You look around and suddenly realize that the store is quite full of droids of all differing kinds. You ask Daar if they're all for sale and he nods, mentioning that only a few of them work for him in exchange for exceptional care.
Daar has a variety of protocol droids that capture your interest. You ask one to describe itself and it replies, "The 3PO protocol droid from Cybot Galactica are among the most humanlike automations ever developed, and you might think it would be a triumph, but unfortunately, human beings can be nervous, flighty, and borderline neurotic. Some 3PO's are all of that and more, thanks to the highly advanced neural network of the SyntheTech AA-1 Verbobrain.
The Verbobrain, which is designed to produce flawless interpreters and impeccable diplomats, permits a droid to develop genuine emotions and a surprisingly original personality. Cybot Galactica was forced to install creativity dampers in their 3PO units to ensure unembellished translations, and they recommend regular memory wipes to iron out any unexpected quirks.
The standard TranLang III communications module features over six million languages, including obscure dialects, trade vernaculars, security codes, and droid communications. The droids vocabulator speech/sound system allows the 3PO unit to reproduce nearly any sound it hears with all the properness of the original sound, though the droid's humanoid construction limits its ability to duplicate nuances of alien sign language, such as the subtle Lekku tics of Twi'leki.
The program allows the droids brain to analyze speech construction and, noting its repeating patterns, it can translate previously unknown languages. We don’t have to tell you that this feature by itself is an invaluable tool for anthropologists and linguistic researchers.
The 3PO unit is widely used by ambassadors, politicians, consuls, and members of royalty as personal attaches in diplomatic or social settings. In a Galaxy with millions of distinct cultures, no senator wants to start a war with a culture because of a communications error. Also the 3PO's are designed to be unrivaled in speaking alien tongues, and experts in etiquette, decorum, customs, posture, religious rituals, and table manners.
The 3PO unit stands at a height of 1.7 meters and are encased in a glittering, burnished body shell of gold, silver, white, and a handful of other hues. The units also possess photoreceptors, auditory pickups, broadband antenna receivers, microwave detectors, and olfactory sensors. The unit is also designed with a primary circuit breaker, a master switch that can be accessed at the back of the neck. The droids also require frequent oil baths to keep their joints and couplings in prime working condition.
Cybot Galactica has made 3PO droids in one form or another for over a century and the droids are manufactured exclusively on the factory moon of Telti. Some citizens have been known to tinker in their own shops to create the droids as well."
You notice there are also Mouse Droids. Pressing a button allows you to read what these little droids are all about.
The MSE-6 General Purpose Droid is equipped with a single modular circuit matrix that can only hold one skill at a time. These matrices are cheap and easy to install, and they are so easy that the droids can usually be reprogrammed by another MSE-6 droid.
The MSE-6's common skill matrices include elementary repair, security, janitorial cleanup, and basic computer programming. The droids black box outer casing conceals its two retractable manipulator arms, one of which is powerful and one delicate. The droids sensitive auditory sensor is located on either side of its body, and its electro-photoreceptor and miniature holocam are found on the front. The droids maneuverable set of treaded wheels allow the droid to move forward and backward quite rapidly. The droid is also equipped with a small compartment on its top that holds sealed orders and sensitive documents for times when it is used as a courier, and once locked the compartment can not be opened without an authorized voice-code.
The Pit Intelligence Hangar Droid is not unlike it's counterpart, though it is more - fancy, if you will - in appearance. While the MSE6 is made for rough and tumble duty, the PI Droid uses an approach of more etiquette. Likewise, it is able to carry more information than the MSE6, and is not as easily tampered with.
Sitting side by side on a shelf, is a row of Pit Droids - placed in shutdown mode for easier storage. Cautious of keeping all contact away from the nose, you press the button on the description holomodule to learn more.
Small bundles of pre-programmed urgency, pit droids always seem eager to enact any and all repairs that must be made, whether requested to or not. On planets were the dangerous and often outlawed sport of Podracing is allowed, pit droids are an integral part of the racing team. It is the versatile pit droid that maintains the massive engines and streamlined cockpits. The droids are just over a meter tall and come in a variety of colors. Capable of lifting many times their own weight, the droids' strength is legendary.
