BT-16 perimeter droid

The BT-16 perimeter droid, also known as the VT-16, was a bulbous, spider-like droid manufactured by Arakyd Industries.
==Characteristics==
The BT-16 came equipped with highly sensitive sensor packages, including a Fabritech seismic reader and a Carbanti motion detector. It was armed with a Taim & Bak repeating blaster cannon. The droid also featured a TranLang I Communication module and a vocabulator, though it was only able to speak droid languages.
==History==
Early production runs reused the chassis of the TS-Arach series Pest Control Droid before the six-legged design was introduced. The B'omarr Monks used these droids to carry brains of those who had achieved "enlightenment" and for this they were sometimes called Brain walkers.Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire audio drama The droids were occasionally equipped with vocoders, and lived in Jabba Desilijic Tiure's Palace until his death. The walkers generally went unarmed while carrying a brain, and had trouble doing anything beside walking.
A used BT-16 perimeter security droid was utilized by the Katarn family of farmers on Sulon, a satellite of Sullust. The droid, programmed to hunt vermin, possessed a faulty sensor package which caused it to fire upon and kill Patricia Katarn.
One of the modified B'omarr version, seemingly without a brain, was present on Jib Kopatha's home, Void Station, in 0 ABY.
==Behind the scenes==
It is revealed in the non-canon story Tag & Bink Are Dead that Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna are the two stormtroopers who mention the BT-16 in the conversation posted above. However, as the story itself is non-canon, so is this information.
In Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids, the picture of the BT-16 is a mirrored version of the TS-Arach series Pest Control Droid image from the same guide. The New Essential Guide to Droids established that early BT-16's reused the TS-Arach body, before the new design seen in the movie was introduced.
==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
* Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead 
*LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
*LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
*Star Wars Pinball
==Sources==
*Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley
*Star Wars Technical Journal of the Planet Tatooine 
*Star Wars Technical Journal 
* Star Wars: The Power of the Force toy line (1995)
*Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
*Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids
*Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
*Star Wars Handbook 1: X-Wing Rogue Squadron
*Star Wars: Behind the Magic
*The Essential Guide to Droids
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*The New Essential Guide to Droids
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*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia 
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*Rebellion Era Campaign Guide
*The Essential Reader's Companion
*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook 
==Notes and references==
Category:Arakyd Industries products
Category:B'omarr Order
Category:Security droid models