Entry: OOM-2
Subject: Droideka Mk-II
Status: Canon/Fanon
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The next stage in making Republic soldiers s**t in their pants.
The Q-series Droideka was bad enough, with it's repeating blasters and energy shield, allowing it to stand up against basically anything except heavy artillery, and resourceful suicidals. Of course, it has it's flaws, like any battle droid.
Most of these were rectified. The Mark II is consideably larger than the Q, P, or W series, and has heavier, sturdier body. It can still roll around like no tommorow, and has an added fourth leg for increaed stability and mobility when deployed.
The shield is of course stronger, able to take more and stronger hits. Additionally, the droideka features a third set of twin blasters, with the two original ones now being in a tighter position. While it does make it more difficult to aim far away and adjust, it has less of a forward blind spot, and more forward firepower.
Most impressive of all is the fact that it can switch it's blasters to a secondary mode: ion cannons. As if shredding infantry were bad enough, now it can disable other hardware with ease. These cannons are located at the head (3) and down at the base (2). The other four on the arms are blasters.
If you want to kill one, your best bet are explosives: grenades and rocket launchers.
Best thing about it? The CIS can build them for the same price as the Q-series in 22 BBY. Ouch.
Fanon Info
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In Canon, the Droideka II wasn't discovered until 3 ABY, on Hypori by the Zann Consortium. The CIS had apparantly started producing the droids, but never got the chance to release them. Zann got ahold of them, and used them himself.
In the Galaxy Divided universe, the CIS is still alive and well long after 19 BBY. The Droideka II was being tested just as the armistice was agreed upon, and is due to be brought to the battlefront by late 9 BBY. No differences between fanon and canon in the droid's stats.