Name: Cybot Galactica IW-37 Pincer Loader Droid
Type: Loader Droid
Degree: Fifth Degree
Class: Labor Droid
Sensor Color: Black
Plating Color: Grey
Gender: Masculine Programming
Personality Module: Simple
DEXTERITY 1D
KNOWLEDGE 1D
MECHANICAL 1D
PERCEPTION 1D
STRENGTH 5D
Lifting: 6D
Stamina: 5D+2
TECHNICAL 1D
Equipped With:
• Humanoid Body (Two arms, two legs, torso, head)
• One visual and one auditory sensor – human range
• Binary vocabulator
• Pincer Arm (STR Damage)
Special Abilities:
None
Move: 6
Height: 2 Meters
Cost: 5,000 Credits
Availability: 3,4
Background: The IW-37 pincer loader droid was a model of class 5 labor droid produced by Cybot Galactica for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. It was designed to deal with sensitive, potentially explosive loads, particularly live military ordnance. It worked in circumstances that required the brute strength and indestructibility of a binary loadlifter, but with a high degree of subtle accuracy when handling an object. The droids primary feature was a terrifying looking pincer arm that could operate with the most delicate touch.
The grasping arm, which was centrally positioned on the front of the droid’s chassis, could reach into small compartments to load or retrieve missiles and ammunition canisters, or recover ordnance or fuel cells from a wreckage to make it safe. Should anything explode, the IW-37’s blaster-resistant durasteel armor meant it could generally take the hit and keep working. The droids chassis had a rechargeable battery module on its back and also featured two large flat-footed legs.
The Open Circle Fleet utilized IW-37 droids, with its emblem marked at the front.
Several of these droids were working in a shipyard on the planet Corellia. The yard had been controlled by the Nightsister Morgan Elsbeth during the reign of the Galactic Empire, but had been taken over by the New Republic by around 9 ABY.
However, the facility continued to be used by Elsbeth in secret, causing New Republic General Hera Syndulla and former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano to investigate it. During the investigation, Tano questioned Regional Supervisor Myn Weaver about the droids used in the facility, and Weaver mentioned the IW-37s along with several others. After Elsbeth’s continued use of the shipyard was then uncovered, many of the staff were then arrested by the New Republic.
Appearances: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Ahsoka
