Balance stabilizer

Balance stabilizers were a type of stabilizer that could be installed in a droid to keep the unit steady. Balance stabilizers could be seen in droids from various centuries, with units active in the High Republic Era and late Republic Era periods both making use of the technology. According to B1-series battle droid B1-0516 ("Bats"), B1 droids and T-series tactical droids could, should they feel fear, quake in their balance stabilizers.
==Description==
Balance stabilizers were a stabilizer device built into droids with the purpose of keeping them steady. Among the droids who used such devices were B1-series battle droids and T-series military strategic analysis and tactics droids. According to the rogue B1 unit B1-0516 ("Bats"), such droids, should they be experiencing fear, could quake in their balance stabilizers.
==History==
Finding work as a monster hunter and saber-for-hire during the High Republic Era, the former Jedi Padawan Ty Yorrick led a crew consisting of herself, the admin unitThe High Republic: The Rising Storm and protocol droid KL-03 ("Klo"), the astromech droid R0-VR ("Rover"), and her squire, Drewen Qweebjillan, out of a starship. In 229 BBY,The events of The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 1 take place one year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which equates to 229 BBY per Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia. while operating within the Nihil-controlled Occlusion Zone, Yorrick and her crew came under attack from Nihil scav droids for refusing to pay hyperspace route tolls. Unable to enter hyperspace directly for their next destination without changing course, Yorrick rammed into the scav swarm and ordered Klo to electrify their vessel to wipe out the surviving droids. Reluctant to do so, Klo advised the crew to hold onto their balance stabilizers before activating the defense, allowing them to escape.
During the late Republic Era, centuries after the days of the High Republic,Star Wars: Timelines the B1 battle droids and T-series tactical droids of the Confederacy of Independent Systems's armed forces made use of balance stabilizers during the Clone Wars against the Galactic Republic. During the Battle of Horain around 20 BBY, the rogue battle droid B1-0516 ("Bats") resisted his Separatist captors and, believing he had scared his fellow B1 units and a T-series tactical droid, exclaimed that he had predicted they would be quaking in their balance stabilizers. In reality, the droids were shaking due to vibrations from an approaching Armored Assault Tank manned by Clone Captain Rex and Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, who were arriving to rescue Bats and successfully did so.
==Behind the scenes==
Balance stabilizers were first mentioned in "Roger Roger," a comic story written by Cavan Scott that was included in Star Wars Adventures (2017) 19, which was released on March 27, 2019.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 1 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Droid parts