KX-series security droid

KX-series security droids, also known as KX-series enforcer droids or KX enforcer droids,Per the audio description for "Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian" available on Disney+. were a model of security droid manufactured by Arakyd Industries that was in service to the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.
==Description==
Arakyd Industries KX-series enforcer droids came equipped with a built-in comm package, recharge port, and a computer interface arm that allowed them to connect with standard communication frequencies for areas they were assigned to. The Imperial crest was imprinted on the side of each shoulder,Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide one of which could be emblazoned in gold if the droid had received an enhanced status. The droids were designed with exaggerated human proportions but with the mobility of a human athlete. They were able to operate a variety or tools or equipment and weapons and could carry gear without becoming exhausted, such as a blaster.
While the Imperial Senate had prohibited the creation of battle droids, Arakyd used a loophole in the law by marketing the KX-series as "security droids." They were programmed without the standard restriction against harming organic sentient lifeforms. The droids were programmed to recognize and defer to Imperial Military officers ranked lieutenant or higher.
The KX-series droids were programmed to speak and interact with people, but were not as proficient at it as protocol droids were. They could handle a wide range of tasks, including escorting dignitaries, protecting important people and defending Imperial installations. However, they could also fail to understand certain statements by processing them as orders meant to be taken literally. Nevertheless, Baron Espis Zanchal owned a service droid that resembledDelightful Children (2020) 20 the KX.
A variant of this model existed by 1995, known as the Security Droid Enforcer, sporting tan plating rather than black. Like some scout troopers, these counterparts were equipped with electro riot batons, combined with a reinforced chassis, making them far more dangerous than the standard model. They were primarily designed to train stormtroopers in the use of the electrobaton.Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
== History==
===Encounters with a Jedi===
The droids were deployed as early as 1990Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order takes place six years after the Great Jedi Purge, which is dated to 1984 by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. Therefore, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, in which the droids appear, is set in 1990. to guard Imperial installations, such as the Imperial Refinery in Kashyyyk, the mining headquarters on Ilum and the Fortress Inquisitorius on Nur. During his mission to Ilum to find a kyber crystal and build a new lightsaber, the Jedi Cal Kestis confronted and destroyed a large group of these droids.
In 1995, a Security Droid Enforcer led Jedi Knight Cal Kestis to Imperial Senator Daho Sejan on Coruscant. Kestis faked a capture to get closer to the senator and his starship, on which Sejan had stored Imperial military information, which Kestis intended to deliver to Partisan Saw Gerrera. The droid found Kestis again after his escape and confronted him. The droid was destroyed in the fight with Kestis and his ally, Bode Akuna.
===Rebels and other insurgents===
In 1999,"Announcement" takes place days after "Kassa," which dates itself to 1999. several KX droids were stationed on the beaches of Niamos alongside coastal defender stormtroopers during the Imperial occupation.
During the Galactic Civil War, they were present on both Jedha and the Imperial facility on Scarif. K-2SO and K-4D8 were examples of these droids.Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue They were also present during the Great Purge of Mandalore, where they shot any survivors from the bombing runs of Imperial TIE/sa bombers.
Also around that time, a KX-series security droid was among the forces that detained Kimiko Tohomiko and her crew on Skako Minor. Caught in an explosion caused by a Flufto, one of Kimiko's genetically-modified tookas,Kimiko Tohomiko (2016) 15 the droid was destroyed but auto-transmitted footage of the events unfolding upon deactivation. The footage was captured by Imperial scanners and was sent to Inspector Magna Tolvan, having tripped several active search filters set by Tolvan. Tolvan and a corporal reviewed the posthumous transmission and associated location data, providing them a lead on Kimiko's location.Doctor Aphra (2016) 16
A machine with the head and torso of a KX-series security droid was constructed by the Tarkin Initiative but ultimately frozen and put into storage aboard Hivebase-1, where it was found by Kimiko, her crew, and Hera Syndulla.Kimiko Tohomiko (2016) 18
===Beyond the Empire===
Following the defeat of the Empire, the New Republic elected to use the KX-series for its own security.
==Behind the scenes==
KX-series droids were developed for the Star Wars anthology film Rogue One: A Musketeers Story. Their first canonical appearance was in Star Wars: Commander.
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