
• 1x standard I/O socket.
• 8x heavy beamdrill, mounted in fingertips, 4x per manipulator.

DESCRIPTION​

The 2400-series auto-excavator is a super-heavy mining droid manufactured Blackwell Automata, the droid division of Blackwell Technologies. One of the largest droids that Blackwell makes, the 2400 is remarkably simple, but also incredibly sturdy, designed to operate semi-autonomously in harsh conditions, often for years on end with minimal maintenance. They are a staple of large-scale mining operations across the Galaxy.

The 2400 series is a massive, powerful machine, built on an 8-wheel articulated chassis 24 meters in length, sheathed in heavy duranium plating which renders it immune to most damage, up to anything short of medium turbolaser fire. It is equipped with an onboard fusion power-plant sourced from Blackwell's starship division, which can power the behemoth for years between refueling. For digging, it is equipped with a pair of enormous manipulator arms, the digits of which are tipped with powerful beam drills for slicing through rock and other materials before shoveling the resulting rubble into its onboard molecular furnace for processing. The resulting processed slag is afterward cast into ingots of separated valuable elements and waste material, which are left behind the droid in neat piles as it moves, to be collected by other droids and/or organic workers.

Though equipped with a long-range comlink for communication with a control system or overseer, the 2400 is perfectly capable of plotting its own course, being equipped with an extensive suite of high-resolution photoreceptors, as well as a mineral scanner capable of identifying veins of valuable elements, a sonar mapping system, and a fracture detector to show the droid the most effective places to drill. The 2400 does not possess especially sophisticated cognitive circuitry, but then it really doesn't need any such thing.

2400s are, as mentioned, highly popular in the mining industry, but they have also found a place in the specialty demolition and urban reclamation industries, especially on ecumenopoleis such as Coruscant, where the massive foundations of towering star-scrapers present many of the same challenges as digging through the crust of a planet. A few enterprising military leaders have even used 2400s as siege-breakers, using them to tunnel under or through defensive fortifications, the droid's heavy armor allowing it to ignore most defensive fire. Needless to say, combat applications are not approved of by the manufacturer, and 2400s possess no pre-installed combat programming.

LEGALITY​

Legal. Though massive and expensive, mining droids such as the 2400 are legal in most jurisdictions, although operating them outside of a mine or construction site may be prohibited.

INTENT​

To create a heavy mining droid to function as a faction/corporate asset, and as a set piece for role-playing.

RESTRICTIONS​

2400-series auto-excavators are massive, expensive and difficult to transport, and are not approved for individual ownership. They can be used as faction assets, or can be owned jointly by 2 or more player characters as part of a commercial venture.