The G-2RD Series Guard Droid was a small, fourth-degree defense droid built by Arakyd Industries. The spherical, flat, black security droid had three evenly-spaced arms, sensor antennae studding its bottom, and multiple photoreceptors surrounding its surface. The G-2RD could manipulate locks and speak, read, and write Basic.
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G-2RD droids were designed by Arakyd to be tenacious and uncompromising, providing security while preventing rioting. While Arakyd thought this was a plus, many other droids and individuals found them to be annoying and hard to work with. Initially, Arakyd sold the G-2RD series to prison facilities throughout the galaxy. It was equipped with a repulsorlift engine that gave it a flight ceiling of 900 meters.
To aid in its task to stop rioters and/or escapees without killing them, the droid was equipped with a stun baton, an ion blaster, and a stun grenade launcher. Defensively, it was protected by a thick armor and an immunity to standard restraining bolts. Furthermore, it has a loud alarm system, which could call help from distant areas.
By the end of production, Arakyd had produced millions of the droids, who worked in places from the armies of petty criminals to New Republic detention blocks.
Since it's formation, Galactic Empire purchased large numbers of these security droids.
Han Solo and Chewbacca briefly encountered one and was able to disable it with a jury-rigged a restraining bolt that overcame the droid's defenses. In turn, the droid's memory was erased.
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