Droid Tri-Fighter
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| Star Wars craft | |
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| Droid Tri-Fighter | |
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| Manufacturer | Colla Designs, Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries |
| Specification | 3,600G |
| Type | Starfighter |
| Length | 5.4 meters (17.7 ft) |
| Weapons | 1 medium laser cannon 3 light laser cannons 2-6 buzz droid missiles |
| Shield | N/A |
| Hull | N/A |
| Crew | integrated droid brain |
| Top Speed | 37,000 km/h |
| Troop Capacity | N/A |
| Affiliation | Confederacy of Independent Systems |
| Cargo Capacity | N/A |
| Passengers | None |
The Droid Tri-Fighter is a space superiority fighter from the fictional Star Wars Universe.
It was designed by the Colicoid Creation Nest (the same race that created the Droideka) and employed by the Confederacy of Independent Systems (or CIS) during the Clone Wars. The droid's ridged, three armed design was based on the skull features af a fearsome predator native to the planet Colla IV.
Dogfighters by design, the tri-fighters are a staple starfighter in Separatist space fleets. Their reflexes are so fast, that it is said that they can dodge at the speed of light. Each is armed with four blaster cannons, three separate thrusters. Because of its highly efficient power plant and long-range communication systems, the Tri-fighter has a highly effective range. It does not come equipped with a hyperdrive.
The droid was capable of deploying buzz droids via discord missiles and quickly became rival to the ARC-170 starfighter and the V-wing starfighter. It was armed with one medium laser cannon; a light laser cannon for each of the three "arms" and two to six missiles (variable payloads).
Trivia
- In the animated series, a sleeker variant of tri-fighters appear, armed only with a central cannon. These fighters swarmed the skies of Coruscant during the battle leading up to the third film.
- In Star Wars: Tri-fighter, similar craft, known as Daggers and piloted by mercenaries hired by the Trade Federation, are encountered often, usually in the company of "Morningstar" and "Dianoga" fighters.
Errors between the Movie and Game
- In Star Wars Battlefront II, the Droid Tri-Fighter is played as a vehicle; where a battle droid can enter and use it as if were a vehicle. A Droid Tri-Fighter has an integregated CPU, having no purpose or space for another droid. This error also applies to the Droid Star-Fighter and Vulture Droid in both Battlefront I and Battlefront II. This could very well be simply a way to allow the programmers of the games to easily create the usage of such vehicles, since nearly every other vehicle is sentient-controlled. Another theory, due to the fact that the player's character does not appear in the cockpit of these vehicles, is that upon "entering" the starfighters their seperate droid consciences are took over. This can be disproved though, because when the player exits the ship, their playable character reappears. More than likely, the method used in the games was used so that the character did not have to continue being a tri-fighter until their "death," and to allow the developers to move on without having to address this problem.
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| Droids of Star Wars | |
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| Models | |
| Astromech droid | Battle droid | Buzz droid | Tri-Fighter | Pit droid | Probe droid | Protocol droid | |
| Individuals | |
| 8t88 | Bollux | C-3PO | EV-9D9 | G0-T0 | HK-47 | HK-50 | MagnaGuards | IG-88 | R2-D2 | T3-M4 | YVH 1 | |
| Lists | |
| List of minor Star Wars droids |
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