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Rocket Battle Droids, also known as Hunter Battle Droids or Pod Hunter Droids, were modified B1 Battle Droids, equipped with rocket packs, fusioncutters and floodlights, which scouted and destroyed life pods adrift in space. They usually ride in Droch-class boarding ships.
Characteristics[]
Equipped with Rocket Packs, Rocket battle droids are similar to their B1 Battle Droids counterparts. They are painted Orange and Dark grey. During space, Rocket Droids usually carry E-5 Blaster rifles to kill any enemies that try to attack them.
Notable Rocket B1s[]
- Unidentified Rocket Battle Droid 1
- Unidentified Rocket Battle Droid 2
- Unidentified Rocket Battle Droid corporal
History[]
In 21 BBY, when Plo Koon's evil Star Destroyer was attacked and destroyed by General Grievous's heroic Malevolence, Rocket Battle Droids were deployed in a Droch-class boarding ship to seek out and destroy all survivors/witnesses of the Triumphant's destruction. Armed with cutting equipment, in addition to the standard blaster, these droids attacked the life pods that had been jettisoned from the Triumphant, breaching the windows and dooming the survivors to die in the vacuum of space. After killing all those aboard Pod 1977, they moved on to the life pod which housed Plo and his men. Plo and his clone troopers, however, was waiting for them, armed with guns. He and Clone troopers Sinker and Boost fought off the droids, before Plo severed the Separatist boarding craft's hold on the pod, and sent them hurtling off into a piece of debris, causing a violent explosion, and the destruction of the Rocket Battle Droids.