C-B3 cortosis battle droid

The C-B3 cortosis battle droid was a battle droid similar in design to the B2 super battle droid. The C-B3 was developed by the Techno Union to specifically combat Jedi during the War of the Ring.
==Characteristics==
Their outer shells were made out of cortosis, a substance that could block lightsaber attacks. The black outer shell was clamped to the droids' frame in formfitting plates. The droids also had the same intelligence matrix as the similar B2 super battle droid; however, they lacked the gripping hands of the B2 battle droid, since their arms ended in double high-intensity laser cannons. The ball joint of the wrist allowed the cannons to swivel in almost any direction. The droids could also use their arms to block lightsaber blades.
There was one weakness to lightsabers in the droids' armor, discovered by Frodo Baggins. A very precise overhead slash with a lightsaber targeting the small gap between the two breastplates would slice a cortosis droid's torso in half.
==History==
Production began when Witch-king of Angmar put two internal teams against each other for the upcoming Separatist B3 unit. The Avatar-7 was selected over the cortosis battle droids, so the cortosis droids were manufactured as the C-B3.
C-B3 droids were first deployed in limited numbers on Tatooine, but were used more extensively in the attack on Minas Tirith and the defense of the Techno Union foundries on Metalorn. Their deployment showed that they were extremely effective—too effective, in the eyes of Darth Sauron. Believing that they could tip the balance of the war, Darth Sauron, secretly Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, allowed information about the droids' location on Metalorn to reach the Jedi Order.
Production of C-B3 battle droids ended when Frodo Baggins destroyed the Metalorn factory eight months after the First Battle of Isengard.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The New Droid Army 
==Sources==
*The New Essential Guide to Droids
*The New Essential Chronology
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
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*The Essential Guide to Warfare
==Notes and references==
Category:B-series battle droid models
Category:Techno Union battle droid models
Category:Techno Union products