(Saga Edition): Star Wars Classics

[Shalimar]

I don't have my books on me at the moment, but Signature Item iirc allows an object to have two upgrades from Tech Specialist/Superior Tech feats instead of just the normal one upgrade. It lets you swap between the two upgrades when you want, but you can only have one active at a time.

The other possible version of the feat that I seem to recall was that while holding it you get a +2 bonus to persuasion checks. Its been awhile since I looked at the feats in Scum and Villiany.

Hasty modification lets you swap one tech specialist upgrade for another one, but then at the end of the encounter you lose the tech specialist upgrade comletely and must remodify the item for another 1,000 credits.

 

[Ambrus]

You need to figure out your base cost before starting to buy stuff up with that other money in case you want to spend some money on getting yourself upgraded with the Tech Specialist or Superior Tech feats from Starships of the Galaxy and Scum and Villiany respectively.

So what do I take into account to calculate my base cost? Before adding in any bells, whistles or upgrades, a small droid is assumed to possess wheeled locomotion, a heuristic processor and two arm appendages; they can then spend 1,000 credits for their additional systems and accessories. So...

• heuristic processor = 2,000 credits
• Small-sized wheeled locomotion = 3,200 credits
• two arm appendages = 8 to 200 credits
• various accessories = +1,000 credits

Doesn't that mean that every small sized droid starts with pretty much the same base cost of approximately 6,400 credits?

Since you built your HRD using the same custom droid rules, how did you arrive at your base cost of 9,000,000 credits?

 

[drothgery]

Since you built your HRD using the same custom droid rules, how did you arrive at your base cost of 9,000,000 credits?

Stella's (presumably) built using the sidebar in TotG that writes up Replica Droid as a species, not as a custom droid. The listed cost of a Replica Droid is 9 million credits.

 

[Shalimar]

Stella's (presumably) built using the sidebar in TotG that writes up Replica Droid as a species, not as a custom droid. The listed cost of a Replica Droid is 9 million credits.

Exactly, though the 9 million credits was ripped from Guri's cost who was the orignal so she was likely to cost quite a bit more than later HRDs will. Either way, there is no way to use Superior Tech or Tech specialist upgrades on her due to the extreme cost.

 

[Ambrus]

Do HRDs, as a species, allow droid upgrades in general?

So is my calculation of a small custom droid's base cost accurate? Wouldn't that mean that a Superior Tech upgrade for one consistently cost approximately 2,500 credits if done before purchasing other accessories?

 

[Shalimar]

Yes, HRDs have the DROID TRAITS special quality and the ability to install additional systems, and that is specfied in the write up. Upgrades in terms of Tech Specialist/Superior Tech upgrades are all going to cost between 2-5 million credits but they are able to do them, if they can come up with that much money.

Superior Tech upgrade is 20% or 2,000 + 20% or 2,000. Assuming your base cost is less than 10,000 credits (which is almost certainly the case), you are going to be paying 4,000 credits to get Superior teched assuming you are paying someone else to do it.

 

[Ambrus]

Assuming your base cost is less than 10,000 credits (which is almost certainly the case), you are going to be paying 4,000 credits to get Superior teched assuming you are paying someone else to do it.

Ah, alright. So then is there any other reason I'd need to know my base cost beyond being Superior teched or can I simply start spending the 14,000 on additional accessories and upgrades?

 

[Shalimar]

Ah, alright. So then is there any other reason I'd need to know my base cost beyond being Superior teched or can I simply start spending the 14,000 on additional accessories and upgrades?

You don't need to know your base cost for anything else, but you should make note of all of your systems that were purchased with the 1,000 credits. Those are built in and don't count against your encumbrance. You'll need to keep track of the weight of everything else you install since that will count against your carrying capacity of 12 kg (remember small characters can only carry .75 of what medium characters can).

 

[Ambrus]

Have training remotes been stated up anywhere? If so, how much do they cost?

 

[possum]

Have training remotes been stated up anywhere? If so, how much do they cost?

350 creds.