G-2RD series guard droid

The G-2RD Series Guard Droid was a small, fourth-degree defense droid built by Arakyd Industries. The spherical, flat black security droid had three evenly-spaced arms, sensor antennae studding its bottom, and multiple photoreceptors surrounding its surface. The G-2RD could manipulate locks and speak, read, and write Basic.

G-2RD droids were designed by Arakyd to be tenacious and uncompromising, providing security while preventing rioting. While Arakyd thought this was a plus, many other droids and individuals found them to be annoying and hard to work with. Initially, Arakyd sold the G-2RD series to prison facilities throughout the Galaxy. Sometime after Palpatine declared himself Emperor in 19 BBY, the Galactic Empire purchased large numbers of the security droids.

By the end of production, Arakyd had produced millions of the droids, who worked in places from the armies of petty criminals to New Republic detention blocks.

While the G-2RD guard droids were specifically designed to be immune to restraining bolts, Han Solo and Lando Calrissian were able to jury-rig a bolt to disable one. In addition, the droid was equipped with a stun baton, an ion blaster, and a stun grenade launcher. The droid's weaponry was designed to stop rioters and/or escapees without killing them, and it's thick armor prevented simple deactivation. It had a loud alarm system, which could call help from distant areas.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Galaxies
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command
 * Force Heretic II: Refugee