#PK-series worker droid

[sw5w]

Yes, My Lord

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:19:08

[paris-rokin]

T-Series Tactical Droid, Viper Recon Droids, PK Worker Droids, & DRK-1 Sith Probe Droids

It just wouldn't be star wars without some noncombatant clankers to frag, would it?

[oh-no-eu-didnt]

PK-series worker droids were a simplistic model used for simple tasks, such as moving objects, organization, and easy repair jobs. They were common around the galaxy, often with large corporations such as the Trade Federation, due to their low price and efficiency.

Source: The New Essential Guide to Droids (Art: Ian Fullwood; 2006)

First Appearance: Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

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Star Wars Alien Species - Asogian

Brodo Asogi, also known as the Green Planet, was a planet that was the homeworld of the Asogian species. It was located near the border of the Outer Rim Territories and Wild Space, nearby Kalee and Huk.

It was represented by Senator Grebleips and two aides in the Galactic Senate. According to the HoloNet News, Grebleips was to fund an extragalactic expedition project shortly before the Clone Wars.

By 33 BBY, the Asogians were represented in the Galactic Senate of the Republic by Senator Grebleips and three aides. Before the onslaught of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY, Grebleips notably declared his intention to fund an extra-galactic expedition project. At the end of the war, the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Palpatine transformed the existing regime into the First Galactic Empire, with himself as Emperor. The Asogian Grebleips and sixty-two other delegates were charged with conspiracy and treason for helping plot the so-called revolt of the Jedi Order against Palpatine. Like countless other planets, the homeworld of the Asogians fell into the Galactic Empire's hands.

During the Galactic Civil War between the Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic, a disabled Asogian named Braxas made a career as an infochant on the planet of Solay, in the Dominus sector of the Outer Rim Territories. When the Galactic Empire seized Solay, the Asogian decided to leave the planet. Braxas then hired Luke Skywalker, a young hero of the Alliance and a skilled pilot, to transport him offworld.

The physical appearance of the PK-series worker droid was modeled on that of the Asogians.

Like many other species, including the reptilian Anx of Gravlex Med, and the furry Togorians of Togoria, the Asogians routinely went about their business unclothed. They used grub-sticks as eating utensils, and at least some of them consumed meat.

Asogians were paddle-footed sentients, small-sized and squat, with long arms that could touch the ground as they walked. Their hands ended in four long fingers. Their head, dominated by two large eyes, was perched atop an extensible neck. Some Asogians had brown, completely hairless skin, while others were yellow-skinned with scattered black hair on the head. Possible eye colors included blue and red.

Examples of Names: Grebleips, Braxas.

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2 Weeks of PK - Odin’s Cozy Outfit

Today’s prompt in 2 Weeks of PK, is ‘Cozy Outfit’, and I want to talk Odin’s fashion. A while back, @toonqueen posted some questions about how Uno went from no hair, to becoming Odin with hair down to his knees, and I said I had an answer to that. From my fic World Spins Madly On, chapter Four:

- There were many oddities about his body he wished he could ask Everett about. Like why he thought an attached thick metal cord with a port on the end of it dangling off the back of Odin’s head was a wise idea. Or why his legs got thicker from the bottom of his knees, partially covering his feet, creating monstrously huge ankles. Or the reasoning why his shoulders had a thick ridge around where his arm connected to the torso. It served no feature beyond decorative as far as he could tell. As Odin, he’d had to make fashion choices to hide these features, such as the long flowing hair, wide-shouldered suits, and flared trousers. Which strangely, people had taken on a fashion trend. Developing a public aversion to being touched helped as well, as well as a reputation of eccentricity in general helped provide a useful cover. -

We only see Odin’s droid body for a few panels in PKNA #48 - The Parts and the Whole. Here he is when he first wakes up, having successfully merged with Duo and downloaded himself out of the Ducklair Tower and into his android body. Compared to the rest of the ducks in the series, his body is almost mantis like, alien.

The thing I want to note here is that there’s a cord coming from the back of his head, connecting him to the tower’s systems.

When we see him stand up and step off the table, the cord is still attached to the back of his head, hanging down to his knees.

Which brings us to the next time we see him, as Odin Eidolon, covered sythetnic skin and clothing. And hair down to the back of his knees, just long enough to hide the cord on the back of his skull. As stated in the fic, the flamboyant cut of the clothing hides his physical oddities, the too wide shoulders and ankles, while providing a fashionble silouette. This is in 2188, and pretty much all the background characters have short hair. Granted, the majority of characters are mechanical workers, but even the characters from other professions have short hair. There is the the possiblity that the cord could have been removed, akin to an umbilical cord, but then he wouldn’t require the long hair, which is a feature that makes him stand out from the rest of the crowd, an eccentricity. But compare this to his appearance 67 years later in 2255 during PKNA #5 Portriat of the Young Hero, when he welcomes Paperinik to the future:

Several of the background characters have now long hair, tied up in strange ponytails. Ducklas Styvensant’s own clothing and hair styles mimic Odin’s, who at this point in time is essentially the current Scrooge McDuck in the world in terms of wealth and power. 

In hiding his robotic features, Odin changed 23rd century fashion.

How’s that for a cozy outfit?