Pick a droid, any droid.

[Borgholio]

So far I'm rather interested in how the votes seem to be split between the "Big three" and "Other". Poor Gonk droid....

[The Vortex Empire]

HK47, meatsacks.

Didn't he have a habit of arranging the deaths of his non-Revan owners?

[Thanas]

Threepio. He'd be a great asset for translation work, and a generally friendly guy to know.

Plus, unlike some other choices (Guri, HK47) he would be less inclined to kill you in his sleep.

[Tribble]

Threepio. He'd be a great asset for translation work, and a generally friendly guy to know.

Plus, unlike some other choices (Guri, HK47) he would be less inclined to kill you in his sleep.

I wouldn't be so sure about that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9JPF3pn5O4

[muse]

I would chose C-3PO because he would be of great help translating ancient languages.

He may not be as useful as you think seeing how much trouble he has with mere Spanish.

[aerius]

While the medical knowledge would be great, a lot of Star Wars medical treatments seem to rely on bacta, which AFAIK is something that has to be harvested, and can't merely be cobbled together with regularly occurring ingredients...

If that's the case then give me a dozen droidekas and I'll give you peace in the Middle East by Christmas.

[biostem]

While the medical knowledge would be great, a lot of Star Wars medical treatments seem to rely on bacta, which AFAIK is something that has to be harvested, and can't merely be cobbled together with regularly occurring ingredients...

If that's the case then give me a dozen droidekas and I'll give you peace in the Middle East by Christmas.

Just how powerful Droidekas are, is inconsistent. In some episodes of Clone Wars, some falling rocks or debris can take them out, and in others, you can simply walk up to and through their shields, then blow them up at point blank range. I would assume that someone would resort to either swarming them or ramming them with a truck or something...

Now vulture droids, OTOH...

[aerius]

Just how powerful Droidekas are, is inconsistent. In some episodes of Clone Wars, some falling rocks or debris can take them out, and in others, you can simply walk up to and through their shields, then blow them up at point blank range. I would assume that someone would resort to either swarming them or ramming them with a truck or something...

Now vulture droids, OTOH...

Damnit, quit ruining my plans! First I can't cure the world of disease, and now you're telling me I can't have Middle East peace? Fine then, I guess I'll have to settle for a well-endowed executive assistant droid to manage my business & personal finances. And give me back rubs.

[biostem]

Just how powerful Droidekas are, is inconsistent. In some episodes of Clone Wars, some falling rocks or debris can take them out, and in others, you can simply walk up to and through their shields, then blow them up at point blank range. I would assume that someone would resort to either swarming them or ramming them with a truck or something...

Now vulture droids, OTOH...

Damnit, quit ruining my plans! First I can't cure the world of disease, and now you're telling me I can't have Middle East peace? Fine then, I guess I'll have to settle for a well-endowed executive assistant droid to manage my business & personal finances. And give me back rubs.

*Just* back rubs, eh? eh!

A squad of commando droids, or a droid gunship might be pretty cool, (though in the case of the latter, you'd need a hangar or landing pad for it).

[Lord Revan]

HK47, meatsacks.

Didn't he have a habit of arranging the deaths of his non-Revan owners?

I swear that's not my fault

with Human Replica Droids there can be a major issue depending how programble they are after all they look 100% human on the outside (just how human they are on the inside seems to depend on the source but generally it's assumed that you'd need a detailed scan to tell a HRD apart from a human) now if you could program them to be 100% obidient you could see where the issue is.

[Purple]

with Human Replica Droids there can be a major issue depending how programble they are after all they look 100% human on the outside (just how human they are on the inside seems to depend on the source but generally it's assumed that you'd need a detailed scan to tell a HRD apart from a human) now if you could program them to be 100% obidient you could see where the issue is.

Ah, but there in lies the secret. You do not program them to be obedient. You program them to be in love with you and fanatically loyal. A slave by will and choice.

[LaCroix]

Two possibilities (apart from the already mentioned) come to mind:

Mining droids.
Going by the history of the ORO station LM0228, they were all you need to build a huge city and mining operation that worked for centuries. Not sure which one would be best, though. There is a model that looks mostly like the probe droid at hoth. If that means that it is able to leave a planet and go asteroid mining, then I'm fine with it.

Or maybe a construction droid:
A Civil-Industrial I-C2 droid should be able to create a lot of buildings, including factories and generators, from the specs in its database. It has an internal furnace to create most of the needed parts from raw materials. They were popular on the outer rim, which means they should be rugged and easy to use.

[Lord Revan]

with Human Replica Droids there can be a major issue depending how programble they are after all they look 100% human on the outside (just how human they are on the inside seems to depend on the source but generally it's assumed that you'd need a detailed scan to tell a HRD apart from a human) now if you could program them to be 100% obidient you could see where the issue is.

