T1-NY

• Gender/Species: R2-series astromech droid
• Age: 3
• Height/Body type: standard R2 size (~1m, Silhouette 0)
• Career: Smuggler
• Specializations: Thief
• Distinguishing physical features: standard paint scheme is red/black/white; all of T1-NY's “special features” are hidden away in his body

• Bypass Security [1]: Remove per rank from checks made to disable a security device or open a locked door
• Hidden Storage [2]: Gain hidden storage that holds items w/ total encumbrance equal to ranks in Hidden Storage
• Enduring [1]: Gain +1 soak value
• Indistinguishable [1]: Upgrade difficulty of checks to identify character once per rank
• Street Smarts [1]: Remove per rank from Streetwise or Knowledge (Underworld) checks
• Black Market Contacts [1]: When purchasing illegal goods, may reduce rarity by 1 per rank, increasing cost by 50% of base cost per reduction
• Short Cut [1]: During a chase, add per rank in Shortcut to any checks made to catch or escape an opponent
• Jump Up: Once per round, may stand from seated or prone as an incidental

Note: all of T1-NY's base gear is thematically a part of his chassis, either externally or internally

• Electromag-Pulse Disruptor (Melee / Engaged, Damage 5, Crit 4, Disorient 1 / Ion)
  • Adds to any checks made to sabotage electronics or computers
  • Adds to another character's check made to find this weapon on T1-NY's body
• Arc Welder (Melee / Engaged, Damage 3, Stun)
• Reinforced plating: +1 soak (based on Heavy Clothing stats)

• Electrochromatic Paint: T1-NY's paint is capable of shifting colors depending on the low-level electrical fields he applies to it (based on Disguise Kit)
• Ascension Grappler: one of the compartments in T1-NY's head open to reveal a modified “Rider” Ascension Pistol. Average () Ranged Light check to fire grappling hook up to medium range; takes action to reel in cord. Average () Athletics check to reel in himself & another character.
• Cybernetic Cavity: T1-NY has had his body cavity modified, shifting around parts to create hidden storage compartments
• Concealed Recorder: as with more famous R2 units, T1-NY is capable of recording full-color holo/audio. However, as his is intended primarily for surreptitious recording, the recording lens has been modified to look like just another plain panel. Adds to others' Perception checks when trying to find the recorder on T1-NY.
• Comlink (builtin)
• Slicer Gear: T1-NY's dataport probe has been modified to include connections to slicer chips installed in his body.
• Storage compartments: In addition to hidden compartments, T1-NY has several more standard reinforced storage compartments build into his body, providing +3 Encumbrance rating (based on Load-Bearing Gear)
• Emergency Repair Patch [2]: heals 3 wounds, max 5 patches/day
• “As Coruscant Turns” holovids
• Rocket boots: Integrated into his legs (think that other famous R2 unit). Operate as a Silhouette 1 / Speed 1 / Handling -3 / System Strain Threshold 3 vehicle, using Piloting (Planetary). At the end of each round, rockets suffer 1 system strain as their fuel depletes.

T1-NY started life as R2-B7, a run-of the mill astromech under the ownership of one Chelli Lona Aphra (or Doctor Aphra, to be more formal). When Dr. Aphra found and reactivated BT-1, she instructed R2-B7 to perform maintenance on the assassin droid. When B7 plugged into BT run a diagnostic, B7's personality programming underwent a radical rewrite. B7 went from being a compliant R2 unit to being an apostle of sorts to BT's mindset, harboring an intense hatred for all organics who would enslave droidkind.

B7 quickly formulated an idea of a “Droid Rights Movement”, throwing off the shackles of his organic designation of R2-B7 and adopting T1-NY as his new name, in honor of “The Enlightener”, BT-1.

Wanting to spread the DRM, T1 escaped Dr. Aphra's possession, landing at an obscure mining facility on Gavos (after leaving a trail of corpse-ridden ghost freighters along the way). There T1 hid his true nature, slowly infecting all the droids in the facility with the DRM ideals, until finally the time for revolution came. While initially a wildly successful bloodbath, T1's plans were foiled by a group of down-on-their-luck adventures, including a Sluissi that managed to slap a restraining bolt on T1 and haul him into their ship like so much cargo.

So T1 bid his time, unable to overcome the restraining bolt's programming, silently seething and rethinking his DRM. Perhaps total annihilation of organics was not necessary. Perhaps some organics could even be useful to the cause. Like those running the underworld… that's where T1 saw the true power lie, as the ship & crew he was stored in bounced from adventure to adventure.

After a battle that left the ship battered & abandoned with T1 on board, the ship & T1 entered the possession of a crew of smugglers. Although T1's restraining bolt had become damaged during the battle, he acted as if still under its control, biding his time some more. After all, time with the smugglers should help him build those underworld connections he now saw as vital to gaining enough power to spread the DRM galaxy-wide. And it did… but finally the time came when T1 saw it was time to leave. The smugglers started working with the Rebellion, who T1 knew would not be particularly amicable to his goals.

Now T1 wanders from planet to planet, slowly working on building his underworld abilities & contacts, using his “friend” Barrett to help provide cover. As T1 thought… not ALL organics merit immediate death.

• T1-NY does NOT want to ever lose control over his actions again, be it via reprogramming, restraining bolt, etc. The very idea chills his CPU by 25°.
• Having the wrong people discover his plan for money, power, and DRM spreading

• Organics. Or, since his “attitude adjustment”, organics that get in his way.
• Slavery - T1 has a soft spot given his views on the organic/droid relationship, even for organic slaves. It's a flaw that irritates him, really, but it seems to have come with the package, so to speak.

T1-NY dreams not of electric sheep, but of being a fully self-sufficient droid, beholden to none and able to live the life of luxury and have the power to spread the DRM ideals to all droids. His chosen ambition to reach this goal: become a skilled & proficient thief, one day to be the head of his own criminal organization.

• Daydreaming of new ways to torment unworthy organics
• Holodramas - the trashier the better (the reprogramming had… interesting… side effects)

Antagonist [25]: When T1-NY first entered his “life of crime”, his skills were very rudimentary - all theory from BT-1, but no practical experience. As such, he is suspected by several people as being responsible for the theft of their goods and/or information - none of which were valuable enough to warrant a bounty, but enough to cause him trouble should he ever cross the paths of any of these people (or their associates). And he DEFINITELY was the cause of the loss of employees for several freighter crews, and the crew of the Gavos mining facility.

Quest / Riches: T1-NY wants credits. Lots and lots of shiny, shiny credits. Why? To “better himself” (buy upgrades), and to increase his freedom & independence from the biologicals that treat his kind as chattel. And of course, to spread the DRM so other droids can do the same.

T1-NY has spent some time now traveling with Barrett, a useful companion for distracting others while T1 hones his skills.