AXK-5 android

The AXK-5 androids were a series of highly advanced robots, manufactured by the Imperial Advanced Combat Systems corporation, intended for assassination or stealth operations, built out of imperanium alloy, which was incredibly light and strong, with two arms with specialized six-fingered hands and two legs with feet specialized to grip on a wide variety of surfaces. This series was in use during the later years of the Galactic Empire, from 3203 until the Empire's fall in 3506. One of the most successful and well-known robots from this series was CoNtOuR, an assassin who performed over 600 successful assassination missions for the Empire from its activation in 3205 until the fall of the Empire in 3506 and who distinguished itself in service during the final battle of the war in Tau Ceti, eliminating 129 enemy fighters and subcapital ships and assisting in the destruction of 9 enemy capital ships. All five of the AXK-5 androids built were named; their names were CoNtOuR, PaLaDiN, ReAvEr, HaMmEr, and ReTrIbUtIoN. PaLaDiN and HaMmEr were generally assigned to defend the Imperial family, and both were destroyed in the bombing of the Imperial palace on Lionus. CoNtOuR and ReAvEr were destroyed in action in the battle for Mystic; CoNtOuR took its ship to the outer regions of the system and self-destructed when it realized the Imperials were likely to lose the battle, and ReAvEr was destroyed along with its ship by anti-ship missiles fired from a Union capital ship. The fate of ReTrIbUtIoN remains unknown. The AXK-5 androids were equipped with a special EMP-dampening field which enabled them to resist attacks with EMP weapons, which cripple unshielded robots. They were also given advanced aiming algorithms which enabled them to use practically any weapon effectively as a sniping weapon. AXK-5 androids also received advanced piloting programming, allowing them to perform flawless eliminations of enemy spacecraft, as well as programming for fighting in a wide variety of different situations and terrains, from vacuum to underwater. AXK-5s were equipped with an advanced shielded microreactor which provided far more power than their AXK-2 predecessors but also dissipated heat far more effectively and stealthily, shielding them from detection by thermal sensors. AXK-5s had advanced visual and auditory sensors, being able to see in the regular visible spectrum as well as the infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray spectra. Some opponents of the AXK-5 criticized the fact that it had no built-in weapons, as most previous androids had, but held weapons in its hands; however, tactical experts proved that for an assassination android, this was considerably more powerful. AXK-5s also had a built-in magnadrive with limited range, giving them more advanced flight capabilities than most previous androids, which relied on jetpacks or powered rotors if they had any flight capabilities at all, although some were equipped with powerful jumping mechanisms in their legs and gliding wings to be able to glide between buildings, trees, or hills while pursuing targets. Gliding may seem somewhat unfeasible, but when you consider that, because of the incredibly lightweight alloys used in the construction of these androids, most of the weapons they used were heavier than their body weight, it becomes a somewhat more interesting option. A total of 5 AXK-5 androids were built, costing an estimated 15.7 million credits each, and all served in the Imperial armed forces.