Ah, but there in lies the secret. You do not program them to be obedient. You program them to be in love with you and fanatically loyal. A slave by will and choice.

It's still not really a choice, since you programmed in the result. Not that I expected you to understand. At least with C-3PO and other similar droids you cannot mistake them for humans, but something that's always part of the HRD regardless of sources is that you cannot easily tell them apart from the species they're suppose to replicate so to an outsider they would look 100% and a human that's 100% devoted raises alot of serious issues in real life and that's not including things like a white supremist using a HRD to "prove" the inferiority of other races, it's a can of worms best left unopened.

[Purple]

It's still not really a choice, since you programmed in the result.

Of course there is a difference. One is acceptable to society and the other isn't. Society punishes those that enslave others through force and fear but rewards those that enslave others through emotional attachment. So as long as I make it appear that this person, for that is what I wish the replicant to pretend to be is enslaved to me through means society accepts they will accept and praise the relationship. I really do not see what is so hard to understand.

At least with C-3PO and other similar droids you cannot mistake them for humans, but something that's always part of the HRD regardless of sources is that you cannot easily tell them apart from the species they're suppose to replicate so to an outsider they would look 100% and a human that's 100% devoted raises alot of serious issues in real life and that's not including things like a white supremist using a HRD to "prove" the inferiority of other races, it's a can of worms best left unopened.

I think you completely and utterly missed the point of having a human replicate droid. The thing is supposed to pass as human. I have absolutely no intention of ever allowing anyone aside from my self to know this thing is not in fact a random girl that fell desperately in love with me. I'd even work out a backstory and everything to maintain the charade. If possible I'd even have her be programed to doublethink she was human whilst accepting she is a droid.

[Starglider]

Oh it's ok. Purple is utterly unqualified to program any sort of goal system and is extremely unlikely to get the desired behaviour.

[Purple]

Oh it's ok. Purple is utterly unqualified to program any sort of goal system and is extremely unlikely to get the desired behaviour.

Well I am not as qualified as you are to be sure. But I am educated and skilled in programing. Not that it matters because let's face it, neither you, I or anyone else is going to have any proficiency or chance at discerning the end results of computer science so advanced that it permits slave boys working in a junkyard to produce sentient intelligence. At best we would be as cavemen bashing our crude stone tools against the smooth black surface of their impenetrable monoliths.

I assumed that I could, when picking a droid also get the appropriate programing built into it.

[Zwinmar]

I'd got with Rommie, aka Andromeda Ascendant, myself

[Eternal_Freedom]

I'd got with Rommie, aka Andromeda Ascendant, myself

I'd go with her too, if we're allowed non-SW droids (and I don't think we are).

For SW purposes, hmm, take droid gunship, sell it to government for huge sum of money, live happily for the rest of my life.

[Thanas]

I'd got with Rommie, aka Andromeda Ascendant, myself

She'd be my first choice too but not in SW.

[Soontir C'boath]

Gonk. I'll just pretend it's a kid fanatically cosplaying as one and just annoy the shit out of everyone saying gonk.

[Zeropoint]

Give me a sexy HRD bodyguard and, uh, companion, please!

[biostem]

I'd got with Rommie, aka Andromeda Ascendant, myself

I thought "Rommie" was the Android, "Andromeda" was the ship's AI, and "Andromeda Ascendant" is the ship itself.

[The Romulan Republic]

Same mind, different bodies, right?

I think we can treat them as one person, though its been a long time since I watched Andromeda, so I might be missing something here.

[Lord Revan]

Same mind, different bodies, right?

I think we can treat them as one person, though its been a long time since I watched Andromeda, so I might be missing something here.

IIRC yes and no. I seem to remember that orginally they were intended to be the same person but over the series the Android body developed a personality seperate of the ship AI, I could be wrong as it's been a long time I've seen Andromeda.

[Thanas]

Same mind, different bodies, right?

I think we can treat them as one person, though its been a long time since I watched Andromeda, so I might be missing something here.

IIRC yes and no. I seem to remember that orginally they were intended to be the same person but over the series the Android body developed a personality seperate of the ship AI, I could be wrong as it's been a long time I've seen Andromeda.

Yes, she did, but the three continued to be linked. They famously have different emphatic viewpoints.

I'd got with Rommie, aka Andromeda Ascendant, myself

I thought "Rommie" was the Android, "Andromeda" was the ship's AI, and "Andromeda Ascendant" is the ship itself.

Nope. Rommie is the nickname first used for the ship (with AI) then it sorta gets transferred to the Avatar. The characters refer to both ships and AI as Andromeda and don't usually make a distinction between both (and why would they?). But full name always has been Andromeda Ascendant for all three incarnations of the AI.