The common pit droid, or DUM unit, is mass-produced on the manufacturing planet Cyrillia. Their saucer shaped heads have two antenna used to communicate with other droids. They come with fairly substandard programming, which can be upgraded. Because of their low-grade programming and overzealous work ethics they can cause a considerable amount of damage in a short period of time unless they are supervised.
Disposing of an irreparable pit droid is a delicate operation and often requires disintegration. Due to their immense strength, malfunctioning pit droids are very dangerous. Especially hazardous is a droid with a damaged on/off button. Most pit droid owners keep an ion blaster on hand, just in case, to shut down a damaged droid so it can be repaired later.
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Standing between the shelves is a droid you don't really recognize at first, but after closer inspection, realize is a TT8L Droid. This is a common droid, used to both greet people at a residence's main entrance - and to introduce guests. You press the button on the holomodule to learn more.
The TT-8L (Tattletale) is a security scanning droid that is manufactured by the Serv-O-Droid company, and more than one dozen variations of the droid have been produced over the generations from the the slightly menacing Y7 to the bauble-trimmed XSS.
The TT-8L line is more than an "eye on a stick" and has earned the nicknamed Tattletale. The droid remains in a fixed position throughout its operational life – typically someplace near a main doorway. The unit is triggered by an approaching visitor's footfalls which are registered by the unit’s audio sensors. Then the unit will peer through the peephole, and it will then match the quest's physical parameters to its internal database and announce the newcomer's arrival to its master, who can then admit them or request further observation.
The TT-8L is equipped with a snakelike body stalk that is cast from antique brass, which is bolted to the floor – but the droid is allowed a limited range of movement with its multiple joints. The blue-tinted glass optical lens functions much like a pair of microbinoculars, and is protected by a bronze shutter when inactive. The unit’s vocabulator is carefully modulated to deliver mellow and courteous diction. The droid has a total length of 2.5 meters.
The Y7 model can interrogate suspicious callers and scan them for weapons. The TT-8L/Y7 unit is designed for direct installation into a door frame or entranceway.
Finally, you turn to inspect the astromech droids. With a slight grin of satisfaction, you note that Daar has astromechs of all makes and models. A busy R2 model beeps at you, as it moves from model to model, insuring that all the droids are working at satisfactory levels. Again, you press the button on the information holomodule to learn more.
The first real success story for Industrial Automation, the R2 is designed to fit the astromech droid sockets on military starfighters, which had previously been reserved exclusively for government owned models. The R2 is preprogrammed to be able to interface with over 700 different types of starships. Although starship repair and diagnosis is the R2's primary function, they are also used for data retrieval and as general utility droids.
The R2 can store up to 10 different sets of hyperspace coordinates and can perform basic flight maneuvers including engine startup and peflight taxiing.
The R2 features an extensive sensor package and variety of built in tools, including an arc welder, fire extinguisher, holoprojector, circular saw, and two extending arms each for heavy lifting and precision work. These features, along with the shape and size of the R2's body, would be become the signatures of the IA astro droid, and would be reused in each successive R-series droid.
The different models of R-series droids from the R2 on can be distinguished by the shape and style of their head cupola. R2s have a hemispherical metalic head.
Astromechs also have flotation devices and a periscoping visual scanner that can guide them while they are submerged.
The R5 like other astromechs moves around on a three legged wheel system and is outfitted with a 
holographic projector, arc welder, circular saw, and fire extinguisher. A row of three tiny photoreceptors and sensors replaced the large radar eye found on earlier models.
Finally, to keep those droids in tow, you see that Daar has even got some of the finest Restraining Bolts in the galaxy. Restraining bolts are devices affixed to droids in order to better control their actions and enforce their obedience. A special applicator seals the bolt to a droid. Once affixed, the restraining bolt restricts a droid from wandering off and forces it to obey commands from a handheld control unit.
