Droid Engineer Archive

I finally finished analyzing all our droid schematics, modules and harnesses. I touched on the idea of General and Service Harnesses before, but wanted to wait until I had finished this project before elaborating on it. The first thing I realized as I'm sure you did too, is that Power, Seekers, Arakyd Probes, DZ70s and Probots do anything special from any of our other droids. We do have the ability to customize nearly any droid to function similarly to most other droids most of us would prefer droid individuality over flexibility. I've worked out what I think would be a good compromise between the two extremes.

I started by grouping all the modules into relevant categories then examining each base and advanced droid. I discovered having a base and advanced version of each droid was redundant. The bolded droid lists the module types I propose for a new prototype. The original droid prototypes with X refers to eXisting modules.

Defense Modules (D)
Armor Levels 1-6

General Modules (G)
Data Levels 1-6
Item Levels 1-6
Medical Levels 1-6

Service Modules (S)
Repair
Weapon Droid Crafting Station
Food and Chemical Crafting Station
Clothing and Armor Crafting Station
Structure Crafting Station
Slicing*
Surveying*

Personality (P)
Stupid
Sarcastic
Prissy
Worshipful
Slang
Geeky

General Purpose Droids:
MSE-6: D1, G1, S0
MSE-6: D0, X1
MSE-6 Advanced: D1, X2
Binary Load Lifter: D3, G2, S2
Binary Load Lifter: D1, X0
Binary Load Lifter Advanced: D3, X0

Tracking and Probe Droids:
Seeker: N/A
Arakyd Probe: N/A
DZ70 D1, G1, S1
DZ70: D0, X1
DZ70 Advanced: D1, X2
Probot: D2, G1, S1
Probot: D1, X0
Probot Advanced: D2, X2

Repair, Power and Astro Droids:
WED Treadwell: D1, G0, S2
Treadwell: D0, X1
WED Treadwell Advanced: D1, X2
Power: D1, G0, S1
Power: D0, X1
Power Advanced: D1, X1
R5: D1, G1, S1
R5: D0, X1
R5 Advanced: D1, X2
R4: D2, G1, S2
R4: D0, X1
R4 Advanced: D2, X3
R2: D2, G3, S2
R2: D1, X3
R2 Advanced: D2, X5
R3: D2, G3, S3
R3: D1, X3
R3 Advanced: D2, X6

Conversational Droids:
Analysis (new see: JN-66, SP-4): P, D1, G2, S0
LE Repair: P, D1, G0, S3
LE Repair: P, D1, X2
LE Repair Advanced: P, D1, X3
Protocol: P, D1, G3, S0
Protocol: P, D0, X0
Protocol Advanced: P, D0, X2
Surgical: P, D1, G2, S1
Surgical: P, D0, X2
Surgical Advanced: P, D0, X3

It is also my opinion that the Cluster module function should also be changed to allow two similar modules to be stacked together for cumulative effect. Since we cannot change modules post construction, this would aid non-Master Droid Engineers in being able to create useful droids as they further their career. Likewise with the proposed prototypes the redundant step of creating a cluster socket could be bypassed.

Cluster Modules:
General Droid Module Socket Cluster: This module function would allow two similar General modules to be stacked together for cumulative effect.
Change schematic:
from: Requires 3 Droid Service Module Harness (Optional)
to: Requires 2 Similar General Module Harnesses
Move from Expert Droid Production to Intermediate Droid Production

Defense Droid Module Socket Cluster: This module function would allow two similar Defense modules to be stacked together for cumulative effect.
New schematic:
Requires 30 units of Metal
Requires 15 units of Metal
Requires 7 units of Metal
Requires 7 units of Chemical
Requires 7 units of Low Grade Ore
Requires 2 Similar General Module Harnesses
Add to Intermediate Construction Techniques

New Modules:

* Slicing Module
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=droid_engineer&message.id=18669

* Survey Module
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=droid_engineer&message.id=18705