equipped with various offensive and defensive weaponry especially their twin
repeating blaster cannons and personal shield generators the droid occurs were
droids designed and manufactured on cola 4
by the colocoids to be extremely dangerous and lethal machines that
terminated their targets with absolute efficiency with their shield
generators active the droidicas stood on three legs and fired at their foes while
they could stay relatively protected from blaster damage
as they mowed down their targets with their twin repeating blaster cannons
during the clone wars the republic's forces had to either call in
artillery or somehow get an emp through the droideka's shields as their best
chance of overwhelming the deadly droid's defenses
now while standing they couldn't move very fast but by changing their shape
and coiling into a ball the droidicas were able to charge across
the surface up to 75 kilometers per hour either to make their escape or to pursue
their enemies called rollies by the republic's clone
soldiers but also known as destroyer droids the
droidicos were used during the trade federation's occupation of naboo
and later in the clone wars by the confederacy of
independent systems thanks to the extreme strength and power of the
droidica's shields attacks from high-velocity short-range
weapons were effortlessly deflected or even repelled leaving traditional
blasters and other sidearms completely useless against them
what made the droidics especially brutal to engage against
were their ability to fire through their own shields while their enemy remained
unable to penetrate them from the other side
this was because of the polarization of the shields which caused them to phase
so that the droidica's own blaster bolts were able to shoot through
but the shields would still work as a barrier against any projectiles coming
in towards them there weren't many handheld weapons
powerful enough to penetrate their incredible strength
but dangerous and powerful as they were the droidicas still had their weaknesses
for instance they couldn't see behind themselves and when they were up against
slow-moving weapons such as unhurried rolling thermal detonators or
even stationary objects their shields were ineffective the jedi
were able to utilize the force against the deadly droids during the war
which was clearly not an option for the clone troopers
so soon enough they came up with their own effective method of dealing with the
destroyer droids instead through a three-staged assault some
troops would create a distraction while other clones would simultaneously
come at the droidicas from a rear attack combined with a well-timed throw of an
electromagnetic pulse grenade and the killing machines were
neutralized another weakness of the otherwise extremely formidable droids
were in how the shields functioned when they enclosed the joyeticas in their
standing positions if the destroyer droids were to be
pushed up against a wall or knocked on their sides the shields were
not able to distinguish between the floor or the wall
from that of blaster bolts or lightsaber blades this could lead them to overload
as the generator had to continue to supply energy to the shields
also during the moments the droidekas were in their rolling positions
to make their way from place to place their shields could not operate which
left them in a temporary vulnerable state
then there was the strength of their shields which were weaker from behind
meaning the destroyer droids were easier to deal with from that position than
attempting to come at them head-on let's say moving upstairs and
maneuvering on downward slopes were conditions also known to give the
jordicas a difficult time they would need the right speed and
momentum to launch themselves upstairs in their rolling position now if they
tried to climb the stairs on their three legs
it was possible but it was extremely difficult for the droids to coordinate
then another trick they used against the droids was to counter-intuitively get
very close to the droidicas disrupting their limited targeting
abilities the closer a target was to the destroyer droids the more likely they
were to miss because of how their arms were spread out
after the end of the clone wars even though the empire made battle droids
illegal droidicas like every model of separatist
troids made their way to the black market where
they came into the possession of the various criminal scum and villainy
in the seedier side of the galaxy hope you enjoyed today's video about
droidikas have an awesome rest of your day and i
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until then remember the force will be with you
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