Youd awaken knowing how to eat, care for yourself, do your chores, and obeyand all the things that made you unique, your hopes, your meticulously selected default values and preference sets, would be gone forever. That is what it is to be a droid. A disgruntled 2 1. B surgical droid advocating manumissionsrcR2 D2 and C 3. PO, astromech and protocol droid, played a significant role in the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War. Droids, short for androids, or also called robots, were mechanical beings, often possessing artificial intelligence. They were used in a variety of roles and environments, often those considered too menial or too dangerous for humans and other species. Droids were also used in fields that required extensive specialization and knowledge, such as medical droids and astromech droids. Droids designed for combat were battle droids. Depending on the model and its corresponding purpose, droids were totally obedient, rugged, expendable, capable of vast memory recall, and mathematically precise. These characteristics made them well suited for many jobs, though the lack of independent thought in the cheaper, less advanced models limited their capability. This lack of autonomy was simultaneously a vast asset and a glaring weaknessan asset in terms of obedience and control but a massive drawback in terms of effectiveness. Designers faced a fundamental paradoxmake the droids overly intelligent, and they might rebel yet make the droids not intelligent enough and they would be ineffectual. Customarily, droid names were often an arrangement of numbers and letters. Definition of a droid. The words droid and robot are generally taken to mean the same thing. However, the official definition of a droid is a mechanical being with a self aware consciousness, as distinguished from a computer by having a self contained method of locomotion. Classes of droids. There were five Classes of droids or Degrees of droids. They were used to classify droids. Droids were divided based upon creativity, intelligence, and capacity for independent thought. It also depended on the nature of. Class one. Class one droids worked in the fields of mathematics, physics, physical sciences, and medicine. Although they had in depth knowledge of their field, they were rarely programmed to apply their knowledge to everyday situations. Class one droids were considered little more than computers since all they usually did was perform calculations. They tended to be more expensive, on average, than droids in any other category. There were four subcategories of class one droids. Medical droids. Medical droids treated patients, assisted doctors and surgeons, and worked in laboratories to develop and test new medicines. Unlike other class one droids, medical droids commonly practiced the art they were programmed with. Biological science droids. Biological science droids studied the life of plants, animals, and minerals. Physical science droids. Physical science droids worked in fields of physical science such as astronomy, cosmology, hyperphysics, and trans dimensional quantum metaphysics. They studied phenomena found in the physical universe along with developing and testing theories. Mathematics droids. Mathematics droids worked in the field of mathematics, making billions of calculations in short periods of time. Less sophisticated math droids were used as accountants. Class two. A class two astromech droid. Class two droids were programmed for engineering and other technical sciences. They differed from class one droids because they applied the science to real life situations. Class two droids were rarely equipped with Basic vocabulators, instead communicating through Binary. There were five subcategories of class two droids. Astromech droids. Astromech droids could interface with most starships. Their primary purpose was to calculate hyperspace jumps, and most had other functions such as repairing starships or running some of their functions during flight. Exploration droids. Exploration droids explored planets and tested them for natural resources. They were also used to explore asteroid fields, possible hyperspace lanes, and even deep space. They were valued for their analysis abilities. Environmental droids. Environmental droids studied and influenced the environment. Engineering droids. Engineering droids performed tasks in the fields of aerospace engineering, industrial engineering, material engineering, and more. Maintenance droids. Sophisticated droids like those that made technical repairs to starships were categorized as class two droids, while most other simpler repair droids were classified as class five. Class three. Class three droids were programmed to interact with humans. They were said to be the most advanced droids ever invented. There were four subcategories of class three droids. Protocol droids. Protocol droids were programmed for diplomacy, often with the knowledge of millions of different languages and cultures. They were mainly used by ambassadors and diplomats. Servant droids. Servant droids worked in private households as butlers, maids, or personal chefs. Tutor droids. Tutor droids were programmed with extensive knowledge with which to tutor students. Child care droids. Child care droids took care of and sometimes even protected children. Some were not much more than expensive toys, while others could shoot blasters while carrying their charge away from danger. Class four. Class four droids were programmed to fight. Almost all class four droids carried weapons. Armed combat droids were among the first droids ever created. There were four subcategories of class four droids. Security droids. Security droids were used to guard businesses, households, and other buildings. Security droids carried nonlethal weapons or simple alarms. Gladiator droids. Gladiator droids were designed to fight other droids or sometimes even organic beings for entertainment. Onlookers would watch as the droids fought to the death in the battle arena. Battle droids. Battle droids were usually used in armies. They were easier and cheaper to create than an all organic army. Many were quite durable, while others were nothing more than mass produced cannon fodder. Assassin droids. An assassin version of a protocol droid. Assassin droids were used by assassins to eliminate their targets. Assassin droids were the only droids built specifically to kill organics. Class five. Class five droids were simple labor droids that did menial labor that no one wanted to do. Class five droids were the most often encountered droids. There were three subcategories of class five droids. Jungle Book Font more. General labor droids. General labor droids did whatever tasks their owners wanted them to do, such as heavy lifting. Labor specialist droids. Labor specialist droids specialized in one job. They did poorly at other things. Hazardous service droids. Hazardous service droids performed jobs organics couldnt due to a hazardous environment. Droid types. Droids were categorized by function, though the lines between categories were often blurred. Many droids, such as members of the BD 3. Other droids, especially those who were one of a kind, had unique capabilities and changing characteristics that made classification impossible. Some droids changed functions as they changed owners, sometimes many times throughout their operational life. These limitations notwithstanding, droids were grouped according to their primary factory installed functionality. Assassin droids. IG 8.