Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Scavenger's Guide to Droids
Affiliations: General Units
Designed to serve as a communications assistant for bureaucrats, corporate executives, and military administrators, the CZ-Series Secretary Droid specializes in managing, organizing, and directing all forms of communications through a particular office or organization. The Droid handles audio signals from Comlinks, text and data messages through planetary computer networks, and holographic messages from The HoloNet. The Droid has internal systems capable of acting as a switchboard, receiving, analyzing, and routing many communications simultaneously.
Furthermore, the CZ-Series Secretary Droid is programmed to receive instructions from its owner on how to prioritize incoming communications, ensuring that during the work day, only the most urgent messages and Comlink requests are passed on. The the CZ-Series Secretary Droid serves as a buffer between its owner and those who want to contact him or her, and it comes loaded with the most common languages spoken by its owner's associates. Once the owner links his or her Comlink, Datapads, Portable Computers, and other Communications Devices to the Droid, its programming takes over, and the Droid receives, sorts, and routes all messages.
Overlooked Espionage[]
One benefit that CZ-Series Secretary Droids gain from their devotion to managing the menial tasks of their masters is that they make excellent spies. As unassuming assistants, these Droids are often overlooked when espionage sweeps occur. One such CZ-Series unit that served as a Communications Droid in an Imperial Security Bureau office on Brentaal had been compromised secretly by The Rebel Alliance. When agents of the Empire discovered the presence of the Alliance Cell, the conspirators were executed, but the Droid was left in place, continuing to collect information for the Rebellion despite the fact that no one was there to receive it. The Alliance knows that it is only a matter of time before the Imperials realize that the Droid stores sensitive data. The Rebels are likely in need of a team of skilled heroes to travel to Brentaal, break into the ISB office, retrieve the Droid, and bring it- and its valuable memory banks- back to Alliance High Command.
Playing a CZ-Series Secretary Droid[]
Players who want to build a CZ-Series Droid Hero should take the stock Protocol Droid Chassis and choose Noble as the starting Heroic Class, using the Linguist starting Feat to replicate the Droid's preloaded languages. Instead of starting with a Translator Unit, the CZ-Series Droid gets the Comlink Jammer and Comlink Relay special qualities, as described in the full statistics block.
Select Knowledge (Bureaucracy), Knowledge (Galactic Lore), Perception, and Use Computer as four of the Droid's starting Skills. For additional Trained Skills, consider Gather Information to represent the Droid's ability to filter through thousands of messages and sift out the best information, Knowledge (Technology) to represent the Droid's facility with communications networks and similar technology, and Persuasion to represent the Droid's ability to deal with its owner's allies, clients, and coworkers in a pleasant manner. Be sure to purchase an encrypted, long-range Comlink and the Locked Access Droid Accessory as a part of the Droid's starting equipment.
Modification: Identity Thief[]
Con artists and scammers like this alteration, which tweaks the CZ-Series Secretary Droid's internal systems, shifting the focus from data routing to data replication. A Secretary Droid modified in this manner still routes and analyzes all incoming messages, but over time it builds a database of verbal, data, and holographic records pertaining to specific individuals. Eventually, the Droid can piece together enough information to replicate an individual's mannerisms, speech patterns, voice, and holographic appearance.
To modify a CZ-Series Secretary Droid in this way, first Reprogram its Knowledge (Galactic Lore) skill to the Deception skill, and Reprogram the Skill Focus (Knowledge (Bureaucracy)) Feat to Skill Focus (Deception). Afterward, make similar adjustments to the hardware, which require a DC 25 Mechanics check and 8 hours of work. Once these modifications are complete, the Droid loses its Comlink Jammer special quality and gains the ability to replicate the voice, mannerisms, and holographic appearance of a specific individual with whom it has had contact. The Droid can do so only when communicating with someone remotely (via Comlink, hologram, or other means), and it treats the Deception as though it were two steps closer to a Simple Deception; for example, an Incredible Deception becomes only a Moderate Deception (see Deception).
Modification: Private HoloNet Transceiver[]
The CZ-Series Secretary Droid's internal communications systems are so sophisticated that they can be modified to allow the Droid to act as a walking HoloNet Transceiver. Usually, transceivers are found only aboard Starships due to the communications equipment required to connect to The HoloNet, but this modification lets the Droid tap into HoloNet satellites in Hyperspace. The process is not cheap; the transceiver alone costs 50,000 credits, and modifying the Droid to use the transceiver costs another 3,000 credits in adapters, connectors, and memory buffers. Installing the components requires a DC 30 Mechanics check and 2 days of work. Afterward, the Droid is considered to have "Pirate" access to The HoloNet, and, if equipped with a holographic recorder/projector, can allow its owners to communicate in real time with other HoloNet-equipped beings anywhere in the galaxy.
