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HK-24
Affiliation:
Various
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:
Durasteel
Tools and Equipment:
- Heuristic processor
- Translator unit
- Vocabulator
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 leap in droid technology at the time, it is no doubt dated when compared to the technological advancements that have come through since its conception - for example, its durasteel armour is of a lower quality grade compared to more modern techniques. HK-24 is seldom seen due to rarity, age and the fact that most remaining HK-24 droids have generally been repurposed or reprogrammed to disguise ownership and/or purchase. The droid will only raise blaster-shaped eyebrows in the more tightly regulated/controlled systems.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' idiosyncrasies
LEGALITY
HK-24, being part of the HK line of assassin droids, is illegal to own, manufacture or otherwise use.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 and relative 'underpoweredeness'. The main purpose of this request is for me to play an HK-24 character.RESTRICTIONS
HK-24 should not be purchasable/ownable without significant backstory behind acquisition of the unit. Roleplays involving HK-24 player characters carry additional scrutiny regarding how the droid carries itself (faithful to programming, unemotional (unless special circumstances) and bad at teamwork)[/float_right]
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