The LE Repair Droid was an ambitious attempt by Cybot Galactica to, as its promotional brochure put it, "combine the personality of a protocol unit with the utility of an astromech," and while the droids weren't the spectacular profit makers that the Cybot execs had hope for they did carve out a modest niche.The first of the LE's were produced generations ago for use in starports, even though you could by four Treadwells for the cost of one LE. Cybot gambled that ship captains would be willing to pay a premium for droids intelligent enough to interact with port officials and customs inspectors. They were right. Each of the LE's stood at height of 1.7 meters tall and sported a skeletal bipedal frame of a silver-gray durasteel, and though the two armed design couldn't match the versatility of the spider-like Treadwell the droids humanoid shape did make it easier to communicate with its biological masters.The common equipment on the LE included visual and auditory pickups that are attuned to human sensory ranges, a vocabulator, and a holographic projector/recorder system. The droids were also equipped with a broadband transmission antenna that allowed the droid to receive data while working in a sealed repair conduit or on the far side of a crowded hanger bay. When working in concert with the holographic recorder was a series of focusing lenses, permitted the LE to zoom in on distant objects or bring microscopic details into sharp clarity. The LE Repair Droid's primary function is starship repair, and they also came factory-installed with extensive databases on hyperdrives, acceleration compensators, artificial gravity, alluvial dampers, and all of the other equipment needed to travel between worlds. Cybot Galactica also planned that many of the LE's buyers would be for-hire captains so they made the LE a specialist in fixing bulk haulers and stock light freighters, and with additional programming and sufficient on-the-job experience the LE's can competently manage starfighters, airspeeders, and even Capital ships. Cybot Galactica also equipped the droids with the secondary function to deal with starport personnel and free their owners from annoying red tape, and they are quite crafty at obtaining departure permits and cargo waivers, even sometimes when it means bending the rules a bit. Even some port offices keep LE's on staff full-time to use their talents the ensure that all arriving craft meet lift/mass guidelines and safety regulations. Bebo was stolen from the hangar bay of the Imperial scoutship Dagyar-1 when the party fled Niven's Star. While the party simply claimed him as one of their own, due to an imperfect memory wipe Bebo still has moments where he spews brash Imperial propaganda. In fact, he is still painted Imperial grey, but has a brightly polished spot on the head where the cog symbol used to be. For a long time Bebo did not know that he was stolen and believed that Chunara is its rightful master. After some time with the party, he was modified by a Devaronian slicer with several old Krath War Droid parts--namly the Jedi Sensor and Threat Detector. Later modifications included a removeable right hand that could be piloted on remote. Bebo was with the party when they faced down Yanna Tarassi at the Sith Temple on Shiningmoon Minor and was the victim of her Electronic Manipulation ability. Reset to factory standards (both Imperial and Krath), he is now her loyal servant.
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Model: Cybot Galactica LE Repair Droid Designation: LE-B039 Cost: 12800 (new) / 6500 (used) Move: 7 Height: 1.7m Dexterity: 1D Knowledge: 2D Mechanical: 2D Perception: 1D Strength: 2D Technical: 2D Personality Matrix: Complex Skills: Astrogation 2D+1, Communications 3D, Sensors 3D, Capital Ship Repair 4D, Computer Program/Repair 5D, Space Transports Repair 3D, Starfighter Repair 3D, Bureaucracy 3D, Languages 3D, Persuasion 2D Equipment: humanoid body, visual/audio sensors (human range), vocabulator speech/sound system, diagnostic display screen, holographic projector, broadband communications suite, durasteel shell (+1D vs physical, +1 vs energy), scomp-link (+1D computer programming/repair), welding Laser (3 cm range, 5D+2 damage), Jedi/Force sensor, threat detector
Quirks Specific to LE-B039:
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As an amusing side-note, Bebo's odd personality is a combination
of C3-P0's from the Battle of Geonosis and Kryten's from
Red Dwarf!
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Last Updated: 15 March 2005