Modification: Slicer's Proxy[]
A CZ-Series Secretary Droid can be outfitted with special internal computer spikes that let the Droid act as a slicer's proxy when connected to a secure network. Slicers who cannot penetrate a computer's security system from the outside sometimes make use of a CZ-Series Droid instead, planting software routines within the Droid. The next time the Droid plugs into the secure network, the slicer's commands go out onto the network. This modification requires a Use Computer check to reprogram the Droid (with a DC equal to the Droid's Will Defense) and 30 minutes of work. However, instead of Reprogramming the Droid normally, the slicer makes multiple Use Computer checks and stores the check results in the Droid's memory. The slicer can use these checks for any application of the Use Computer skill, including those granted by Talents from the Slicer Talent Tree. When the Droid next connects to the designated network, the slicer's commands are issued in the designated order, using the stored Use Computer check results and using the computer system's Attitude toward the Droid instead of its Attitude toward the slicer. The modified Droid can store a number of such commands equal to its Intelligence modifier; all commands still require the normal amount of time to complete.
CZ-Series Secretary Droids can be played as Droid Heroes.
CZ-Series Secretary Droid Statistics (CL 0)[]
Medium 3rd-Degree Droid Nonheroic 1
Initiative: +0; Senses: Perception +6
Languages: Basic, Binary, Bocce, Huttese, 3 Unassigned; Translator Unit (DC 10)
Defenses[]
Reflex Defense: 10 (Flat-Footed: 10), Fortitude Defense: 9, Will Defense: 11
Hit Points: 3, Damage Threshold: 9
Immune: Droid Traits
Offense[]
Speed: 6 Squares (Walking)
Melee: Unarmed -1 (1d3-1)
Ranged: By Weapon +0
Base Attack Bonus: +0; Grapple: +0
Special Actions: Comlink Jammer, Comlink Relay
Base Stats[]
Abilities: Strength 8, Dexterity 10, Constitution -, Intelligence 15, Wisdom 12, Charisma 14
Feats: Linguist, Skill Focus (Knowledge (Bureaucracy)), Skill Focus (Use Computer), Skill Training (Perception)
Skills: Knowledge (Bureaucracy) +12, Knowledge (Galactic Lore) +7, Perception +6, Use Computer +12
Droid Systems: Walking Locomotion, Basic Processor, 2 Hand Appendages, Internal Comlink (Long-Range, Encrypted), Locked Access, Translator Unit (DC 10), Vocabulator
Availability: Licensed; Cost: 8,280 credits
Abilities[]
Comlink Jammer: As a Standard Action, the CZ-Series Secretary Droid can rapidly cycle through Comlink frequencies, broadcasting loud static on all channels. Until the end of the Droid's next turn, all Comlinks (including Encrypted Comlinks) cease to function while within 12 squares of the Droid.
Comlink Relay: A CZ-Series Secretary Droid can act as a relay for Comlinks, allowing others who are in communication with the Droid to make use of its Long-Range, Encrypted Internal Comlink.
CZ-Series Secretary Droid Protocol Format[]
See also: Protocol Format
Medium 3rd-Degree Droid
Hit Points: 3
System Actions[]
Move (1 Swift Action, 2/Turn)[]
The CZ-Series Secretary Droid moves 6 squares (Walking).
Comlink Jammer (1 Swift Action, 1/Turn)[]
Until the end of the owner's next turn, all Comlinks (including Encrypted Comlinks) cease to function while within 12 squares of the CZ-Series Secretary Droid.
Improve Access (2 Swift Actions, 1/Turn)[]
The CZ-Series Secretary Droid makes a Use Computer check against a target computer's Will Defense to improve the computer's Attitude toward it.
Issue Routine Command (1 Swift Action, 1/Turn)[]
The CZ-Series Secretary Droid issues a routine command to a computer that has a Friendly Attitude toward it.
Translator (1 Free Action)[]
With a DC 10 Intelligence check, the CZ-Series Secretary Droid translates to or from any language it knows.
Base Stats[]
Skills: Knowledge (Bureaucracy) +12, Knowledge (Galactic Lore) +7, Perception +6, Use Computer +12
Vital Systems: 2 Hand Appendages, Internal Comlink (Long-Range, Encrypted), Translator Unit (DC 10), Vocabulator