User:OOM-21

Greetings, my name is OOM-21 and I'm just your typical Star Wars nerd.

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OOM-21, nicknamed "Beaxx", was a BX-series droid commando that acted as a mercenary for hire alongside its counterpart, OOM-20, during the Clone Wars and the Imperial Era. In it's time, the droid pair undertook a number of operations in assassination, espionage, sabotage, and even a hostage situation.

The origin of the pair's existence as an independent pair of battle droids turned mercenaries was unknown to a majority of the organizations that hired them, and the outbreak of the Clone Wars made many skeptical that the droids were operating as undercover agents for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. However, the unit's proceeded activities following the end of the conflict soon eliminated this rumor, as the droids seemed unaffected by the activation of the Separatist shut down command.

By 17 BBY, the droid pair had become somewhat of a beacon of hope for the growing organization of independent droids known as the Droid Gotra, alongside other robotic bounty hunters such as IG-88 and 4-LOM. In secret, the droids had began utilizing their assumption of credits to begin upgrading their various systems beyond what they were originally programed to uphold, as a means of making them more efficient in action. Around the start of the Galactic Civil War, OOM-21 and its counterpart seemingly vanished from the criminal underworld, leading many to speculate the droid's motivations over the years. Many believed that the droids had been hired to act as military advisors within the Rebel Alliance, a statement which may have been partly accurate, as the droids had been identified by Imperial Stormtroopers during the Battle of Hoth, causing the Imperial Security Bureau to place a public bounty on the droids.

Mysterious Origins
OOM-21 and its counterpart, OOM-20, began operating within the criminal underworld just a few months after the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY. It is unknown if the droids once served in the Separatist Droid Army or if they were purchased by an independent buyer who somehow lost control of them, but nevertheless the two droids slowly began to make a name for themselves as their advanced programming in stealth and combat made them effective mercenaries.

Employed Under Cad Bane
"Finish getting those uniforms on and clear this platform now. Everybody else, follow me."

- Cad Bane, addressing OOM-21 and the other hunters.

One of the earliest known jobs taken by the droid pair was the Senate hostage crisis, organized by the Duros bounty hunter, Cad Bane. After being initially hired by Bane, the droids accompanied the Duros' gang as they assaulted one of the outer landing platforms to the Republic Senate Building, quickly overwhelming the garrison of Senate Commandos stationed there. Upon clearing the platform, Bane ordered the droids to dawn a pair of the fallen commando's armor and proceeding to clean up the spread out corpuses scattered around the area. OOM-21 personally dawned a set of armor previously belonging to Captain Jayfon of the Senate Guard and proceeded to impersonate the Captain when clone reinforcements from the Coruscant Guard arrived at the building. Once the mission had been completed, the droids left the building alongside the other members of Bane's group and fled Coruscant with the liberated Ziro the Hutt.