The B-3 Ultra Battle Droid was separatist battle droid created by the Techno Union,
to serve as a much stronger and far more agile upgrade to the B-2 super battle battle droid.
The B-3 Unit contained many upgrades to both it’s weaponry and armor,
and was declared the deadliest battle droid to ever be created by the Separatists. So, I’m going
to break down the full story of the B-3 Ultra battle droid and why it scared the Jedi so badly.
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The B-3 Ultra Battle droid was the next evolution in the B-series droid line after the B-2 unit,
and was based directly on it’s design, but was far larger and much bulkier than the original B-2
super battle droid. The B-3 ultra battle droids had incredibly large arms, with one containing
a massive fuel tank in order to power a flame thrower and other, carrying a wide-spray plasma
cannon, which could devastate a large group of clone troopers at only a moment’s notice.
Surprisingly, the ultra battle droid units also had two smaller arms,
which were directly attached to the primary arms, and featured multiple,
incredibly deadly, rapid-fire blasters, just like the previous B-2 also carried.
On top of this, the droid was also stocked with a large magazine of brilliant missiles,
which were located on the left of it’s large, neckless head. And no,
I’m not calling these missiles brilliant, they’re literally called brilliant-class missiles!
Finally, the B-3 Battle droid had one major new piece of technology, which gave it a ridiculous
advantage over the old B-2 units. This droid contained a very rare and expensive technology,
called a density projector. A density projector was a device that was very
similar to a tractor beam, which would be used on a ship, but instead of pulling a target it,
it focussed its energy on itself, increasing the droid’s density tremendously, making it almost
impossible to be knocked over. This feature was specifically added to the B-3 battle droid
because of the ridiculous amount of times Jedi Generals would simply pick up and throw battle
droid units using the force, without ever having to get close to them. This density
projecter device was capable of increasing the B-3 unit’s weight by up to 20 times,
allowing it to lock it’s feet firmly into the ground, and become impossible to move.
Because of these new and improved features, the B-3 Ultra battle droid was declared the
deadliest battle droid ever manufactured by Trade Federation, and was feared by the Jedi
council. Luckily for the Republic however, these droids were very difficult to manufacture in the
factory and often suffered from severe technical problems and issues in testing. Unfortunately
the most useful and unique part of the droid, the density projector, was the component which carried
the most issues and faults. Because of this, the B-3 units were never able to be mass produced,
meaning they were an incredibly deadly, but very rare unit to see on the battlefield.
In order to create these vicious battle droids,
Wat Tambor, Emir of the trade Federation, held a challenge for two small teams of engineers.
One team came from the planet metalorn, while the other came from the distant world of Foundry,
both heavily industrial planets, focusing heavily on engineering and science.
The engineer team from Foundry developed a droid known as the Avatar-7.
This droid even received approval directly from General Grievous himself, and was soon after,
named the B-3 ultra battle droid. The other team from Metalorn created a very similar droid,
called the C-B3 cortosis battle droid, which was incredibly expensive but resistant to
lightsaber strikes. So if you want to hear more about that one, I have a full video on
the C-B3 battle droids in the pinned comment down below and also in the card on screen now.
Because the B-3 Units were incredibly expensive to manufacture,
they were only deployed against very well defended Republic targets,
and only in locations where Grievous had confidence that they would not be destroyed.
The most prominent use of the B-3 battle droid came at the battle of Iktotch,
where it was deployed against Jedi Masters Saesee Tiin and Mace Windu.
The two jedi were able to combine their different styles of lightsaber combat and thinking to
defeat the savage metallic beast, being one of the only confirmed B-3 kills ever recorded.
I also have a video of that story in the description down below, it’s really awesome!
The B-3 units were later used in the outer rim sieges, where each Separatist
commander was given a small amount of them to deploy as they wished. Unfortunately however,
because of the immense technical issues and massive price tags,
many separatist commanders simply believed that they were not worth using.
After the Clone Wars, Palpatine of course took control of this very deadly technology and
manufactured hundreds of his own B-3 battle droids to be used at the Urban Warfare training Zone, at
the imperial academy of the planet Carida. Carida was home to the most important and effective
stormtrooper training program ever created, with many coming face to face with B-3 battle droids.
So that is the B-3 Ultra battle droid, the most deadly and unkillable battle
droid in the Jedi Order. Thanks so much for watching, really hope you enjoyed the video.
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