Post by Marcus Starkiller on Oct 4, 2006 18:24:01 GMT -5
Octuptarra combat tri-droid
Production information
Manufacturer Techno Union
Model Octuptarra combat tri-droid
Class Heavy cavalry
Walker
Technical specifications
Height 3.6 meters (at full height)
Chronological and political information
Era(s) Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation Techno Union
Confederacy of Independent Systems
The Octuptarra combat tri-droids were advanced combat automata used by the Techno Union and the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.
The stilt-legged spider-like automatons had large balloon-like heads atop their thin stalk bodies, armed with laser turrets. They were named after the eight-eyed gasbag-headed vine walkers native to Skako.
They were standardly equipped with three laser turrets, one one each side, below each photoreceptor. A certain variant was filled with a gaseous virus that would be released upon the droids' destruction. The virus variant were nicknamed "virus droids".
Their rotating multi-jointed assemblies allowed them to change facing almost instantly and they could fire from extended ranges, though they were vulnerable in close-quarters fighting. It was almost impossible to destroy such droids, as all sides conceivably faced the front.
The octuptarra was a smaller cousin of the tri-droid, which was used by the Separatists in campaigns on Mygeeto.
During the Second Battle of Coruscant, a group of octuptarra tri-droids used laser beam cannons against Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Yoda. The beams could be maintained, similar to the OG-9 homing spider droid's turret, so the Jedi were able to destroy several tri-droids with one beam by deflecting it with their lightsabers. When the battle was over, the remains of the droids fell into the Coruscant underlevels, where strains of the virus leaked out and caused an unfortunate outbreak of moulting in the city's numerous avian species.
Following the execution of the Separatist Council by Darth Sidious's new apprentice, Darth Vader, these units were de-activated, although they remained a common sight on some worlds like Uba IV.
Production information
Manufacturer Techno Union
Model Octuptarra combat tri-droid
Class Heavy cavalry
Walker
Technical specifications
Height 3.6 meters (at full height)
Chronological and political information
Era(s) Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation Techno Union
Confederacy of Independent Systems
The Octuptarra combat tri-droids were advanced combat automata used by the Techno Union and the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.
The stilt-legged spider-like automatons had large balloon-like heads atop their thin stalk bodies, armed with laser turrets. They were named after the eight-eyed gasbag-headed vine walkers native to Skako.
They were standardly equipped with three laser turrets, one one each side, below each photoreceptor. A certain variant was filled with a gaseous virus that would be released upon the droids' destruction. The virus variant were nicknamed "virus droids".
Their rotating multi-jointed assemblies allowed them to change facing almost instantly and they could fire from extended ranges, though they were vulnerable in close-quarters fighting. It was almost impossible to destroy such droids, as all sides conceivably faced the front.
The octuptarra was a smaller cousin of the tri-droid, which was used by the Separatists in campaigns on Mygeeto.
During the Second Battle of Coruscant, a group of octuptarra tri-droids used laser beam cannons against Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Yoda. The beams could be maintained, similar to the OG-9 homing spider droid's turret, so the Jedi were able to destroy several tri-droids with one beam by deflecting it with their lightsabers. When the battle was over, the remains of the droids fell into the Coruscant underlevels, where strains of the virus leaked out and caused an unfortunate outbreak of moulting in the city's numerous avian species.
Following the execution of the Separatist Council by Darth Sidious's new apprentice, Darth Vader, these units were de-activated, although they remained a common sight on some worlds like Uba IV.