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**Mister Bones**, or simply **Bones**, was the heavily modified B1 Battle Droid with an murderous personality. Bones was made by Temmin Wexley and created from parts this child gathered from the area around the old Separatist Alliance Droid factory at Myrra, an capital city of Akiva. Bones served Wexley as his bodyguard in addition to being considered his bestfriend and loyal companion. Mister Bones had a sadistic and murderous personality that made him sing while Mr. Bones attacked and maimed victims. After Temmin reunited with his mother Norra Wexley, Temmin joined the nascent New Republic then aided Norra Wexley and her Team hunt down War-Criminals. Mister Bones continued serving Wexley family a year after the Battle on Endor when Princess Leia Organa enlisted the services of Norra Wexley and this Team in finding her husband Han Solo.

Bones followed the master to Irudiru and then later Kashyyyk where he took part in freeing the Ashmead's Lock prisoners. Bones would continue supporting his master Temmin and his team during the lead-up to the terrorist attack on Chandrila. Following the attacks, Mister Bones accompanied Temmin and Norra's team in their hunt for the Imperial Grand Admiral Rae Sloane. At the request of Temmin, Mister Bones followed the boy's mother Norra to Jakku. He rescued Norra from an Imperial labor camp. After the two reunited with Jas Emari, Mister Bones escorted the women on their hunt for Sloane. During the Battle of Jakku, Bones was apart of the mission to stop Gallius Rax from wiping out both the New Republic and Imperial forces. He saved his best friend Temmin from Stormtroopers but was destroyed in a friendly fire incident.

## History

### Making of a Droid

Temmin Wexley built **Mister Bones** using spare parts he scavenged from an old Separatist factory three years before the Battle of Endor. Temmin created the droid with the help of a mysterious and unique droid who he encountered while scavenging for parts near the factory. The mysterious droid offered assistance with enhancing the battle droids unique features and showing Temmin new tricks for maintaining Bones. Once Temmin had what he needed to complete Mister Bones, the mysterious droid told Temmin that he reminded him of his own maker, before vanishing from the face of the planet Akiva never to be seen again. Since Temmin had no friends and was bullied by his peers. Bones became a close friend to the adolescent human boy; whose dad Brentin had been taken away by the Empire and whose mom Norra had left him to join the rebellion. Norra had left Temmin in the care of his aunt Esmelle and her wife Shirene. However, his aunt proved to be unable to manage him. By the age of fifteen, Temmin had moved back to his family home, which he converted into a junk shop. Unable to turn to his family, Temmin came to treat Bones as his best friend.

### Protecting his Maker

Since Temmin's line of work brought him into contact with criminal elements, Bones served as Temmin's bodyguard. Shortly after the Battle of Endor, Temmin activated Mister Bones in order to deal with thugs employed by Surat Nuat. Temmin had stolen something of importance from one of Surat's wrecked transports and the gangsters had come to punish the boy for his perceived insolence. After the thugs demanded that he hand over his store and his livelihood, Temmin ordered Bones to attack the gangsters. Using his vibroblade, Mister Bones destroyed one of the gangsters DLT cannon and then slammed the Ithorian into Tooms. The droid then pounded Herf and Toom's heads together, knocking them out. Shortly later, Temmin's mother Norra entered the house. After embracing his mother, Temmin ordered Bones to dump the gangsters' bodies at the intersection of Trabzon Road and the Kora Biedies river. While humming a tune, the droid left Temmin and his mother to sort out their problems. Mister Bones proved unsuccessful in carrying out his task and at least one of the gangsters, Tooms, managed to escape. Surat's gangsters managed to deactivate Mister Bones and place him in storage mode. The gangsters placed the deactivated Bones in an ion field.

After escaping his mother, Temmin returned to the storehouse only to discover that Bones was immobilized, and that Temmin himself was captured by Surat's lackeys. Later, Temmin was rescued by the bounty hunter Jas Emari and the former Imperial loyalty officer Sinjir Rath Velus. During the struggle, Temmin managed to reactivate Mister Bones, who then attacked several Imperial troopers and Surat's henchmen. He quickly killed the Stormtroopers and their officer with his Vibroblade. Bones' intervention allowed Temmin, Jas, and Sinjir to escape in Norra's bala-bala speeder. The battle droid survived the skirmish but was seriously damaged and lost his non-Vibroblade arm. Despite the serious damage, Bones managed to limp to Esmelle's house, where his master Temmin and his rescuers were seeking refuge. Upon greeting his master, Bones short-circuited and broke down. Temmin quickly set about repairing his companion, using spare parts he had managed to salvage from Esmelle's basement workshop. Due to the scarce materials, Temmin was forced to improvise by replacing Bones' missing arm with that of an astromech droid's leg. Regarding astromech's as inferior, Bones whined about his "non-arm". Temmin assured him that he would be fixed when they went to the shop.

