- "TS units are in great demand on colony worlds in the Outer Rim. A shipper looking to make a nice, legitimate run with minimal risk can probably pick up a bunch of these and deliver them to some grateful colonists (at a healthy mark-up, of course)."
- ―Indigo
The TS-Arach series Pest Control Droid was a model of fifth-degree pest-control droid manufactured by MerenData.
Characteristics[]
A model of fifth-degree droid, the TS-Arach series Pest Control Droid was a small droid, with a width of 0.3 meters. Featuring four legs, it was equipped with a single Human range photoreceptor, capable of also seeing in micro-scale, and a pair of auditory receptors, one of which was Human range, the other high-frequency, and a simple personality matrix. The TS-Arach was armed with a small blaster, as well as pesticide dispensers. It was capable of functioning in virtually any environment.[1]
Role[]
The TS-Arach was designed to eradicate common pests that threatened crops. Using its lifeform sensor coupled with an entomology database, the TS-Arach could identify individual creatures and determine if they were a threat to the crops the droid was assigned to patrol. Once a harmful creature was discovered, the TS-Arach dealt with the intrusion using its blaster and pesticide dispensers. If the creature was deemed harmless, its presence was logged and reported to the farmer.[1]
History[]
Manufactured by MerenData, the TS-Arach series Pest Control Droid cost 600 credits.[1] Just prior to the Battle of Yavin in the year 0 BBY, Arakyd Industries introduced a completely redesigned version of its BT-16 perimeter droid that borrowed heavily from the pest-control droid's design.[2] By 1 ABY, the TS-Arach was in great demand on colony worlds located in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The TS-Arach series Pest Control Droid was first mentioned in Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids, a Star Wars Legends supplement written by Drew Campbell and Eric S. Trautmann for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game[1] and released on April 1, 1997,[3] where it was depicted in an illustration by Johannes Huber.[1]
Sources[]
- Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids (First mentioned)
- The New Essential Guide to Droids
