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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shalimar" data-source="post: 4864422" data-attributes="member: 9600">Yes and No (hows that for double speak <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />).  You are right in that you don't have to pay for a level, but wrong in adding the extra 14,000 credits.  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. I would strongly suggest a higher strength so that you'll be able to carry the additional systems that you are going to want to put in (tool appendages, shields, internal storage, Darkvison, or whatever), the weight will add up really quickly, especially if you want to carry any external equipment. A talent you may want to consider taking is in the Force Unleashed Campaign guide.  Its a Droid Talent, meaning that any droids of the appropriate degree can take it in place of a class talent.  The talent lets 2nd Degree droids grant a +5 bonus on aid another checks to Mechanics, Pilot, and Use Computer instead of the normal +2.  Just a thought.</blockquote>