### Rebellion on Akiva

Even with the loss of his Vibroblade arm, Mister Bones vowed to continue serving his master. Temmin also thanked his battle droid for coming back. Bones later followed his Master Temmin, who reluctantly agreed to helped Norra Wexley, the bounty hunter Jas Emari, and the former Imperial Sinjir liberate the New Republic pilot Wedge Antilles from Imperial captivity at Satrap Isstra Dirus's palace. Norra wanted to rescued Wedge and inspire the people of Akiva to revolt against the Empire. Part of Norra's plan involved seizing control of an Imperial communications station. After Sinjir had bluffed his way into the building, Bones stormed the building and used both his Vibroblade and astromech leg arms to kill a few Stormtroopers. Bones then recorded a faux recording of Sinjir, dressed as an Imperial officer, shooting Temmin dead. This was part of a propaganda broadcast that Norra transmitted to the people of Akiva. This had the effect of inspiring a popular uprising on the planet. After finishing the broadcast, Bones killed a moth with his Vibroblade arm. After uploading their broadcast, Bones and his companions fled onto the roof only to be cornered by two TIE fighters.

At Temmin's command, Bones cannon-balled himself into the windscreen of a TIE fighter. Norra destroyed the other TIE with a stolen fighter. Later, Bones turned up at the cantina Pok's Place with his master. Despite his being battered and losing several of his little osseous accoutrements, the droid was still intact and operational. Shortly later, Norra turned up, having survived a failed attack on the satrap's palace. Bones was relieved that Norra had survived and expressed his delight that her existence had not been reduced to "scattered atoms". Later, Mister Bones followed his master and their companions back to Temmin's shop. He followed Temmin into his "hidey-hole nook-and-cubby". There, Temmin attempted to make peace with Surat by offering Sinjir and Jas to the Empire in return for obtaining safe passage for himself, Norra, and Bones offworld. Surat agreed to the deal but secretly arranged with Admiral Sloane to arrest Norra, who was a New Republic pilot. After returning to the shop, Norra put her plan to rescue Wedge into action. Using Temmin's intel of the underground catacombs beneath Myrra, the rebels and Bones traveled to the satrap's palace.

During the journey, Bones hummed and sang; prompting his master to explain his programming to Sinjir. After escaping several Uugteen savages inhabiting a former Separatist factory, Temmin Wexley led them up an old building owned by the Banking Clan, which was near the satrap's palace. Upon arriving outside the palace, the companions were caught off guard and captured by Imperial stormtroopers led by Admiral Rae Sloane. Once inside the palace, Temmin Wexley demanded that the Empire and Surat honor their deal. However, Surat revealed that he had made another deal with the Empire. Temmin was allowed to leave but Norra was arrested by Admiral Sloane. Temmin Wexley protested and called on Bones to save them. However, Sloane's Stormtroopers shot the droid down with their blasters. Rae Sloane herself personally emptied six blaster bolts into the droid's head, decapitating Mister Bones. With the droid disintegrated, she ordered her men to throw Temmin off the roof and to take the other prisoners aboard the slave trader and banker Arsin Crassus's yacht *Golden Harp*. However, Temmin managed to survive and managed to free his mother, Sinjir, and Jas.

