Anuvuin: episode #11 R2 Units: The story of R2-D2
Previously: The Maurders have just purchased Tatooine, which caused Pod
racing, gambling, and slavery to come the planet. The new Supreme Chancellor has been elected, Chancellor Valorum.
We'll
go to a pilot/mechanic named Ric Olie.
Now Ric Olie lives on Tatooine, and has just been appointed the Royal
pilot. He also likes building things on
the side. Right now, he is in a
conference with other mechanics, and they are on the topic of droids.
Ric
Olie says, "But if pilots could have a droid calculate and repair any damage
done in battle, think how much more the chances of survival could increase."
"I doubt it would work. Mr. Olie, until you can provide us with the
product, I do not believe it. This is a
wasted debate. Let's move onto show how
protocol droids could be of use."
Ric Olie says, "But a real pilot is
needed to actually do the piloting, a protocol one wouldn't do."
"How would you know?"
"Because I AM a pilot. I was just suggesting that a droid such as
the design I presented you could be quite helpful."
"You come up with the plans, we'll review it,
and IF we think it works, we'll okay it."
"All right, fine."
Ric Olie leaves the conference (it is now
over), and he sets off to work on the droid.
"I can't believe I have to do this thing
myself, they don't even look at my plans. Oh well, I'll show them."
Within 4 hours, Ric Olie has built the
droid. He names it R2-7 Droid…and the
first Artoo droid was built.
"No, there's something missing from this
one…I have an idea…."
And
again, Ric Olie builds a droid, the process took all night. Even though he didn't get much sleep, the
final product, R2-D2 had been created.
Just as something special, he gives R2-7 Droid to the King and Queen of the
Republic, Tim and Sally Jedi. Ric Olie
becomes widely popular after this, as you can imagine. Artoo units were an instant success, used in
one-man ships to help pilots. Also, on
large ships, several of them were introduced for emergency purposes. But Ric Olie made sure that R2-D2 would
always remain on his ship, it was his special little droid. And that is the story of R2-D2 and how he
came to be built. Meanwhile, Qui-Gon
Jinn, now a well respected Jedi, and is considered one of the best of all times,
is still in search of The Chosen One. But
after this many years, Qui-Gon finally gives up his search.
"What's the use? I haven't found him yet…. it's almost impossible."
So Qui-Gon turns his steps back to
Coruscant. Though Qui-Gon has given up
the search, he knows he will never forget The Legend of the Chosen One. Now, there is one more thing, before I get
into the major event of Part 1 of Anuvuin, and that is something called The
Trade Federation. The Trade Federation
is a trade group that is fairly new.
But they are gaining popularity, and are one of the only organizations
to be big enough to have a position in the Senate; they have their own
Senator. Right now, they are playing by
the rules, but what happens when some influential person gets in the way? Find out in one of the last sections of Part
1 of Anuvuin. Now, it is back to
Tatooine, to the Skywalker family…the 4 years of time that I set is now up…