Guidance system

Machines, such as starships and droids, were equipped with guidance systems to assist with navigation. For droids, a navigation system was useful for when the unit in question was serving as the pilot of a vehicle. Records of a droid's guidance system were kept in the unit's memory logs and protected behind access codes. Provided the droid remained intact and the slicer could break through those codes, a robolobotomy could access a unit's guidance systems. If the machine possessed a drive system, the machine's guidance system would work alongside the engine by charting its course. In the case of seeker mines, a simple guidance system worked alongside simple engines to create a weapon that was very lethal to detected starships.

Should a ship enter the seeker mine's sensor range, the mine's guidance and drive systems worked together to chase down the opponent, who would be under threat of destruction due to the mine's explosive power. A rocket guidance system, meanwhile, was a custom attachment that could be granted to any type of micro-rocket to turn it into "smart" weaponry; instead of allowing the rocket to miss its target, the firer would create a rocket guidance system to ensure their projective continued to see and chase a target should there be a misfire or total miss. By attaching sensors, minor expansions to the fuel intake, and adjustable fins for maneuverability, a rocket user thus ensured a more reliable implementation of the fired weapon because it would follow their target. A rocket guidance system also created less risk of creating collateral damage upon firing.

Rocket guidance systems sold for fifty credits. Types included the "Vornskr" Guidance Package produced by Pharr Co. and the "Outreach" Target Sensor created by Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc.. The FWG-5 smart pistol produced by Malaxan Firepower Incorporated also contained a guidance system in the form of an internal laser tracking system; the system guided pellets filled with flechette to hit their target, ensuring a fatal shot as long as the target was not heavily armored.

The B1-series battle droid, which served as the main infantry of the Confederacy military during the Clone Wars between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and Galactic Republic, was equipped with a guidance system. During the battle of the Outer Rim planet Saleucami in 21 BBY, one B1 found himself piloting an escape pod, which was carrying at least one other B1, after the destruction of General Grievous's C-9979 landing craft over the planet. Heading to the surface of Saleucami, the B1 noticed that another pod was suddenly within their flight path and tried to use his guidance system to adopt a steeper route, firing the pod's emergency engines to do so. However, the action was too much too quickly for the pod, causing it to crash.

The droids were killed upon impact, but the pilot's body, and therefore logs of his guidance data, remained intact. With the Grand Army of the Republic landing on Saleucami and chasing Grievous, who had crashed on Saleucami in a pod of his own, a clone trooper serving under Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi found the pilot's inactive remains inside the pod and believed the unit was intact enough for a robolobotomy. Taking the B1 aboard one of their All Terrain Tactical Enforcers, clone trooper "Crys" and Clone Commander CC-2224 "Cody" sliced into the droid as they traveled through Saleucami's dry territory and found records of the B1's guidance system in his memory logs. Determining they could find the other pod that the B1 had nearly collided with, Kenobi's forces continued their manhunt for Grievous.

Guidance systems were first mentioned within "The Deserter," the tenth episode of second season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, which first aired on January 1, 2010.

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