Name: Kalibac Industries/Techno Union DLC-13 Mining Droid
Type: Mining Droid
Degree: Fifth Degree
Class: Mining Droid
Sensor Color: Blue
Plating Color: Bronze
Gender: Masculine Programming
Personality Module: Elementary
DEXTERITY 1D
Dodge: 2D
KNOWLEDGE 1D
MECHANICAL 1D
PERCEPTION 1D
Search: Ore 4D
STRENGTH 3D+2
Lifting: 5D
TECHNICAL 2D
Equipped With:
• Binary Vocabulator
• Energy Shields (+2D vs damage)
• Carbinite Alloy Armored hull
• 2 High torque manipulator arm
• Repulsorlift generator
• Stereoscopic binocular sensor
• Heat-resistant basket
Special Abilities:
None
Move: 12
Height: 1.5 meters
Cost: 27,000 credits
Availability: R
Background: The DLC-13 mining droid, also known as the Mustafar panning droid, droid lava collector, or DLC-13 panning droid, was a mining droid used to extract valuable ores from inhospitable environments, like Mustafar and the Belgaroth asteroid field. The droids were made from heat-resistant carbonite.
Following the culmination of the Clone Wars, several DLC-13 droids worked in Mustafar during a duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader. Vader leapt onto one droid and took control of the droid’s steering controls, causing it to drop its collection bucket into the lava below.
The Kalibac librarian droid was initially developed for the Mid Rim Lending Network. However, Kalibac’s parent company, the Techno Union, utilized the internal intelligence matrices from factory-model librarian droids within an imitative body shell crafted from heat-resistant carbonite, intended for use by Mustafarian miners. The droids, produced on Mustafar itself, were programmed to use their scanners to locate minerals brought to the surface of lava flows by tractor beams. The panning droids were fitted with large, underslung collection buckets to transport minerals from the rivers back to Techno Union harvesting centers.
As an additional defense against the scorching heat of the planet, panning droids were fitted with low-powered deflector shield generators, though losses to the flames of the lava rivers were still high. The panning droid possessed only a rudimentary droid brain: its orders were transmitted to it from the primary mining facility. Although expensive, these droids proved their worth by the enormous profits gained from mining rare heavy elements.
Appearances: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
