Probot: An intelligent probe droid, this reconnaissance device is equipped with repulsorlift and thruster units that enable it to move swiftly across planetary surfaces. Probots get to their destinations in hyperdrive pods, then desend to a planet's surface using braking thrusters. They often look like meteorites to observers. After impact, the pod opens anf the probe droid is released. Probots are programmed to be extremely curious, so they can almost always find anything that might be worthy of inspection. They are armed with a blaster device, although they are programmed to avoid conflict and to self-destruct if discovered.
Probots were used by Darth Vader when he was searching for the main Rebel base some time after the Battle of Yavin. He ordered thousands of them deployed to unexplored or uninhabited systems in the hope that one might uncover the Rebels. In fact, one probot did discover the Rebel base on Hoth.
Probots hace sensitive sensor arrays th detect signs of habitation; they examine acoustic, electromagnetic, motive, seismic, and olfactory evidence. They are equipped with holocams, zoom imagers, radar transceivers, sonar transceivers, and radiation meters. Four manipulator arms and a high-torque grasping arm allow the probot to take samples from a planet. |
