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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 2992612" data-attributes="member: 17691">[sblock=OOC]In hindsight it would probably have been best to use the Sith probe droid stats from the Dark side sourcebook as a starting point to create DRK-1X rather than the Dark eye stats from the A&EG. The A&EG proved to be rather wonky with many design errors; the DS sourcebook on the other hand presents a more balanced droid model I think. It's almost as if the two books were designed without one designer being aware that Maul's droids from Episode I had already been described in an existing SW sourcebook. Even the New Complete Guide to Droids seems to continue the confusion of the two RPG books since it goes on to describe the Sith Probe droid as being constructed by Maul based on ancient Sith designs (like in the DS book) while simultaneously listing the manufacturer as Arakyd Industries (like in the A&EG).My best guess is that Arakyd based their Dark eye production model on the Sith probe droid during its alliance with the Emperor, perhaps at his behest, but weren't able to add the mechu-deru enhancements such as the force detection so only produced a simpler stripped down version of the Sith model for mass production. Since that's what DRK-1X is, I'd say that it wouldn't have the force sensing abilities unless Dofina or Dooku had the know how and inclination to have made the necessary modifications to 1X.Also, the entry also indicates what all those little bits visible on the probot's chassis are supposed to be. For instance, the little knobby thing on the right side of the droid's chassis is the external mount for the Dark-eye's weapon; meaning that 1X should have its blaster visibly mounted on its exterior rather than hidden inside its dedicated compartment if you cared to be accurate. Would you like me to send you the page? I also don't mind if you'd want to retcon 1X or its stats or description for accuracy's sake.[/sblock]Alone in the storage compartment, DRK-1X floats around the room taking stock of the available parts and tools as well as to scan the nooks and crannies for various good place to hide itself and/or the permacrete detonators. Once it finds such a space the probot deposits its quickly gathered payload and then floats back to the door to connect its scomplink with the access port there.DRK-1X reestablishes its interface with its virtual access node in the ship's computer and relocks the door to the chamber while it checks to see whether Four has tried communicating with it through the virtual node while it was disconnected. The spherical probe droid then attempts to access the internal comlink A/V feeds back in the hub to monitor the investigation underway there. The probot also cautiously resumes its efforts to access the ship's navigational logs in an attempt to learn what it can of the hyperspace route used during previous trips, the satellites and sensor net protecting the cluster, the imperial infrastructure in place within the cluster, the routes taken by the freighter through that region, the security procedures and protocols in use during previous voyages there and any other information that may help it to plan the next step of its mission.</blockquote>

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