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CRMcNeill
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This has been on my mind for some reason lately. We see motorized wheelchairs all over in the RW, but imagine that combined with SWU tech. I'm picturing an actual smart-chair, with a fully aware droid brain that not only serves as a mode of transportation for a disabled character, but also as a companion.
The possibilities for modifications are endless. It wouldn't even have to be wheeled; in the SWU, it could just easily be repulsor-based. Its features could be customized depending on the lifestyle of the user, like astromech-type tools for a disabled technician, or a library interface for a more intellectually minded character.
I haven't really put any thought into stats or anything, and as far as I know, no one has ever run a disabled character. But it's an interesting possibility.
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Melkor
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Pretty nifty idea actually. Might have to use it myself. |
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The converse side: Why wasn't this disability fixed by cyborging?
I'm not arguing that a smart chair wouldn't be cool, but the first thought I would have is "Well, why didn't they get him some robot LEGS, instead of a robot chair?"
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Because of this idea of wheelchair/repulsorchair droids, I'm having visions of Dune's Baron Harkonnen's antigrav harness having a droid brain (A Star Wars equivalent of a Mentat).
Words cannot describe the horror I'm feeling now. 
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garhkal
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Something like that already exists, its called the hover shopper.. Easy to convert that into a droid ran hover/repulsor unit.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:59 am Post subject: |
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| garhkal wrote: | | Something like that already exists, its called the hover shopper.. Easy to convert that into a droid ran hover/repulsor unit. |
There's also that platform that hovers; the one that Yoda rides on while talking with Obi-wan and Mace Windu in the jedi temple. Episode II. Hard to tell if that thing has a brain of its own or is controlled/ piloted in a subtle fashion. |
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Xain Arke
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I believe that Leia used a (non-droid) medical hover chair in the NJO books
after her legs were crushed by a Vong.
There are some D20 stats for it that were put out on the WOTC website way back.
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CRMcNeill
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| Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| MrNexx wrote: | The converse side: Why wasn't this disability fixed by cyborging?
I'm not arguing that a smart chair wouldn't be cool, but the first thought I would have is "Well, why didn't they get him some robot LEGS, instead of a robot chair?" |
Probably because, just in like the real world, not all medical conditions can be solved by artificial limbs.
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kalamaro
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Jank Paramexor in galaxy guide 10 have a mobile life support unit look like hover chair
according the bounty hunter code they a weapons fit in this chair |
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CRMcNeill
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| Sutehp wrote: | | Because of this idea of wheelchair/repulsorchair droids, I'm having visions of Dune's Baron Harkonnen's antigrav harness having a droid brain (A Star Wars equivalent of a Mentat). |
It could go either way, actually. A disabled villain whose repulsor-chair doubles as his primary enforcer / bodyguard...
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CRMcNeill
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| Xain Arke wrote: | | I believe that Leia used a (non-droid) medical hover chair in the NJO books |
We don't even have to go that far for a reference. Cliegg Lars in AOTC was missing a leg and got around in a repulsor-chair. That means that even relatively isolated backwaters like Tatooine would have access to basic repulsor-chair tech. It's the droid aspect that takes it a step further.
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Kazdan Paratus from Force Unleashed has a sort of semi-autonomous exoskeleton rig similar to that of Doctor Otto "Octopus" Octavius. Someone made a custom figure for that, http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7_BFxLlBx-0/UeXHpnM60sI/AAAAAAAADX8/cph2ijf-eYY/s1600/Kazdan5.JPG
The Columi have mentally controlled repulsorrigs, if noone's already mentioned those. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Columi_mental_hoverpod
I would imagine that if one modified a Droideka slightly, one should be able to place a chair nestled in the 'thorax' region. I would certainly feel safe if I had a Droideka surrounding me. The bandersnatch-style rolling mode needs to go; I don't need to be folded, spindled, or mutilated while chillin' in my Droideka Chair. |
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| CRMcNeill wrote: | | We don't even have to go that far for a reference. Cliegg Lars in AOTC was missing a leg and got around in a repulsor-chair. That means that even relatively isolated backwaters like Tatooine would have access to basic repulsor-chair tech. It's the droid aspect that takes it a step further. |
Exactly the example I was going to give. Even "average" working class farmers on backwater worlds have the access.
As a darker aside: Your notion of the droid-powered "sentient" wheelchair conjured the idea of a fully paralyzed character -- perhaps one of the PCs or major NPCs who was seriously injured in a battle -- who could be reintroduced into the campaign using one of these chairs. However, the eventual reveal/twist is that the droid brain has somehow overtaken the character, and is now masquerading as the character for some nefarious purpose. |
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Then you also have that full body repulsor suit for that guy in dark empire 2 (the comic that is)..
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