Decon III Droid Type: Industrial Automaton Decon III DEXTERITY 2D KNOWLEDGE 1D Decontamination processes 3D MECHANICAL 1D+1 PERCEPTION 2D Search 3D, search: containments 5D STRENGTH 2D Lifting 2D+1 TECHNICAL 2D Equipped With: -Internal four-stage decontamination processor; uses decontamination processes skill. Can process three kilograms per hour; difficulty depends upon level of contamination. -Visual, infrared and analyzation sensors -Heavy scooper (+1D to lifting) -Treads -Retractable arm Move: 6 Size: 1.3 meters Source: Dark Force Rising Sourcebook (page 100), The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook (page 195)
Note: The Decon III droid was a squat, boxy unit and stood at 1.3 meters tall. Such droids were use by the Galactic Republic on colonization attempts to supplement the terraforming process of a colonized world with a harmful ecosystem by filtering out deadly alien bacteria. These droids were equipped with visual, infrared and analytical sensors though its vocabulators could only speak binary. Some variants of the Decon III moved on treads while others traveled on four legs; all were equipped with a single retractable manipulator arm. The droids were equipped with a heavy front shovel for scooping up dirt—approximately a quarter cubic meter for a "bite". The collected soil falls into the intake hopper and then passed through a four-stage series of cleansing chambers equipped with catalytic processors for removing any deadly contagion, thus making the soil safe for planting. This amount was then removed from the Decon III through a rear discharge chute. The speed of the process differs from the level of pollution, though most units can treat about three kilograms of topsoil an hour. The back view of a Decon III droid.A variant of the Decon III was stored aboard most long-range starships in case the entire vessel was flooded with radiation. If that happened, these units would deploy chemical spray hoses and fill the cabins, decks and bulkheads with a rad-absorbing foam. The poisonous froth would then be scooped up by the droids and subjected to the same treatment as contaminated soil.