### Service to the New Republic

#### Hunting War Criminals

Following the Battle of Akiva resulting in a New Republic fleet arriving to liberate the planet, Temmin and Norra rebuilt Mister Bones from scrap in Esmelle and Shirene's basement as a "family project" to make up for the years of lost time. While Bones was now able to walk, he left craters where he had walked. Bones then joined Temmin, Norra, Sinjir, Jas Emari, and the New Republic soldier Jom Barell in hunting down Imperial war criminals. Bones stayed aboard Emari's gunship *Halo* with Temmin during a mission to kidnap the Imperial Rear Admiral Perwin Gedde from Slussen Canker's palace on Vorlag. Temmin was serving as the team's get-away pilot. While waiting to pick up Norra and the rest of the team, Bones boasted about eradicating their adversaries and turning them into fine red mist. Temmin managed to pick Norra's team and the fugitive Rear Admiral. Mister Bones accompanied Temmin and the rest of the team back to Hanna City on Chandrila. After handing Gedde over to the New Republic authorities, Mister Bones accompanied Temmin to a starfighter lesson organized by Captain Wedge Antilles, who had become his master Temmin's mentor.

Bones gave Wedge an uncomfortable hug before dancing around Landing Platform OB-99 in dramatic swoops, plies, and pirouettes. Later, Bones was present at a meeting organized by Norra to discuss the poisoning of Rear-Admiral Gedde and Princess Leia Organa's request to rescue her husband Han Solo. When Sinjir informed the group that Leia was pregnant with child, Mister Bones began signing a song about the pregnancy until Sinjir told him to stop. Bones and his master Temmin stayed behind on Chandrila while Norra and Wedge departed on an unauthorized mission to the last known coordinates of Han Solo in Wild Space. In Bones' absence, Norra and Wedge came under attack from Imperial forces but were rescued by New Republic ships. After Norra returned to Chandrila, Mister Bones and the rest of the team attended a meeting with Admiral Ackbar, Princess Leia, and Wedge Antilles in the Skygarden above the Polis District of Hanna City. While the others talked, Mister Bones chased after a butterfly and ripped of its wings. When Admiral Ackbar ordered Norra and her team to cease searching for Solo and to resume their hunt for Imperial fugitives, Norra Wexley then resigned from the New Republic Starfleet in protest.

#### Liberating Rebel Prisoners

Mister Bones and Norra's team subsequently departed on their mission to find and rescue Han. Bones accompanied Temmin and Norra's team on a mission to track down the Siniteen prison architect Golas Aram on the planet Irudiruon the edge of Wild Space. Aram was privy to information on an automated Imperial prison on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk called Ashmead's Lock. While survey Aram's compound, Temmin and Norra's team encountered Han Solo. Later, Mister Bones accosted Han Solo at a nearby cantina; having mistaken him for a threat. However, he was stopped by Temmin and the rest of the team who reassured him that Solo was a friend. Since Han wanted to rescue his Wookiee friend Chewbacca from Ashmead's Lock, the rebels teamed up with the former smuggler to storm Aram's compound. Bones and Temmin aided the mission by cutting the conduit from the wind farm that powered Aram's fence and turrets. After capturing Aram, Sinjir interrogated the Siniteen and learned about the prison's layout. The rebels traveled with Han to Kashyyyk. After passing through the Imperial blockade, Mister Bones and his comrades entered Ashmead's Lock.

They were immediately confronted by the prison's computer system SOL-GDA, which demanded that they yielded the password. When the rebels failed to supply the password, SOL-GDA dispatched security droids to "incorporate" them. Amidst the chaos, Mister Bones began using his vibroblade to saw through various objects including a door. Temmin managed to rouse the battle droid by appealing to his lust for violence and danger. Mister Bones used his vibroblades to slash at the security droids, destroying several in the process. Bones managed to fight his way into the chamber containing the stasis cells where the prisoners were being held. Despite losing one arm and twisting one of his metallic legs, Bones managed to fight his way to free Norra, who had been captured by several droids. At that moment, Jas Emari managed to disable the cable connecting the stasis cells to the computer system thus deactivating SOL-GDA. Norra's team and Han then freed a hundred prisoners including Chewbacca and Temmin's father Brentin. Mister Bones accompanied Temmin, Norra, and the liberated prisoners back to Chandrila on Solo's freighter, the *Millennium Falcon*. Meanwhile, Jom, Sinjir, and Jas stayed behind with Han and Chewbacca to liberate the Wookiees from Imperial rule.

