Talents: Adversary 1 (upgrade difficulty of all combat checks against this target once).Ībilities: Droid (Does not need to breathe, eat or drink and can survive in vacuum or underwater. Skills: Athletics 1, Cool 1, Melee 2, Perception 1, Vigilance 1 Functional droids continue to guard abandoned Imperial facilities, and, worse still, it is possible units have fallen into criminal hands. While the vast majority of Dark Trooper prototypes were decommissioned by the New Republic, intelligence data suggests several were lost in the chaos that ensued during the final days of the Galactic Empire. Over time, these units were phased out as repair parts became increasingly expensive to custom manufacture. Rather than scrap these units, an ambitious maintenance officer aboard the Arc Hammer suggested fitting inexpensive melee weapons for use in close quarters. Since these droids were developed in parallel to Moff Rebus’ weapon designs, they were never expected to fire weapons and as such lack both the appropriate hand articulation and ranged targeting programming. While the project was sabotaged by the Rebel Alliance, quite a few prototypes remained in service as security droids in garrisons across the Empire. A relatively large number of units were produced while tuning the locomotion systems and perfecting the phrik alloy composition. Spring a skeleton battle bot or two on your players for me, will ya? Phase I Dark Trooper ĭeveloped to test the robotics and metallurgy underpinning the larger Dark Trooper project, the Phase I was never meant for battlefield usage. Where I hope this article adds value is in the two adventure seeds below. The stats here are not anything revolutionary, and have been done in a similar manner elsewhere. Frankly, while exploring dark Imperial bases as Kyle Katarn, these babies can still give me a quite the jump scare. The Dianoga was of course one of them, but the Phase I Dark Trooper was equally spooky to me back then.

While that is a bit melodramatic, as a youngin’ playing Dark Forces, several of those rotating sprites freaked me the heck out. They say you must face your fear to overcome it. Threats, adventure seeds, rules supplements, and more are all to come for those who access The HoloNet Uplink. This series focuses on Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars Roleplaying Game, with content aimed mostly at the Gamemaster.

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