Post by Rose on Apr 7, 2007 18:14:26 GMT -5
Hailfire Droid
Basic Information -
Type: Battle Droid
Weapon: Missile Launchers
Affiliation: InterGalactic Banking Clan; Confederacy of Independent Systems
A self-aware mobile missile-platform used exclusively by the InterGalactic Banking Clan, hailfire droids delivered surface-to-surface and surface-to-air strikes with their stacked banks of 30 rocket warheads. Hailfires roll along on oversized hoop-like wheels. In between the bracketing axle arms is a small, central body equipped with a single photoreceptor. When the InterGalactic Banking Clan pledged its forces to the Confederacy of Independent Systems (in a non-exclusive arrangement, of course), its hailfire droids were added to the immense Separatist battle droid army. The tardy customer or unstable investor has reason to fear late payments or forfeits on loans to the InterGalactic Banking Clan, what with its euphemistically named Collections and Security Division boasting thousands of hailfire droids. The sequenced magpulse drives along the circumference of the hoop-wheels push the droids along at impressive speeds, and the missile launcher pods give the droids a very long reach. Variant versions exist to deal with differing market needs.