Gen Tiraan's R2-series astromech droid

An R2-series astromech droid was owned by Gen Tiraan, an engineer who helped design the Incom Corporation's X-wing starfighter. Tiraan had the droid with him in the Corellian system around 7 ABY, where he was of interest to both the New Republic and the Galactic Empire for the development of a newer and more efficient sublight engine.

A group of Republic operatives traveled to the Corellian system in search of Tiraan. Upon their arrival in the system, a Republic agent provided a copy of a scrambled transmission—containing plans for the engine—which he had detected being sent from one of the system's planets. The group attempted to uncover Tiraan's location and rescue both him and his astromech droid before the Empire, which was trying to leverage the engineer into their employ, could capture him.

Like all R2-series astromech droids of the R-series line, Tiraan's R2 unit was manufactured by Industrial Automaton.

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