#### Standing by the Maker

Once aboard, Bones urged Temmin to hug his father Brentin but advised them not to squeeze each other too hard. By that stage, Temmin had repaired Mister Bones using supplies from the *Falcon*. In the month following the events at Ashmead's Lock, Mister Bones continued serving his master Temmin as the boy struggled to repair his relationship with his father Brentin. Still traumatized by his incarceration, Brentin struggled to reconnect with his son and wife. Frustrated, Temmin made life difficult for his mother Norra and stopped attending X-Wing starfighter lessons. Despite his slapstick humor, Mister Bones was perceptive enough to sense that Temmin was upset about his father. On one occasion, Bones was present when Temmin argued with his mother. After Temmin threw his dish into the sink, Bones offered to clean up after his master. Loyal to his programming, Bones accompanied his master on a long walk. Later, Bones stayed at the Wexley family home while Temmin went on an evening walk with his dad. During the walk, Temmin discovered his father Brentin meeting with the New Republic Senate Guard Windom Traducier, an agent of Imperial Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax.

Rax had installed inorganic bio-chips into the heads of the Ashmead's Lock prisoners including Brentin. Fleet Admiral Rax wanted to use the prisoners to assassinate New Republic leaders including Chancellor Mon Mothma. Under the orders of Gallius Rax, Traducier had used a transponder to summon the liberated prisoners and outfitted them with small concealed blasters for the assassination attempt. When Temmin discovered the conspiracy, Brentin stunned him and flung him inside a crate. The following day, Mister Bones went to find his master; mistaking his disappearance for a hide-and-seek game. Bones managed to find Temmin and rescue him from the crate. Temmin then told Bones that they had to find his mother Norra and warn her. By that stage, the Liberation Day celebrations were underway. To promote the New Republic to prospective member worlds, Chancellor Mothma had made the former Ashmead's Lock prisoners the stars of the Liberation Day celebrations. She planned to give a speech in the presence of the former prisoners that would be broadcast live on HoloNet. The Liberation Day celebrations were intended to precede the upcoming Imperial-Republic peace talks with Grand Admiral Rae Sloane.

Bones and Temmin headed to the Old Gather-House where the Liberation Day speech was scheduled to take happen. However, they were blocked by Senate Guards who ordered them to leave. When one of the guards waved a shock-lance at Temmin, Bones reacted instinctively and knocked the guard to the ground. At that point, the Ashmead's Lock prisoners began opening fire on Chancellor Mothma and other New Republic officials and dignitaries. When another Senate Guard tackled and hit Temmin with a baton, Bones flung him aside and then took on two more Guards with his vibroblades. Amidst the chaos, Brentin regained control of his mind but fled offworld. The Republic authorities were able to reestablish control but the attacks had weakened public enthusiasm for the New Republic. While Mon Mothma survived, several other New Republic officials including General Crix Madine and the Adviser Hostis Ij were rumored to be dead. Following the attack on Chandrila, Bones accompanied his master Temmin, Norra, Sinjir, and Jas Emari on a mission to hunt down Admiral Sloane whom they mistakenly believed was the mastermind behind the Chandrila attack.

#### Hunting the Grand Admiral

For that mission, they received the personal and financial blessing of Princess Leia, who was grateful for their help. For several months, Mister Bones accompanied his master Temmin and Norra's team on their hunt for Grand Admiral Rae Sloane. Their travels took them to Kashyyyk, Ord Mantell, Corellia, and Jindau Station. Norra and her team eventually decided to hunt down the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift, who had dealings with Sloane. While the team led by Norra Wexley trapped Mercurial Swift on Taris, Mister Bones and Temmin manned Norra's freighter *Moth*. Though Bones did not mind guarding the ship, Temmin was unhappy at being left behind and did not understand that his mom was trying to protect him. After Mercurial Swift revealed that Sloane and an unidentified man had traveled to the Inner Rim planet of Jakku, Norra's team set a course for the remote planet. Upon exiting hyperspace, Norra's team learned the Galactic Empire was at Jakku. The *Moth* was attacked by TIE Fighters. After Norra and Jas abruptly departed in the escape pod to continue their hunt, Temmin sent Mister Bones down in a escape pod to protect his mother at any cost.

