Astromech

Sentient machines from a Galaxy far, far away. Some several thousand were dropped on Oz when an Imperial Star Destroyer had a horrible warp drive accident. When they realized they were not getting home Captain Thrawn paid off the ship with the credit he got from selling it to Starfleet. Captain Thrawn figured the droids, as they called the machines, were included. Starfleet did not.
Astromechs are a particular kind of "droid", similar in function to Biomechs. Astromechs are specialized to maintenance and repair, usually of ships, although they can repair other things as well. Astromechs are sentient machines, ergo not property in the Federation. The several thousand of the driods have been happily finding work and upgrading themselves. Many have joined Starfleet to get work they know well, and are surprised to be treated as regular crew. 
==Noted AstroMechs==
*Lt. Cmd. RD-X5 -- R2 Astromech: From a galaxy far far away. RD-X5 keeps his original body, although he's upgraded it quite a bit using federation technology. Like many Astromechs, he's known on the RI net as a fun loving personality. Astromechs are fond of jokes involving engineering principles and higher mathematics. He has a holoprojector built into him, much better than the old one in blue with raster lines. When necessary, he projects an image of a distinguished looking human, who looks and sounds like Christopher Lee. This face and upper body are how he communicates with humans who are not expecting a droid to hold rank. He has even has the image claim to be Zargo Mothra, the actual engineer, who interfaces with the galaxy through his trusty Astromech. The image makes his former star destroyer crew mates do spit takes. The man was the star Destroyer's head chef.<P>Deep down inside RD-X5 is not entirely sure it's okay for a droid to hold rank. But he enjoys being helpful so much that he's basically skated past his own uncertainty.</P><P>His schedules for tasks can be a touch too specific and rigid. But he's a nice guy about it. he understands that organic life forms are not droids and don't think like that 
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