NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer/Legends

"These are automated agents of evil!"

- Plo Koon on Geonosis

The NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer, colloquially known as the Corporate Alliance tank droid and the snail tank, was a tank constructed by the Corporate Alliance to combat the Grand Army of the Republic.

Before the Clone Wars, the tank droid was deployed by the Corporate Alliance against Outer Rim worlds that opposed its development plans or protested against its unfair business practices. It was one of the contributions of the Corporate Alliance to the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

The droid tank was a six meter tall automaton with a huge, central drive motor for locomotion supported by four small outrigger wheels. It could also roll on its single traction drive tread. The droid tank was also equipped with a pair of large outrigger arms connected to either side of the drive motor which could be armed with almost any weapon. The droid's front featured several sensors above its two photoreceptor eyes. During the Clone Wars, the droid tanks were equipped with conventional ion cannons and heavy rapid fire laser cannons. For special missions, these could be replaced by concussion missile launchers, homing missiles, dumbfire torpedoes and thermal grenade launchers.

The droid tanks were used to accompany larger vehicles such as the Hailfire droids or homing spider droids. In most battles, a pair of tank droids would work together to protect a homing spider droid, though three droid tanks were required to adequately defend a Hailfire droid. The droid tank, with its huge central wheel, could also crush to death any unfortunate enemy soldier that got into its path.

The Corporate Alliance tank droids participated in the Battle of Geonosis as well as the Battle of Kashyyyk, where they formed the bulk of the Separatist mechanized forces.

Following the execution of the Separatist Council by Darth Sidious's new apprentice, Darth Vader, these units were de-activated.

Behind the scenes
The NR-N99 Persuader-class Droid Enforcer was originally designed to appear in Attack of the Clones.

In the game Galactic Battlegrounds, this droid is featured as the Confederacy assault mech and is larger, slower, and more powerful than how it is seen elsewhere. This may be due to the fact it hadn't appeared in a movie yet, and its design was adopted for the game from concept art for Attack of the Clones.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars
 * Jedi Trial
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Chapter 22
 * Star Wars Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds