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HK-24
Affiliation:
Any that have survived would either be in the hands of private collectors, syndicates or independent, subject to appropriate modifications
Manufacturer:
Czerka Corporation
Class:
Assassin Droid
Locomotion:
Bipedal
Power Supply:
Rechargeable power cell, 96-hour duration.
Sensors:
- 2x photoreceptor.
- 2x audio receptor/sonar sensor.
Size:
1.8 meters
Composition:
An old, sub-optimal (compared to modern techniques) grade alloy of durasteel (though functionally still capable/powerful)
Tools and Equipment:
- Heuristic processor
- Translator unit
- Vocabulator
- Blaster Rifle
- Utility vibroblade (sometimes)
DESCRIPTION
The HK-24 was designed to impersonate protocol droids to avoid suspicion and easier facilitate the elimination of its target. Although the HK-24 represented a significant advance in droid technology at the time, it is no doubt dated when compared to the technological advancements that have come through since its conception. HK-24 has a few main traits that makes it competitive and still valuable in the current market (albeit at a cut-price compared to the latest and greatest).- Its translator unit provides it with conversational fluency in 'millions' of languages though it only possesses a full language model for approximately 5,000 of them.
- HK-24's 'State of the Art' (at the time) Heuristic processor allows it to quickly learn and adapt to changing circumstance. This also includes the purge or modification of existing information in its memory banks - typically with manufacturer-installed languages and the like though, it requires a third-party to bypass the safeguards built into HK-24. This processor also provides HK-24 with a degree of 'cunning' which it judiciously uses when executing its missions.
- Modularity/Adaptability has traditionally been upgraded, modified, reprogrammed and more. The HK series are generally known for their adaptability with Czerka even releasing a 'Pacifist Package' for one of its later HK series! A pacifier for an assassin droid? Who would have thought! HK-24 has been utilised as a bounty hunter droid, a protocol droid, security and more
- Resistance to memory wipes (though not immune) due to complicated 'thought matrices'.
- Very proficient in hand to hand fighting if in possession of a 'utility' vibroblade. Subroutines focus on the dismemberment of the enemy combatant and the unit has little combat experience with other melee weaponry (without rebalancing/reprogramming existing subroutines)
- Deadly accurate/efficient with blaster rifles and sniper rifles as a weapon class. Also highly proficient with other blaster-style weapons but the lack of 'training' on other weapons reduces its accuracy with them, due to unfamiliarity with the weapon class' idiosynchrasies
LEGALITY
HK-24, being part of the HK line of assassin droids, is illegal to own, manufacturer or otherwise use. However, due to the rarity, age and the fact that HK droids have generally been repurposed or reprogrammed, the droid will only raise blaster-shaped eyebrows on the more tightly regulated/controlled planets.INTENT
The HK assassin droids are an iconic part of the Star Wars universe, and we don't currently (I think) have any approved tech for their existence. In particular, HK-24 is quite 'weak' relative to other assassin droids like IGs or later HK series so it makes an interesting addition both as an 'artifact' that you can reward players from admin-run plots or events, but also as a playable character due to their significant independence when carrying out their missions/tasks. Having said that, the purpose of creating this tech approval request is so that I can play an assassin droid that is close to 'human' abilities (lack of excessive weaponry, built-in attachments, gotchas, etc) - I will also be making my droid kill-enabled in any thread he enters since I like the idea of death/destruction never being completely beyond my characters - if someone takes a sniper shot at him with adequate/reasonable planning, HK-24 will die. In the far future, I would love to have a 'Collector' bureaucrat/businessman style character who collects ancient technology, droids etc and HK-24 would be a good fit for this too.RESTRICTIONS
HK-24 should not be purchasable/ownable without significant investment into explaining the backstory behind acquisition of the unit. Roleplays involving HK-24 player characters carry additional scrutiny regarding how the droid carries itself - the player must take extra care to stay true to the droid programming and to stay clear of 'emotion' in their decision making (unless justified through extensive roleplay) as well as underlining HK-24's difficulty in working cooperatively as a team - particularly if its team members are other droids.
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