Swarm-class Battle Droid
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In the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe novel The Truce at Bakura, the Swarm-class Battle Droid was the Ssi-Ruuk equivelant to a starfighter. It is about 2 metres long making it one of the smallest starfighters. Because of their size, Ssi-Ruuk vessels can carry hundreds of them into battle. They are also easy and cheap to produce.They are pyramid-shaped and armed with 4 laser cannons located on each corner making them very dangerous. These laser cannons can be turned through 360 degrees thus giving the droid a wide field of fire. The Swarm-class Battle Droid can also fire backwards when chased.
Each droid has two life forces in them, kept in battery coils. One takes care of the shields while the other pilots the droid, operates the laser cannons and sensors. There are also power generators for the shields and weapons, the drive unit and the sensor system. The life forces in the battle droids receive their commands from the Ssi-Ruuk command vessels via sensor arrays located on thrusters on each side of the vehicle.
