Unit 2953

Unit 2953 was a B1-series battle droid who served in the Separatist Droid Army. A droid with an exceptionally complaining personality, he was disliked by his fellow battle droids, and was sent to execute military duties while the other droids used their time by playing cards. During the Clone Wars around 22 BBY, Asajj Ventress moved her droid forces on the planet of Rodia, to secure an item called Death Brick. Unit 2953 was stationed on the planet, to patrol against the forces of the Galactic Republic. Left out of the card game and ordered to destroy any Republic clone troopers he would encounter, the droid used a Single Trooper Aerial Platform to scout the planet. While complaining about his poor treatment, he failed to notice an All Terrain Tactical Enforcer of the Republic, and crashed against its mass-driver cannon. He survived from the hit, but got his head stuck on the cannon. While hanging helplessly, he asked help from a OG-9 homing spider droid, which arrived instantly. Before the spider droid could attack the AT-TE, however, the clone trooper, who controlled the mass-driver cannon, quickly targeted the weapon against the spider droid, and launched Unit 2953 against it. The spider droid collapsed from the blast, but Unit 2953 survived again, although he got his head stuck on the spider droid, and was left to struggle to detach himself by the AT-TE.

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