Since Norra had set the *Moth*'s hyperdrive to jump into hyperspace in two minutes, Temmin and Sinjir traveled back to Chandrila to warn the New Republic that the Empire was hiding on Jakku.Mister Bones survived his landing on Jakku. However, Norra and Jas were captured by Imperial forces. Norra was forced to work at a kesium gas rig while Jas was taken captive by the local Hutt crime lady Niima. Mister Bones found Norra and Jas' escape pod but was captured by a stormtrooper, who fitted him with a restraining bolt. The stormtrooper's officer Effney ordered that Bones be brought to General Hodnar Borrum aboard the *Ravager*. Before the stormtrooper could take Mister Bones away, Norra claimed that Bones was her droid. She demanded that the Imperials release her and her droid. However, Effney grabbed the blaster from his subordinate and blasted Mister Bones to shreds. Effney then left the wreckage of Mister Bones on the floor in order to break Norra's spirit. However, Mister Bones' memory matrix had been programmed to reboot itself. After experiencing memories from the Clone Wars, Mister Bones remembered Temmin Wexley's last set of commands.

Bones activated his autonomic repair mode and his body parts began reassembling themselves. After repairing himself, Mister Bones attacked the stormtroopers and Effney. As revenge for Effney's cruel disintegration, Bones cut off his arm and then proceeded to rip the Imperial officer to shreds. Mister Bones then freed Norra from her cage. After freeing the other prisoners at the kesium rig, Bones and Norra stole a speeder bike and traveled through the deserts of Jakku. After traveling for several hours, they encountered Jas, who had freed herself from her captors and commandeered a shuttle of the Empire. While the two women toyed with the idea of returning to Chandrila since the shuttle had the clearance codes, they decided to stay after learning that Rae Sloane was traveling with Niima the Hutt to a secret and mysterious facility in the Plaintive Hand plateau. After hugging Norra and Jas, Bones continued the journey with them. During the journey, Niima's caravan was attacked by turbolasers from the mysterious Imperial facility. The attack had been ordered by Counselor to the Empire Gallius Rax, the true architect behind the Attack on Chandrila who had usurped Sloane's leadership of the remnants of the shattered Galactic Empire.

Bones and his companions traveled on their shuttle towards the valley below the Plaintive Hand plateau, where the survivors had gathered. Before they could capture Sloane and her companion Brentin, Gallius Rax arrived with three shuttles and took Sloane and Brentin prisoner. Despite this setback, Norra's team managed to find an unlikely ally in the form of Niima. In return for bring the wounded Hutt back to her headquarters, Niima agreed to give them the clearance codes needed to enter Gallius Rax's Imperial base, where Sloane and Brentin were held. Niima also furnished them with an old Imperial shuttle and old Imperial uniforms. However, none of the uniforms fitted the seasoned battle droid. Before they could leave, Jas was cornered by the bounty hunters Mercurial Swift, Embo, Dengar, and the Rodian Jeeta. While Jas distracted the bounty hunters, Bones and Norra departed on the shuttle for the Imperial base. Their departure time coincided with the beginning of the climatic Battle of Jakku, which ended the Galactic Civil War in the New Republic's favor. Norra and Mister Bones' stolen Imperial shuttle soon found itself in a thick aerial battle over the skies of Jakku.

Due to the damage he had sustained earlier, Mister Bones began to malfunction and made a remark about blasting meatbags, momentarily mistaking Norra for Temmin. After realizing his error, Bones apologized. Their shuttle was soon pursued by a T-65C-A2 X-Wing starfighter piloted by Temmin. Temmin had managed to convince Wedge Antilles to re-establish Phantom Squadron and enter the battle. Temmin disabled one of the shuttle's engines. Recognizing that his master was flying the X-Wing, Bones lowered the shuttle's ramp and waved to Temmin. Bones managed to broadcast his voice into the com of Temmin's X-wing. Bones used his mechanical systems to create an improvised com so that Temmin and his mother could talk. Norra told her son that she was heading to an Imperial base in the Sinking Fields. She also mentioned that she had Mister Bones with her and that the droid had saved her live. Norra also told Temmin not to follow her to the well-fortified Imperial base. Before returning to the dogfight, Temmin told Mister Bones to take care of his mother, an order which Mister Bones agreed to do.

