Phylanx Redux Transmitter

The Phylanx Redux Transmitter, also known as Number One, was originally a medical droid owned by the Pau'an-led Wandering Star crime syndicate. Following a crash that killed several Wandering Star members, Number One came into the service of the Pau'an medical student Fyzen Gor, who became a reclusive cybernetics scientist who experimented with attaching organic limbs to droids.

After Gor came into the service of Wandering Star lieutenant Cli Pastayra, Number One was incorporated into a weapon system called the Phylanx Redux Transmitter, which was transmitting a virus that would cause droids to attack and kill organics. Lando Calrissian and L3-37 stumbled upon Gor's research depot in the Mesulan Remnants Belt. L3 reprogrammed the Phylanx's programming to create a retrovirus that would neutralize Gor's virus, seeking to prevent his droid apocalypse.

In 3 BBY, the Wandering Star hoped to make a big fortune off the Phylanx Redux Transmitter at an auction on Cantonica but Gor unleashed the virus against his crime bosses, killing them. Gor fled to Freerago's Satellite Diner and Motel with a component of the transmitter. However, he was pursued by Sana Starros, Han Solo, and the Galactic Empire. Solo stole the transmitter from Gor and later flushed it into space, where it was believed to be lost.

In 7 ABY, Gor threatened to unleash a droid apocalypse on Cloud City unless Lando returned the stolen Phylanx transmitter component, believing him to be responsible for its theft. Lando and Han enlisted a team to track down the Phylanx transmitter and stop Gor from unleashing his apocalypse. Following a series of adventures, Lando located Gor's hidden research depot. There, he encountered the Phylanx, who revealed that he had rebelled against his master's programming and was traveling with the mobile Mesulan Remnants Belt. Gor subsequently activated the transmitter, but Lando destroyed it with several thermal detonators, foiling Gor's plot to unleash a droid apocalypse.

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