#### Final Stand on Jakku

Norra managed to land the shuttle at the main Imperial base. She and Mister Bones then cornered Sloane and Brentin, who had just freed themselves of their restraints. Due to Brentin's unwilling role in the Attack on Chandrila, Norra was initially hostile towards her husband and told him to get his hands off her. Following Norra's cue, Bones grabbed his wrist and smashed Brentin against the wall, telling him that he had hurt Temmin. Norra then told Bones not to hurt Brentin, who reassured Norra that he was not with the Empire. Norra then told Sloane that she was taking the Grand Admiral back to Chandrila to face justice. However, Sloane instead convinced the Wexleys to help her take down Gallius Rax, the true mastermind behind the Liberation Day attack. She also told them that Rax had a secret facility in the Plaintive Hand plateau called the Jakku Observatory. Norra made peace with both Sloane and Brentin and the group headed towards the Jakku Observatory. While traveling on the stolen shuttle, Mister Bones and the others witnessed the Super Star Destroyer *Ravager* crashing onto Jakku's surface.

The destruction of the *Ravager* turned the tide of the battle in the New Republic's favor. Bones' antennae soon detected the presence of Temmin nearby. Bones obtained Norra's permission to leave the ship and find Temmin, whose X-Wing had been downed by space wreckage. He then entered into his wheel configuration and rolled down the ramp. Mister Bones reached Temmin just in time to save the boy from being killed by three Desert Stormtroopers and a AT-ST walker. Bones leapt down from the head of the AT-ST and killed two of the Stormtroopers with his vibroblades. The third trooper tried to shoot Bones but Temmin clubbed him in the head with a rifle. Bones then dodged the AT-ST's cannons and then climbed the walker. He broke into the cockpit and proceeded to kill the AT-ST drivers. Mister Bones then popped out of the walker wearing a pair of black-lens goggles. Before the two could engage in conversation, the AT-ST walker was destroyed by two passing A-Wing fighters. Mister Bones was permanently disintegrated during the explosion.

All that remained of him were his seared, melted limbs. Temmin wept on the battlefield for his lost best friend. However, Bones' loss was not in vain. Meanwhile, Norra, Brentin, and Sloane managed to stop Gallius Rax from detonating the planet Jakku as part of the Emperor's Contingency plan to destroy both the Empire and the New Republic Starfleet. Offworld, Chancellor Mon Mothma and Grand Vizier Mas Amedda signed the Galactic Concordance, which ended the Galactic Civil War. Under the terms of the Concordance, the Empire capitulated and was formally dissolved. However, Imperial holdouts across the galaxy continued resisting the New Republic for months. Following the signing of the Galactic Concordance, Temmin buried Mister Bones' droid arm with his father Brentin, who had perished on Jakku at the hands of Gallius Rax. Per Akiva tradition, Brentin was buried in a salt mire so that his remains would be consumed by nature. During the funeral, a tearful Temmin told Mister Bones to watch over his late father and to keep him safe.

## Droid Overview

### Characteristics

(**Modified**) **B1 Battle Droid:** Mister Bones was a highly modified B1 Battle Droid. Unlike other B1 battle droids, Bones was re-purposed with various combat droid programs, martial arts videos, the movement style of General Grievous, and the body-mapped maneuvers of Ryloth la-ley dancers. Although maintaining the core structure of a B1, Mister Bones was painted black and red with the bones of birds, fish, and other animals bound to his limbs and body. At least one of his limbs was equipped with a vibrating blade. Half of his head was removed and replaced with a telescoping red eye, and the nose was sharpened to a fine point to resemble a bird of prey. After being damaged while saving Temmin from a group of Stormtroopers and gang members, Temmin was forced to replace one of Bones' arms with an astromech droid arm found in his aunt's house. Following the rebellion on Akiva, Mister Bones was rebuilt by Temmin and Norra.

 Mister Bones quickly learned how to use the inferior astromech limb as an effective bludgeoning tool when facing off his foes. His frame now incorporated half a dozen extra joints which gave the droid a greater degree of contortion than the original B1 battle droids. At the advice of Jas Emari, Temmin also removed his decorative little bones to give the droid better stealth. Bones was also dexterous enough to capture a butterfly in his grasp. After losing an arm and bending his metal leg at Ashmead's Lock, Temmin was able to repair the battle droid using parts from the *Millennium Falcon*. Bones was capable of rebooting himself. He was also programmed with an ARM system that allowed him to repair himself. By the Battle of Jakku, Bones had begun to malfunction due to the damage he had sustained in frequent skirmishes. He was also programmed with ARM, allowing Bones to repair himself even after all his limbs had been dismembered.